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Church Records
Where Science Meets the Doctrine and Covenants: Come Follow Me Lesson: March 10-16: Doctrine and Covenants 20-22 We are told in Doctrine...

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Mar 812 min read


What is in a Name?
Isaac Blessing Jacob, Stom, Matthias, Dutch, ca.1635-1637; The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham. Where Science Meets the...

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Mar 17 min read


Speak the Truth in Soberness
Primary scientific research being carried out at the Microscopy Laboratory at the Idaho National Laboratory ;...

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Feb 2222 min read


Resurrected Hands
Statue of John the Baptist ordaining Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdrey to the Aaronic Priesthood; Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah Where...

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Feb 158 min read


The Illusion of Time
Frontal view of Aztec Calendar with base; Wikipedia Where Science Meets the Doctrine and Covenants: Come Follow Me Lesson: February...

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Feb 85 min read


Revelation
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn: The Prophet Jeremiah Where Science Meets the Doctrine and Covenants: Come Follow Me Lesson: February 3-9:...

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Feb 16 min read


Who Was Martin Harris?
Martin Harris, Taken prior to July 10, 1875 by an unknown photographer Where Science Meets the Doctrine and Covenants: Come Follow Me...

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Jan 2518 min read


The Urim and Thummim and Seer-stones
The seer stone Joseph Smith used in the Book of Mormon translation effort. The stone is kept in a church vault not accessible to the...

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Jan 1919 min read


The Date of Joseph Smith’s First Vision
Sugar Making in Canada, 1852, by Cornelius Krieghoff (1815-1872) Where Science Meets the Doctrine and Covenants: Come Follow Me Lesson:...

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Jan 113 min read


The Bible, the Qur’an, and the Joseph Smith Papers
A: Folio from Papyrus 46 , containing 2 Corinthians 11:33-12:9; part f the Chester Beatty Papyri ; Greek; paleographically dated between...

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Jan 47 min read


The Morning Breaks
Where Science Meets the Doctrine and Covenants: Come Follow Me Lesson: December 30–January 5: “The Promised Restoration Goes Forward”...

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Dec 28, 20246 min read


Christmas
The Wise Men, spray paint in paper, with stencil, by Trent D. Stephens Where Science Meets the Book of Mormon: Come Follow Me Lesson:...

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Dec 21, 20242 min read
The Truth of All Things
Where Science Meets the Book of Mormon: Come Follow Me Lesson: December 16-22; Moroni 10 Moroni tells us in the final chapter of the Book...

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Dec 14, 20243 min read


Secret Oaths and Haitian Gangs
Flaming tires seen early on February 11, 2019, in the streets of Hinche in the center of Haiti; Voice of America; public domain Where...

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Dec 7, 20247 min read


Sacrament Wine
The Drinking Cup of a Classic Maya Noble - The Metropolitan Museum of Art Where Science Meets the Book of Mormon: Come Follow Me Lesson:...

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Nov 30, 20243 min read


The Ecological Consequences of Mountain Moving
The Wilderness of Mount Sinai Where Science Meets the Book of Mormon: Come Follow Me Lesson: November 25-December 1; Ether 12-15 We are...

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Nov 23, 20243 min read


Were the Jaredite Boats Illuminated by Cherenkov radiation?
Cherenkov radiation glowing in water around the core of the Advanced Test Reactor at the Idaho National Laboratory Where Science Meets...

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Nov 16, 20245 min read


The Tower of Babel
The Tower of Babel by Pieter Brueghel the Elder (1526/1530–1569); from the collection of Emperor Rudolf II; now in the...

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Nov 9, 20249 min read


Reformed Egyptian
Sample detail image from the Cyrus Cylinder in the British Museum, showing cuneiform script, Wikimedia Commons. Where Science Meets the...

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Nov 2, 202414 min read


Pre-Columbian American Civilizations
A structure called “The Observatory” in the Chichen Itza ruins in Mexico. Photo by John Romkey from USA 15 February 2005; Flickr;...

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Oct 26, 20245 min read
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