-“…when I review the performance of this people in comparison with what is expected, I am appalled and frightened. Iniquity seems to abound. The Destroyer seems to be taking full advantage of the time remaining to him in this, the great day of his power. Evil seems about to engulf us like a great wave,Read more
From BYU Idaho Education Week, July 31, 2015 Text click here Video click here Over the last few days at Education Week we have learned much about the gospel, but what exactly is the gospel? The word comes from the Old English word godspell—god meaning good and spell meaning story or news. The gospel then means good news, butRead more
Full text click here Calling The Youth Battalion of the Lord in The Very Latter Days by President and Sister Nelson Worldwide Devotional to the Youth, June 2018, “Hope of Israel” Topics: For the Strength of Youth standards, giving up idle time, gathering Israel as most important event of earth at this time, your lifeRead more
The Dispensation of the Fullness of Times has Come: Finally! A Good Taste in our Mouths for Religion! by Nate Richardson We are living in a day foretold by prophets of old, and can expect more direction than cliché church answers to life’s questions from the Catholic and Protestant churches. Mormonism is vastly different thanRead more
For video of this presentation, click here. There are 4 sections to my notes on this text: Original Table of Contents of the Text by Crowther Full Chronological Index of Events by Crowther. Highlights prophet quotes from the text. Crowther’s Full Summary of the Text Richardson Studies Summary of the Text (this is theRead more
A rebuttal: This is a response to a letter from a friend. I had sent him several of my compositions on gospel and social issues and theories (including information on the dangers of the CSE (Comprehensive Sex Ed program), and some resources on how to combat it with a better/appropriate method.). The friend seemed concernedRead more
Consequences of Rejecting the Prophets, Including Less Access to the Word of God by Nate Richardson RichardsonStudies.com Updated 2-5-18 One reason General conference is different now than it was 20 years ago is because times change and new needs arise. This is obvious. This is why we even have a church today and not relyRead more
Defining Doctrine, LDS Quotes What is Doctrine? Compiled by Nate Richardson RichardsonStudies.com Updated 2-5-18 –“I advise all to go on to perfection and search deeper and deeper into the mysteries of godliness” (Joseph Smith, History of the Church, 6:363) -“ 2 And, behold, and lo, this is an ensample unto all those who were ordainedRead more
Apr. 1971 Gen. Conf. For official full text and other formats, click here. Three great civilizations have occupied the Western Hemisphere. Two have passed into oblivion. Those that disappeared died by virtual suicide. They brought about their own extinction as they defiled the land and defied their God by extensive crime, sexual deviation, and otherRead more
To The Rescue: Biography of Thomas S Monson by Heidi Swinton Summary by Nate Richardson RichardsonStudies.com Updated 2-5-18 -growing up in their home they had family meal daily with some wonderful meat. -Sister Monson daily cooks him dinner no matter the hour and always packs his suitcase when he has to travel. -Sister Monsons parentsRead more
The Presidents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Lectures by Truman G Madsen Summary in text & audio by Nate Richardson Updated 1-31-18 RichardsonStudies.com rrnmailbox@gmail.com For audio of this summary: click here or use this URL https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B39k4ZFVUPhuX3cwNEZZNXUwTGc/view?usp=sharing (Madsen was a professor of Philosophy at BYU, and a Mission President, and has leadRead more
Teachings of the Presidents of the Church Manual: Joseph Smith Summary by Nate Richardson Updated 1-31-18 RichardsonStudies.com rrnmailbox@gmail.com -revelation is here to remain p551 -to get to God we go through Jesus Christ like the ancients did. We do not go through the ancients. p166 -Celestial Kingdoms p531 -soon no peace but in Zion p186Read more
Teachings of the Presidents of the Church Manual: Joseph Fielding Smith Summary by Nate Richardson Updated 1-31-18 RichardsonStudies.com rrnmailbox@gmail.com notes taken from my reading of this official church manual in the “Teachings of the Presidents of the Church” series. This manual is studied on a regular basis in LDS church meetings. -Pray while at theRead more
Teachings of the Presidents of the Church Manual: Brigham Young Summary by Nate Richardson editor@RichardsonStudies.com -all beings in eternity governed by laws. LDS is heaven law. p15 -doctrine we preach is perfect but we as a people are bad as any, the doctrine we preach is calculated to make us heavenly. p21 -for full lightRead more
Teachings of Joseph Smith, compiled by Joseph Fielding Smith Summary by Nate Richardson Updated 1-31-18 RichardsonStudies.com rrnmailbox@gmail.com JS and JFiS were Presidents of the LDS church; JS being the first. -riches of eternity for who willing to live by the compass of every word of God -many of us defy everything evil and have obtainedRead more
Special Witnesses of Christ Powerful LDS leader Quotes witnessing firsthand knowledge of God compiled by Nate Richardson Updated 1-31-18 RichardsonStudies.com rrnmailbox@gmail.com -“I know, with a testimony more powerful than sight, that as the Lord declared, ‘The keys of the kingdom of God are committed unto man on the earth [from the Prophet Joseph Smith throughRead more
In The Company of Prophets; Personal Experiences of D. Arthur Haycock with Heber J. Grant, George Albert Smith, David O. McKay, Joseph Fielding Smith, Harold B. Lee, Spencer W. Kimball, and Ezra Taft Benson; By Heidi S. Swinton summary by Nate Richardson richardsonstudies.com rrnmailbox@gmail.com (unreferrenced words are those of Arthur) -“I’ve had more tutoring andRead more
Face to Face with Elders Oaks and Ballard November 2017 notes by Nate Richardson richardsonstudies.com rrnmailbox@gmail.com Topics: porn, dating, homosexuality, prayer, testimony, Holy Ghost, doubt, marriage, choices, gender roles, church history, Sabbath, career, repentance, standards -*My notes here do not represent the complete ideas expressed in this broadcast, but points I’ve considered most pertinent. ThoughRead more