Religion 121-122 This manual is a resource to help seminary teachers prepare lessons from the scriptures. It provides 160 lessons that contain teaching suggestions, doctrines and principles, and scripture mastery helps. In addition, there are 32 lessons for teacher of home-study classes that correspond to The Book of Mormon Study Guide for Home-Study Seminary Students.

The principal doctrines defining Mormonism today often bear little resemblance to those it started out with in the early 1830s. This book shows that these doctrines did not originate in a vacuum but were rather prompted and informed by the religious culture from which Mormonism arose. Early Mormons, like their early Christian and even earlier Israelite predecessors, brought with them their own varied culturally conditioned theological presuppositions (a process of convergence) and only later acquired a more distinctive theological outlook (a process of differentiation). In this first-of-its-kind comprehensive treatment of the development of Mormon theology, Charles Harrell traces the history of Latter-day Saint doctrines from the times of the Old Testament to the present. He describes how Mormonism has carried on the tradition of the biblical authors, early Christians, and later Protestants in reinterpreting scripture to accommodate new theological ideas while attempting to uphold the integrity and authority of the scriptures. In the process, he probes three questions: How did Mormon doctrines develop? What are the scriptural underpinnings of these doctrines? And what do critical scholars make of these same scriptures? In this enlightening study, Harrell systematically peels back the doctrinal accretions of time to provide a fresh new look at Mormon theology. “This Is My Doctrine” will provide those already versed in Mormonism’s theological tradition with a new and richer perspective of Mormon theology. Those unacquainted with Mormonism will gain an appreciation for how Mormon theology fits into the larger Jewish and Christian theological traditions.

Wain Myers thought he knew what he believed, but after a revelation from God, something had to change. This former Baptist preacher tells his fascinating story of following the Spirit's voice and ultimately becoming a convert in the LDS church. This remarkable true story will inspire you to follow your own promptings and share truth wherever you find it.

Diary of Frederick William Hurst (b.1833), a Mormon and the son of William Hurst and Mary Ann Green. He immigrated, with his parents, from the Isle of Jersey near England to Wellington, New Zealand in 1839/1840, and in 1853 immigrated to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, where he became a Mormon convert, and immigrated to Hawaii in 1855. He served a mission in the Sandwich Islands, moved to Beaver, Utah in 1847, married Aurelia Hawkins in 1858, and moved to Salt Lake City. He served a mission to New Zealand in 1875/1877, and returned to live in Salt Lake City. Died in Logan, Utah.