Section 77 Having been treated to section 76 in February 1832 for his efforts to understand and revise the Bible, Joseph continued his...

Section 76 Various people love Joseph Smith or object to him for the same reason: he revealed “realms of doctrine unimagined in...

Sections 71 & 73 Ezra Booth was a talented Methodist preacher who visited Joseph Smith at his home in Kirtland in 1831 with his wife,...

Section 67 In November 1831, Joseph convened a council at the Johnson home in Hiram, Ohio and laid the manuscript Book of Commandments...

Section 64 Various people who observe the same facts interpret the facts differently. The elders’ trip to Missouri in the summer of 1831...

Section 63 “The land of Zion,” says Joseph’s history, “was now the most important temporal object in view.” Satan hates Zion and works to...

Section 60 Having dedicated western Missouri as Zion and a spot near the courthouse in Independence as the site for the temple centered...

Section 58 Joseph Smith, Bishop Edward Partridge and others were disappointed when they arrived in Independence, Missouri. They...

Section 51 In the spring of 1831, Bishop Edward Partridge had a problem. It was his job to organize and settle the saints who were...

Section 49 Ann Lee and her family were early Shakers, or members of the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, as they...

Section 46 Like several other revelations Joseph received shortly after relocating to Kirtland, Ohio, section 46 fights deception. The...

Section 45 Joseph Smith bought a King James Version of the Bible at Egbert Grandin’s Palmyra, New York bookstore while the Book of Mormon...

Section 41 License for Edward Partridge, circa 4 August 1831–circa 5 January 1832. Image courtesy of josephsmithpapers.org. “Joseph the...

Section 37 By the end of 1830, an astonishing amount had happened since the spring, when a handful of members organized the Savior’s...

Section 30 Section 28 resolved the tension Joseph felt between him and Oliver Cowdery and the Whitmers. The second quarterly conference...

Section 110 April 3, 1836 was the second greatest Easter Sunday in history. Joseph attended an afternoon sacrament meeting in the temple...

Section 29 Could you identify the voice of Jesus Christ the way you can quickly identify the voice of one of his living apostles? What...

Section 27 Section 27 is one of the revelations Joseph did not know he needed. He set out to get wine so he and Emma could have the...

Section 23 Once the Church of Jesus Christ was organized, Joseph’s brothers Hyrum and Samuel, their father, together with Oliver Cowdery...

Section 20 Section 20 is the founding document of the restored Church of Jesus Christ. Joseph’s history says it came “by the Spirit of...