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View (previous 50 | next 50) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)- Source:Orson Pratt:JD 7:309-310:to obtain those revelations and visions that belong to the High Priesthood and to the Apostleship (transclusion) (← links)
- Brigham Young (1859): "have I yet lived to the state of perfection that I can commune in person with the Father and the Son at my will and pleasure? No, though I hold myself in readiness that he can wield me at his will and pleasure" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Can non-Mormons feel a spiritual experience that cause them to devote themselves to service within another Church? (transclusion) (← links)
- George Q. Cannon (1896): "I know that God lives. I know that Jesus lives; for I have seen him" (transclusion) (← links)
- Orson F. Whitney (1926): "One night I dreamed … that I was in the Garden of Gethsemane, a witness of the Savior’s agony" (transclusion) (← links)
- Source:Snow:An Experience of My Father’s:Improvement Era:1933:It was right here that the Lord Jesus Christ appeared to me at the time of the death of President Woodruff (transclusion) (← links)
- Source:Harold B. Lee:the Lord appeared to him, very informal, the same as I was sitting talking to him (transclusion) (← links)
- James E. Faust (1995): "Jesus is our divine Savior, Redeemer, and the son of God the Father. I know of his reality by a sure perception so sacred I cannot give utterance to it" (transclusion) (← links)
- Henry B. Eyring (1996): "I know as surely as did the Apostles Peter, James, and John that Jesus is the Christ, our risen Lord" (transclusion) (← links)
- Boyd K. Packer (1980): "We do not talk of those sacred interviews that qualify the servants of the Lord to bear a special witness of Him, for we have been commanded not to do so" (transclusion) (← links)
- Harold B. Lee: "I have received a witness that I cannot or dare not deny. When I see Jesus, I cannot mistake His identity. I know that He lives!" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: If every President of the Church is a prophet, seer, and revelator, why have so few revelations after Joseph Smith been added to the Doctrine and Covenants? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Why are revelations no longer published on an ongoing basis? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Are prophets simply "men of their time," without any special ability to guide the Church? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What if the "rod of nature" was indeed a physical object such as a divining rod? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: How was the wording of the "rod of nature" revelation that became Doctrine and Covenants 8:6–8 altered over time? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith attempt to "cover up" Oliver Cowdery's work with a divining rod by changing the wording of the revelation that became Doctrine and Covenants 8:6–8? (transclusion) (← links)
- Revelations in Context on history.lds.org: "Cowdery was among those who believed in and used a divining rod" (transclusion) (← links)
- Dallin H. Oaks (1987): "It should be recognized that such tools as the Urim and Thummim, the Liahona, seerstones, and other articles have been used appropriately in biblical, Book of Mormon, and modern times" (transclusion) (← links)
- Gospel Topics: "the Bible mentions other physical instruments used to access God’s power: the rod of Aaron, a brass serpent, holy anointing oils, the Ark of the Covenant, and even dirt from the ground mixed with saliva" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What is the "White Horse Prophecy"? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Will the U.S. Constitution eventually "hang by a thread"? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Are the "Mormons" secretly planning to eventually take over the U.S. Government? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: How have leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reacted to the stories of the White Horse prophecy? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What do critics of Mormonism say about the "White Horse Prophecy"? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Does the "White Horse Prophecy" imply that "Mormons" encourage support for some candidates over others? (transclusion) (← links)
- Source:Chicago Times:1875:Three times David Whitmer has been at the Hill Cumorah and seen the casket that contained the tablets and seerstone (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What happened to the stone box in which gold plates were deposited? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What material were the plates made from? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: How much did the gold plates weigh? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What was the size of each of the gold plates? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What was the thickness of each gold plate? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What was the thickness of the entire volume of gold plates? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What were the characteristics of the sealed vs. unsealed portion of the gold plates? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What were the characteristics of the rings which held the gold plates together? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What was the appearance of the engravings on the gold plates? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What is the description of the stone box in which the plates were hidden? (transclusion) (← links)
- Source:Hyde:JD 6:61:Hyde:why did not the Saviour come himself to communicate this intelligence to the world (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Was Orson Hyde unaware of the details of the Father and Son appearing to Joseph in the First Vision? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What evidence is there that Orson Hyde was familiar with the details of the First Vision at the time he made his statement about "angels"? (transclusion) (← links)
- Source:Gospel Topics:Book of Mormon Translation:These two instruments—the interpreters and the seer stone—were apparently interchangeable (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Does the Book of Mormon contain mistakes? (transclusion) (← links)
- Book of Mormon the "most correct of any book" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Is any book of scripture perfect? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Is the Church "embarrassed" by the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What have Church leaders said about the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: How can you know if your answer to prayer, your personal revelation, is true? (transclusion) (← links)
- Dr. Wendy Ulrich (2005): "How do the goosebumps and tearfulness I experience when someone speaks in a testimony meeting differ from the goosebumps and tearfulness I experience when the 4:00 parade begins at Disneyland?" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did Elder Boyd K. Packer suggest that we should "lie our way" into obtaining a testimony? (transclusion) (← links)
- "Recognizing the Voice of the Spirit" (Podcast): "How can I come to know that spiritual experience is not just a product of chemical processes in the brain?" (transclusion) (← links)