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To listen on Spotify click here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/krystine-stephenson/episodes/Kirtland-Ohio-Revelations-The-Church-of-Jesus-Christ-of-Latter-day-Saints-e2keql8 To watch on Youtube click here:https://youtu.be/Engnjjb-rAo The prophet Joseph Smith grew and developed in his abilities as a prophet of God he was unschooled and it effected his confidence. Kirtland Ohio was a powerful time for the Prophets learning and growth. He grew in his abilities and his […]

Monogamy is God’s Law, Polygamy is God’s exception it is only practiced at certain times in History. Beginning of Polygamy in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints “In 1831 Joseph Smith was working on inspired translation of the Old Testament and he read about some of the ancient prophets practicing plural marriage(also called […]

To watch on Youtube click here: https://youtu.be/IZRkiOT4LQ8 To listen on Spotify click here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/krystine-stephenson/episodes/Joseph-Smiths-Twins--mob-in-Kirtland-e2jn33g The time The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint spent in Kirtland was full of beautiful heavenly manifestations, along with some of the worst evil and apostasy the early Church encountered. One night Joseph stayed up late to take care […]

Emma Smith married Joseph Smith when she was twenty-two years old. Emma grew up in a home where she was well cared for. Emma's parents made sure she was was educated and intelligent. In Doctrine and Covenants the Lord called her and “Elect Lady.” When she married the Joseph Smith she could not have known […]

Newel K. Whitney was born 1795 in Windham County Vermont the son of Samuel Whitney and Susanna Kimball. He was only 19 when he started his profession of merchandising in Plattsburgh, New York. He also helped fight against the British forces and fought to save Plattsburgh. Fortunately, it was not much of a fight because […]

Algernon Sidney Gilbert, went by Sidney Gilbert in the Doctrine and Covenants. Sidney grew up in Huntington Connecticut. It is believed that he was college educated in the East. He moved to Painesville, Ohio where he owned a small store. Around 1827 Sidney and Newel K. Whitney had entered into a mercantile partnership and opened […]

Most people have heard of Martin Harris in The History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as one of the Three Witnesses of the Book of Mormon and the man who lost the 116 pages of translation of The Book of Mormon. There is so much more to Martin Harris, he was […]

To watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/C6u7khmCDuk To listen on Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/krystine-stephenson/episodes/Kirtland-Ohio-Gathering-of-The-Church-of-Jesus-Christ-of-Latter-day-Saints-e2k5vt1 New York State is where the beginnings of the restoration of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints started through many big and small miracles namely the First Vision, The Book of Mormon coming to lights, the Aaronic, and Melchizedek Priesthood being given to […]

When Joseph Smith, the first prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, received the gold plates to translate, he was under strict instructions not to show anyone. It was a heavy wight to bear for the young prophet Joseph Smith. Joseph received a revelation, (Doctrine and Covenants 17) that he would be […]

To listen on Spotify click here:https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/krystine-stephenson/episodes/Samuel-Smith--Brother-of-Prophet-Joseph-Smith-LDS-e2nm6pr Samuel Smith is the younger brother of the Prophet Joseph Smith. He was born on March 13, 1808 in Tunbridge, Vermont. When Samuel was 19 years old in 1827, he was six feet tall, and endowed with “great strength, far exceeding that of ordinary men, enabl[ing] him to do […]