Doctrine and Covenants Resources
Note: Class is on for today. The big storm
was just a little storm and the roads generally look good. If your neighborhood
got slammed, see the notes for today's class below and be safe and warm.
Otherwise, see you at 10am at the church.
Here are some helpful resources to support
your personal and family study of the Doctrine and Covenants and Church history.
Church history links
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Doctrine and Covenants Historical Resources. Excellent collection of
links to relevant content from various sources--Joseph Smith Papers,
Revelations in Context, Saints, Church History Topics, and more, organized
by section number.
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Church History resources. This excellent collection includes the Saints
volumes, Revelations in Context, Joseph Smith's Revelations, Church History
Topics, Gospel Topics Essays, and more. All can be found under "Church
History" in the Library app as well.
- Joseph Smith Papers.
The online versions of the documents, histories, and all relevant papers of the
Prophet.
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Church History Topics. Valuable essays on various topics, organized
alphbetically.
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BYU Studies Come, Follow Me resources. Excellent collection of
BYU Studies and other content that relates to each week's Come, Follow
Me lesson.
Podcasts and Videos
There are dozens of such resources to support Come, Follow Me. Find
the one(s) you like best and enjoy. Here are some to consider.
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Church History Matters.
Casey Griffiths and Scott Woodward do a great job tackling Church history
topics in great detail and this year the Doctrine and Covenants
specifically.
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Doctrine and Covenants Central. Find lots of resources to support your
Come, Follow Me study here, including videos of Church history
sites and weekly videos tied to Come, Follow Me lessons.
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followHIM
videos and podcasts. Join Hank Smith and John Bytheway and their many
excellent guest speakers in their second time through the Doctrine and
Covenants (you can also see/listen to their first year doing it at the same
link).
Church History Topics classes I did in 2018.
Doctrine and Covenants class notes
Class schedule 2025
- How We Got the Doctrine
and Covenants (3 Jan)
- D&C 1 (10 Jan)
- JS-H 1:1-26 (17 Jan) (First
Vision Parallel Accounts)
- D&C 2; JS-H 1:27-65 (24 Jan)
- D&C 3-5 (31 Jan)
- D&C 6-9 (7 Feb)
- D&C 10-11 (14 Feb)
- D&C 12-17; JS-H 1:66-75 (21 Feb)
- D&C 18 (28 Feb)
- D&C 19 (7 Mar)
- D&C 20-22 (14 Mar)
- D&C 23-26 (21 Mar)
- D&C 27-28 (28 Mar)
- D&C 29 (4 Apr)
- D&C 30-36 (11 Apr)
- Easter - Last week of Jesus (18 Apr)
- D&C 37-40 (25 Apr)
- D&C 41-44 (2 May)
- D&C 45 (9 May)
- D&C 46-48 (16 May)
- D&C 49-50 (23 May)
- D&C 51-57 (30 May)
- D&C 58-59 (6 Jun)
- D&C 60-63 (13 Jun)
- D&C 64-66 (20 Jun)
- D&C 67-70 (27 Jun)
- D&C 71-75 (4 Jul)
- D&C 76 (11 Jul)
- D&C 77-80 (18 Jul)
- D&C 81-83 (25 Jul)
- D&C 84 (1 Aug)
- D&C 85-87 (8 Aug)
- D&C 88 (15 Aug)
- D&C 89-92 (22 Aug)
- D&C 93 (29 Aug)
- D&C 94-97 (5 Sep)
- D&C 98-101 (12 Sep)
- D&C 102-105 (19 Sep)
- D&C 106-108 (26 Sep)
- D&C 109-110 (3 Oct)
- D&C 111-114 (10 Oct)
- D&C 115-120 (17 Oct)
- D&C 121-123 (24 Oct)
- D&C 124 (31 Oct)
- D&C 125-128 (7 Nov)
- D&C 129-132 (14 Nov)
- D&C 133-136 (21 Nov)
- D&C 137-138 (5 Dec)
- Articles of Faith and Official Declarations 1 and 2 (12 Dec)
- The Story of Christmas (19 Dec)
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Old Testament Resources
Suggested readings
Alternate translations
Commentaries and study helps
Videos and podcasts
Other resources
Isaiah's Messages for our Day
Old Testament Commentaries
1.
Genesis 1-3; Moses 1-4; Abraham 3-5 (Parallel creation accounts)
2.
Genesis 4-5; Moses 5-8:12
3.
Genesis 6-11; Moses 8:13-30
4.
Genesis 12-23; Abraham 1-3
5.
Genesis 24-36
6.
Genesis 37-50
7.
Exodus 1-17
8.
Exodus 18-40
9.
Leviticus
10.
Numbers
11.
Deuteronomy
12.
Joshua
13.
Judges and Ruth
14.
1 Samuel 1-15
15.
1 Samuel 16-31
16.
2 Samuel; 1 Chronicles 1-22
17.
1 Kings; 1 Chronicles 23-29; 2 Chronicles 1-20
18.
2 Kings; 2 Chronicles 21-36
19.
Ezra; Nehemiah
20.
Esther, Job
21.
Psalms
22.
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon
23.
Isaiah 1-12
24.
Isaiah 13-23
25.
Isaiah 24-35
26.
Isaiah 36-47
27.
Isaiah 48-55
28.
Isaiah 56-66
29.
Jeremiah 1-29
30.
Jeremiah 30-52; Lamentations
31.
Ezekiel 1-24
32.
Ezekiel 25-48
33.
Daniel
34.
Hosea, Joel, Amos, and Obadiah
35.
Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah
36.
Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, and Between the Testaments
Other Topics
Videos
New Testament Resources
Suggested readings
Alternate translations
Commentaries and study helps
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BYU New Renditions - These are from the BYU New Testament
Commentary efforts, published individually and free on Deseret Book and Amazon.
As of 2023, Mark, Luke, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Ephesians, Hebrews, and Revelation are
available. You'll find the free renditions (new translations) on
this page,
including the ones of 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, and Titus that I helped with.
You can also the full commentaries of these
books, which I highly recommend (details
here).
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Virtual New Testament from BYU
- Well-done virtual re-creation of first century Jerusalem
- Scripture Citation Index
- See scriptures quoted in General Conference and more
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Learning New Testament Greek - Handy online tool to get started
Summary Commentaries for Letters and Revelation
Videos and podcasts
Other Topics
The Last Week of Jesus
The Unique Messages of the Four Gospels
The Metaphors of Paul
New Testament Commentaries
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Introduction
to the New Testament
- Mark 1-8
- Mark 9-16
- Matthew 1-4
- Matthew 5-10
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Matthew 11-13
- Matthew 14-18
- Matthew 19-25
- Matthew 26-28
- Luke 1-3
- Luke 4-9
- Luke 10-15
- Luke 16-21
- Luke 22-24
- John 1-4
- John 5-8
- John 9-12
- John 13-17
- John 18-21
- Acts 1-5
- Acts 6-12
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Acts 13-18:22; 1 & 2 Thessalonians
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Acts 18:23-21:14; 1 Corinthians
- 2 Corinthians & Galatians
- Romans
- Acts 21:15-28:31
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Philemon; Colossians, Ephesians, Philippians, 1 Timothy; Titus; 2 Timothy
- Hebrews; James
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1 & 2 Peter; 1, 2, & 3 John; Jude
- Revelation; After the New Testament
A Deep Dive Into the Book of Revelation
1.
Introduction and Revelation 1: The Majesty of Christ
2.
Revelation 2-3: The Messages to the Seven Churches
3.
Revelation 4-5: God and the Lamb
4.
Revelation 6-7: The Scroll Begins to Open
5.
Revelation 8-9: The Opening of the Seventh Seal
6.
Revelation 10-11: John's Mission; Two Prophets
7. Revelation 12-13: The Woman, the Child, and the Dragon
8. Revelation 14-15: Judgment and Praise
9. Revelation 16-17: Seven Last Plagues and Babylon the Great
10. Revelation 18-19: The Marriage Supper of the Lamb
11. Revelation 20-22: Heirs of the Celestial Kingdom
Book of Mormon resources
Here are some helpful links to various Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon study resources, plus
the more detailed commentary notes below on that and all the scriptures.
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The Annotated Book of Mormon by Grant Hardy. This 2023 publication
updates and extends Hardy's previous study editions of The Book of Mormon.
The footnotes are extensive and insightful. It includes paragraph and poetic
formatting, 1830 chapter divisions, helpful titles, and appendices. If
you're looking for an enhanced volume to use in your Book of Mormon reading,
this is it.
- ScripturePlus
by Scripture Central
(formerly Book of Mormon Central). Available for Apple and Android devices, this is the full LDS
scripture canon with supporting notes, videos, articles, and more, drawn
from the vast library of Book of Mormon Central and other online resources.
- Brief
Theological Introductions published by the
Maxwell Institute at BYU. These short volumes are written by scholars
who explore the theology of the various books in the Book of Mormon. They
will help you think in new ways and perceive the text with unique
approaches.
- There are now a huge number of resources supporting Come, Follow Me
for family and individual study--videos, podcasts, blogs, and more. I've
listened, watched, and read many of them. Explore some and find one or more that work for you. Mostly, remember that
it's about reading the scriptures and all the other stuff
is just to get us there.
- For me,
Scripture Central's effort is high on my list, with daily reading
suggestions and supporting materials. They have several videos and
podcasts, including Jack Welch and Lynne Hilton Wilson and the popular
Taylor and Tyler commentary series.
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Interpreter Come, Follow Me Resources.
Well-organized and in-depth list of resources and materials, already
organized for the entire year. This is an excellent resource for broad
study, with several types of content available for each lesson.
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BYU Studies Come, Follow Me Materials. Drawing on some of the best
scholarship on the Book of Mormon, BYU Studies presents shorter lists of
mostly articles for each Come, Follow Me lesson.
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FollowHim videos and podcasts, hosted by Hank Smith and John
Bytheway, are well done with interesting guests and scholars giving
insights into the readings for each week.
- A popular video series is
Don't Miss This (link to YouTube but also a podcast), hosted by a
pair of Seminary and Institute teachers with a chalkboard.
- Some excellent books have come out this year, including
A Hundredth Part, a collection of essays on various Book of Mormon
topics;
Remember, Remember by Robert Millet, a doctrinal approach to
specific passages; and
Book of Mormon
Insights, another collection of essays from BYU scholars. Some less
new books but still excellent (in no particular order) include
Understanding the Book of Mormon: A Reader's Guide by Grant Hardy;
The Gift and Power: Translating the Book of Mormon by Brant
Gardner;
Verse by Verse: The Book of Mormon by Kelly Ogden and Andrew
Skinner (also link to
vol. 2);
Doctrinal
Commentary on the Book of Mormon by Joseph Fielding McConkie and
Robert Millet; and the
growing collection of books from the BYU Religious Studies Center,
including several from the Book of Mormon Academy on Jacob, Samuel, the
Jaredites, Abinadi, and the Bible in the Book of Mormon.
Book of Mormon Commentaries
1.
Title Page, Witnesses, 1 Nephi 1-3
2.
1 Nephi 4-9
3.
1 Nephi 10-18
4.
1 Nephi 19 - 2 Nephi 5
5.
2 Nephi 6-11
6.
2 Nephi 12-24 (Nelson)
7.
2 Nephi 25-30
8.
2 Nephi 31 - Jacob 4
9.
Jacob 5 - Words of Mormon
10.
Mosiah 1-8 (Mosiah 1-8 slides)
11. Mosiah 9-17
12.
Mosiah 18-25
13.
Mosiah 26 - Alma 4
14.
Alma 5-10
15.
Alma 11-16
16.
Alma 17-20
17.
Alma 21-28
18.
Alma 29-35
19.
Alma 36-42
20.
Alma 43-49
21.
Alma 50-63
22.
Helaman 1-6
23.
Helaman 7-16
24.
3 Nephi 1-7
25.
3 Nephi 8-14 (Supplement: Sermon on the Mount in parallel columns)
26.
3 Nephi 15-20
27.
3 Nephi 21-27
28.
3 Nephi 28 - Mormon 3
29.
Mormon 4-9
30.
Ether 1-7
31.
Ether 8-12
32.
Ether 13 - Moroni 6
33. Moroni 7-10
Other Topics
Book of Mormon Evidences and Discoveries
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