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Episode Synopsis
Original title: First Vision(s), and which "Faith" Without Works Is Dead?; Contradiction or Complement?In this episode, Brendon and Skyler discuss the forty-seventh lesson in the LDS Come, Follow Me sunday school manual. This week (November 13-19) is titled “Be Ye Doers of the Word, and Not Hearers Only” and covers James. We invite you to worship with us on any Sunday - either at First Baptist Church of Provo or Christ Presbyterian Church in Magna. We welcome visitors! Pastor Brendon's Colossians series can be found here and/or here. Accounts of the First Vision; JSH 1Seminary Manual: here, here and here “Christ Is Risen; Faith in Him Will Move Mountains” (Russell Nelson) “The Marvelous Foundation of Our Faith” (Gordon Hinckley) "Life Is Eternal" (Ezra Taft Benson)The New Testament Made Easier by David Ridges Doctrinal New Testament Commentary by Bruce R. McConkie “What Faith Is” by Dennis Rasmussen; found in The Lectures on Faith in Historical Perspective, edited by Larry Dahl and Charles D. Tate An Insider’s View of Mormon Origins by Grant Palmer “New Light on Mormon Origins from Palymyra (N.Y.) Revival” by Wes Walters “The Significance of Joseph Smith’s ‘First Vision’ in Mormon Thought” by James Allen “Another Look at Joseph Smith’s First Vision” by Stan Larson “Which First Vision Account Should We Believe?” by Lane Thuet Mormonism: Shadow or Reality? by Jerald and Sandra Tanner Like A Fiery Meteor: The Life of Joseph F. Smith by Stephen C. Taysom By His Own Hand Upon Papyrus by Charles Larson (and here) The Mormon Hierarchy: Wealth and Corporate Power by D. Michael Quinn Nelson stories: here and here Second Anointing: here, here and here M Russell Ballard and Tim Ballard WHI: here, here, and here Michael KrugerNotes on Galatians; What Is Faith?; Christianity and Liberalism by J. Gresham Machen The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross by Leon Morris The God Who Justifies by James White James (TNTC) by Douglas Moo The Letter of James; Brother of Jesus, Friend of God by Luke Timothy Johnson Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin The Letter and the Spirit by Augustine Greek Grammar: Beyond the Basics by Dan Wallace Biblical Words and Their Meaning by Moises Silva Exegetical Fallacies by D.A. Carson All that Is in God by James Dolezal Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes by Kenneth Bailey Histories and Fallacies by Carl Trueman Jesus' Resurrection and Joseph's Visions by Robert Bowman
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