Joseph Smith—History 1:1–26 | Scott Woodward & Casey Griffiths Come Follow Me LDS 2025

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🗓️ 7 January 2025

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Come Follow Me January 13–19 Joseph Smith—History 1:1–26 Scott Woodward and Casey Griffiths discuss Joseph Smith's First Vision in today's Come Follow Me lesson. They delve into the context of Joseph Smith's family and social surroundings that led to him asking that pivotal question in 1820. They discuss the differences and insights into the four main accounts of the First Vision and what role historical transparency plays in understanding the First Vision. This is unofficial supplementary resource to the Come, Follow Me curriculum produced by Scripture Central and the Church History Matters Podcast hosted by Scott Woodward and Casey Griffiths. Scott and Casey focus their weekly study on the 4 C's: Context, Content, Controversies, and Consequences of each section of the Doctrine and Covenants.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Church History Matters, Come Follow Me Edition, where we are systematically diving into every section of the doctrine and covenants throughout the year 2025.
0:13.7	We have a lot to talk about today, so let's get into it.
0:24.6	Hello, Casey Griffiths.
0:26.7	Hello, Scott Woodward.
0:27.5	How are we doing?
0:28.6	So good.
0:31.6	Excellent, excellent.
0:32.4	Wonderful.
0:32.9	Yes.
0:35.4	We're going to talk about the first vision today, Casey.
0:36.2	This is a good day.
0:36.4	Yeah.
0:37.1	Yeah.
0:41.6	This feels like we're getting to the main course. First two weeks have come following me.
0:48.0	You're kind of set up overview. Section 1 is the best possible overview you could have. But now we're getting to the main course and talking about one of the most pivotal events of the restoration.
0:53.3	Let's remind our listeners that this year, every section of the Doctrine and Covenants,
0:57.0	we're going to outline with four C's, we've got the context, what was going on historically
1:03.0	when this section or today this history was written.
1:06.0	Number two, what's the content itself?
1:08.0	Like what did the revelation say or does the history actually say? Number
1:12.7	three, what are the controversies that may be embedded in this text or around this history that
1:17.4	we're talking about? And then number four, what are the consequences or the major effects or
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