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Doctrine & Covenants 102-105 Part 2 • Dr. Matthew Godfrey • Sept 15-21 • Come Follow Me

September 10, 2025 • Hank Smith & John Bytheway • Season 5 • Episode 38

Dr. Matthew Godfrey continues with D&C 102-105, highlighting how Zion’s Camp and the dissolution of the United Firm tested the early Saints’ faith, ultimately preparing future Church leaders and demonstrating that God’s promises are fulfilled through abiding growth rather than immediate triumph.

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TIMECODES

00:00 Part 2 - Dr. Matthew Godfrey
01:56 The Church destroyed?
03:48 The Lord and Church prevails
07:44 Elder Uchtdorf and experiencing a different outcome
09:18 After much tribulation
13:15 Vienna Jaques
17:48 Debt in Kirtland
22:19 Treasure in Heaven: The John Tanner Story and stewardships
27:27 A willing heart and a willing mind
28:32 What happens to the United Firm?
31:37 Be humble, be humble, be humble
33:48 Zion’s Camp Expedition
38:05 Sylverster Smith mirrors many of us?
40:56 Joseph throws a horn
45:28 Zion’s Camp disbanded
48:40 Striving or like Sylvester
51:15 Spiritual strength or muskets
54:08 Zion’s Camp a failure?
57:58 Long-standing benefits of Zion’s Camp
1:00:09 Wilford Woodruff’s journal
1:02:39 Difficult mission blessings
1:06:33 God knowing we are willing
1:08:25 What is God trying to tell me?
1:13:25 End of Part 2 - Dr. Matthew Godfrey

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