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English
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From Calvary to Cumorah : What Mormon History Means to Me
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Let Us Reason Together : Essays in Honor of the Life’s Work of Robert L. Millet
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Provo, UT
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BYU Religious Studies Center; Deseret Book; Maxwell Institute
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81-96
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"A historic place like Nauvoo provides a pause from our busy lives and hectic schedules to ponder on the gospel of Jesus Christ and the meaning of history. Nauvoo is a tangible, physical expression of the spiritual reality of the Restoration which in turn is the modern, downstream reiteration of the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. It has power as a sacred place because it reminds Church members of the importance of their heritage - it brings the past to the present. Behind the buildings and the structures, beyond the pioneers and their families, and before the temple and the Red Brick Store is the First Vision of the Prophet Joseph Smith, which is a revelation anew of our risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Fundamentally, if Nauvoo does not point to Christ, then it means very little." [From the text]