The Great Apostasy
Personal Apostasy
Restoration
Likening These Things
Church Trivia
100
The Great Apostasy began with this.
What is the death of Jesus Christ and his 12 apostles.
100
These are things that we can do to safeguard against personal apostasy.
What are keeping your covenants, obeying the commandments, following Church leaders, partaking of the sacrament, and constantly strengthening your testimony through daily scripture study, prayer, and service.
100
According to Elder Ballard, God’s desire to bless His children is manifest in every dispensation by this.
What is restoration of the gospel through living prophets.
100
According to “Teaching, No Greater Call”, we can liken the scriptures to our lives by asking two questions.
What are, “What did the prophet who recorded this account want us to learn from it? Why did he include these particular details?”
100
Our stake president’s profession.
What is oncologist.
200
This person prophesied that the Great Apostasy would take place because of “grievous wolves [that would] enter in among you, not sparing the flock”.
Who is Paul.
200
This is another source of personal apostasy, in which “we look for faults in others or begin to think we could make better decisions than our leaders”.
What is faultfinding.
200
The year in which the Book of Mormon was first published and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized.
What is 1830.
200
This prophet said, “I did liken all scriptures unto us, that it might be for our profit and learning”.
Who is Nephi.
200
Our prophet’s middle name.
What is Spencer.
300
These were lost, leading to doctrinal confusion.
What are the “plain and precious” things in the scriptures.
300
According to the Lord in his preface to the Doctrine & Covenants, these are two of the reasons people fall away from truth.
What is straying from ordinances and breaking covenants.
300
The re-establishment of Christ’s true church in the latter days fulfilled many prophecies, including one by Daniel who said that the church will never have this happen.
What is be destroyed.
300
The person who said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”.
Who is George Santayana.
300
The number of sections in the Doctrine and Covenants.
What is 138.
400
The New Testament records examples of the apostasy already beginning after Christ’s death, as evidenced by Paul recording that the church members in this region “be turned away from me.”
What is Asia (where Paul had preached 13 years earlier).
400
Elder Claudio Zivic compared personal apostasy to this symbol from Lehi’s dream.
What is the mist of darkness.
400
Part of the Restoration in our dispensation included restoring priesthood keys, including the sealing power that was given to Joseph Smith by this person.
Who is Elijah.
400
According to Elder Ballard, if we learn the lessons from those who have gone before as recorded in the scriptures, we don’t have to spend time behaving like these guys in order to know that it’s better to be a Nephi or a Jacob.
Who are Laman and Lemuel.
400
Number of operating temples today.
What is 144.
500
According to Paul, the apostasy came because church members “turned away their ears from truth” and instead listened to these.
What are fables.
500
This person from early church history told Joseph Smith, “If I leave this church, it will fall.” He fell away because he “assumed authority [he did] not possess … [and sought] revelation for a stewardship outside of [his] sphere of responsibility.”
Who is Oliver Cowdery.
500
The first person who was baptized in our dispensation.
Who is Oliver Cowdery.
500
The scripture which Joseph Smith likened unto himself, which led to the First Vision.
What is James 1:5.
500
Our bishop’s favorite band, which inspired his youngest son’s name.
What is Weezer.
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