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D&C 37-40 Part 1 • Dr. Christopher Jones • April 21-27 • Come Follow Me

April 16, 2025 • Hank Smith & John Bytheway • Season 5 • Episode 17

What is the impact of historical research on our faith? Dr. Christopher Jones examines Brother James Covel's life and choices and how his life inspires belief in grace and a message of hope.

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TIMECODE

00:00 - Part 1 - Dr. Christopher Jones
01:45 Dr. Jones previews this episode
03:10 Dr. Jones’s bio
05:01 Becoming a Historian
10:06 Four missionaries and an important conversion
16:10 Three branches transplanted to Ohio
18:43 D&C 38:32 The Lord alleviates fear
21:15 Insights from the Apostles
22:07 James Covill/Covel
26:17 Changing our opinion of James Covel
27:18 Backgrounds of D&C 37 and D&C 38
28:18 D&C 37:1-4 - Gather to the Ohio
29:45 D&C 38:1-3, 32 God reassures and promises an endowment
35:25 A conference at Fayette
37:21 What we had wrong about James Covel
46:35 What is Antebellum? And more Covel discoveries
51:45 Why Methodist vs. Baptist matters for James Covel
53:23 D&C 38:26 - A parable and baptism debates
57:19 Methodism experiences changes
1:00:37 Final words to James Covel
1:04:51 Comfort for those that have left the fold
1:06:56 The end of James Covel’s earthly story
1:09:04 Application of James Covel’s story
01:12:23 - End of Part I - Dr. Christopher Jones

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