To commemorate forty years as a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, beginning on September 10, 2013, and ending 365 days later on September 9, 2014 I gave a series of ten lectures reiterating the foundation of the Mormon faith. These lectures were transcribed and edited, and footnotes were added, to create the transcripts contained here.

It was apparent to me that what Joseph Smith began, and what remained of Joseph’s work in 2013, were not the same. Prayerful study for many years revealed the gulf between the founding of the Restoration and what remained in 2013 was growing wider year-by-year. Despite praying for the Lord to do something to stop the erosion of the faith, things only deteriorated further.

At length the Lord instructed me to do something about it. I was sent by the Lord to preach the restoration so others would also have things brought to their remembrance. The ten talks were done to fulfill that calling from the Lord.

A great deal remains to be done before the Restoration can be completed, but first we must remember what we were given through Joseph Smith. These talks were intended to be a vital first step in restating the Restoration. But the talks look forward for much more to be done.

Since the conclusion of the talks in 2014 a great deal more has been done. Just as the main trunk of Mormonism (the LDS church) has been devolving, so has the effort of recovery been evolving. There are many scattered fellowships of believers who now practice a more authentic, more original form of Mormonism than existed in 2014. Mormonism has indeed begun a new phase.

March 18, 2018
Denver C. Snuffer, Jr.
Sandy, Utah