Ken Alford: Dreams As Revelation
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🗓️ 24 July 2019
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Do our dreams carry spiritual significance? And if so, how do we know? Ken Alford, a professor of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University, looks back at the Bible, the Book of Mormon and the history of the Church to explore the idea of dreams as revelation.
Show Notes
2:37- Why Study Dreams?
9:23- Distinguishing a Dream of Significance From Other Dreams
12:36- Are We Entitled To Revelatory Dreams or Are Some People Dreamers
16:18- Nightmares
18:38- Interpreting Our Dreams
20:15- Dreams In Church History
29:16- Receiving Dreams For Other People?
31:10- Advance Notice of Church Callings
34:54- Dreams about the Savior
38:14- Scriptural Dreams
40:48- Dreams as Tender Mercies
44:14- What Does It Mean To Be All In The Gospel of Jesus Christ?
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| 0:00.0 | A quick note before we get into this week's episode, |
| 0:03.1 | if you enjoy the episode and find yourself wishing, |
| 0:06.1 | you could listen to the audio book of Dreams' Revelation |
| 0:09.5 | for Free, turns out you can. |
| 0:11.9 | Simply visit www.deseratbook.com slash all in |
| 0:17.5 | and you'll be able to listen to the entire book on us. |
| 0:20.7 | I hope you enjoy the episode. |
| 0:23.5 | I don't know about you, |
| 0:24.6 | but I can sing almost every word to Joseph |
| 0:27.4 | in the amazing Technicolor Dream Code, |
| 0:29.3 | like the entire musical. |
| 0:31.3 | I owe Tim Rice, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Don Yosman |
| 0:34.7 | for helping me understand a good chunk of the book of Genesis. |
| 0:39.1 | I've also always thought that if the Bible teaches us |
| 0:42.7 | that Joseph had a gift for interpreting Dreams, |
| 0:45.9 | there has to be something to Dreams' Revelation. |
| 0:49.9 | Turns out the words and experiences |
| 0:52.4 | of prophets and apostles would agree. |
| 0:55.1 | Dr. Ken Alford is a professor of church history |
| 0:58.5 | and doctrine at Brigham Young University |
| 1:01.0 | and is one of the authors of the new book Dreams as Revelation. |
| 1:05.2 | He retired as a colonel in the US Army in 2008 |
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