Prof. Marcus Martins - Visual Resumé

Currently Serving a Full-Time Mission
in São Paulo, Brazil (2026-2028)
 Mobile: (1-808) 778-3077
martinsm@byuh.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Cover for my second book, "The Priesthood: Earthly Symbols and Heavenly Realities""The Priesthood: Earthly Symbols and Heavenly Realities"
is available online via Cedar Fort or Amazon.

REL 200 - The Eternal Family REL 275 - Teachings of the Book of Mormon REL 324 - The Doctrine and Covenants I REL 325 - The Doctrine and Covenants II REL 431 - Doctrines of the Gospel REL 480 - Church Organization and Leadership
REL 200
The Eternal Family 		REL 275
Teachings of the
Book of Mormon		 REL 324
Doctrine & Covenants		 REL 325
Doctrine & Covenants		 REL 431
Doctrines of the Gospel		 REL 480
Church Organization
and Leadership

>>> Mensagens da Missão Brasil São Paulo Norte (2011-2014) <<<

Leadership Tips
 
Dicas de Liderança

  

Papers and Essays

Insights on Church Leadership
(Unpublished Book Manuscript - 1993)

The Dignity and Blessings of the Office of Bishop (Quotations for REL 480 course)

A Dignidade e as Bênçãos do Ofício de Bispo (Citações para o curso REL 480)

Insights from a "Former" Bishop  (2005)

Reflexões de um "Ex"-Bispo  (2005)
Resources for Doctrinal Topics
 


A Few Quotations:

The Spirit World 

Spirit Matter and Spirit Individuals

Citações:

 O Mundo Espiritual

Matéria Espiritual e
Indivíduos em Espírito
 
Ressurreição
(Algumas Citações - 2024)

Temple Ordinances
(Quotations - 2024)

Ordenanças do Templo
(Citações - 2024)

Divorces and
Cancellation of Sealings
(Quotations - 2021)

Divórcios e
Cancelamento de Selamentos
(Citações - 2021)

Inspiration
(Quotations - 2025)

Inspiração
(Citações - 2025)



Social Media Posts

Doctrinal Questions  (bilingual - Portuguese/English)

Perguntas Doutrinárias  (bilíngue Português/Inglês)

 << 2026 >>
Inhabitants of the Earth During the Millennium (PDF)  HTML

<< 2025 >>
The Vitality of the Church in Pioneering (PDF)

"In Him We Live, and Move, and Have our Being": A “Quantum Entanglement” with Jesus Christ (PDF)  HTML

<< 2024 >>

The Interrelationship between the Priesthoods (PDF)  HTML

The Intersection of Priesthood, Faith and Language (PDF)  HTML

Traversing the Breach between Science and Religion (PDF)   HTML

<< 2021 >>
A Crucial Time to Ponder Prophecies (PDF)   HTML

Fathers, Mothers and Ordinances: Thoughts for Father's Day (PDF)  HTML

Formalizing Relationships Through Priesthood Authority (PDF)   HTML

"Formalizing Relationships ..."  (YouTube)

<< 2020 >>
The Third Century of an Intelligent Religion (PDF)  HTML

"The Third Century ..."  (BYUH video on YouTube)

<< 2019 >>
Human Temptations 

<< 2018 >>
Forty Years After the 40th Year: Expectations for the Future of Black Members ...


Forty Years After 126 Years: Reflections from an Aging Black Man in Zion

Insights on the Ordinance of Naming Children (PDF)  HTML

The Name of the Church: A Matter of Identity and Doctrine

<< 2017 >>
"To Be Learned is Good": A Meditation on Priesthood and Time

Seals and the Sealing by the Holy Spirit of Promise (PDF)  HTML

<< 2016 >>
The Doctrine of the Priesthood and Gender Issues (PDF)   HTML

<< 2015 >>
Marriage & Eternal Marriage: The Analogy of the Concrete Slab (PDF)  HTML

<< 2014 >>
The Body: First Stewardship & Liahona of the Spirit (PDF)  HTML

Waiting for Marriage and Deciding Who’s "the One" (PDF)  HTML


<< Previous Years >>

Book (2007):  Blacks and the Mormon Priesthood
  
"Thirty Years After the 'Long-Promised Day': Reflections and Expectations" (2008)

"A Black Man in Zion: Personal Reflections on Race and the Restored Gospel" (2006)

An Inevitable Paradox: Establishing a 'Peaceable Habitation' in a Violent World (2005)

Chocolate, Stem Cells, and Destroying Angels: Contemporary Perspectives on the Word of Wisdom (2003)
 
False Images of Christ (PDF)  HTML  (2001)

All Are (Really) Alike Unto God: Personal Reflections on the 1978 Revelation  (PDF)   HTML  (2001)

"Thinking Way Back": Considerations on Race, Pre-Existence, and Mortality (PDF)  HTML (1995, 1999)

"Into All the World": Technological Trends and the LDS Church in the 21st Century (PDF)  HTML (1998)