Part 1: The Atonement is a key Latter-Day Saint doctrine. During this two-part episode of Mormon Identity, Brent Top, chairman of the Department of Church History and Doctrine at BYU, joins our host, Robert Millet, to discuss the Atonement in detail, with specific reference to the Book of Mormon. Professor Top opens his focus in the 10th chapter in the book of Nephi. Nephi writes in detail of our "lost and fallen" state. Brent and Bob talk of not only Adam’s fall from grace, but that each of us is fallen and lost and needs the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ to return to our Heavenly Father. In this episode of Mormon Identity, Brother’s Millet and Top explore and discuss this defining and critical doctrine.