Bestowal of the Holy Ghost (Moroni 2)
When you give your life to the Lord at the waters of baptism, you answer two questions. First, you affirm that you repent of all the sins you’ve committed up to that point. Second, you promise to serve God for the remainder of your life. The repentance process...
Thank You, Mormon and Moroni (Moroni 1)
As we begin the final part of The Book of Mormon, I want to express thanks to two of the men who made it all possible. Mormon, for whom the book is named, spent a good part of his life going through thousands of pages of Nephite history to produce a readable history...
Enlarge My Coast (Alma 63)
Some years ago, there was a popular book called “The Prayer of Jabez” that focused on the short prayer recorded in 1 Chronicles 4:10: “And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and...
Carrot, Egg or Coffee Bean? (Alma 62)
In Alma 62, Moroni and Pahoran take back the city of Zarahemla. The united Nephites then defeat the Lamanites in a war. At the end of the war, the writer reflects on how different people were affected in different ways by the war: “Many had become hardened,...
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