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Come, Follow Me — Book of Mormon (2020)
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Teachings and Testimony of the First Vision: An Amalgamation of Joseph Smith’s First Vision
this narration is only of the prayer and vision, not other closely related matters. It contains descriptive material (not word-for-word) from the four main accounts originating with Joseph Smith. I put it together to show how they collectively enlarge our understanding by adding depth, breadth, and detail. One quickly understands why this vision is considered as foundational to the restoration of the gospel and the eventual establishment of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 4 (1 Nephi 11-15)
This is an Interpreter Radio Roundtable for Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 4, “Armed with Righteousness and with the Power of God,” on 1 Nephi 11-15. The panelist for this roundtable was Martin Tanner. This roundtable was extracted from the December 29, 2019...
Study and Teaching Helps — Lesson 4: 1 Nephi 11-15
1 Nephi 11:1-5 To Receive Revelation Nephi shows us an exemplary pattern as we seek knowledge and guidance: 1) He desires to know, 2) he believes the Lord could and would teach him, 3) he ponders in his heart, and 4) he asks. (See also 1 Nephi...
“Somebody Wrote It:” The Book of Mormon’s Missionary Message to a 21st-Century World
Abstract: Nathan Oman’s “Welding Another Link in Wonder’s Chain: The Task of Latter-day Saint Intellectuals in the Church’s Third Century” wisely called for “new language in which to celebrate the Restoration.” That new...
Teachings and Testimony of the First Vision: President James E. Faust Teaches and Testifies of the First Vision
Many years ago, I visited for the first time a wooded area of extraordinary natural beauty near Palmyra, New York. This area is known to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as the Sacred Grove. On the day of our visit, the bees were kissing the wildflowers, and the soft zephyrs gently rustled the leaves of the great trees. It is a place of perfect peace and serenity. It was easy to believe that the heavens were opened and that the magnificent vision took place there.
1 Nephi Chapter 1 Through Verse 3, An Introduction
A Video Supplement for Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 2: “I Will Go and Do” (1 Nephi 1-7) Transcript 1 Nephi chapter 1 is among the most read passages in the Book of Mormon simply because its first, but it deserves far more credit than that which...
The Earth and Man
Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article by James E. Talmage originally appeared in Science & Mormonism Series 1: Cosmos, Earth, and Man (2016). Abstract: Elder James E. Talmage, the late apostle and geologist, asserts the reality of death before the...
Audio Roundtable: Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 3 (1 Nephi 8-10)
This is an Interpreter Radio Roundtable for Come, Follow Me Book of Mormon Lesson 3, “Come and Partake of the Fruit,” on 1 Nephi 8-10. The panelists for this roundtable were Martin Tanner and Matt Bowen. This roundtable was extracted from the December 22, 2019...
A Critical Text
[An interview of Royal Skousen by his friend and colleague Dan Peterson regarding the Book of Mormon critical text project to which Skousen has dedicated his career. This interview was conducted September 10, 2019, via email and was published in the quarterly magazine...
An Approach to Isaiah Studies
Review of Joseph M. Spencer, The Vision of All: Twenty-Five Lectures on Isaiah in Nephi’s Record (Salt Lake City: Greg Kofford Books, 2016). 318 pages. $59.95 (hardback); $29.95 paperback. Abstract: This review makes a case, briefly, for the unmistakable...
Part 2: How the Book of Mormon Counters Anti-Semitism with Bradley J. Kramer
About the Interview: Horrified by the Holocaust and fearful that the New Testament, as it has been traditionally understood, may have contributed to this tragedy, Christian scholars and ministers of all stripes have, in recent decades, proposed several,...
Part 1: A New Approach to Studying the Book of Mormon with Bradley J. Kramer
About the Interview: The Book of Mormon contains a multitude of short, impressive statements, which Latter-day Saints often memorize and even “master,” so they can repeat them as the occasion requires. These statements include divine promises such as...
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