19 Wherefore, I beseech of you, brethren, that ye should search diligently in the light of Christ that ye may know good from evil; and if ye will lay hold upon every good thing, and condemn it not, ye certainly will be a child of Christ.(Moroni 7:19)The Apostle Paul counseled the Thessalonian saints to "prove... Continue Reading →
A Council of War – Alma 52:19
19 And in the commencement of the twenty and eighth year, Moroni and Teancum and many of the chief captains held a council of war—what they should do to cause the Lamanites to come out against them to battle; or that they might by some means flatter them out of their strongholds, that they might... Continue Reading →
They Cast Many Things Away – 2 Nephi 33:2
2 But behold, there are many that harden their hearts against the Holy Spirit, that it hath no place in them; wherefore, they cast many things away which are written and esteem them as things of naught.(2 Nephi 33:2)In statistics, when you are evaluating the truth or falsehood of a statement, you can make two... Continue Reading →
Enter Ye in at the Strait Gate – 3 Nephi 14:13-14
13 Enter ye in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, which leadeth to destruction, and many there be who go in thereat;14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.(3 Nephi 14:13-14)In order to... Continue Reading →
Foolish and Blind Guides – Helaman 13:29
29 O ye wicked and ye perverse generation; ye hardened and ye stiffnecked people, how long will ye suppose that the Lord will suffer you? Yea, how long will ye suffer yourselves to be led by foolish and blind guides? Yea, how long will ye choose darkness rather than light?(Helaman 13:29)Why would you follow a... Continue Reading →
The Tradition of Their Fathers – Mosiah 10:12-13, 17
12 They were a wild, and ferocious, and a blood-thirsty people, believing in the tradition of their fathers, which is this—Believing that they were driven out of the land of Jerusalem because of the iniquities of their fathers, and that they were wronged in the wilderness by their brethren, and they were also wronged while... Continue Reading →
O Be Wise – Jacob 6:12
12 O be wise; what can I say more?(Jacob 6:12)It is striking to me that Jacob gives us this three-word sermon at the end of 5 chapters of his preaching, including calling his people to repent of specific sins. In saying these words--"O be wise, what can I say more?"-- he clearly didn't mean to... Continue Reading →
2 Nephi 12:5 Let Us Walk in the Light of the Lord
5 O house of Jacob, come ye and let us walk in the light of the Lord; yea, come, for ye have all gone astray, every one to his wicked ways.(2 Nephi 12:5, Isaiah 2:5)Here's what I think it means to "walk in the light of the Lord":It means that we make decisions in the... Continue Reading →
1 Nephi 22:1-3 Things Both Temporal and Spiritual
1 And now it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had read these things which were engraven upon the plates of brass, my brethren came unto me and said unto me: What meaneth these things which ye have read? Behold, are they to be understood according to things which are spiritual, which shall come... Continue Reading →
1 Nephi 19:9 Because of Their Iniquity
9 And the world, because of their iniquity, shall judge him to be a thing of naught; wherefore they scourge him, and he suffereth it; and they smite him, and he suffereth it. Yea, they spit upon him, and he suffereth it, because of his loving kindness and his long-suffering towards the children of men.... Continue Reading →