Briefly Second Nephi, with Terryl Givens – Maxwell Institute podcast I’ve been listening to/reading this podcast tonight, because I really like Second Nephi (and am looking forward to the next episode, about Jacob, which I also really like). In this, Terryl Givens, from the Neal A. Maxwell Institute, gives a fascinating introduction to what he … Continue reading The everlasting covenant and promised lands that keep moving
I understand that this title is black-and-white. Most people are not one thing or the other (whatever thing it is), but bits of both. For Laman & Lemuel, they were also not wholly one thing, but were very close to it, from the evidence we have. I think they also developed through the years of … Continue reading Laman & Lemuel: regular guys with problems, or wicked, obtuse bullies?
Laman and Lemuel constantly relied on others’ knowledge of spiritual things. So they never had enough to keep them consistently humble or righteous – to bind them to God, and allow their better natures to grow and win. Continue reading Borrowed light
Jesus Christ is the water of life – the power is in Him to reconcile us with the Father; to heal us and make us free. Continue reading Insights from John
Let no man deceive you by any means: for there must come a defection/apostasy first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
The Adversary who exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; even unto sitting in the temple of God, proclaiming himself God. Continue reading A falling away (2 Thessalonians 2)
Peaceable Treasures 