Samuel’s words to the Nephites in Zarahemla are some of my favourite in the Book of Mormon. I find the turn of language he uses evocative, rich, and just wonderful. The prophecy of riches becoming slippery due to a curse on the land that we find in Helaman, chapter 13, demonstrates this perfectly. There are … Continue reading Wise words from Samuel the Lamanite that describe our day
In The Book of Mormon, we meet three anti-Christ preachers: Sherem, Nehor, and Korihor. We also read of two groups of disaffected Nephites who took on similar beliefs: the people at Ammonihah (Alma 9-12) and the Zoramites (Alma 31-35). As I read about Korihor in Alma 30 last week, I wanted to compare the arguments … Continue reading The philosophies of Satan versus the Word of God
In ‘the first year of the reign of the judges over the people of Nephi’, a man was brought before the chief judge, Alma, who had been going about among the people teaching that there was no need for repentance, that all would be saved, no matter what, so they could do as they wished … Continue reading Salvation for all….?
There’s a really great passage in Mormon 9, verses 15 to 28, about how God is a God of miracles. This chapter was actually written by Moroni, finishing his father’s record. It starts thus: And now, all ye that have imagined up unto yourselves a god who can do no miracles, I would ask of … Continue reading A God of Miracles
During our Sunday School discussion today, someone remarked that they’d been sitting there, listening to people who had “all this knowledge about the scriptures”, which she didn’t, but thinking to herself that at least she was a “woman of action”. It was a little bit funny, because the teacher had been saying that Judaism is … Continue reading A person of action…
Peaceable Treasures 