This episode examines a recurring pattern in the Book of Mormon where spiritual vitality declines gradually, then collapses decisively. It focuses on the period leading up to the reign of King Benjamin, a critical transition point where prophetic warnings intensify,…

The Church recently released an updated/clarified version of the temple recommend interview questions. And for the first time that I can remember, the President of the Church read them out loud over the pulpit in General Conference. It used to…

In the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, we find an account of Jesus being tempted by the devil while fasting in the wilderness. The scene parallels, in a a couple of significant ways, Nephi’s vision of the tree of…