To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.James Madison

In 1 Nephi chapter 4 right at the beginning of the Book of Mormon, we encounter a narrative where a young man is instructed by God to kill an unconscious individual. I have to admit, on the surface, this is not…

The wickedness of the Nephites proved their destruction, that we know. Part of this wickedness was a dramatic shift in their policy of war, a policy that we have adopted here in our day.