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Anyone writing a history will have a certain amount of bias, but I was thinking about the unique position Mormon was in as he compiled the record of his people. He was one of the very last survivors of his…
Stoning was one of the ways that people were put to death according to the law of Moses, if they were seeking to turn the people alway from God. So you shall stone him to death, because he has attempted…
The word fast in Hebrew is tsowm and comes from the word tsuwm which means “to cover the mouth.” I’ve always assumed that this covering of the mouth was referencing abstaining from food or drink. However, a recent reading of Isaiah 58 led me…
“The holy scriptures represent mankind’s spiritual memory.” – Neal A. Maxwell
- Where Blind Faith Ends
- The Meaning of Isaiah 4:1 and Seven Women Taking Hold of One Man
- A Proposed Reinterpretation of Jacob 2:30
- Analysis of an Incredible Eve/Mary Artwork by a Roman Catholic Nun
- Joseph Smith on Truth
- A Professional Logo Designer’s Analysis of The Church’s New Symbol
- Characteristics vs. Attributes: Demystifying Lectures 3 and 4
Book of Mormon
View AllIn the very quote that inspired the title of this blog, Rene Daumal penned a profound though: “You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again.” The purpose of the climb is to reach the summit and…
Perhaps most of us throw around the word “symbolism” without understanding the various nuances of the subject. I created ldsSymbols.com with reference to the word “symbols’ because that is what most people understand. Alonzo Gaskill’s book “The Lost Language of Symbolism” defines…
And it came to pass that there was a certain man, a traveler by trade, who journeyed through many lands, bearing with him a gift for those whom he would meet. And behold, he came upon another man in the…
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