Three days of Jesus’ visits (although he periodically returns to them – see 3 Ne. 26.13) 3 Nephi 17 – Jesus heals the sick and the children are brought to him You are weak… go home (1-3)Jesus is going back to the Father (4)They want him to stay with themContinue Reading

3 Nephi 8-11 Show Notes podcast #70 Main things to cover Jesus visits the Nephites Why the destruction came – 3 Nephi 9.3-13 Jesus testifies of who he is – 3 Nephi 9.15-18; 3 Nephi 11 3 Nephi 8 Mormon tells us to trust the person who give the datingContinue Reading

C.S. Lewis Now that she was left alone with the children, she took no notice of either of them. And that was like her too. In Charn she had taken no notice of Polly…because Digory was the one she wanted to make use of. Now that she had Uncle Andrew,Continue Reading

Things to cover 3 Nephi 1 91st year – the sign (1) Nephi son of Nephi gets the records – eldest (2) Relics of Nephite Kingship By getting “charge” of the record, this passage of these sacred things to Nephi was tantamount to the transferring of the crown and scepterContinue Reading

The Formula of the War Chapters Alma 58.10-15 illustrates how the Nephites were surrounded by numerous hosts of enemies. Yet, in 1 Nephi 14.12-13, hundreds of years before this war, Nephi teaches that in the last days there will be a battle and the forces of Satan will be massiveContinue Reading

Jezebel/Isabel Jezebel/Isabel אִיזֶבֶל ‘Iyzebel, pronounced e·zeh’·vel is a word that combines a couple of ideas. אִי ‘iy, meaning “not” (H336), or אַי ‘ay, meaning “where?” or “which” or “how?” (H335) and זְבֻל zebul, pronounced zev·ül’, meaning “exalted” (H2083). זְבוּל zebuwl can mean a dwelling or habitation (H2073). The Oxford GuideContinue Reading

Hell hath both an entrance and an exit During this hundred years many other great truths not known before, have been declared to the people, and one of the greatest is that to hell there is an exit as well as an entrance. Hell is no place to which aContinue Reading

The Book of Mormon is written in code.1 It has many layers. On the surface we read the stories, wars, sermons, and the situations the heroes in the text find themselves in. Underneath the text there is the message about the mysteries of God, the temple, and character of theContinue Reading

Elder Holland on Justification If there is one lament I cannot abide—and I hear it from adults as well as students—it is the poor, pitiful, withered cry, “Well, that’s just the way I am.” If you want to talk about discouragement, that phrase is one that discourages me. Though notContinue Reading

Truth tastes good This is good doctrine. It tastes good. I can taste the principles of eternal life, and so can you. They are given to me by the revelations of Jesus Christ; and I know that when I tell you these words of eternal life as they are givenContinue Reading