“My soul doth magnify the Lord.” Thus spake the virgin Mary upon hearing of her grand calling to be the mother of the Savior of the world. Her willingness to submit to the will of the Father and to magnify Him is one that any one of us can hope to emulate in our own...
read more“My beloved is mine” (Song of Solomon 2:16) The Old Testament: A Worthy Labor Studying the Old Testament is at once both a marvelous joy and a challenge. Herein we find inspiring stories of faith, sacrifice and obedience of those who called down the powers of heaven...
read more“The kingdom of God is within you” Luke 17:21 Some of the most nourishing and healing stories that span all cultures are those that speak of wandering souls finding their way home, the hero discovering his true identity, and the royal celebration at finding the...
read more“Noah built an ark; and…the Lord smiled upon it.” (Moses 7:43) Introduction The great cataclysmic1 flood wherein “Noah…prepared an ark to the saving of his house” is one of the most well known stories in the Judeo-Christian world. It is story that most of us can...
read moreHave you ever turned the page from the last words of Malachi to the first utterances of Matthew? Go ahead. Turn that one page. What do you see? Exactly. Nothing. Was the world silent between Malachi and Matthew? Indeed it was not. But just how much time had passed...
read more“He saw the heavens open…and…he saw One descending out of the midst of heaven…[who] stood before my father, and gave unto him a book, and bade him that he should read. And it came to pass that as he read, he was filled with the Spirit of the Lord.” 1 Nephi 1:8-9,...
read more“Let all things be done decently and in order.” 1 Corinthians 14:40 This lesson begins where a prior lesson left off, the disorder and disunity disrupting the Corinthian church, which Paul sought to repair through his epistles. So as we study the final six chapters of...
read moreOne of the most beautiful and doctrinally significant discourses in the Book of Mormon is that given by Jacob brother of Nephi in 2 Nephi 6-10. Well known are the farewell speech of King Benjamin or the sermons of Jesus Christ when he visited the American continent. ...
read more“Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.” (Jeremiah 1:5) Introduction Throughout the ages of the world individuals have looked out into the night sky...
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