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Click on graphic to read Mosiah 11-13 What do coach John Wooden and the prophet Abinadi have in common? Well, not much, but one thing that they do have in common is somewhat uncommon. They are men who understand that success on the court (whether a basketball court or…

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Click graphic to read Mosiah 8-10 After the stirring words of King Benjamin, his son, Mosiah, begins his reign. Mosiah sends a search party after a group of Nephites who had left many years earlier and were never heard from again. They had desired to inherit the land of…

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Click on graphic to read Mosiah 5-7 For being such a short chapter, Mosiah 5 hits on some pretty essential and deep doctrines. King Benjamin speaks of being born again (born of God), adoption, and becoming children of Christ (See Romans 8 for more from the Apostle Paul on this). Did you notice how many times the word NAME appeared…

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Click graphic to read Mosiah 3-4 One of the best things about today’s reading is that half of it was delivered by an “angel from God” (Mosiah 3:2). His message is one of “glad tidings of great joy”! (v.3. You will notice “joy” come up also in…

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Click on the graphic to read Mosiah 1-2 THE GREAT CONFERENCE OF 124 B.C.  I like to compare this part of the Book of Mormon to our modern-day general conference of the church. Each time that I read this account I imagine what it would have been…

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Click on the graphic to read Jarom-Words of Mormon Something that stands out to me in these pages is how to prosper in the Promised Land. The Lord provided prophets and plates to preserve and prosper His people in the Promised Land (that is my attempt…

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Click on graphic to read Jacob 6-Enos BEWARE OF FAITH-SHAKERS! Faith-shakers take on many forms. In today’s reading Sherem is the personification of a faith-shaker. Jacob describes meeting the faith-shaker Sherem with these words: “and he knowing that I, Jacob, had faith in Christ who should come, he…

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Click graphic to ready Jacob 5 To understand Jacob 5, one must begin at the end of Jacob 4. In Jacob 4 the prophet Jacob had asked us to consider how the Jews could ever build on the “sure foundation” of Jesus Christ after they rejected Him (v. 17). To…

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Click graphic to read Jacob 2-4 Today’s message from the Book of Mormon (Jacob 2-4) is a clarion call for a “RETURN TO VIRTUE”. What a timely message for our day! Virtue means “strength”, and because our strength lies in the Lord Jesus Christ a return…

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Click graphi to read 2 Nephi 32-Jacob 1 Painting credit: Al Young These pages mark a major transition in the Book of Mormon. Nephi’s final words are found in 2 Nephi 32-33, and once again we find his great anxiety for our welfare and his pattern for plainness…