Lessons Learned from Joshua:The Bible contains many stories and lessons that provide council and a source of comfort for many who examine it. One such story is the book of Joshua, and there are many lessons wit
And despite Moses’ lack of faith — his sinful obsession with his own flaws and faults rather than trusting in the Lord’s love and power and greatness — the Lord redeemed him and used him, in spite of himself, to save the nation of Israel and bring them out of terror and tyranny a...
During his birthday celebration I overheard my Dad tell Fr John, “I do my prayers everyday and read the bible everyday.” I rejoiced when I heard this and thought, Bravo Dad! Few people do their prayers everyday! During that trip to New Brunswick I took a number of really nice ...
“The Parables of Jesus Curriculum for Children’s Bible Class” is a 9-unit Bible lesson based on Jesus’s teachings. This curriculum is designed to teach kids through storytelling, just like the first disciples learned from Jesus. The parables of Jesus are perfect for Sunday School and Junio...
Nowhere does the Bible teach that our dead loved ones are angels. As a matter of fact, in Genesis we read: So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.Genesi...
Second, Abraham states that those who didn’t listen to Moses and the Prophets, that is, the Bible up to that point, would not repent even if they saw a miracle. The specific miracle he mentions is someone rising from the dead; this points to Jesus’ resurrection. If the Hebrew...
The Saints in Joseph Smith’s time were eager to build Zion, the New Jerusalem, as described in the Book of Mormon (seeEther 13:2–9) and in Joseph Smith’s inspired revision of the Bible (seeMoses 7:62–64). What do you learn about Zion—both the ancient city of Enoch’s day ...
But this view of God derives from a indolent society, not from the Bible. It is only in the last quarter century in America that corporal punishment has been socially taboo -- and look at what a wonderful strength of character has developed as a result! Up until then it has been part ...
In fact, one-third of the sentences in the opening three chapters of the Bible have a tree in them. The only thing that Jesus ever harms is a tree, and the only thing that can harm him is a tree. From Moses and Gideon in the Old Testament, to Nathaniel and Zacchaeus...
During my childhood, if I were to tell you that I had spent the morning copying and pasting documents on my tablet you would have thought that I was tracing a picture using carbon paper, with a glue bottle next to me, with plans to paste them onto something akin to what Moses was car...