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Sunday, November 24, 2013

Book of Mormon Word Usage: Yesterday

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The term yesterday appears seven times in the Book of Mormon, but its usage is much more restricted than might otherwise be obvious. In the...
Sunday, November 17, 2013

Book of Mormon Word Usage: Fill the Seat of His Father

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The expression to fill the seat of his father occurs twice in the Book of Mormon (Alma 50:40; 3 Nephi 6:19). The expression is not biblical...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

A Seer Stone Story

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[From Christian Stephansen, "My Life's Experience and History in Religion,"11-13. Unpublished manuscript, copy in the Matthew ...
Sunday, November 10, 2013

Young Generals

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Modern readers of the Book of Mormon might wonder a bit at the precociousness of some of the military leaders. Moroni "was only twenty ...
Thursday, November 7, 2013

Bad Readings of the Book of Mormon

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Can you tell what is wrong with the following statements? Nephi knew all about steam-boats and the compass 2400 years ago.             ...
Monday, November 4, 2013

“Filled with the Holy Ghost” in Matthew 5:6 and 3 Nephi 12:6 (Howlers # 24)

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In 1978 Krister Stendahl, a prominent Lutheran Leader and scholar of the New Testament was invited by Truman Madsen to read and comment on t...
Sunday, November 3, 2013

Book of Mormon Word Usage: Sharpness

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The word sharpness is used six times in the Book of Mormon. It is consistently used in similar contexts. It is not used, however, to descri...