Why the best part of the Book of Mormon is so short

“The crowning event recorded in the Book of Mormon is the personal ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ among the Nephites soon after His resurrection.” This marvelous event was followed by 300 years of idyllic peace. Of those righteous Nephites,...

Being filled by a tiny bite of bread and a few drops of water

Can you imagine how the Nephites felt when they received the sacred emblems of the Sacrament from the Savior Himself? Just hours before, each had stretched forth his or her hand to feel the wounds in His side and the...

Sorry Lord, could you repeat that?

This past week in Come, Follow Me, we read “the crowning event recorded in the Book of Mormon,” the “personal ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ among the Nephites soon after His resurrection.” After 600 years, the Nephites finally were...

The Lamanite, the lock-down, and our Liberty

This week in Come Follow Me, we studied the discourse of Samuel the Lamanite on the wall of Zarahemla. Take note of the reaction of the people. In the first few verses of Helaman 16, we read that there were...

Hello, my name is Corianton

This past week in Come, Follow Me, we read Alma’s words to his son Corianton. Also this past week, my wife and I started watching a new superhero show: DC’s Stargirl. We’re only a few episodes in, so the jury’s...

What is this thing you call "success?"

Once they were “the very vilest of sinners,” but a visit from an angel and a long time of anguished repentance transformed the sons of Mosiah into righteous missionaries:

They were desirous that salvation should be declared to every...

Remember who the real enemy is

Last week in Come Follow Me, we read the first part of Alma’s mission to the apostates in Ammonihah. It’s there that we got to meet the wicked lawyer, Zeezrom. The crafty Zeezrom tries every trick in the book to...

Hello, my name is Gideon

This past week in Come Follow Me, covering Mosiah 29 through Alma 4, we read about the death of one of my favorite Book of Mormon heroes. No, not Alma the Elder. No, not King Mosiah. No, definitely not Nehor....

The easy way and the hard way

This may come as a surprise to many of you, but sometimes my children don’t listen.

Take bedtime, for instance. At the end of the day, my 4-year-old son and I both know how things are going to end. If...

Nourish, dig, and prune

Jacob 5, if you are not familiar, is a long allegory about the house of Israel. Zenos, the author, compares the house of Israel to an old, decaying olive tree and describes all the efforts of the master gardener to...