Mesoamerica, Heartland, Baja, Hemispherical, Costa Rica, and even Malaysia have been suggested as models for Book of Mormon geography. What we know for certain is very little, and what we don’t know is very large when it comes to these things. There are fascinating evidences people have researched with regard to these models, but I’d […]
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This morning I found a short video on tithing in the Old Testament that led me on a wonderful quest. I love picking up on an insight someone shares and then digging deeper into those things. In this instance, the topic is the phrase “pass under the rod” and it was the method the Lord […]
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In the Scripture Notes application, there are different ways to make notes. The first is the basic verse note which is a simple note field by every verse. You can type as much as you want into this field, but it’s always going to be plain text and should be geared around the contents of […]
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Why does God curse the land for my sake and preserve the land for the sake of a few? The scriptures show us there are a number of things God does for our sake, and there are also things he asks us to do for His sake. What does the word “sake” mean? In Websters […]
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Last week I shared how to store questions in Scripture Notes in a few different ways. Today I want to show how to store large quotes that have scripture references in them. Storing large quotes with references This past week I was reading and found this statement by Hugh Nibley that I wanted to store. […]
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Asking questions is a key to getting revelation. Without asking, we can’t receive. John 16:24. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. While serving on my mission, I remember one night pondering what it meant to be endowed. I had only been able […]
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Another resource available for students of the scriptures is the website Biblehub.com. BibleHub is a massive site with lots of resources available on it. In the upcoming October 2020 release of Scripture Notes, this will be one of the resources automatically linked to from all Bible verses so you have one-click access to a powerful […]
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About twenty years ago, the Lord led me to an old conference talk by then Elder Ezra Taft Benson. It changed my life. It was from April 1965 entitled, “Not Commanded In All Things.” It struck me at a time when I really needed that message to look beyond myself and get anxiously engaged in […]
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Years ago while serving on my mission I recall one night in companion prayer asking the Lord to let us have broken hearts and contrite spirits. When I finished the prayer my companion said, “what is a broken heart and a contrite spirit.” I did my best as a 19 year old to suggest what […]
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One of the great blessings of the pandemic lockdown for many families has been the direction to have church at home. This hasn’t diminished the desire to be with others, but it has created new opportunities for family closeness in ways I hadn’t foreseen. A friend recently reminded me of President Nelson’s talk announcing home-centered […]
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