by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jun 26, 2008 | Mormon Scriptures
And it shall come to pass that when all men shall have passed from this first death unto life, insomuch as they have become immortal, they must appear before the judgment-seat of the Holy One of Israel; and then cometh the judgment, and then must they be judged...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jun 26, 2008 | Discipleship: Follow the Savior
Imagine what life would be like if you had to live entirely without sin your whole life or be unable to return to live with your Father in Heaven. Would life on earth seem worth it? Would you have agreed to leave Heaven to come to earth if you knew it would be most...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jun 25, 2008 | Mormon Scriptures
Nephi, the first writer of the Book of Mormon, loved the scriptures. He quoted from the often and clearly spent a great deal of time studying them and working to understand them. He found them a help in his own life, as well as a tool for teaching his children. 15 And...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jun 25, 2008 | Mormon Scriptures
Sometimes people will ask me why, as a teenager, I intentionally chose a strict church with lots of rules. Sometimes people wonder why I still want all those rules. “I don’t want some church telling me what to do,” they say. I once knew a women, who, when her...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jun 25, 2008 | Mormon Scriptures
2 Nephi 4:15-35 is known to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, sometimes nicknamed Mormons, as the Psalm of Nephi. Nephi was familiar with the Biblical psalms, and since this psalm follows the patterns of those, it is likely a psalm is exactly...
