by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jun 25, 2008 | Mormon Scriptures
The first few books of the Book of Mormon focus on Lehi, a prophet, and his family. Lehi’s life was endangered due to his service as a prophet, and so he was commanded by God to leave their very comfortable home and travel to a land God would provide. Many hardships...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jun 25, 2008 | Home and Family
The Lord values work. He knows it’s good for us to work for what we have whenever possible and bad for us to do nothing or to expect others to care for us. In the Book of Mormon, we see on a regular basis the value of hard work to the Lord. Nephi, the first writer of...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jun 25, 2008 | Basic Beliefs of Mormons
Nephi, the second prophet of the Book of Mormon, was forced to take his family and friends further into the wilderness to avoid the wickedness and violence of his older brothers, which increased after their father’s death. One of the first things they did after...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jun 24, 2008 | Mormon Scriptures
After the death of Lehi, the first Book of Mormon prophet, the fourth son, Nephi, was chosen by God to assume leadership of the family and the church. The two oldest brothers, Laman and Lemuel, were wicked and had tried to kill Nephi in order to take his place as...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jun 20, 2008 | Finding Happiness
When the first Book of Mormon prophet, Lehi, was on his deathbed, he spent some time talking seriously to Laman and Lemuel, his two oldest sons. They had never gained a testimony of the gospel and their behavior had become progressively more wicked. He was very...
