by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jun 5, 2008 | Finding Happiness
As the great Book of Mormon prophet Lehi lay dying, he called his children together and gave them his final words of wisdom, knowing, perhaps, that it was the last time his two oldest sons, Laman and Lemuel, would bother to listen to the gospel at all. He told his...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jun 3, 2008 | Mormon Principles, Practices & Precepts
Shortly before Lehi’s death, he told his sons: Wherefore, this land is consecrated unto him whom he shall bring. And if it so be that they shall serve him according to the commandments which he hath given, it shall be a land of liberty unto them; wherefore, they shall...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jun 2, 2008 | Joseph Smith: Mormon Prophet
In 1 Nephi 22, Nephi tells his brothers that someday, far in the future, gentiles would take over the land his family had settled into, scattering the remnants of his family. Nothing in the Book of Mormon says the family came to an empty land, and so, given...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jun 2, 2008 | Mormon Scriptures
“22 Now it came to pass that I, Nephi, did teach my brethren these things; and it came to pass that I did read many things to them, which were engraven upon the plates of brass, that they might know concerning the doings of the Lord in other lands, among people of...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | May 30, 2008 | Discipleship: Follow the Savior
In 1 Nephi, chapter 19, Nephi discusses the life of the Savior, who would come far into the future. He talks about the Savior’s death and the persecutions the Jewish people would face as a result. The Book of Mormon Student Manual clarifies misunderstandings some...
