by Terrie Lynn Bittner | May 30, 2008 | Mormon Principles, Practices & Precepts
When God commanded Nephi to make plates on which to record the records of the people and the church, Nephi explained that he wrote only that which he considered sacred. However, he noted that many had little respect for that which is sacred. For the things which some...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | May 30, 2008 | Home and Family
And it came to pass that the Lord commanded me, wherefore I did make plates of ore that I might engraven upon them the record of my people. And upon the plates which I made I did engraven the record of my father, and also our journeyings in the wilderness, and the...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | May 30, 2008 | Frequently Asked Questions
When Lehi’s family boarded the ship they’d made for crossing the ocean to a new home chosen for them by God, boredom might have been a challenge for them. Unlike Noah’s family, they didn’t have the large number of animals to care for. 9 And after we had been driven...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | May 29, 2008 | Finding Truth
In 1 Nephi 17:45, Nephi, a young adult, rebukes his older brothers: Ye are swift to do iniquity but slow to remember the Lord your God. Ye have seen an angel, and he spake unto you; yea, ye have heard his voice from time to time; and he hath spoken unto you in a still...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | May 29, 2008 | Discipleship: Follow the Savior
When Nephi, the young adult son of the prophet Lehi, sought his brother’s help, they ridiculed him. Nephi had been commanded by God to build a boat, so the family could travel to the land of promise God had chosen for them. His two older brothers, however, had no real...
