by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jul 7, 2008 | Mormon Scriptures
There was a time when we could hear God the Father’s teachings at His knee. We lived in His presence and had regular opportunities to receive training, counsel, and comfort directly from Him. Then we agreed, at His request, to come here to earth to live for a time....
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jul 5, 2008 | Mormon Scriptures
Moroni is most often known to people outside the church as the figure on the statue topping most of the Mormon temples. Have you ever wondered who he is and why he’s on our temples? Moroni was a prophet who lived in the time when the events of the Book of Mormon...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jul 5, 2008 | Mormon Scriptures
Recently, a push poll informed people that the church considered the Book of Mormon to be more important than the Bible. Is this true? The belief stems from one of the Thirteen Articles of Faith. These are thirteen statements of belief written by Joseph Smith to...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jul 5, 2008 | Mormon Scriptures
Nephi was the second prophet of the Book of Mormon. He foresaw in visions that the time would come when his people would disappear from the earth through their own wickedness. He also knew the record he started, which would come to be known as the Book of Mormon,...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jul 3, 2008 | Mormon Scriptures
Anyone who has seen a temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (incorrectly known as the Mormon Church) has seen the impressive statue of a man with a trumpet that tops most temples. This man is actually an angel named Moroni. A close-up view of the...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jul 2, 2008 | Mormon Scriptures
Does this sound familiar to you? “Moreover, the Lord saith: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched-forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet—“ This certainly seems to describe the...