by Candace | Dec 7, 2007 | Mormon Scriptures
Mormons honor Mother Eve for the sacrifices she made, along with her husband, Adam, to bring forward the plan of salvation as laid out by our Heavenly Father in premortality. Elder John A. Widtsoe perhaps says it best when he describes the choice made in the Garden of...
by Laurie W | Dec 5, 2007 | Mormon Scriptures
There’s always been a part of me that’s wondered exactly what it must have been like to raise Jesus as a child. We don’t have a lot of information on his childhood, or even his teens years for that matter. Matt Moody, one of the writers here at LDSBlogs,...
by Laurie W | Nov 30, 2007 | Mormon Scriptures
This fourth part of The Nativity Story can be found in Matthew chapter 2 (KJV) of the Bible. King of the Jews As was required by Jewish law, when the baby of Mary was eight days old He was circumcised and given the earthly name of Jesus. Mary remained in retirement...
by Laurie W | Nov 30, 2007 | Mormon Scriptures
The birth of Mary’s baby was fast approaching, and at this time a decree went out from Rome ordering a taxing of all the people. It was a way to take a census upon which the basis of the taxation would be determined among the different peoples. Had the census been...
by Laurie W | Nov 30, 2007 | Mormon Scriptures
This is part two in a version of the Nativity story inspired by a lesson I gave to the Young Women (girls 12-17) of the Mormon Church (or the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) several Christmas’s ago. I would encourage you to read Luke chapters 1 and...
by Laurie W | Nov 30, 2007 | Mormon Scriptures
The following story is one I wrote up several years ago when asked to do a lesson for my Young Women class (girls 12-17 in the Mormon Church) one Christmas. I can testify every word was inspired, and it is Christ to whom I dedicate it. The historical aspects of this...
