by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jun 25, 2008 | Mormon Scriptures
2 Nephi 4:15-35 is known to members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, sometimes nicknamed Mormons, as the Psalm of Nephi. Nephi was familiar with the Biblical psalms, and since this psalm follows the patterns of those, it is likely a psalm is exactly...
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 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 Nathan H | Jun 2, 2008 | Mormon Scriptures
The Articles of Faith are thirteen statements of basic belief for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (referred to as the Mormons). They were written as a part of a document called the Wentworth Letter, which Joseph Smith wrote in 1842 to John Wentworth of...
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 29, 2008 | Mormon Scriptures
Lehi was a prophet in Jerusalem around 600 B.C. When the Lord commanded him to take his family and only those things necessary for survival, and to flee, he did so. His life was in danger from those who did not want to be told to repent. He and his family fled into...
