Jesus & the Atonement: Insights from the Book of Mormon
King Benjamin is one of my favorite people in the Book of Mormon. We were introduced to him last week and learned that he gave a farewell address when he retired as the Nephite lay king. (Yes, they had lay kings. He had a regular job and did the king work for free.)...
Jesus in the Book of Mormon: Serving God in Callings
Although we had to skip a lot of great material about Jesus to get here, we are about to begin a sermon given by a great man named King Benjamin. He is one of my favorite people in the Book of Mormon. The sermon we will be studying over the next few weeks covers a...
Book of Mormon: Christ’s Atonement Changes Everything
The Book of Enos, found in the Book of Mormon, is one of the very shortest books in the volume. It is only one chapter and covers a single event in the life of the prophet Enos. Despite its brevity, however, it contains a powerful message about how the atonement of...
Jesus in the Book of Mormon: Becoming a Christian
Mormons use the Book of Mormon as a companion book to the Bible. It contains more references to Jesus Christ and His mission even than the Bible does. We’ve been exploring a few of my favorite references to the Lord Jesus Christ found in the Book of Mormon. This small...
Jesus in the Book of Mormon: How to Know the Truth
There is a fascinating story in the Book of Mormon about a man named Sherem. He is the first of a number of anti-Christs that appear in this book. An anti-Christ is someone who knowingly tries to convince people there is no Christ—even when they know that isn’t true....
Jesus in the Book of Mormon and Baptism
If I wrote about every Book of Mormon verse about Jesus Christ, we’d be doing this series for decades, so I am skipping over a lot of great chapters to move us forward a little. We’re still in 2 Nephi, which is filled to the brim with information about Jesus Christ,...
Jesus in the Book of Mormon: Mormons Rejoice in Christ
A favorite scripture among Mormons (a nickname for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) is found in 2 Nephi 25:26 in the Book of Mormon. “And we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write...
Jesus in the Book of Mormon: Saved by Grace?
2 Nephi, in the Book of Mormon, is a difficult chapter for many people to read. However, it is filled with valuable teachings about Jesus Christ and is an essential read for those who want to understand Mormon doctrines about the Lord Jesus Christ. Mormon is a...
Jesus in the Book of Mormon: The Infinite Atonement
In this series of articles on Christ in the Book of Mormon, we’ve spent a great deal of time exploring verses related to the atonement. 2 Nephi 2 was almost entirely on that subject. Today we will explore 2 Nephi 9, which also discusses the atonement of Jesus Christ...
Mother’s Day: Do I Wish I had a Mormon Mother?
I joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often inadvertently called the Mormon Church, when I was sixteen. I had been experiencing a huge emptiness inside and was church-hopping, looking to fill it. Although I enjoyed all the churches I visited, I...
Christ in the Book of Mormon: Creation, Fall, and Atonement
In this series, we’re finding out what the Book of Mormon teaches about Mormons and Jesus Christ. What does their book actually say they believe? Mormons (a nickname for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) use both the Bible and the Book of...
Christ in the Book of Mormon: Salvation is Free
We have been exploring a small percentage of the teachings on Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon. In these first articles, we have followed the family of a prophet named Lehi, born in Jerusalem, who followed God’s command to take his family to what is now known as...
Mother’s Day: What it Means to be a Mormon Mother
Mormon women tend to spend a lot of time thinking about motherhood, not just on Mother’s Day, but always. It is considered an essential part of our identity, whether or not we have children. Mormons (a nickname for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Christ in the Book of Mormon: Life of Christ
In this series of articles, we’re exploring the role of the Lord Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon. This series will address only a very small percentage of the mentions of Christ. In Chapter 11 of 1 Nephi in the Book of Mormon, a teenager named Nephi wanted to...
Christ in the Book of Mormon: Prophecies of Christ
In this series, we are exploring some of the references to the Lord Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon. It would be impossible to discuss all of them, since the Savior is mentioned an average of every 1.7 verses. 1 Nephi, the book we are discussing first, has 474...
Jesus in the Book of Mormon: Trusting the Lord
In the previous article in this series, we met Nephi, a teenager whose father, Lehi, was a prophet in Jerusalem just before the fall of the city. The Book of Mormon tells us that Lehi’s life was in danger because of his prophecies, so God instructed him to take his...
Lord, I Believe
Mormons like to say that when Jeffrey R. Holland gets up to speak, Satan panics. His talks appeal to both Mormons and non-Mormons and one group of evangelical religion students, shown a video of one of his speeches, admitted it could have been given by one of their...
Jesus in the Book of Mormon: The Tree of Life
The very first mention of Jesus Christ comes in the first verse of the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon is a book of scripture used by Mormons along with the Bible and other scriptures. The purpose of the Book of Mormon is to testify of Jesus Christ. The true name...
The Book of Mormon and Jesus Christ
It may surprise you to learn that the Book of Mormon is actually a book about Jesus Christ, the same Jesus found in the Bible. The Mormons (a nickname for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) added a subheading to the book to explain that it is...
Will Mormon Women Pray in General Conference?
In the April 2013 General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose members are nicknamed Mormons, a woman gave the closing prayer in the first session. Jean A. Stevens is the First Counselor in the General Primary Presidency, which means...
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