The 5 Books of Moses from the Plates of Brass
"To the descendants of Joseph, to be kept hidden from the World until the Last Days: By the Power of YHVH, these Plates of Brass shall not perish, neither shall they be dimmed by time..." -Title Page
Book of the Law of the Lord/Plates of Brass Comparison
There are a number of differences between the Book of the Law of the Lord and the plates of brass translated as the Books of Moses or the Stick of Ephraim.
What is Sin?
We have been told to abandon sin, to forsake sin, and not to sin. But what is sin? What does it mean to sin? And once we know, how do we avoid it?
Love is Love
The man asked for a commandment. For some dysfunctional reason, this man felt like he wanted, or needed, a commandment. He perceived light, and his first instinct was toward authority. Go figure.
5 Ways We can be an Example for Our Children
We can see and know by his example how important children are to Jesus. Pondering on this topic, I came up with 5 points on setting a good example for our children.
Hope—An Advent Message
Essentially, advent is a season on which we as disciples of Jesus Christ are called to ready ourselves for coming of the Living God to dwell amongst the children of Man.
Unconditional Love
What is love? Is there a difference between God's love and mankind's ideas of love? Does God ever stop loving us? There is an idea out in the world that God will only love us "if." What must we do then to earn God's love?
The Word of Wisdom
The Word of Wisdom is an interesting doctrine of all Latter Day Saints and Mormons that accept some form of the Doctrine and Covenants share. While we all enjoy the blessing of the revelation, it seems that each sect interprets it very differently. What does the Fellowship do with it?
Friendship–Be a Friend Like the Savior is Our Friend
The most important thing we can each learn in this life is how to love. We need to learn how to love ourselves, how to love our families, siblings, how to love our spouses, our children, neighbors, coworkers, friends, enemies, strangers and anyone that we come in contact with.
Why the Book of Mormon is True
All holy books have truth and wisdom in them; yet we do not accept all holy books as scripture the way we do the Bible and Book of Mormon.
The Kingdom of God is Within You
If we want to build Zion we must move from the Church to the Kingdom.
Come unto the Fountain of All Righteousness
"Wherefore, I, Moroni, am commanded to write these things, that evil may be done away, and that the time may come that Satan may have no power upon the hearts of the children of men." -Ether 3:102a RAV, 8:26a OPV