What if faith has nothing to do with hoping God helps us?
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“This may be the most memorable thing we did when my sister returned home from serving her mission.”
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This scripture from the Old Testament reminds us not to rush ahead of God’s timing.
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Here are a few encouraging verses to save for when you need a pick-me-up.
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“I wish I could whisper [this scripture] to every one of God’s girls,” President Freeman wrote.
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This verse is one of the best hidden gems in the Bible.
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There are many mothers in the scriptures with valuable stories—here are just five from the Old Testament that we have a lot to learn from.
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Pelicans, peacocks, and owls? See which birds mentioned in the Bible you’re familiar with and which ones you may have never heard of before.
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Astrology's popularity is on the rise. What does the Church have to say about it?
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This year our Come, Follow Me study concludes with the “minor prophets”—though sometimes obscure, they’re just as full of eternal truths.
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Courses are taught by experts in their fields and range from how to improve your scripture study to overcoming doubts to talking to your kids about tough topics like pornography.
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Opinions and beliefs about the mother of the human race are wide and varied, especially from religion to religion. Here are five insights from Latter-Day Saint leaders that may influence how you think about our glorious Mother Eve.
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“There has never been a better time for us to search—not skim, not skip, not avoid—but really search Isaiah.”
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The Isaiah Map is the tool you never knew you needed—let it help you study and teach this tricky book of scripture.
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In preparing for this week’s Come, Follow Me lesson, I keep accidentally typing “virtual” instead of “virtuous.” Which got me thinking, what would it mean to be a virtually virtuous woman or man?
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When depression and anxiety robbed my ability to feel the Spirit, I learned how to choose to trust God even when I couldn’t feel Him.
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Recognizing the role that poetic tools play in the scriptures deepens our connection to the sacred text.
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You may have been surprised to discover that the calendar lists the book of Psalms for our “Come, Follow Me” study for the next three weeks. Here are some interesting facts you might not have known about this book of scripture.
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Shiphrah and Puah saved him, his mother saved him, and then Miriam, his older sister, is going to save him.
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Maybe you recently sat down to read a chapter of the Old Testament and wondered how on earth it applies to you. But don’t give up—first, you might want to try out this way of approaching your scripture study.
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In the midst of my emotional distress, the story of Elijah and the juniper tree taught me it’s OK to rest.
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"I found some new gems in the story of Ruth and Naomi that have changed my outlook on my own female friendships."
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Hannah’s story represents the feelings of many couples in our own day who suffer similar concerns.
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Both in-person and online, see the iconic works of James Tissot, whose art was feature in Rob Gardner’s ‘Lamb of God.’
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As the story goes, if you looked upon a brass serpent Moses fashioned and placed on a pole, you could be healed. If you didn’t look—well, you died.
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A number of animals—red heifers, lambs, goats, turtledoves, bulls, pigeons, and a bronze serpent—serve as symbols of Jesus Christ’s atonement or sacrifice.
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The children of Israel were well aware that the hand of the Lord was with Moses and He had sanctioned their exodus. Gratefully, the Lord did not leave them comfortless.
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Who wouldn’t want to have a Sunday School lesson on Joseph in Egypt taught by Donny Osmond himself?
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This week’s “Come, Follow Me” story of Joseph in Egypt can teach us how to choose love over fear or anger.
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If you’re looking for a unique depiction of this week’s Come, Follow Me material, check out this new short film produced by Book of Mormon Central and Messages of Christ.
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The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is also the God of Sarah, Rebekah, and Leah, and the wives of the patriarchs offer powerful examples of righteous living in difficult times.
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Understanding these Hebrew words may bring some unexpected insights into your Old Testament study this year.
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Was the flood really the "baptism" of the earth? And how does the Joseph Smith Translation help us understand the flood?
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It’s encouraging to see that even in the midst of natural disasters, God is always merciful and loving.
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Though Adam and Eve would leave divinity’s immediate presence, in a very tangible way, Christ would leave with them.
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A former full-time seminary and institute teacher, Tammy loves digging into gospel and shared a profound insight on scripture study.
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Want your child to get the most out of this year’s “Come, Follow Me” study? Here are some resources that might help.
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Here are five names of Christ from the Old Testament that remind me He is real, approachable, and unfailingly compassionate.
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The book of Job is the perfect place to go for a case study of someone who was visited with problems that just plain didn’t make sense.
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Do you know all the names of God or what the 10 plagues of Egypt are? Find out this and more with these awesome new resources for next year’s Gospel Doctrine Old Testament study.
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We recently asked Freeman about her family, her faith, and what makes her excited to study the Old Testament next year.
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Last week I was asked a question by a friend: “What did your parents do to teach you to tolerate nothing less than respect from men?”
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A number of years ago, someone asked me, “If the Book of Mormon is such a critical witness of the Savior, why isn’t the Book of Mormon prophesied of by name in the Bible?”
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I will never have a “normal” life, but I have found a way to live a happy life by relying on the Lord, and looking to the narratives in the scriptures that continue to guide my journey to this day.
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We know from the scriptures that there were people who did not "taste of death" or who were "taken up by the spirit." But what does it really mean to be translated?
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You may have been extended a calling and thought, “What in the world? There’s no way I could do this!” Or even, “So-and-so would be way better at this calling. Why me?” Don't worry, you're not the only one who has felt this way. This week we'll dig into Genesis 5 and Moses 6 and study the Hebrew words for “Lord God” to discover how we can overcome our feelings of inadequacy.
Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel—you probably think you know their stories. They are, after all, the very first mortals mentioned in the Bible. But what if we were to tell you that there’s more to these pivotal figures in the Old Testament than you may have thought? In this week’s discussion, we’ll dig into Genesis 3–4 and Moses 4–5 to uncover priceless truths we may have misunderstood about Adam and Eve and their children.
Did you know that the books in the Old Testament have Hebrew names that are different from what we see in the King James Version of the Bible? Which, once you think about it, is a no-brainer considering all the translations the Bible has been through. But these other names for the Old Testament books reveal something so profound about God and our mission on earth that we just have to talk about it. In fact, we invited our friend and Hebrew scholar Donald Parry to really dig into this week’s lesson in Genesis 1–2, Moses 2–3, and Abraham 4–5 to find out more about what has been lost in the English translation of the Bible.
We made it to the Old Testament year for Come, Follow Me! But before we begin with the book of Genesis, we need to make an important stop in the Pearl of Great Price. Moses 1 and Abraham 3 contain what we like to call a “love letter” from our heavenly parents to us because these words give us a greater understanding of our divine potential. So grab your scriptures, and let's dig into the Pearl of Great Price.
A great number of righteous men and women from the Old Testament and Book of Mormon, including prophets, priests, kings, and others, served as types and shadows of Jesus Christ. Their personal purity and righteousness, as well as events in their lives, foreshadowed Jesus’ righteousness and his works. The parallels between these individuals and Christ are so striking that these persons “were types and shadows of our Lord’s coming; they were living, walking, breathing Messianic prophecies.”1 Elder Jeffrey R. Holland wrote: “Jehovah used an abundance of archetypes and symbols. Indeed, these have always been a conspicuous characteristic of the Lord’s instruction to his children. Examples of those figures—especially prefigurations of Christ—are present throughout the pre-Messianic record. . . .
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Though all scriptures are powerful and inspired, some of them stand out for their poetic language and use of imagery. Here are just 30 of our favorite, beautiful lines from scripture.
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