Hey guys, so we’ve talked in the past about the Latter-day Saint perspective on grace and works, and I’m sure we’ll talk more about it in the future. But today, I just wanted to hone in on the single-most popular scripture from the Book of Mormon that gets brought up...
Alright, so most traditional Christians believe that God created the universe out of nothing, or, in Latin, creatio ex nihilo. Latter-day Saints, on the other hand, believe that chaotic matter already existed, and God brought order to the chaos, giving it form and...
Hey guys, so, quick rundown on the Holy Ghost: Latter-day Saints believe that the Holy Ghost is a member of the Godhead. He does not have a physical body of flesh and bone but is rather a personage of Spirit (hence, ghost). The Holy Ghost is a sanctifier, a teacher, a...
In 3 Nephi 23, Christ issues a really interesting commandment: “Yea, a commandment I give unto you that ye search these things diligently; for great are the words of Isaiah.” So let’s dig into Isaiah a little bit. There are a lot of different routes we could go with...
Hey guys, so, in some ancient cultures, like ancient Israel, oftentimes, the name given to a person or place told you something about that person or place. For example, in Genesis 32, after Jacob wrestles with a divine being, we read, “And Jacob called the name of the...
Alright, so we’re going to talk about the Apocrypha today. It’s a term you’ve probably heard thrown around every now and then but it can be a tough concept to grasp sometimes simply because it can mean slightly different things to different groups of people. In this...
