my personal scripture journey
69 Episode – A Story About a Jerk
Sometimes the scriptures teach me about life, and sometimes life teaches me about the scriptures. Here’s my experience with a jerk in the store a few days ago, and what I wish would have been different.
Scripture References
Alma 44:2
Alma 23-24
2 Nephi 32:5
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68 Episode – Where is My Delight?
Nephi gives a list, in 2 Nephi 11, of things he delights in. Can I honestly say I delight in those things too?
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67 Episode – Unnecessary Baggage
If you were traveling to a place you had never seen before and you were never coming back, what would you take with you? What would your family members take with them? Would you all think the same things were important?
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65 Episode – Justice and Mercy
Real life gospel lessons can be found everywhere. In this episode I dive into why mercy needs justice through a well known story, Les Miserables.
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64 Episode – Learning the Ways of the Lord
Knowledge is great to have. And we should seek it. But what knowledge is most important? What knowledge will bless our lives the most?
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63 Episode – Out of Darkness
Why would Mormon switch part way through telling us a story from the viewpoint of the Nephites to the viewpoint of the Lamanites? It’s because all of us are the “the Lamanites” sometimes.
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62 Episode – What They Most Desired
The Nephites are waiting for Jesus to come on the second day, just like He said they would. And the thing they want most is…the Holy Ghost? Why?
Scripture References
3 Nephi 11: 27, 32-33, 36
3 Nephi 12:2, 6
3 Nephi 16:6
3 Nephi 19:21-22
John 14-16
3 Nephi 27:20
Moroni 4-5
3 Nephi 19:9
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61 Episode – Awake Unto God
What’s the difference between being spiritually awake and spiritually asleep?
Scripture References
Jacob 3:11
Alma 5:7, 9
Mosiah 4:27, 30
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60 Episode – Let Your Hearts Rejoice
What is there to rejoice about when the world is full of worries and bad things?
Scripture References
2 Nephi 9:52
John 16:33
“Consider the Goodness and Greatness of God”, Dale G. Renlund, General Conference April 2020
Doctrine and Covenants 100:12
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59 Episode – Everything Good Comes From God
King Limhi and his people, and Alma and his people, are both delivered from the Lamanites in similar ways: the Lamanites are asleep and they escape. But Limhi’s people had to make them fall asleep with wine while the Lord put the Lamanites to sleep for Alma’s people. So, which miracle came from God? They both did.
Scripture References
Mosiah 23-24
Mosiah 25:16
1 Nephi 1:20
1 Nephi 3-4, 16, 17-18
Moroni 7:12
Alma 5:40
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