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Video: How Pentecost Reveals an Important Lesson on Temples and Becoming Priests

Image of Pentecost by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay
Submitted by Daniel Smith on May 31, 2020.
This Sunday marks the Day of Pentecost, the seventh Sunday after Easter. This day commemorates the descending of the Holy Ghost upon the apostles and other followers of Jesus Christ. While not formally celebrated by the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this event is significant in our understanding of the third member of the Godhead and in the powerful connection to our...

New Book Answers Deep Questions about Alma 5

The cover of Experiencing a Mighty Change of Heart: Alma's Guide to Deep, Lasting Conversion.
Submitted by Scripture Central on May 29, 2020.
John W. Welch has teamed up with Ed J. Pinegar for the first time to bring together an inspiring book on the dozens of questions Alma asks in Alma 5. Experiencing a Mighty Change of Heart: Alma’s Guide to a Deep, Lasting Conversion is sure to increase your appreciation and awe at Alma’s eloquence and prophetic guidance. Alma 5 contains Alma the Younger’s speech to the people in...

5 of the Best KnoWhys on Alma the Younger’s Conversion

Alma the Younger praying. Image via Gospel Media Library.
Submitted by Scripture Central on May 21, 2020.
Alma the Younger’s Conversion is a powerful story in the Book of Mormon that teaches about the joy of redemption, the power of prayer, and the miracle of conversion. There are three different accounts of this experience, each with their own perspectives on the event; Mosiah 27, Alma 36, and Alma 38. Book of Mormon Central has written quite a bit on this remarkable experience, but here are what we...

Laman's River: An Update

Image of the Wadi Tayyib al-Ism with a stream reaching the sea
Submitted by Warren Aston on May 16, 2020.
On January 22 this year, BMC’s blog published “ What did the River of Filthy Water and the River of Laman look like? ” highlighting a video sequence recently filmed at Wadi Tayyib al Ism in north-west Saudi Arabia, the dramatic canyon that seems to be the place Nephi described in 1 Nephi 2:6–10. The video showed a wide, substantial, flood rushing down the wadi with sufficient force to uproot...

John the Baptist Day

Upon You My Fellow Servants by Linda Curley Christensen
Submitted by Jack Welch on May 15, 2020.
Today, May 15, is John the Baptist Day, the day on which he appeared to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery in 1829 and restored the Aaronic Priesthood. On that morning, Joseph had reached 3 Nephi 11 in the rapid process of translating the Book of Mormon. It was in that chapter that Jesus gave his twelve disciples in Bountiful the authority to baptize. Realizing that they themselves needed to be...

How the Lamanite Daughters may have been Abducted on an Israelite Holiday

Mosiah 20 by Normandy Poulter and the BYU Virtual Scriptures Group.
Submitted by Jack Welch on May 14, 2020.
This is an excerpt from this week’s installment of John W. Welch Notes , which can be studied on the ScripturePlus app , and in the Book of Mormon Central Archive . Chapter 20 begins with the statement: “There was a place in Shemlon where the daughters of the Lamanites did gather themselves together to sing, and to dance.” Just as the month of February means Valentine’s Day to many...

Watch: Mother's Day Video Honoring the Courage of Mary the Mother of Christ

Still from the video The Christ Child. Image via Church of Jesus Christ.
Submitted by Scripture Central on May 10, 2020.
As we prepare this weekend to honor mothers on Mother’s Day, we can also reflect on the mothers in the scriptures. In the genealogy of Christ, we learn of five such mothers whose lives leave a legacy and example for us to follow. One of these mothers is the most revered and respected by those in many religions, Mary, the literal mother of Jesus. Daniel Smith, the creator of the YouTube channel...

Pearl of Great Price Central Begins Publishing Book of Moses Content

“Moses and the Tablets” by Jerry Harston. Image via The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Submitted by Scripture Central on May 8, 2020.
In its continued effort to make the Pearl of Great Price accessible, comprehensible, and defensible to the entire world, Pearl of Great Price Central , a subsidiary site of Book of Mormon Central, has begun publication of content related to the Book of Moses. As explained on the Pearl of Great Price Central website : To help readers increase their understanding and appreciation for the Book of...

All the Ways Abinadi’s Story is a Type of Exodus and How it Teaches About the Atonement

Moses Parting the Red Sea by Robert T. Barrett and Abinadi Before King Noah by Arnold Friberg.
Submitted by Jasmin Gimenez on May 7, 2020.
The story of Abinadi and the story of the Exodus are remarkably similar. From reciting the Ten Commandments, to faces shining with the power of God, Abinadi and Moses have a lot in common. These similarities can help us recognize God’s loyalty to His covenants, and can even help us learn about the Atonement of Jesus Christ. View this post on Instagram A post shared by ScripturePlus | CFM Study...

New Joseph Smith Papers volume gives window into the Nauvoo period

Cover of Joseph Smith Papers Documents Volume 10.
Submitted by Stephen Smoot on May 6, 2020.
The Church Historian’s Press has announced the publication of a new volume in the Documents series of the Joseph Smith Papers Project. Under the editorship of historians Elizabeth A. Kuehn, Jordan T. Watkins, Matthew C. Godfrey, and Mason K. Allred, The Joseph Smith Papers, Documents, Volume 10: May–August 1842 compiles papers dating to the summer of 1842 and “covers a time during which...