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June 2020

Hands and Arms as Trophies of Valor: Examples from Archaeology

Artist unknown.
Submitted by Scripture Central on June 23, 2020.
In the Book of Mormon, Ammon cuts off the arms of his Lamanite attackers at the waters of Sebus, and his fellow servants take those severed arms and present them to king Lamoni as “a testimony of the things which they had done” (Alma 17:39). Taking the body parts of one’s defeated enemies as trophies of valor and as a witness of how many were killed is a well-known practice throughout the ancient...

Video Illustrates How Jesus Treated People of Different Classes, Races, and Backgrounds

Screenshot from the film The Gospel of Mark
Submitted by Daniel Smith on June 20, 2020.
During this turbulent and contentious time, many are searching the scriptures and asking the oft-repeated question, “What Would Jesus Do?” Daniel Smith, the creator of the popular YouTube channel Messages of Christ explores this idea by looking at how the Jews labeled and divided people during the time of Jesus. His latest video uses three examples of how Christ treated those whom the Jews saw as...

The Nephite System of Currency in Alma 11 and Connections to Ancient America

Photo of gold nuggets by James St. John. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
Submitted by Kirk Magleby on June 11, 2020.
Alma 11 contains an intriguing story of a lawyer named Zeezrom and his contention with Amulek and Alma. However, this chapter starts off with a seemingly confusing and misplaced list of the Nephite monetary system. With names like antion, senine, ezrom, onti, readers may wonder why this list exists at all. Mormon’s explanation of the Nephite monetary system might illuminate several points of...

With Now Over 100K Downloads, Scripture Plus App Releases New Come Follow Me Resource

New Come Follow Me Reading Plan on the free ScripturePlus app.
Submitted by Scripture Central on June 4, 2020.
This month, the free ScripturePlus app achieved a new milestone: over 100K downloads. Book of Mormon Central is thrilled that ScripturePlus is blessing the lives of 109,766 users on iOS , Android , and Kindle . Our hope is that Latter-day Saints can finally feel like they excel at their scripture study by providing them with a 100% free library of videos, images, articles, and commentaries to...