September 2020

Watch: Touching Thoughts on Christ's Visit to America from BYU Professors

Submitted by Scripture Central on October 1, 2020.

As we continue our study through 3 Nephi, we immerse ourselves in the light of Jesus Christ. We get to learn about our Savior in new and glorified ways. Two professors at Brigham Young University, John W. Welch and Camille Fronk Olsen, sit down and discuss some of their thoughts on this most sacred part of the Book of Mormon. In this first video, John W. Welch explores some of the emotional...

5 KnoWhys to Help You Prepare for General Conference

Photo of the Conference Center by ZGF Architects.

Submitted by Scripture Central on September 29, 2020.

This week, Latter-day Saints around the globe prepare for the October 2020 General Conference, to be held this weekend in Salt Lake City and broadcast globally. As the world continues to endure difficult and challenging times, this Conference promises to provide messages of love, hope, inspiration, and truth from the Lord’s servants. Several Book of Mormon Central KnoWhys have talked about the...

How Can We Walk Perfectly Along the Covenant Path?

Submitted by Neal Rappleye on September 24, 2020.

In the Sermon on the Mount, beloved by Christians all around the world, the Savior commanded his disciples: “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect” (Matthew 5:48). Such a lofty goal not only feels out of reach for many, but it can also be demoralizing for all who are imperfectly striving to live a Christ-like life. As Elder Jeffrey R. Holland put it in the...

Happy Moroni Day

Angel Moroni Giving the Plates to Joseph Smith by Jorge Cocco.

Submitted by Scripture Central on September 21, 2020.

197 years ago, on September 21, 1823, the ancient American prophet Moroni as a glorified, angelic being visited the 17-year-old prophet Joseph Smith, Jr. and told him about the Nephite record buried in Hill Cumorah. The following day, Joseph saw the plates for the first time. Four years later, as a 21-year-old married man, Joseph took possession of the plates and the modern Book of Mormon story...

Video: Understanding Rosh Hashanah

Submitted by Heather Ruth Pack on September 21, 2020.

Most members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are aware that on September 22, 1827, Moroni delivered the gold plates to Joseph Smith. What many members may not know is this day was also the Feast of Trumpets, an ancient Jewish feast celebrated for thousands of years. Messages of Christ’s latest video explains this feast and its connection to the second coming of Christ...

New Research Project Centralizes Evidences for the Book of Mormon and the Church of Jesus Christ

Submitted by Scripture Central on September 19, 2020.

Introduction to Evidence Central For many decades now, evidences pertaining to the Restoration of Jesus Christ’s Gospel and Church have been brought to light through careful study and analysis by interested scholars and researchers. These evidences largely help authenticate Joseph Smith’s revelations about the ancient world, including his translations of ancient texts like the Book of Mormon,...

How to Study the Book of Mormon Deeply with the BMC Archive

Submitted by Scripture Central on September 10, 2020.

Book of Mormon Central provides a plethora of valuable resources when it comes to studying the Book of Mormon. Many of these resources are designed to make your scripture study simple and accessible. Content such as Taylor and Tyler’s Come Follow Me Insights and the ScripturePlus app bring inspiring scripture study to you at the touch of a button. However, for those who want to dive deeper and...

Messages of Christ: The Woman at the Well

Submitted by Daniel Smith on September 9, 2020.

In the Book of Mormon we find many examples of those who testify of the Savior and his divinity. Some of them initially do not appear to be likely witnesses of the Messiah. Alma the Younger was first rebellious and sought to destroy the church. Zeezrom was a lawyer who debated Alma and Amulek. Yet once they received a personal witness, we learn that they became powerful missionaries bringing...

Watch: Evidence for the Book of Abraham Facsimiles from Egyptology

Screenshot from the BMC Studios evidence video on the Book of Abraham Facsimiles

Submitted by Scripture Central on September 4, 2020.

The Book of Abraham is unique in the scriptural canon of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, because it is the only book in that canon that has pictures. Since 1842 when it was first published, the Book of Abraham has been accompanied by three facsimiles of Egyptian characters and figures that illustrate the text. Joseph Smith provided explanations for many of the figures in these...

Samuel the Lamanite, President Nelson, and COVID-19

President Russel M. Nelson and a painting of Samuel the Lamanite by Arnold Friberg.

Submitted by Kirk Magleby on September 3, 2020.

Cross-posted from Book of Mormon Resources. Helaman 16:13 describes a time when the Nephites could plainly see that the words of prophets such as Samuel the Lamanite and Nephi son of Helaman were being fulfilled before their eyes. Many did not believe the larger narrative (the Savior would soon be born), but they could not deny the prophets among them had been inspired. We see a similar...

An Egyptologist Answers Questions about the Book of Abraham

Kerry Muhlestein, a professioinal Egyptologist and Latter-day Saint, answers common questions about the Book of Abraham.

Submitted by Scripture Central on September 2, 2020.

A couple of weeks ago, Book of Mormon Central staff had a chance to sit down with Dr. Kerry Muhlestein and ask him some questions about the Book of Abraham. Dr. Muhlestein has a PhD in Egyptology from University of California, Los Angeles, and is the director of the BYU Egypt Excavation Project. He was also a research consultant and peer reviewer for the Book of Abraham content on BMC’s Pearl of...

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