by Jean Valjean | Dec 13, 2014 | General
Mormon compiled the Book of Mormon; he started with the journey of Lehi and his family and abridged the entire record up to Mormon, Chapter 7. All of this took place sometime between 385 and 400 AD. While writing this abridgement of the history of his people, he...
by Jean Valjean | Dec 12, 2014 | General
Groups are very important to understand, they NEVER apply to any individual. A group could almost be considered a trend or a fashion for understandings sake. A lot of people are going to be doing it, in fact an entire generation may even be defined by it. But still,...
by Jean Valjean | Dec 11, 2014 | General
WE know we are under condemnation for treating lightly the things we have received, and we have been told how to receive them, or how to go about letting God do his own work in us. Heaven tries to speak to us and tell us concepts that we don’t have words for or...
by Jean Valjean | Dec 10, 2014 | General
I am going to start in 2 Nephi 11. Nephi is about to write more of the words of Isaiah, chapters 2-14 specifically, and he gives us a few reasons why he is doing this. He states that Jacob, and Isaiah and himself comprise the original three witnesses to the words that...
by Jean Valjean | Dec 9, 2014 | General
Some things are difficult to write, or cannot be written in a manner that adequately portrays what the writer would like to share. My love of Nephi falls into this category; I simply do not have the ability to express my amazement when I read Nephi’s words. For far...