Prompt: Please write 500-600 words on the Book of Mormon description of the founding of America.

Response: It was so awesome to understand this connection. I remembered the part about Christopher Columbus but I did not really remember or see the connection of anything else. In the Book of Mormon the description of the founding of America is explained as deliverance by the power of God. In every story throughout the Book of Mormon it is the sa... Read More

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 Book of Mormon (week 3)

 I was most interested this week as I read the book of Helaman, watching how people reacting to certain situations. Perhaps most memorable in my mind is that of Nephi and Lehi, who were caught in the situation of desiring to preach to the Lamanites, who had just thrown them into prison.

  What stands out to me isn't the fact that they were delivered from prison by miraculous means, it is what happens after that.  They,... Read More

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I have a study guide to the Book of Mormon that I have been reading since summer.  I usually read a chapter in the Book of Mormon and then read that same chapter in the study guide with all the extra notes and information in the study guide. 

 I read 2 Nephi chapter 4 and was blown away.  I found the scriptures in that chapter to be absolutely beautiful.  I then read about it in my study guide.  The study guide says verses 16 to 35 is known as the Psalm o... Read More

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