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What are miracles? We'll explore a little about how the Hebrews defined them and what the greatest miracle of all is that we can each experience for ourselves.
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Doing a bit of a deep dive into Lehi's vision and exploring some fresh takes on various aspects of the symbolic elements and seeing what we can find.
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Пропущенные эпизоды?
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Some thoughts about the unique phrase "eye of faith" that only appears in three places in the Book of Mormon and what some potential meanings are that might go unnoticed, but are powerful beyond imagination. Based on this post of the same name: https://oneclimbs.com/2011/04/04/what-is-the-eye-of-faith
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In 1 Nephi 17, Lehi's party arrives at a beautiful paradise they name "Bountiful" at the end of a very difficult 8 year journey in the wilderness. Laman and Lemuel, upon learning that Nephi is planning on building a ship begin to vent their frustrations about their perceived misfortunes and how their lives could have been better if they had remained in Jerusalem. We take another look at Nephi's response to their perspective and examine how we can't control the reality that we didn't get, but we can endure the reality that is before us.
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We live in a world where there are many differences of beliefs, even among others within our own faith traditions. How do we navigate this well and exist with peace with people who don't believe the same way we do? I suppose it is an age-old question but I'd like to share some of my favorite quotes and experiences to add to the topic.
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Thoughts about some of Jesus' last words upon the cross and how they point to Psalm 22 where there is some more wisdom there for us who are going through situations where we too feel forsaken or deserted by God.
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I don't know that there is anything else more important and timely that I can talk about than this. This information has been available for a long time and it is so plain and simple that it is only kept from people because of our own strange compulsion to overcomplicate things. Let's break it down and see what amazing gifts that Christ has for us if we'll only seek to receive them.
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Whenever Nephi found himself in difficult situations, he drew upon the knowledge of what God did for others who were in similar situations. We'll explore Nephi's story and the similarities to Joseph, Moses, David, Daniel, (maybe Aaron, Hur, and Noah), Solomon, Isaiah, and Samuel. There are likely many others but it is a lesson to us on how we too can likely their stories to ours and find our own strength by expanding our knowledge of God and allowing him to prove himself to us today just as he did for our fathers.
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The Lectures on Faith introduces us to 6 characteristic and 6 attributes about God. But is there a clue right there in the scriptures that inform us about the attributes of our Heavenly Mother? We're going to dive into it and explore some different ideas. This one is mostly just a thought experiment where I'm thinking out loud but perhaps you might have some additional thoughts or ideas to take things further.
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Some thoughts about how we can tend to thing the scriptures apply to "others" and not us. If we see the scriptures as a mirror, their lessons can be far more profitable to us in our journey.
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The story in the Book of Mormon of the Rameumptom hit me a little differently lately as I was thinking of echo chambers and how they can reinforce false narratives. It's easy to get sucked into this at church as well where we want to be "nice" all the time and think challenging others is "contention" by default. It's not. We should challenge each other with love and respect often because it's better for everyone. No idea should be immune from being challenged, otherwise, it is simply propaganda.
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We go through the slaying of Laban, and how pondering enabled Nephi to make a very tough decision and a mission story about a string of events that led to a bloody encounter.
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Our congregation had a joint fast with a local Muslim community and it was a great experience, I'll tell you about how it all went down.
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Jacob noted that the Nephites kept a specific kind of record that contained only spiritual revelations and teachings. I've done the same thing for 20 years and it has been a major game-changer in helping me hear the voice of the Spirit more clearly and discern that from my own thoughts or feelings.
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When asked about peace at church, it reminded me of the principles I think about from my favorite story about peace.
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Symbolism can be a difficult subject for many people. I plan on saying much more about this in future episodes but in this episode, I address some core issues that I think are at play and some solutions that I think are helpful.
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Had lunch today with a leader in a local Islamic community to talk about how we can help and support one another. I really enjoy interfaith efforts and love how great it is to build relationships with other faith traditions in ways that are mutually beneficial. I can never come away from these experiences without feeling that such interactions bring a smile to God's face.
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Ok, I've made it all the way to 1 Nephi 1:2 and I had some thoughts to share about Lehi's language according to Nephi and some perspective on some key values that scripture offers to us.
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