00:34 – The Amlicites marked themselves. See how this is so applicable today.

14:09 – We are punished as much by our sins as we are punished for them.

21:32 – Skins, curses, and marks.

27:03 – We are all alike unto God.

29:13 – In the midst of adversity you can still be blessed.

31:13 – Mormon explains how we should see ourselves and each other.

33:36 – The philosophy of Nehor: Why his teachings were so dangerous to the Nephite culture.

37:04 – Blood speaking from the ground. Nehor’s ignominious death.

41:29 – Antichrists don’t agree with each other, but are united in tearing down Jesus.

42:41 – The Amlicite wars and the story of Nehor are related to the stratification of society.

44:52 – The church prospers by the examples of our members.

For more on Nehor’s punishment and the Fallen Angels, go here.

For more information regarding blood vengeance in the Book of Mormon, see this article.

For more information on the Amlicite wars, the church prospering amidst adversity, and the meaning of Nehor’s name, go here.

To see the temple context related to skins as used by the authors of the Book of Mormon, go here.

For Ethan Sproat’s article: Skins as Garments in the Book of Mormon, go here.

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00:45 – Alma’s conversion.

03:37 – The prayers of Alma’s father made a difference.

06:17 – The Book of Mormon is a continual story of God remembering all His children.

10:57 – Justification and sanctification in Christ. Alma’s experience typified both.

19:01 – Alma was snatched by Jesus in Mosiah 27.29 and Alma 26.17.

26:15 – The purpose of Church discipline.

35:04 – Solving problems the Lord’s way: Identify, study it out, pray, listen, then go & do.

38:02 – The transition from a monarchy to a system of judges. Principles of good government.

40:44 – Striking the balance between rights and responsibilities.

50:33 – Answering a question about baptism in the Old Testament and the Book of Mormon.

You can see the chart “Solving Problems the Lord’s Way” as well as the qutoes by Elder Christofferson, Holland, and Bednar here.

For more information regarding the practice of Nephite baptism that we discussed at the end of the podcast, go here.

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00:25 – Brief overview.

07:20 – Alma’s message is a one of healing. Focus on God, listen to inspired leaders, and live the gospel.

08:32 – Repentance, redemption, and faith helps cure mistakes we have made.

09:17 – The Lord always offers us a do-over. The way to start over is to show desire by renewing a covenant with God. You can read about Alma and his authority to baptize here.

11:59 – Increase of the Spirit, do-over is granted. You are on the right track, on the path.

16:04 – Alma is haunted by the past. Be aware of “the switch”…

17:45 – Beautiful list of gospel living. Here is how you manifest to the Lord your desire for a do-over.

20:23 – Comfort those that stand in need of comfort and how it relates to Isaiah 40.1-5 and John 14.26. Deep roots for the word comforter and how the Holy Spirit fills us with spiritual dynamite, as related by Donna Nielsen. You can read the Donna Nielsen quote here.

24:16 – Comfort my people. See how this relates to the Pre-Earth Heavenly Council. The Hebrew word for comfort in Isaiah 40 is Nahom.

26:21 – Every valley shall be exalted and every mountain shall be made low. Repentance is the act of tearing down the mountain between you and the Lord. Stephen Robinson’s story of his son. “Can’t we ever be friends again?”

28:44 – Go comfort my people, bring my children home. God the Father is speaking to Jehovah and rest of the Heavenly Council. See Isaiah 40.3 where Jehovah (and you!) accept the directive from the Father.

33:54 Alma is tying his words with our promises we made to God the Father in the Heavenly Pre-Earth Council as well as Isaiah’s intensive use of this word comfort.

34:23 John Widstoe’s quote about our promise to God to bring his children home. You can read Elder Widstoe’s quote here.

36:52 – The book of Mosiah is a message of deliverance. Trust in God, He can deliver against all odds.

43:14 – Dan Jones’ story being stranded in Wyoming from Elder Bednar’s talk In The Strength of the Lord. You can read the Dan Jones’ story here. You can read Elder Bednar’s talk In the Strength of the Lord, here.

46:28 – Katie Lewis’ story by Elder Holland. You can read Elder Holland’s talk Look to God and live here.

49:50 – The groups that are lost in the book of Mosiah make it home eventually.

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00:26 – Brief overview and the parable of the wheat and the tares.

08:27 – How do you take “Noah blinders” off?

11:48 – Abinadi teaches that Jesus is both the Father and the Son.

19:56 – Alma has to decide to submit to the will of the Father.

24:15 – Priests of Noah try to discredit a prophet with these techniques: 1- they look for a way to twist words and accuse, 2- they wrest the scriptures, 3- they quote a prophet against a prophet out of context, and 4- they label him as crazy or irrelevant.

30:20 – Abinadi challenges Noah’s right to rule.

37:23 – Getting the law written in our hearts instead of on the surface.

42:44 – More insight into Abinadi’s interpretation of Isaiah 52.

For more (so much more!) on Abinadi’s message as it pertains to Isaiah 52 and the temple see the article “Beautiful Feet In Abinadi’s address: An analysis of Isaiah 52 and Mosiah 12-17”

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00:26 – Overview of the transition from King Benjamin to King Noah.

06:39 – Limhi’s story.

07:59 – Has there ever been a plague? Remember what God has done in the past with those in our same circumstance. Remembering past experiences with God invites current experiences with God.

09:37 – There remaineth an effectual struggle to be made. Personal change brings deliverance in the Lord’s timing.

14:43 – The people of Limhi are not immediately delivered.

17:17 – The Lord sent Ammon and now they know where to go.

20:18 – Victor Frankl, A Man’s Search for Meaning.

22:03 – We all experience different forms of bondage. Not everyone has the same journey, but in the migrations in Mosiah, they all make it home.

22:55 – Joseph Smith remains cheerful in Liberty jail and trusts in God.

26:12 – Two different reasons for why Abinadi was killed. The historical answer and the spiritual answer sometimes don’t match. History is messy.

31:36 – Limhi quotes a text we don’t have, perhaps the Brass Plates. The East Wind.

35:41 – Record of the Jaredites are found. Prophets can see through conspiracies.

38:11 – Wisdom is typically personified as a woman.

39:03 – Zeniff sees the good in his enemies. A major antidote to pride is to see that other people have good qualities and motives.

42:27 – Zeniff is overzealous and makes an arrangement with King Laman who is deceiving him. Don’t be fooled by “building blindness“!

48:47 – The Lord is merciful in our weakness. Story of Joseph Smith searching for gold to get the church out of debt. “I, the Lord your God, am not displeased with your coming this journey, notwithstanding your follies.”

50:48 – Zeniff’s son is Noah.

51:22 – How the ancients viewed their enemies.

55:15 – “Lamanite blindness” is feeling wronged and getting wroth.

1:00:34 – Helping a child with “Lamanite blindness“.

For the quotation from The Marriage of Martu where the ancients depict their enemies in negative terms, see the article Scripture Comes in its Cultural Packaging.

For the quotation regarding the East Wind in Mosiah 7.30-32, and what it can show a careful reader of the Book of Mormon, go here.

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00:52 – Depend on the greatness of God. Worthless is not valueless.

09:46 – Covenant to take on the name of Christ.

11:17 – Name theology. How the Name is the essence of God.

17:00 – Our three fathers.

24:11 – We label things that we value. We belong to Jesus.

24:53 – Name changes in scripture.

26:06 – True to the name means acting like him.

27:38 – Follow light and truth and it will eventually lead you to Jesus.

33:53 – Sin is the result of seeking something good in the wrong way. One definition of religion is realigning our views.

35:05 – Aslan the lion, there is no other way.

For Bruce Porter and Stephen Ricks’ quote on names in antiquity, go here. For Joseph Smith’s quote on the Great Parent of the Universe, go here. Go here for the encounter with Aslan the Lion.

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00:37 – The main point of King Benjamin’s address is to remember the greatness of God and give thanks to Him. Doing this helps avoid pride, sin, and pain.

04:55 – The setting of King Benjamin’s address was most likely the Fall Festival (Sukkot), a practice from the Law of Moses.

12:49 – Humble King Benjamin.

19:55 – Elder Renlund’s heart transplant story.

20:51 – A series of significant parallels in Mosiah 2.17-19.

22:42 – The pride cycle. 

25:05 – Unprofitable servants.

26:39 – The parable of the cat by James E. Talmage.

30:26 – Jesus suffered so much and yet He had the power to stop it.

35:10 – So many people in the world have never heard of Jesus, but He has heard of them.

37:51 – The natural man.

39:54 – You control darkness by adding light. Put off the natural man by getting the greatness of God into you.

42:35 – What comes natural is not always good or desirable. Powerful quotes from Ty Mansfield, M. Scott Peck, John Taylor, N.T. Wright, and C.S. Lewis.

King Benjamin’s address to his people may have been set in the time of the Fall Festival. For more information on this event, go here.

Go here to see Mosiah 3.19 in chiastic form. You can see or download a copy of the Nephite Pride Cycle here. You can avoid the bottom half of the Pride Cycle by remembering the greatness of God, an essential component of King Benjamin’s message. For the story about the grateful cat and how it applies to the grace of God, go here. To hear the story of the miracle of the heart transplant told by Elder Renlund his April 2020 conference message, go here. For the Ty Mansfield quote, go here. For the C.S. Lewis quote at the end of the podcast, go here.

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00:21 – A central theme in Mosiah is Noah blindness.

01:36 – Why are the stories in Mosiah out of chronological order?

07:23 – Noah blindness confuses us about who our true friends are.

16:13 – The story of a young man coming out of rehab who forgave his mom.

18:30 – “Noahs” are only concerned about themselves. 

23:21 – “Noahs” come in many forms.

26:08 – King Benjamin’s address about the greatness of God helps prevent Noah blindness.

32:25 – Abinadi’s message is that Jesus is the answer.

34:17 – Alma’s message of hope is that God will forgive.

37:33 – Mosiah is a chiastic text and the apex is Jesus.

38:00 – Interesting name puns.

39:43 – Jesus is both the Father and Son.

41:41 – There is no other way, only in and through Jesus.

42:18 – Jesus allows suffering.

43:24 – Multiple journeys and flashbacks contribute to the complexity of the text and show Joseph did not write this book.

45:04 – See the good.

45:32 – Lamanite blindness.

46:01 – The adversary stirs us up to anger so he can control us.

48:41 – Wicked question truth.

49:17 – A great lesson for missionaries, don’t underestimate the things you teach and the time you served.

50:20 – Peer pressure, change your tactics, God is mighty to deliver.

52:00 – Hebrew meaning of the word Mosiah.

56:40 – Jesus is the prevention, cure, and healing.

The maps, articles, and many extras that we mention in this podcast can be seen by viewing this Mosiah Overview page. We hope you like this podcast as much as we enjoyed making it. Thanks for listening!

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00:30 – In darkness, look to the prophet.

05:18 – Expectations of prophets, the gold & clay principle.

09:14 – Prophets are seers.

15:39 – Prophets will prepare us. 

18:34 – Following the prophet requires patience and faith.

28:31 – Prophets in the Old Testament teach truth, stand in the council, and are spokesmen for divinity.

30:12 – We are all invited to share the message of the restoration.

35:06 – Elder Jeffrey R. Holland: Covid-19 will be conquered.

37:39 – There are people to love and things to do. Move forward with faith and hope.

40:29 – Joy D. Jones: Knowing that your path is approved by God is key.

41:16 – Priesthood offices, keys, authority, and power.

50:38 – Beautiful Spencer W. Kimball quote about the many areas he was working to perfect.

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Show Notes: https://www.ldsscriptureteachings.org/2023/12/easter-mary-magdalene-ep-45-show-notes/

Special guest, Mandy Green, helps unveil Mary Magdalene by discussing scripture, traditions, and extra-biblical texts.

01:20 – Mythbusting. Mary Magdalene may be the most underrated and misunderstood players in human history.

03:07 – Sin means to miss the mark.

12:16 – Was she named after a fishing village? Magdalene is a tower.

16:00 – Seven levels of celestial heavens.

25:30 – Mary stays at the cross.

30:19 – Nephi and his Asherah.

31:08 – The Savior is the ultimate proponent of women.

32:23 – John 20, resurrection morning.

34:04 – Reading Song of Solomon in a new way.

39:57 – Why does Christ reference himself as the bridegroom?

47:58 – We should turn around and face The Gardener.

50:49 – Traditions about what happened to Mary after Christ is crucified.

53:08 – Symbols of Mary in our modern fairytales.

1:01:30 – Reading the vision from The Gospel of the Beloved Companion.

1:05:19 – Ladies, write yourself into this text.

1:15:28 – The return of the bride heals the land.

1:16:44 – Men and women are intended to be equal partners.

1:19:41 – Mary is unmoved, unflinching, and courageous.

Mandy Green’s website: https://www.mandybrookegreen.com/

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