My Dad was taught to hate the "Mormons," their church, and everything about it. My grandfather would drive hours out of his way to avoid the state of Utah. Fortunately for me, my Dad married my mom. My mom is a member of the church. After years of marriage and years of missionary discussions, my Dad joined the church (while in your ward, Hank). Which changed the corse of our family and the next generation that has come after. My dad once asked his dad why do we hate the Mormons so badly? My grandfather's response was "I don't know we just do it always been that way". This story of the Laminties teaching their children hate hit home. Thank you for a powerful episode. ❤
Sixty years ago I left the church to get married to a man who was not a member. At the time I would say “it’s my life”. But it was more than my life. My husband has never joined the church and our two children who were baptized are not active. So, my choices affected more than just me. I came back to the church when one of my sisters died at the age of 40. It took a death to bring me back. I sometimes think and maybe hope that my death might be the thing that will bring them back to church. I am in my 80s and I try to be a good example to them and to my husband. I can only try to make good choices that will affect them for the better.
I'm listening to this episode again...something I never do. My family has had some ugly things happen to some of us lately and I find myself wanting justice, but we are powerless to get any. At this point, we just need peace, and that peace only comes through Christ. This episode is very timely and reminds me that I CAN so something, I can turn the hurt over to my Savior.
Thank you for this wonderful lesson. My childhood story involves alcoholism, international kidnapping, verbal and physical abuse. The gospel came into my life in my early twenties and has allowed forgiveness and healing through the atonement of Christ.
Great story that I feel I can relate with where the guy was totally embarrassed in front of his ward but still remained in the church. There are so many people who leave if they are offended by someone. I actually at one point was in the same boat, but different experience. I was totally humiliated. I thought about it and decided that people in the church are not perfect but the Gospel of Jesus Christ is perfect and I needed to keep going to church.
At 19:47 in this video you talk about the people who have dropped out of the church and the costly repercussions to their progeny. I whole-heartedly agree with your insights and thank you for them. I am one such person who did fall away -twice - and came back. But my situation is something different from what is in your video and I would like to share it with you. One of my parents was a sociopath. That parent used triangulation to sow mistrust in each one of us - my siblings and our other parent, among many other destructive things. Although my parents were married in the temple, I cannot ever remember being taught from the scriptures even though we went to church each Sunday. We were told rather than taught the gospel. The sociopath had an original perspective on doctrines which I have come to see was not correct and unrighteous dominion was the rule of the house. No wonder I fell away. When I came back to the Church, both times, it was my sociopath parent that drove me away, again. Believe me, I'm not passing the buck like Adam and Eve. During my second time in inactivity I married out of the Church to a good man who professed to be an atheist. But that man taught me the gospel through teaching me about Christ-like love and because of his love I came to have an astonishing conversion experience that feeds me to this day. And because of my conversion to the Church, my husband went back to his church. Thank you for allowing me to share this with you. And thank you for all you excellent videos! I love what you're doing!
Brother Hank, thank you for sharing your story that’s personal to you. My ♥️ was touched as I have 3 sons who are not active. Oh how my heart hurts for them as well as their children. I do all that I can to show them all by example, trying to help them feel the Saviours love through me. My prayer has always been that when they hear truth they will know it’s truth. I love this podcast and listen faithfully every week. This has sustained and helped me immeasurably. Thank you👏😊🇨🇦♥️
Thank you Hank for your vulnerability. Our decisions do affect generations. This "You do You" generation does not realize the danger that exists in flirting with apostasy. Our actions can affect those that come after us. Hold to the rod!
This was powerful and made a lot of feelings surface…that are hard but you walked through it with a solution to work towards. Thank you for that. Thank you for recognizing human emotions and for not just saying we should be better at not having them. If we really believe Jesus came for us then we can really recognize the reality of difficult emotions and accept we all need redemption through Jesus Christ. He is our miracle. Thank you for making the scriptures come to life! Stephan, thank you for the reminder that we can turn our very hard things into possibilities. ❤
That last story about Jospeh's brothers... wow. I have 3 kids, one with severe special needs. How many times have I told my other two children to forgive him for destroying something, for being disruptive, for making things difficult for them? I cannot count them. But, this makes it clear that maybe my focus has been in the wrong place. Because he cannot help it, and he truly does not understand. A better focus is to have them work on, as I do with him, being more patient, more understanding, more loving even when his behaviors do make things hard. Thank you for that.
I am the oldest of 5 siblings and the only active member in the church. I mourn for my parents. I try hard not to judge and to love them. It makes me so sad, though. They are such good people.
Powerful lesson! The fact that one person’s choice can affect so many people’s lives is astonishing and memorable. I will be and do my best in the gospel not only for myself but for countless generations to come! Thank you for your time and wonderful lessons! 😁🥰
I did not expect this section of the BofM to apply to me so personally. Thank you for drawing out insights pertaining to not blaming others and becoming a victim. I am literally in this situation right now.
Often my takeaway from your podcasts is a new paradigm for how we can better love our fellow men and women and how we can better relate to one another. Building bridges that engender empathy is at the heart of the gospel. This is so needed in these times when people’s first response usually isn’t anything resembling charity.
Thank you Brother Smith! I want to be more zealous in a home centered gospel learning center. Bless this podcast! It's not enough to be a good person. We NEED Jesus and His guidance forever❤
Wow, this podcast is so powerful and can be lifechanging. I am overwhelmed with the insight I have gained from listening to this podcast, especially part 2. Thank you!
...coming "unto CHRIST" rights EVERY wrong...no matter what anyone else has done, is doing, or will do...as we follow CHRIST...ALL will be righted somehow, some day, some way...I, too, have (had) my dad who was alcoholic (& whose mom& dad were BOTH alcoholic)...as a convert to the Church of JESUS CHRIST of latter-day Saints, I recently found I am related to Brigham Young through his eldest daughter...through the JOHNSON line...my dad's mom's family...(& also, James Lewis, another relative of my dad's mom, joined the Church in Missouri when all the persecution was happening...[he became a seventy & served a mission in Shanghai, China]...My son served in the Salt Lake Mission & was told that these early members were promised their children would be gathered in to The Church of JESUS CHRIST again...I thought I was a Catholic who changed religions, but really I was coming HOME to the Church of my ancestors as an answer to the Lord's promise...GOD is SO GOOD...
@@michaellll6667 ...Hi..Both my parents were born & raised in New Hampshire...dad was career Air Force, so we moved alot-Washington D.C. Japan...etc...
I really enjoyed these chapters and the invitation to look introspectively at our actions and reaction and realize our personal responses. Taking personal accountability for our actions would be a giant step for me and probably a lot of us!
Super lesson! Love the reaction and lessons taught from all three of you. Thanks to you all for sharing and Dr. Stephan is wonderful. Easy to listen to and his outlook and explanations are clearly given. Thx to all again.
I’ve been listening to “Follow Him” for the past two years and have recommended to many. Every week I learn more about our Father in Heaven and Jesus Christ and His incredible church and doctrine. This program helps me to want to be a better follower of Jesus. Thanks to all who make this possible. Keep up the great work. Rick D.
Thank you for all the stories. This podcast always makes me think of the scriptures differently. I love when Old Testament, New Testament, and modern day revelations and conference talks are applied to the weekly readings. Thank you so much.
Thanks Dr. Taeger, Hank, and John, for sharing your stories and for helping all of us identify with the amazing people in the scriptures, with our living prophets, and with the people in our lives. With our moral agency, protected so well by Heavenly Father and His Beloved Son, we can act and not be acted upon by our circumstances and those around us in this fallen world. Sincere appreciation for being real and vulnerable and for teaching us such wonderful principles.
WOW!! What a powerful episode!!! Thank you so much all of you for sharing what you shared: the insights and stories were all so touching!!! Thank you!! I will never forget the Spirit that was felt while listening!!!!
At 78yrs old, I am still looking for Google answer to my questions. And Come Follow Me Lessons on RUclips had been a great help. Thank you all for sharing your story's and insights. Having an Eternal perspective is a wonderful tool coupled with scripture and the personal experiences of others has been a great blessing.
Thank you so much for this podcast. I especially liked the segment about decisions good or bad affecting generations to come. I cried a bit while I was listening. Thank you so much!
A good read is: Leadership and Self Deception by The Arbinger Institute. This confirms the reference of the husband/wife having uncomfortable Saturday mornings with their children.
In thinking about stories (parables) as teaching tools I was reminded of Nathan and King David in 2 Samuel 12. Sometimes we can’t see our own flaws clearly. As humans we can see others’ flaws so easily. The important part is to ask ourselves if we are also lacking or could follow better than we are at the moment.
I think that seeing that our actions will have an impact on our children and grand children is great. They have found that plants have memories that influence into the 3rd generations from a parent plant. Passed through the cytoplasm. I do think there is more to Zenif. His reference to seeing good in a place and a rebellion harkens back too much to a premortal incident where God looked and saw that it was good and then dealt with the fallout of His children rebelling against that good. The symbolism of Moses throughout the various exoduses is just too much to think that Zenif isn't and the journey isn't somewhat of a type of creation, rebellion, fall from Eden return to Eden with Alma as high priest....they are showing these images as a way of instructing us deeper about those principles. We see deeply the heartache of the family and the intimacy of the deadly rebellion. The lessons learned while in Exodus and in bondage are harkened back to repeatedly in years to come....they want us to see all that we can see from their journey and all the other journeys echoed in it so that we can continue to glean and refine. God does not see us with the eye of condemnation but with the Refiner's Eye. I think that is at least one of the witnesses of all the repetition of a departure from a promised land to be returned or delivered to a new promised land. Repetition is one of the most important tools of the hebrews... chiasmus etc and each repetition allows for a new emphasis highlighting a new nuance that would be missed in other renderings.
Stephen Covey was quoting Viktor Frankl, which makes it even more powerful because he was writing about choosing a response to Nazis who put him into a concentration camp. His response helped him to become a Holocaust survivor instead of a Holocaust casualty.
Man I need to catch up I been reading Isaiah as temple and latter-day revelation under the Idea of it talking about the last prophet and dang I don't have to put words in his mouth to understand Isaiah.
What a thought - we are all imperfect and capable of misjudgeing. If we chose to love everyone even our enemies - what if we, like the Lamanites came to finally see how good the Nephi"s really reality were. That really was the thought expressed in the lesson - it was just really different for me. If we believe in The Lord and His Truths and try to live by His Commandments, our judgements will be closer to the truth. God is always right. He is the author of all that is true, good and righteous. We can give the credit and glory and honor to The Lord for all that is true, good and righteous. It's also the Spirit of The Lord that converts people. And Joseph Smith once said when asked how he Governed so many people - said I teach them correct principles and they govern themselves. I pray that people would pray that our Heavenly Father would help them govern themselves in righteousness after having learned and treasured up The Lord's true in their hearts and minds. Thank you for this wonderful lesson - so much to ponder 😊
Pride has strong ties to nacsissism, But is the opposite of Agape (Charity). Blame shifting, self excusing, and collecting grievances without recovering... all part of pathological levels of NPD. A disorder is different from an illness... it is a maladaptive defense mechanism, usually as a result of some sort of childhood trama affecting their attachment system and the kind of empathy that cares beyond what they get out of someone as a regulatory object or useful character. Interesting stuff but you don't need to study the wrong answers to get the right ones. Study and seek the gift of Christ-like charity and you will avoid the plethora of sins that follow narcissism.
Why did Zeniff and Amaleki’s brother go back to the land of Lehi-Nephi? In Omni V12 we read that “as many as would hearken …..” presumably some stayed behind. There may have likely been some strong family ties between those in Zarahemla to their families still up int Lehi-Nephi. That would have been a strong motivator.
Should at least mention "Sheum" in Mosiah 9:9, listed with other grains. Nobody knew what it was in 1830, in fact nobody knew until 1856 when the Mesopotamian language (tower of Babel - where Jaredites came from) Akkadian was finally cracked. Those scholars (none would have even heard of the Book of Mormon) kept finding this pattern in the mesopotamian tablets, and for the first time could translate it into what it would sound like and be pronounced "sheum". They learned it means a type of barley ... or pine nuts.
@@laurikirchmann4796 happy to help. I've been a long time archeology nut, always looking for post-1830 archeology demonstrating BofM authenticity. I'd put this one in the top 5.
Please Bro Smith - the heartache and self pain your grandfather must have felt to drive him to alcoholism, is probably something you may not be able to understand. Also - consider the principle in 1 Ne 9:6, and the entire section 138. Those who suffer because of the sins of our fathers - which might include a large section of humanity - will receive the same chance to receive and accept and be blessed by the gospel of Jesus Christ as anyone else. Please see Elder James Rasband’s talk April 2020.
Love the podcast and never miss it, but I think we tend to exaggerate what I call the "generational butterfly effect." Even under the best circumstances, children and grandchildren stray from the best wishes of their progenitors. Each person is an individual with their own sense of agency, and their path in life can be said to be "foreordained" by the countless eons of character traits incubated in premortal life. When a person changes their circumstances, it's true that the change from even a tiny angle of deviation (credit to Elder Uchtdorf) may be magnified over successive generations. Yet I believe that the subconscious enticing of each person's eternal character - somewhat like the daemon of gnostic beliefs - will ultimately lead them to similar choices in a different context. This is how our Heavenly Father can anticipate our actions. Where we perceive an unpredictable lifetime of choices, to him that path is merely final inch traveled by an arrow launched an entire field away.
Thank you very much for sharing. I am very grateful. I know I have shared this before but I want to share it again. Abinadi's most powerful sermon for me is in Mosian 16:6-7 which is basically in the first line and last two lines of each verse. ...if Christ had not come, there could have been no redemption. ...if Christ had not risen, there could have been no resurrection.
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My Dad was taught to hate the "Mormons," their church, and everything about it. My grandfather would drive hours out of his way to avoid the state of Utah. Fortunately for me, my Dad married my mom. My mom is a member of the church. After years of marriage and years of missionary discussions, my Dad joined the church (while in your ward, Hank). Which changed the corse of our family and the next generation that has come after. My dad once asked his dad why do we hate the Mormons so badly? My grandfather's response was "I don't know we just do it always been that way". This story of the Laminties teaching their children hate hit home. Thank you for a powerful episode. ❤
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❤❤❤ so happy for you and all that know you and your family
Fascinating! Thank u.
Sounds like David Alexander’s experience. So beautiful and grateful to have your testimony!
Sixty years ago I left the church to get married to a man who was not a member. At the time I would say “it’s my life”. But it was more than my life. My husband has never joined the church and our two children who were baptized are not active. So, my choices affected more than just me. I came back to the church when one of my sisters died at the age of 40. It took a death to bring me back. I sometimes think and maybe hope that my death might be the thing that will bring them back to church. I am in my 80s and I try to be a good example to them and to my husband. I can only try to make good choices that will affect them for the better.
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I'm listening to this episode again...something I never do.
My family has had some ugly things happen to some of us lately and I find myself wanting justice, but we are powerless to get any. At this point, we just need peace, and that peace only comes through Christ.
This episode is very timely and reminds me that I CAN so something, I can turn the hurt over to my Savior.
Thank you for this wonderful lesson. My childhood story involves alcoholism, international kidnapping, verbal and physical abuse. The gospel came into my life in my early twenties and has allowed forgiveness and healing through the atonement of Christ.
Great story that I feel I can relate with where the guy was totally embarrassed in front of his ward but still remained in the church. There are so many people who leave if they are offended by someone. I actually at one point was in the same boat, but different experience. I was totally humiliated. I thought about it and decided that people in the church are not perfect but the Gospel of Jesus Christ is perfect and I needed to keep going to church.
At 19:47 in this video you talk about the people who have dropped out of the church and the costly repercussions to their progeny. I whole-heartedly agree with your insights and thank you for them. I am one such person who did fall away -twice - and came back. But my situation is something different from what is in your video and I would like to share it with you. One of my parents was a sociopath. That parent used triangulation to sow mistrust in each one of us - my siblings and our other parent, among many other destructive things. Although my parents were married in the temple, I cannot ever remember being taught from the scriptures even though we went to church each Sunday. We were told rather than taught the gospel. The sociopath had an original perspective on doctrines which I have come to see was not correct and unrighteous dominion was the rule of the house. No wonder I fell away. When I came back to the Church, both times, it was my sociopath parent that drove me away, again. Believe me, I'm not passing the buck like Adam and Eve. During my second time in inactivity I married out of the Church to a good man who professed to be an atheist. But that man taught me the gospel through teaching me about Christ-like love and because of his love I came to have an astonishing conversion experience that feeds me to this day. And because of my conversion to the Church, my husband went back to his church. Thank you for allowing me to share this with you. And thank you for all you excellent videos! I love what you're doing!
Brother Hank, thank you for sharing your story that’s personal to you. My ♥️ was touched as I have 3 sons who are not active. Oh how my heart hurts for them as well as their children. I do all that I can to show them all by example, trying to help them feel the Saviours love through me. My prayer has always been that when they hear truth they will know it’s truth. I love this podcast and listen faithfully every week. This has sustained and helped me immeasurably. Thank you👏😊🇨🇦♥️
Thank you Hank for your vulnerability. Our decisions do affect generations. This "You do You" generation does not realize the danger that exists in flirting with apostasy. Our actions can affect those that come after us. Hold to the rod!
This was powerful and made a lot of feelings surface…that are hard but you walked through it with a solution to work towards. Thank you for that. Thank you for recognizing human emotions and for not just saying we should be better at not having them. If we really believe Jesus came for us then we can really recognize the reality of difficult emotions and accept we all need redemption through Jesus Christ. He is our miracle. Thank you for making the scriptures come to life! Stephan, thank you for the reminder that we can turn our very hard things into possibilities. ❤
That last story about Jospeh's brothers... wow. I have 3 kids, one with severe special needs. How many times have I told my other two children to forgive him for destroying something, for being disruptive, for making things difficult for them? I cannot count them. But, this makes it clear that maybe my focus has been in the wrong place. Because he cannot help it, and he truly does not understand. A better focus is to have them work on, as I do with him, being more patient, more understanding, more loving even when his behaviors do make things hard. Thank you for that.
Where are you from dear ?
I am the oldest of 5 siblings and the only active member in the church. I mourn for my parents. I try hard not to judge and to love them. It makes me so sad, though. They are such good people.
Powerful lesson! The fact that one person’s choice can affect so many people’s lives is astonishing and memorable. I will be and do my best in the gospel not only for myself but for countless generations to come! Thank you for your time and wonderful lessons! 😁🥰
I did not expect this section of the BofM to apply to me so personally. Thank you for drawing out insights pertaining to not blaming others and becoming a victim. I am literally in this situation right now.
Often my takeaway from your podcasts is a new paradigm for how we can better love our fellow men and women and how we can better relate to one another. Building bridges that engender empathy is at the heart of the gospel. This is so needed in these times when people’s first response usually isn’t anything resembling charity.
Thank you Brother Smith! I want to be more zealous in a home centered gospel learning center. Bless this podcast!
It's not enough to be a good person. We NEED Jesus and His guidance forever❤
Wow, this podcast is so powerful and can be lifechanging. I am overwhelmed with the insight I have gained from listening to this podcast, especially part 2. Thank you!
...coming "unto CHRIST" rights EVERY wrong...no matter what anyone else has done, is doing, or will do...as we follow CHRIST...ALL will be righted somehow, some day, some way...I, too, have (had) my dad who was alcoholic (& whose mom& dad were BOTH alcoholic)...as a convert to the Church of JESUS CHRIST of latter-day Saints, I recently found I am related to Brigham Young through his eldest daughter...through the JOHNSON line...my dad's mom's family...(& also, James Lewis, another relative of my dad's mom, joined the Church in Missouri when all the persecution was happening...[he became a seventy & served a mission in Shanghai, China]...My son served in the Salt Lake Mission & was told that these early members were promised their children would be gathered in to The Church of JESUS CHRIST again...I thought I was a Catholic who changed religions, but really I was coming HOME to the Church of my ancestors as an answer to the Lord's promise...GOD is SO GOOD...
Hello April. Where are you from please
@@michaellll6667 ...Hi..Both my parents were born & raised in New Hampshire...dad was career Air Force, so we moved alot-Washington D.C. Japan...etc...
I really enjoyed these chapters and the invitation to look introspectively at our actions and reaction and realize our personal responses. Taking personal accountability for our actions would be a giant step for me and probably a lot of us!
Super lesson! Love the reaction and lessons taught from all three of you. Thanks to you all for sharing and Dr. Stephan is wonderful. Easy to listen to and his outlook and explanations are clearly given. Thx to all again.
Beautiful lesson! Thank you ☺️
Wow! Thank you for likening the scriptures to very personal experiences. SO many good quotes!!
I’ve been listening to “Follow Him” for the past two years and have recommended to many. Every week I learn more about our Father in Heaven and Jesus Christ and His incredible church and doctrine. This program helps me to want to be a better follower of Jesus. Thanks to all who make this possible. Keep up the great work. Rick D.
Thank you to everyone this episode hit home but I won’t give up 😢
Thank you, Hank, for being so vulnerable ❤
Thank you from Greece.
Brilliant episode. Thank you.
Thank you for all the stories. This podcast always makes me think of the scriptures differently. I love when Old Testament, New Testament, and modern day revelations and conference talks are applied to the weekly readings. Thank you so much.
Thanks Dr. Taeger, Hank, and John, for sharing your stories and for helping all of us identify with the amazing people in the scriptures, with our living prophets, and with the people in our lives. With our moral agency, protected so well by Heavenly Father and His Beloved Son, we can act and not be acted upon by our circumstances and those around us in this fallen world. Sincere appreciation for being real and vulnerable and for teaching us such wonderful principles.
Thank you for this weeks study. It was excellent!!!
Such a beautiful episode! Gracias !
WOW!! What a powerful episode!!! Thank you so much all of you for sharing what you shared: the insights and stories were all so touching!!! Thank you!! I will never forget the Spirit that was felt while listening!!!!
At 78yrs old, I am still looking for Google answer to my questions.
And Come Follow Me Lessons on RUclips had been a great help.
Thank you all for sharing your story's and insights.
Having an Eternal perspective is a wonderful tool coupled with scripture and the personal experiences of others has been a great blessing.
Thank you so much for this podcast. I especially liked the segment about decisions good or bad affecting generations to come. I cried a bit while I was listening. Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for the wonderful insights.
Wow wow. The conclusion was wow
Thank you for this lesson!
Fantastic!!
A good read is: Leadership and Self Deception by The Arbinger Institute. This confirms the reference of the husband/wife having uncomfortable Saturday mornings with their children.
They’re all good! But this one- so many insights Ihad never thought of. Thank you for expanding my mind and increasing my test
Loved the stories. I can relare
This was absolutely powerful! Thank you so much for your testimonies and insights!❤
In thinking about stories (parables) as teaching tools I was reminded of Nathan and King David in 2 Samuel 12. Sometimes we can’t see our own flaws clearly. As humans we can see others’ flaws so easily. The important part is to ask ourselves if we are also lacking or could follow better than we are at the moment.
Love the stories!!
Beautifully put.
I think that seeing that our actions will have an impact on our children and grand children is great. They have found that plants have memories that influence into the 3rd generations from a parent plant. Passed through the cytoplasm.
I do think there is more to Zenif. His reference to seeing good in a place and a rebellion harkens back too much to a premortal incident where God looked and saw that it was good and then dealt with the fallout of His children rebelling against that good. The symbolism of Moses throughout the various exoduses is just too much to think that Zenif isn't and the journey isn't somewhat of a type of creation, rebellion, fall from Eden return to Eden with Alma as high priest....they are showing these images as a way of instructing us deeper about those principles. We see deeply the heartache of the family and the intimacy of the deadly rebellion. The lessons learned while in Exodus and in bondage are harkened back to repeatedly in years to come....they want us to see all that we can see from their journey and all the other journeys echoed in it so that we can continue to glean and refine.
God does not see us with the eye of condemnation but with the Refiner's Eye. I think that is at least one of the witnesses of all the repetition of a departure from a promised land to be returned or delivered to a new promised land. Repetition is one of the most important tools of the hebrews... chiasmus etc and each repetition allows for a new emphasis highlighting a new nuance that would be missed in other renderings.
Stephen Covey was quoting Viktor Frankl, which makes it even more powerful because he was writing about choosing a response to Nazis who put him into a concentration camp. His response helped him to become a Holocaust survivor instead of a Holocaust casualty.
Man I need to catch up I been reading Isaiah as temple and latter-day revelation under the Idea of it talking about the last prophet and dang I don't have to put words in his mouth to understand Isaiah.
Love the channel too
Action item- ordered Terry's book!!!
Beautiful truths!
What a thought - we are all imperfect and capable of misjudgeing. If we chose to love everyone even our enemies - what if we, like the Lamanites came to finally see how good the Nephi"s really reality were. That really was the thought expressed in the lesson - it was just really different for me.
If we believe in The Lord and His Truths and try to live by His
Commandments, our judgements will be closer to the truth. God is always right.
He is the author of all that is true, good and righteous. We can give the credit and glory and honor to The Lord for all that is true, good and righteous.
It's also the Spirit of The Lord that converts people. And Joseph Smith once said when asked how he Governed so many people - said I teach them correct principles and they govern themselves.
I pray that people would pray that our Heavenly Father would help them govern themselves in righteousness after having learned and treasured up The Lord's true in their hearts and minds.
Thank you for this wonderful lesson - so much to ponder 😊
thank you
awesome.
I wonder if Joseph's brothers recognized his voice and were overcome with an eerie feeling which prompted them to look back on getting rid of him.
very insightful
Awesome as always! The Steven Covey quote originally comes from Viktor Frankl 🎉
The book is Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
Pride has strong ties to nacsissism,
But is the opposite of Agape (Charity).
Blame shifting, self excusing, and collecting grievances without recovering... all part of pathological levels of NPD. A disorder is different from an illness... it is a maladaptive defense mechanism, usually as a result of some sort of childhood trama affecting their attachment system and the kind of empathy that cares beyond what they get out of someone as a regulatory object or useful character. Interesting stuff but you don't need to study the wrong answers to get the right ones.
Study and seek the gift of Christ-like charity and you will avoid the plethora of sins that follow narcissism.
And some people blame themselves for everything their children do' Agency trumps everything everything.
Why did Zeniff and Amaleki’s brother go back to the land of Lehi-Nephi? In Omni V12 we read that “as many as would hearken …..” presumably some stayed behind. There may have likely been some strong family ties between those in Zarahemla to their families still up int Lehi-Nephi. That would have been a strong motivator.
Should at least mention "Sheum" in Mosiah 9:9, listed with other grains. Nobody knew what it was in 1830, in fact nobody knew until 1856 when the Mesopotamian language (tower of Babel - where Jaredites came from) Akkadian was finally cracked. Those scholars (none would have even heard of the Book of Mormon) kept finding this pattern in the mesopotamian tablets, and for the first time could translate it into what it would sound like and be pronounced "sheum". They learned it means a type of barley ... or pine nuts.
Thank you! I put your comment as a note in my scriptures.
@@laurikirchmann4796 happy to help. I've been a long time archeology nut, always looking for post-1830 archeology demonstrating BofM authenticity. I'd put this one in the top 5.
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Please Bro Smith - the heartache and self pain your grandfather must have felt to drive him to alcoholism, is probably something you may not be able to understand. Also - consider the principle in 1 Ne 9:6, and the entire section 138. Those who suffer because of the sins of our fathers - which might include a large section of humanity - will receive the same chance to receive and accept and be blessed by the gospel of Jesus Christ as anyone else. Please see Elder James Rasband’s talk April 2020.
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Love the podcast and never miss it, but I think we tend to exaggerate what I call the "generational butterfly effect." Even under the best circumstances, children and grandchildren stray from the best wishes of their progenitors. Each person is an individual with their own sense of agency, and their path in life can be said to be "foreordained" by the countless eons of character traits incubated in premortal life. When a person changes their circumstances, it's true that the change from even a tiny angle of deviation (credit to Elder Uchtdorf) may be magnified over successive generations. Yet I believe that the subconscious enticing of each person's eternal character - somewhat like the daemon of gnostic beliefs - will ultimately lead them to similar choices in a different context. This is how our Heavenly Father can anticipate our actions. Where we perceive an unpredictable lifetime of choices, to him that path is merely final inch traveled by an arrow launched an entire field away.
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I jumped too slow 😔
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Thank you very much for sharing. I am very grateful. I know I have shared this before but I want to share it again. Abinadi's most powerful sermon for me is in Mosian 16:6-7 which is basically in the first line and last two lines of each verse. ...if Christ had not come, there could have been no redemption. ...if Christ had not risen, there could have been no resurrection.