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Thursday, July 29, 2021

Mormon's references to Alma 5

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Alma 6 is a short transitional chapter between sermons in Alma 5 and 7, where Mormon moves from quoting Alma's words on the plates of Ne...

"Divided hither and thither" -- a sermon in a phrase, part 1

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My most recent post (re-)introduced a concept I recently learned about from Stisa which gives a name to a phenomenon I've noticed and b...
Monday, July 26, 2021

New creation in the image and likeness of God

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Lord Wilmore has written several posts lately on the new creation and spiritual rebirth. He has demonstrated that this is an ancient teachin...

Metalepsis in the Book of Mormon, an introduction

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The Book of Mormon was carefully written and deserves our careful attention. Regular readers of this blog know that this is a principle Stis...
Thursday, July 22, 2021

Christ as the stone

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As I studied the repeated elements included in people rejecting prophets (see this post ), I also read some interesting, related content in ...

Examples of thematic repetition in Mosiah -- part 3

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My  recent post  introduced the purpose of this series on examples of thematic repetition in the Book of Mormon.  Please read that post firs...
Monday, July 19, 2021

Internal consistency -- Nephi's prophecy

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In my last post, I quoted 2 Nephi 26:3, where Nephi prophesies of the coming of Christ. And after the Messiah shall come there shall be  sig...

Examples of thematic repetition in Mosiah -- part 2

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My last post introduced the purpose of this series on examples of thematic repetition in the Book of Mormon.  Please read that post first b...