This faith fills the pages of the book of mormon in the form of powerful sermons, life lessons, and spiritual experiences. Come follow me 2020 podcasts with rod meldrum book of. The book of mormon is a pillar of revealed truth supporting and upholding the chief cornerstone, who is jesus christ. The pivotal event of the book is an appearance of jesus christ to the americas. First is the problem of the hermeneutics of hyperskepticism. The book of mormon is one of the most influential, as well as controversial, religious documents in american history, and is regarded as sacred scripture by followers around the world, including members of the church of jesus christ of latterday saints, the fourthlargest. Sorensons groundbreaking book, an ancient american setting for the book of mormon, published in 1985. With podcasts like mormon discussion, radio free mormon, mormon awakenings, the mormon wellness project, the mormon history podcast, marriage on. The book of mormon family reader will help your family discover and discuss the eternal doctrine found in the book of mormon, drawing you closer together as a family and closer to christ. The book of mormon is a series of discussions featuring faculty from brigham young universitys department of ancient scripture sharing their insights into the book of mormon. Deseret book stories that won hearts and awards this year from the association for mormon letters lds living the association for mormon letters aml awards were presented online on saturday, may 2. The book of mormon itself suffers the same fate when it comes to its own historical support. Our vision is to be the family entertainment brand that young people want, parents trust, and families enjoy together.
Roundtable scripture discussions the book of mormon. Each of the halfhour episodes covers several chapters from the book of mormon. First staged in 2011, the play is a satirical examination of mormon beliefs and practices that ultimately endorses the positive power of love and service. Aug 28, 2008 professors from the byu department of ancient scripture discuss 3 of the 14 books of the book of mormon, which covers about 400 years of the book of mormon timeline. This section will go into many different areas of the book of mormon in order to get a fuller picture. A few years later it was withdrew from public distribution and the remaining copies were kept by the lds archives.
Kimball in his first press conference after he became president of the church. The book of mormon is a sacred text of the church of the latter day saint movement, which adherents believe contains writings of ancient prophets who lived on the american continent from approximately 2200 bc to ad 421. These groups are often at war, and their faith is constantly being tested. Twelve beliefs the mormon church might not want you to. Book of mormon themed discussions chicken scratch n sniff. From the fraction that we have, skousen identified 256 more corrections that are necessary to bring the current edition of the book of mormon into alignment with the text found in the original manuscript.
Mormon discussions is the landing place for all of your favorite mormon podcasts. It would be as if a civil war book talked about how lincoln gave a televised address to america, when of course we know there were no tvs during his lifetime. Either joseph smith is an absolute clever genius, or the book of mormon claims are real. Faculty members from the byu religious education department discuss the writings and teachings of the book of mormon prophets in this 63part series. David hocking managing editor, annotated edition of the book of mormon. Over the past month ive received numerous requests asking when, or if, wed ever talk about our series, demonic names in the book of mormon so here it is. The book of mormon in hebrew was published by the latter day saints in 1981. The book of mormon teaches that little children are not capable of sin because they do not have a sinful nature moroni 8. Since there has been a lot of criticism by some antimormons about the steelusing nephites, it might be useful to see what the book of mormon actually says about iron and steel. To me, the ability to have consistency as the bom does in its level of detail, and to never have oliver cowdery rat him out, especially after being exommunicated from the church is much more a testament of the reality of the book of mormon. Joseph smith translated the book of mormon from gold plates. A case for the book of mormon kindle edition by callister. Some placed the nephite capital city zarahemla in mesoamerica, others in south america.
This new format suited for every age and stage of life makes meaningful scripture study an attainable goal for every family. If the book of mormon was the only problem with the church you make a great plea for those who cannot grasp its historicity. I think of it as the lords calling card, and i have been amazed at how easy it is to start a spiritual flood with it on a personal scale. The userfriendly book of mormon will be available march 1, 2016 through cedar fort publishers. Some questions are serious while others are pure fun. Discussions on the book of mormon alma 2529 originally aired. The book of mormon describes a vast precolumbian culture that supposedly existed for centuries in north and south america. The mormon story is that the nephite military commander and prophet moroni buried a history of his people, written on gold plates, in the hill cumorah in ad 421. With the bible, it provides a strong testimony that christ lives and loves us. The mission of byutv is to create purposeful, engaging viewing and listening experiences that entertain, inspire, uplift, and improve families and communities.
It was first published in march 1830 by joseph smith as the book of mormon. There are two major fallacies in discussions on this topic. Any discussion of the meaning of the name mormon, must start by dealing with a letter published in the times and seasons 4 15 may 1843. We will engage the topic of joseph smiths treasure digging and welcome live call ins to the show and discuss the messy issue of joseph smiths treasure hunting. In this section we want to give a wideranging discussion about issues with the book of mormon and why they put into question the authenticity of the book of mormon as well as joseph smiths status as a prophet of god. My topic for discussion here is the challenge of the book of mormon.
Watch discussions on the book of mormon full episodes online. Since the book of mormon s publication in 1830, a number of different theories have been proposed concerning its authorship. According to smith, the book is originally written in an otherwise unknown language called reformed egyptian on golden plates and it should be of similar importance as the bible. The issues in totality and the cover up of the issues by church leaders for so many years leaves me with a problem so large that addressing each individual issue in an apologetic way is to overlook the obvious. Classroom discussions especially if you have left over time. It bears witness of the savior with precision and power.
Book of mormon evidence come follow me supplementary study podcasts. Discussions on the book of mormon moroni 7 by byu religious education. Class members could list some of the plain and precious things that were lost from the bible and restored through the book of mormon for some examples, see verses 26 and 39 or the. The book of mormon family reader in childrens ldsbookstore. Discussions on the book of mormon by byu faculty free this is a 63 part video series where byu religion faculty discuss the book of mormon, several chapters at a time in each halfhour episode. Tackling deeper complex issues within mormonism one episode at a time. The book of mormon is full of anachronisms, which is when a person takes an idea from their own time and inserts it in a past time in which it never actually existed. This is the official facebook page for the ldsdiscussions. Book of mormon historicity mormon discussions podcasts. Mormon discussions podcasts full lineup on apple podcasts. The book of mormon is a record of christs teachings to people in the new world. The book focuses on a case for the book of mormon, brother callister writes, but in one sense the book of mormon does not need a case presented on its behalf. Hebrew book of mormon general discussions mormon dialogue. May 27, 2010 the discussion on book of mormon geography was getting heated.
Book of mormon round table meetings are canceled due to covid19 virus until further notice. Roundtable scripture discussions the book of mormon byu religious education. Please consider donating today to support our effort to provide latterday saints the tools and resources and the safe space for conversations to navigate a difficult and often lonely faith transition. The salt lake tribune, october 3, 1998 octavo editions give readers a firsthand experience of a milestone text. An account written by the hand of mormon upon plates taken from the.
Jul 06, 2011 the contradictions between the book of mormon and the bible constitute a most serious obstacle to accepting the book of mormon as latterday scripture supplemental to the bible. Please stay on topic all off topic posts will be moveddeleted. A free press is fundamental to a democratic society. The challenge of the book of mormon religious studies center. My book of mormon discussions are designed to make discussing the book of mormon an easy and normal part of your life. You must write a book with 239 chapters, 54 of them about wars, 21 about history, 55 about prophecy, 71 about doctrine, 17 about missionaries, and 21 about the mission of jesus. Laman and lemuel hate nephi so much they want to kill him. The book of mormon is the most correct of any book. Discuss and help the children memorize the following statement from the prophet joseph smith. Contradictions between the book of mormon and the bible.
Others argued for a setting in the american heartland. The book of mormon follows two young missionaries who are sent to uganda to try to convert citizens to the mormon religion. Before i get flamed i would like to point out three of the more glaring anachronistic errors. The script, lyrics, and music were written by trey parker, robert lopez, and matt stone. Seer stones and the translation of the book of mormon. At first glance, its a simple case for rejecting the book. It was distributed free of charge around the world, especially in israel and new york city. Critics have long accused joseph smith of stealing other works for the book of mormon, but at the end of the day what is most interesting is that most of the themes that are central to the book of mormon were already written. Now she turns her attention to the scriptures, with the userfriendly book of mormon, the first in a series of scripture study guides with a fresh take on the sacred stories. Discussions on the book of mormon ether 1 6 youtube.
The decision to use the word challenge came from a remark by president spencer w. By the power of god, joseph smith translated this book from an ancient record written on gold plates. The great strength of the book is that it provides a wellargued perspective based on the geology of natural disasters that is new to the analysis of the book of mormonone that adds to the reality of book of mormon events and opens new doors for potential research and understanding of the geography of the book of mormon. Smith said he has received these plates in 1827 from an angel named. For a discussion of the possibility that sm is a dn, see layton, 8586. Mason allred and mark ashurstmcgee discuss historical accounts of the book of mormon translation process, including joseph smith using a seer stone and accounts of joseph smith using urim and thummim. Today we begin our first live broadcast of the mormon discussion podcast. Miriam robarts yes, i believe that god inspired and instructed many prophets to keep records and then a prophet compiled them in the book of mormon, similar to howmore yes, i believe that god inspired and instructed many prophets to keep records and then a prophet compiled them in the book of mormon, similar to how the bible was written by many prophets. An overview of lds discussions pages about the book of mormon, including the gospel topics essays, history behind it, and translation methods used to produce it. For example, critics of mormonism have shown convincing proof that the book of mormon is a synthesis of earlier works written by other men, of the vivid imaginings of joseph smith, and of plagiarisms from the king james bible. View of the hebrews has many similar themes to the book of mormon.
Rebroadcast joseph smiths folk magic and seer stones. It is a spiritual topic, associated with faith, belief, testimony, emotion, revelation, and personal conviction. The book of mormon is a sacred text of the latter day saint movement, which, according to adherents, contains writings of ancient prophets who lived on the american continent from approximately 2200 bc to ad 421. It goes into amazingly specific detail describing the civilizations erected by the nephites and lamanites, who were jews that fled palestine in three installments, built massive cities in the new world, farmed the land, produced works. Watch discussions on the book of mormon online full.
Jul 26, 2018 the book of mormon is a sacred text that was published in march 1830 by joseph smith, jr. Demonic and ungodly names in the book of mormon 1 life. Discussions on the book of mormon 1 nephi 12 originally aired. Look for the new updates on the day of posting and be sure to share these with the mormon you know. For topics and discussions concerning lds doctrine, history, geography, etc. The likelihood of such a setting was greatly strengthened by john l. This collection of dvds contains all seventy 30minute programs originally broadcast on byutv. Holding an 1830 first edition of the book of mormon can stir the souls of bibliophiles and believers alike. The uppercrust forum for scholarly, polite, and respectful discussions only. In a mormon world that made more sense, lds living would publish the worthy commentary at the link, it would be widely shared, and fairmormon, bom central and mormon interpreter would publicly embrace the challenge to move toward a new apologetic praxis. He, too, soon finished the discussions and was baptized. Mormon discussion inc is a 501c3 and is in the arena of journalistic work and is part of a free press. Best of book of mormon commentary list scripture notes. Either way, you will create conversations and think about the scriptures as more than pieces of paper.
What the book of mormon tells us about jesus christ. The book of mormon has a number of original and distinctive doctrinal discussions on subjects such as the fall of adam and eve, the nature of the atonement, eschatology, redemption from physical and spiritual death, and the organization of the latterday church. Discussions on the new testament acts to revelation. The book of mormon is set in north america in the first century. You cannot be a college graduate, in fact, you can have only three years of schooling. At mormon discussions we look to help you navigate mormonism. The book of mormon teaches plain and precious truths. Discussions on the book of mormon 1 nephi 1618 originally aired. The book of mormon has a number of original and distinctive doctrinal discussions on subjects such as the fall of adam and eve, the nature of the atonement, eschatology, redemption from physical and spiritual death. The fight over book of mormon geography deseret news. My kids all love answering the questions and learning a little more about the scriptures.
May 14, 2014 discussions on the book of mormon jacob 46 originally aired. The spiritual text that forms the basis of mormonism, in the last edition edited by its founder, joseph smith, jr. Scholars gathered in provo, utah, to discuss their theories about where the events described in the book of mormon took place. The only bible that joseph smith relied on was the king james version. The aml is a nonprofit that promotes fellowship among scholars and writers of latterday saint literature. One missionary, elder price, is an enthusiastic gogetter with a strong. Investigators are introduced to the six principles of mormonism which includes brief lessons of joe smith, the mormon god, and their jesus, the holy ghost, and the book of mormon.