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Jesus Wept. But Why?

John 11:35 of the New Testament is one of the shortest verses of scripture: “Jesus wept.”  The scene was one where his dear friend, Lazarus, had died. Two days earlier, word had come to him from the town of Bethany where Lazarus and his sisters--Mary and Martha-lived, that Lazarus was on the verge of death, but for much of that time, Jesus pretended to no urgency to go to minister to Lazarus.
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"Shall the Axe boast against God?" Isaiah chapter 20 as applied to the year 2024

It's not necessary to know all of the place names in Isaiah 20 and where they are on a map, although like the last pieces of a finished puzzle, it certainly makes the picture more clear that Isaiah is describing. What is most important to know about Isaiah 20 is that God is infinitely stronger than any of the kingdoms of the earth. Isaiah 20 illustrates an example of this by showing the historical sweep of the king of Assyria and his armies hundreds of miles from the north down toward Jerusalem where, after having made a systematic progress of destruction for most of that distance, he is stopped in his tracks just short of Jerusalem.

A Pattern for a House of God

God wasn't talking so much about buildings in 

The Lost 116 Pages of the Book of Mormon Manuscript: A Pause, and then Resuming with the Book of Mosiah

What happened after the 116 manuscript pages of the Book of Mormon were lost stolen? First a pause, where Joseph Smith was not allowed to translate. And then, with his new scribe, Oliver Cowdery, the translation resumed at the book of Mosiah. The Books of 1st Nephi through Omni were translated last.

Fyodor Lukyanov on the Relationships of Ukraine, Russia, the EU, and the United States

Like no other country, the Ukraine has a special place in the heart and the security interests of Russia.

Rudimentary Thoughts on Revelation Chapter 4

I spent a couple of hours studying chapter 4 of the Book of Revelation in the New Testament this morning.  Here are some of my notes.

"Five Truths": President Russell M. Nelson Devotional - September 17, 2019

Here are my notes from the devotional address given today at BYU by Russell M. Nelson, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

I Think There's a Good Reason for the King James Bible English in the Book of Mormon

Critics of the LDS Church think that phraseology from the King James Version of the BIble in the Book of Mormon indicates that it is a fraud. I disagree. Here's why.