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Pursuing the Covenant Path
“Now, to each member of the Church I say, keep on the covenant path. Your commitment to follow the Savior by making covenants with Him...
Rebecca Burnham
Sep 11, 20226 min read
Hiram Page and What To Do When the Prophet Gives Controversial Counsel
Hiram Page was a good man. He was one of the 8 witnesses of the Book of Mormon, present at the organization of the Church and baptized 5...
Rebecca Burnham
Mar 21, 20215 min read
Moroni 10: The Power of God and Sanctification
If we ask with sincere heart, real intent and faith in Christ, the Holy Ghost will manifest the truth of the Book of Mormon to us. The...
Rebecca Burnham
Dec 20, 20201 min read
Promises: Moroni 7-9
Moroni 7 If we peaceably follow Jesus and obtain sufficient hope, we can enter into the rest of the Lord during mortality. We can clearly...
Rebecca Burnham
Dec 13, 20201 min read
Partakers of the Heavenly Gift: Promises in Ether 12 - 13
The last few chapters have been full of history, but Moroni breaks into the narrative here to teach and to issue some promises. Here are...
Rebecca Burnham
Nov 29, 20203 min read
Ether 4-5
To the "Gentiles" of Covenant Israel: When we exercise faith like the brother of Jared did and become sanctified in Christ, He will...
Rebecca Burnham
Nov 17, 20201 min read
Mormon 9: With Fear and Trembling
The Lord's promises to covenant Israel are so present with Moroni that, even when he's writing to the unbelieving, they spill out. The...
Rebecca Burnham
Nov 8, 20204 min read
Mormon 8: Moroni Takes Up the Torch
In this chapter, Moroni thinks he is concluding the record of his father. His people are all dead, he is hunted and alone and he doesn't...
Rebecca Burnham
Nov 7, 20203 min read
Mormon's Message to the Remnant of Lehi
Mormon 7 is a letter from a dying prophet to the modern day descendants of his people. It's full of both promises and exhortations and...
Rebecca Burnham
Nov 7, 20203 min read
Promises Repeated and an Invitation to Repent
Mormon 1-6 doesn't seem to be crammed with promises to covenant Israel like the end of 3 Nephi was. I thought it was interesting that so...
Rebecca Burnham
Nov 1, 20205 min read
3 Nephi 23-24: And He Shall Purify His Servants
First, a list of promises in these chapters: Prophecies of Isaiah shall be fulfilled Record of the Lehites shall go forth to the Gentiles...
Rebecca Burnham
Oct 24, 20204 min read
3 Nephi 22: Great Shall Be the Peace of Thy Children
Those who have had blessings withheld will receive them in extraordinary abundance. Israel will spill out of her current habitations,...
Rebecca Burnham
Oct 19, 20201 min read
Promises: 3 Nephi 21
This chapter is full of promises to covenant Israel. In fact, there's not much here that doesn't fit within that description. I'm going...
Rebecca Burnham
Oct 18, 20204 min read
Promises to Covenant Israel: 3 Nephi 20
This is the first in a series of posts about the promises the Lord has made to covenant Israel. President Nelson invited us to make such...
Rebecca Burnham
Oct 16, 20207 min read
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