Author Archives: bfwebster
New visual aid for your Book of Mormon Sunday school class
The real reason Lehi and his party took eight years to get to Bountiful. Stolen from Facebook; feel free to steal it from me. ..bruce..
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Parsing Nephi: First Nephi VI (1 Nephi 19:22 – 21:26) and VII (1 Nephi 22)
This is one of a series of posts examining apparent chapter divisions within the original Book of Mormon manuscript as they apply to Nephi’s writing — here is the introduction and here is the previous post. (The entire list can … Continue reading
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Original Book of Mormon manuscript chapter divisions vs. the King James Bible
[Update at end of post][Plus additional note made re: Second Nephi V] While working on the “Parsing Nephi” series, which is an analysis of the chapter structure of the original Book of Mormon manuscripts (scribal and printer), based on Royal … Continue reading
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Parsing Nephi: First Nephi V (1 Nephi 16 – 19:21)
This is one of a series of posts examining apparent chapter divisions within the original Book of Mormon manuscript as they apply to Nephi’s writing — here is the introduction and here is the previous post. (The entire list can … Continue reading
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Musings on the Book of Mormon
Since the Book of Mormon is the topic of study this year, I thought I would list here Book of Mormon-related posts I’ve made over the past four+ years, in hopes that some find them useful in studies or teaching. … Continue reading
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Mormons: Perceptions and Politics
This transcript of a panel discussion — with a large set of (for me, at least) fascinating slides — is well worth reading. It not only deals with Mormon attitudes on various key political issues, it also deals with how … Continue reading
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Archuleta announces plans to serve mission
Here’s the story (in the Hollywood Reporter, no less): Slightly overwhelmed with emotion and fighting back tears, Archie, as he’s affectionately known, explained to an audience of over 2,000 at Abravanel Hall why he felt a two-year mission was his … Continue reading
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Jesus visits Tim Tebow
OK, I winced a few times during this, but there’s actually some thoughtful points underneath. And the final zinger is priceless.
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Parsing Nephi: First Nephi IV (1 Nephi 15)
Here’s the introduction to this series, and here is the previous entry. Book of Mormon quotes here, as for the entire series, is taken from The Book of Mormon: The Earliest Text (Royal Skousen, ed.). This is the first (though … Continue reading
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And now a song for Christmas
A wonderful Christmas season to everyone.
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