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Eliza R. Snow
Contributed by Caroline Historical Background Taken from Eliza R. Snow’s Poetry, BYU Studies: “As plural wife of two prophets and sister of a third, as an admired leader of women, and as an acknowledged voice of the Saints to the outside world, Eliza R. Snow was as close to the center of formative events and…
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Helaman 1-6
Theological Background by Kristen In a beautiful book by Chaim Potok, a young Jewish artist visits a museum and sees images of the crucifixion. He asks his mother, who tells him of the Christian Jesus. “Did the Messiah really come?” He asks his mother. “Oh Asher, ” she responds, “would the world be so full…
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Mosiah 29- Alma 4
Theological Background by Kristen I think young Alma’s story changes everything. Until now, much of the talk of Jesus Christ has been fairly abstract. With Alma, and then with Alma’s son, it comes to life in vivid color. If we were to reference our diagram again, it might look something like this: Jesus changes everything.…
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Jacob 1-4
Theological background by Kristen Jacob looks behind and speaks ahead. As Deidra Nicole Green writes, he is liminal. Born in the wilderness, he does not know a life in Jerusalem. But born in the wilderness, he does know an intact family. We can only guess how old Jacob was when his family ruptured. We can…
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