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This week we examine questions like:

• What is the point of God making us relying on faith?
• Why can’t we just see things?
• Would it be so bad to follow Him and believe in Him after seeing Him and His power?
• Would it be so awful if Christ just physically manifested Himself to all of us individually or collectively so that we could all know truth together?
• What’s the point of withholding proof of truth to us?
• Is it that God couldn’t prove to everyone that He is real or is it that such is undesirable?

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Have you ever heard someone describe members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as being "nice"? Is being nice a commandment or is it ever a bad thing? This week I discuss this topic.

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We're talking about being a light unto the world.

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This week we discuss the first and second death. What are those?

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In this week's episode we cover why Christ died for us, including topics such as atonement, resurrection, justice, and mercy. 

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For some good stuff read the following scriptures:

2 Nephi 9

Mosiah 16

Alma 7

Alma 12

Alma 34

Alma 40-42

Helaman 13-14

Romans 5

Romans 7

1 Corinthians 15

D&C 88

D&C 93

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Welcome to episode six of the podcast! The title is catchy but don't worry, I'm not attacking The Book of Mormon here. This week I look at why The Book of Mormon is sometimes wordy or inefficient in its writing style. I talk about some reasons why this could be and how The Book of Mormon still stands pure and true as an authentic witness of Jesus Christ and His restored church. 

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Some other resources referenced in this episode:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer_effect_(physics)

https://www.jefflindsay.com/LDSFAQ/wordy.shtml

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/which-languages-were-spoken-in-ancient-egypt.html

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This week we talk about Christ in ancient scripture. Christ is testified of all over the place in the Old Testament, sometimes through symbols and other times explicitly. The Book of Mormon explicitly testifies of Christ and is a pure and deliberate witness of His divine role as Savior and Redeemer of mankind. 

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Other references:

http://www.abideinchrist.com/messages/mesproty.html

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This week we discuss the problem of evil, common theodicies, and alternatives to such. We talk about how God can turn anything, no matter how evil, bad, or awful, into a beautiful miracle in our lives.

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Resources used in the article:

https://www.history.com/news/world-war-ii-innovations

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-worldhistory/chapter/the-black-death/

https://www.cdc.gov/injury/features/global-road-safety/index.html

https://www.cancer.org/latest-news/facts-and-figures-2020.html

https://ourworldindata.org/natural-disasters

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/evil/#ResArgEviRefDefThe

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2020/10/57holland?lang=eng

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46676.When_Bad_Things_Happen_to_Good_People

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15954244-the-god-who-weeps?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=Q8CtBvYbZC&rank=1

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This week we’re discussing parallels between Ammon1 and Ammon2. The episode is largely based off of insight from the following article:

https://journal.interpreterfoundation.org/in-his-footsteps-ammon-and-ammon/

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Welcome to the Work and Wonder Podcast. Today we examine faith, hope, and charity in depth. We address three  questions throughout the episode:   Does hope turn into faith or does faith turn into hope?  Why does Moroni 7:45 sound like 1 Corinthians 13?  Can you have Charity if your faith and hope fail?  Here are the articles/resources referenced: https://www.blueletterbible.org https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/video/special-witnesses-of-christ?lang=eng https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/answers/Book_of_Mormon/Plagiarism_accusations/King_James_Bible#Question:_Does_the_Book_of_Mormon_plagiarize_the_King_James_Bible.3F

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Show Notes Welcome to the Work and Wonder Podcast. This episode is the first in the series. Ep. 1: Do you really know Abinadi? I summarize some events during Abinadi’s life and introduce some insights that may give some new perspective on where the wicked priests of king Noah were coming from and what Abinadi was ultimately saying in his message to the priests and king Noah. Here are the articles referenced: https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/why-would-noahs-priests-quiz-abinadi-on-isaiah https://rsc.byu.edu/living-book-mormon-abiding-its-precepts/abinadi-father-son-interpretation-application https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2002/04/the-father-and-the-son?lang=eng

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