Getting to Know Joseph Spencer Author of The Vision of All: Twenty-five Lectures on...
Ken Krogue: Hi everybody, Ken Krogue here with Joseph Spencer and we're talking today about Isaiah and some new elements that Joseph has added specifically to BYU scholarship. He is a philosophy professor in...
Isaiah 29:9-16
The coming forth of the Book of Mormon and establishment of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the marvelous work and a wonder in Isaiah 29 verses 9–16.As members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we certainly understand this verse to be associated with Scripture, and more specifically, the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, which was written for the “convincing of both Jew and Gentile that Jesus is the Christ.”
The Brass Plates and the Writings of Isaiah
Laban's Brass Plates provided Lehi's colony to the Americas vital connections to the God of Israel's teachings and to their to their heritage. Nephi loved to quote Isaiah from those plates. His brother Jacob joined him...
Our Eternal Abode Depends on the Decisions we Make in Mortality
Exegetes have suggested that Shebna was King Hezekiah's majordomo and treasurer (see especially Isaiah 22:15–19, quoted below). Shebna was one of the “bad boys” of the Bible and the Lord set him...
Biblical Criticism and Isaiah in the Book of Mormon
I do not like the expression Biblical Criticism as it may appear as an attack on sorts on the Bible, so I prefer the expression Biblical Text Evaluation. We will here introduce the...
Isaiah Tells the Nativity Story in Matthew and Luke
This month, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will continue to study Jesus's early years in the new Come, Follow Me—for Individuals and Families, New Testament 2019 (pp...
3. The Gathering of Israel and the Book of Mormon
Read part 1 and part 2 to this series
There are multiple references throughout the Holy Scriptures where the Lord reminds His people Israel of the Abrahamic covenant which was reiterated in Rain in Due...
“But the Word of our God shall stand for ever” Isaiah 40:8
I was in love with Isaiah 40:8, as the sweet words would ring through my mind, "The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever." Until one...
Isaiah 29:17—24
This is the fourth and final installment on Isaiah 29, the coming
forth of the Book of Mormon, comprising of verses 17–24.(Read
Part I: Isaiah 29; Part II: Isaiah 29:1-8; and Part III:
Isaiah...
