A careful examination of the Hebrew of Deuteronomy 6:5 and its sister verses elsewhere in scripture will reveal that they are essentially a statement of the law of consecration.
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The Heartland Versus Mesoamerica Part 5: The Narrow Strip of Wilderness
In a rare narrative shift, Alma 22:27–34 delivers the Book of Mormon’s most detailed geography, as Mormon pauses the sons of Mosiah’s mission to describe the boundary between Nephite and Lamanite lands.
The God Who Ceased to Breathe: Restoring the Fire of Faith
When God became an impersonal, philosophic idea instead of a living being, worship became hollow.
What Doctrine and Covenants 84 Teaches about the Power of Godliness
The 1832 revelation on priesthood power lifted the Saints’ understanding, pointing them toward the temple and the path to godliness.
The Heartland Versus Mesoamerica Part 4: Directions and the East and West Seas
Both the Heartland model and the Mesoamerican model of Book of Mormon geography seek to identify the "sea east" and "sea west" mentioned within the text—but offer very different landscapes to compare.
The Prophet Who Has Seen Our Day
It is a sobering thing to receive a book of scripture from a prophet who has seen our day and has chosen every passage and every event in the narrative as a preparation, witness and warning for us about what is to come.
How Does the Parable of the Good Samaritan Teach Us about the Plan of Salvation?
This detailed parable gives “a summary of the plan of salvation, from the wounded man’s beginning in a holy place to the promise of reward to the innkeeper upon the rescuer’s coming again.”
