My mother loved the Hebrew Bible! She understood its language and poetry. While a faithful Latter Day Saint, she never felt the same love for the Book of Mormon. It just didn’t “sing” to her in the same way as Isaiah.
L. ReyesJanuary 7, 2026
I’ve been saying for years that Latter-day Saints spend far too little time studying the OT. I’ve never once heard anyone bear testimony that “the Bible is true and the word of God.” That we spend one year out of four focusing on the OT results only in a cursory understanding. We skip over and skim through a lot of it. LDS members generally also lack any real knowledge about how the Bible came about, its own history, and why it’s so important.
I enjoy your articles.
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HelenCJanuary 19, 2026
My mother loved the Hebrew Bible! She understood its language and poetry. While a faithful Latter Day Saint, she never felt the same love for the Book of Mormon. It just didn’t “sing” to her in the same way as Isaiah.
L. ReyesJanuary 7, 2026
I’ve been saying for years that Latter-day Saints spend far too little time studying the OT. I’ve never once heard anyone bear testimony that “the Bible is true and the word of God.” That we spend one year out of four focusing on the OT results only in a cursory understanding. We skip over and skim through a lot of it. LDS members generally also lack any real knowledge about how the Bible came about, its own history, and why it’s so important. I enjoy your articles.
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