ISUN, MAY 31, 2026
Keeper of the Record: D&C 47 and the Calling of John Whitmer
A reflection on D&C 47, John Whitmer being called as Church historian, and what record-keeping teaches us about faithfulness.
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The Good Shepherd and the Oneness of the Father and the Son
John 10 contains the parable of the Good Shepherd, the declaration of oneness with the Father, and the gathering of other sheep.
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IIISUN, MAY 31, 2026
The Man Born Blind: Seeing What the Pharisees Could Not in John 9
John 9 covers Jesus healing a man born blind, the Pharisees interrogation, and the lesson of spiritual blindness.
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IVSUN, MAY 31, 2026
Plainness in Prophecy: Nephi Testimony of Christ in 2 Nephi 25
2 Nephi 25 explains why Nephi quotes Isaiah and testifies of Christ and the law of Moses.
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VSUN, MAY 31, 2026
A Man Who Knew Where He Belonged: Jacob in Egypt in Genesis 47
Genesis 47 covers Jacob meeting Pharaoh, Joseph managing the famine, and Jacob's request to be buried in Canaan. A chapter about survival and direction.
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VISAT, MAY 30, 2026
D&C 46 — Instruction on the Gifts of the Spirit and the Discerning of Spirits
I have a shelf in the garage where the tools I rarely use end up. Not because they are bad tools. The biscuit joiner works fine and the lathe is a goo
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VIISAT, MAY 30, 2026
2 Nephi 24 — The Five I Wills and the Fall of Lucifer
I had a piece of walnut a few years back with a knot right in the middle of what was supposed to be a table leg. It looked fine at first, like a featu
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VIIISAT, MAY 30, 2026
Genesis 46 — Jacob and His Household Journey to Egypt
Jacob hesitates at the border, receives divine reassurance, then moves his entire household to Egypt to reunite with Joseph.
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IXSAT, MAY 30, 2026
John 7 — The Divided Heart and the Living Water
Jesus teaches at the Feast of Tabernacles, promising living water to all who believe and drawing division from the crowds.
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XSAT, MAY 30, 2026
John 8 — The Woman Taken in Adultery, the Light of the World, and the Eternal I AM
I was in the garage last week sanding the top of a walnut side table and thinking about stones. Not the kind you pick up in the yard. The kind you pic
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