Every scripture reflection and discipleship note David has published on LDS Daily Path. Showing older entries, page 5.
Verse 11 stops pairing things off and keeps walking down the ladder. Notes on affection, clothing and the household verses, with Onesimus in the room.
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Eight verses, two counts of days, one offering, and a clause for the woman who couldn't afford a lamb. Here's what I think Leviticus 12 is doing.
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Verse 1 of D&C 100 tells Joseph his family is well and gives him nothing else. I think that's why it works, and I still have a problem with the chapter.
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Alma spends the opening of this sermon on his father's change, then asks the church whether they can still feel it.
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Colossians 2:14 describes a debt note blotted out, moved and nailed to a cross. Here's what it cancels, and what it leaves alone.
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Study notes treat Colossians 1:15-20 as the whole chapter. I think the chapter turns on two small words in verse 21, and they point at us.
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A dad at Caleb's ball game asked if I was allowed to eat pork. Leviticus 11 turned out to be mostly about something else.
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John Murdock was called to preach in the east, and the Lord told him to wait until his children were placed. I read D&C 99 for what verse 6 asks of a father.
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The fine silk in Alma 4:6 is already in Alma 1:29, so I went looking for what actually changed, and for what Alma gave up to deal with it.
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Philippians 4 is full of verses that end up on water bottles. I read it for what sits around them, an argument between two women and a very awkward thank-you.
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