by Lucas Jackson | Oct 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
A small faction within Latter-day Saint discussions argues that righteous Nephite men, such as Amulek in Alma 10, practiced polygamy. They point to Alma 10:11—”For behold, he hath blessed mine house, he hath blessed me, and my women, and my children, and my...
by Jean Valjean | Dec 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
Originally delivered December 2009 Okay. So Brian, in a sort of odd way, asked me to give a talk, or to speak on the subject of Christmas in conjunction with liberty and agency and freedom. And my first thought was, if I do this, am I going to have to give a talk on...
by Lucas Jackson | Nov 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
How does one become a “special witness” of our risen Lord? Thankfully the Lord gave us an example of what a witness of the Resurrection goes through and is required to do. Nephi desired to know the things his father had seen (Vision of the Tree of Life)....
by Lucas Jackson | Nov 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
For the entire 2012 year I decided to count and notate every verse read during church. In my three hour block I would notate the verses read out loud in Sacrament, Sunday School, and Quorum Meetings. I spent part of my time in a marriage class as well. Most of the...
by Lucas Jackson | Nov 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
What would it look like to compare each of the versions on the Sermon on the Mount? I decided to take Matthew, Hebrew Matthew, The Joseph Smith Translation of Matthew, 3 Nephi, Luke, and The Joseph Smith Translation of Luke to compare the words of Christ in each. Here...
by Lucas Jackson | Nov 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
Here are the words of scripture from conference as delivered line upon line, here a little and there a little. 11.5 hours of conference and this is every line read during the 11.5 hours. Some thoughts: Are the scriptures just a bunch of short cute phrases? Does God...
