“By small and simple things are great things brought to pass; and small means in many instances doth confound the wise.  And the Lord God doth work by means to bring about his great and eternal purposes; and by very small means the Lord doth confound the wise and bringeth about the salvation of many souls.” Alma 37:6-7 One of the “small and simple things,” announced this weekend [...]

“And now we only wait to hear the joyful news declared unto us…we know not how soon. Would to God that it might be in my day; but let it be sooner or later, in it I will rejoice.” Alma 13:25 Joyful news declared unto us today at the October 2012 General Conference is that Latter-day Saints can serve missions at a younger age. [...]

“And they did impart of their substance, every man according to that which he had, to the poor, and the needy, and the sick, and the afflicted; and they did not wear costly apparel, yet they were neat and comely.” Alma 1:27 About 90 years before Christ’s birth, the prophet Alma led ancient Americans to “impart of their substance..to the poor.”  In [...]

“They took their swords, and all the weapons which were used for the shedding of man’s blood, and they did bury them up deep in the earth.” Alma 24:17 In this scripture, the ancient American Anti-Nephi-Lehies buried their weapons of war so they wouldn’t be tempted to shed “man’s blood.”  In our day, Albania is undertaking a similar task- to [...]

“It appeareth unto man that the sun standeth still; yea, and behold, this is so; for surely it is the earth that moveth and not the sun.” Helaman 12:15 This verse was written in 7 B.C..  It shows that some ancient Americans believed in a heliocentric Solar System long before western civilizations did. As far as we know, Aristarchus was the first person to [...]

“But Ammon said unto him: I do not boast in my own strength, nor in my own wisdom; but behold, my joy is full, yea, my heart is brim with joy, and I will rejoice in my God.  Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of myself, but [...]

“O then, is not this real?” Alma 32:35 Over 2,000 years ago, an American prophet Alma pleaded with his community to focus on things of real importance.  He testified that though we may not see spiritual things, they are indeed real.  While some listened to his counsel, the majority ignored it and went on with their daily lives. Just as people in [...]

“And now, it has hitherto been wisdom in God that these things should be preserved; for behold, they have enlarged the memory of this people” Alma 37:8 Since ancient times, people have valued being able to keep memories of their experiences. With recent cloud storage services, such as Dropbox, Skydrive, Ubuntu One and Google Drive, it’s become easier than ever [...]

“And it came to pass in the seventh year of the reign of the judges there were about three thousand five hundred souls that united themselves to the church of God and were baptized.” Alma 4:5 The amazing growth of the LDS (Mormon) Church is not only noted in ancient, but modern times also.  Here are some 2011 statistics about [...]

“And also Zeezrom lay sick at Sidom, with a burning fever, which was caused by the great tribulations of his mind on account of his wickedness, for he supposed that Alma and Amulek were no more; and he supposed that they had been slain because of his iniquity” Alma 15:12 Zeezrom’s burning fever is evidence that thoughts and emotions influence physical [...]