Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

1 Nephi 12-15
Nancy Baird - October 19, 2010

"I have been carefully reviewing the state of things throughout the Christian land. I have looked with feelings of the most painful anxiety. Upon one hand, I behold the manifest withdrawal of God's spirit and a veil of stupidity."
Joseph Smith, in 1833. (Quoted by Hugh Nibley, Teachings of the Book of Mormon, p.108.)


"A predominant characteristic, however, of the behavior of those I call evil is scapegoating. Because in their hearts they consider themselves above reproach, they must lash out at anyone who does reproach them. They sacrifice others to preserve their self-image of perfection."
M. Scott Peck, People of the Lie, p. 73.


"Our capacity to choose changes constantly with our practice of life. The longer we continue to make the wrong decisions, the more our heart hardens; the more often we make the right decision, the more our heart softens - or better perhaps, comes alive...Most people fail in the art of living not because they are inherently bad...they fail because they do not wake up and see when they stand at a fork in the road and have to decide."
Eric Fromm, The Heart of Man: Its Genius for Good and Evil, pp. 173-178.


"There is no neutral ground in the universe: every square inch, every split second is claimed by God and counterclaimed by Satan."
C. S. Lewis, Christian Reflections, p. 33.


Information about the worship of Asherah in ancient Israel found in:
"Nephi and His Asherah," by Daniel Peterson. Cited on www.maxwellinstitute.byu.edu, vol.9, issue-2, 2000.


1 Nephi 12-15 - Nancy Baird - October 19, 2010 (Audio)


Tuesday, October 12, 2010

1 Nephi 6-11
Diane Adair - October 12, 2010

DVD viewed during class - "New Testament DVD Presentations 1-25; #1 Come Unto Me


1 Nephi 6-11 - Diane Adair - October 12,2010 (Audio)

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

1 Nephi 1-5
Nancy Baird - October 5, 2010

"I was never so happy in my life as when I looked over my shoulder [they were being driven out of Nauvoo in the dead of winter] and saw the temple on fire. Lord, take it if you want it; it's yours. We are now free, and we're going out."
Brigham Young (quoted by Hugh Nibley in Teachings of the Book of Mormon, p.117.

"A man's character is his fate."
Heraclitus

QUESTION by May Swenson

Body my house
My horse my hound
What will I do
When you are fallen

Where will I sleep
How will I ride
What will I hunt

Where can I go
Without my mount
All eager and quick
How will I know
In thicket ahead
Is danger or treasure
When Body my good
Bright dog is dead

How will it be
To lie in the sky
Without roof or door
And wind for an eye

With cloud for shift
How will I hide?



1 Nephi 1-5 - Nancy Baird - October 5, 2010 (Audio)