This is an age old question: Does God send pain and/or death to correct or teach us? Lets look at how prophets such as Mormon and Joseph Smith believed. Look in Helaman 12

Joseph Smith restored to the world a view of a God with deep and tender passions. A God who weeps and wants his children--all of the them--home. This Nephi and Enoch both came to understand in serving their people.

Much of mortality consists of loving as a transaction: We love so that we get something in return. This is how we think in mortality. And yet, to become like God, we must learn to love even those who will give nothing in return. How did the prophets do it

President Nelson has call Latter Day Saints to build Bridges of Understanding. How is that possible given our relative small size. And yet, we are.

Over the span of the Book of Mormon, prophetic understanding grew and evolved. That growth changed how they saw salvation and God's ability to heal his children.

Over time, Nephites prophets asked questions and received answers that grew their understanding of the Plan of Salvation. That growth runs in parallel with the faith journey many Latter Day Saints follow as they confront what they really believe.

In this episode, we look at a broader definition of sin as any action that separates from the nature of God. And what we do about that.

When Israel was attacked by terrorists, the cycle of violence it creates duplicates a similar round in Nephite History. Events are repeating themselves.

The Book of Mormon is a study in the art of conflict: how to chose between Fight and Flight. The young "stripling" warriors hold the key.

Captain Moroni had a distinct approach to dissenters. So did Joseph Smith. How do we help change the nature of another without alienating them?