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Ether 12:23

And I said unto him: Lord, the Gentiles will mock at these things, because of our weakness in writing; for Lord thou hast made us mighty in word by faith, but thou hast not made us mighty in writing; for thou hast made all this people that they could speak much, because of the Holy Ghost which thou hast given them;

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Ether 12:23

And I said unto him: Lord, the Gentiles will mock at these things, because of our weakness in writing; for Lord thou hast made us mighty in word by faith, but thou hast not made us mighty in writing; for thou hast made all this people that they could speak much, because of the Holy Ghost which thou hast given them;

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2 Nephi 11 — My Soul Delighteth — Nephi's Preface to the Isaiah Block
2 Nephi 25 — Nephi's Exposition — The Plainness, Six Hundred Years, the Name of Christ, and Grace After All We Can Do
2 Nephi 27 — Isaiah 29 Expanded — The Sealed Book, the Learned Man, the Three Witnesses, the Marvelous Work
2 Nephi 28 — False Churches in the Latter Days — The Lull of Carnal Security, the Few Stripes, the Line upon Line
2 Nephi 29 — A Bible! A Bible! — The Marvelous Work, the Two Records, and the Lord Speaks to All Nations
2 Nephi 33 — Nephi's Farewell — The Power of the Words, the Face-to-Face Meeting, the Pleasing Bar
Alma 26 — How Many Thousands of Our Brethren Has He Loosed From the Pains of Hell — Ammon's Hymn of Rejoicing, and the Boast That Is Not a Boast
Alma 32 — The Experiment Upon the Word — Faith as a Seed, and the Blessedness of the Poor Who Were Cast Out
Enos 1 — Enos's Wrestle — The Hunt That Became a Prayer, Intercession for Brethren and Enemies, the Promise of Preservation
Ether 3 — He Could Not Be Kept From Within the Veil — The Sixteen Stones, the Finger of the Lord, and the Unveiling of Christ
Ether 4 — Rend That Veil of Unbelief — The Sealed Vision, and the Terms on Which It Comes Forth
Ether 5 — In the Mouth of Three Witnesses — Moroni Speaks to the Translator, and Names the Witnesses to Come
Jacob 4 — Looking Beyond the Mark — Jacob's Meditation on Christ, Scripture, and the Jewish Stumble
Jacob 7 — Sherem the Anti-Christ — Jacob's Final Confrontation, the Sign Demanded, and the Wandering People
Jarom 1 — Jarom — A Short Book on Purpose: Keeping the Law of Moses While Looking Forward to Christ, and the Prophets Who Kept a Hard People Alive
Mormon 9 — A God of Miracles — Moroni to the Unbeliever, and the Unchanging Christ
Moroni 7 — Charity Is the Pure Love of Christ — Mormon's Sermon on Faith, Hope, and Charity
Moroni 10 — Come unto Christ, and Be Perfected in Him — Moroni's Promise, and the Last Words of the Book of Mormon
Mosiah 3 — The Angel's Message — Jesus Christ Named, Blood from Every Pore, and the Natural Man
Mosiah 5 — The Covenant Response — One Voice, No More Disposition to Evil, Spiritually Begotten Sons and Daughters, the Name in the Heart
Mosiah 12 — Abinadi Returns in Disguise — Bound, Tried, and Questioned with Isaiah's Good Tidings
Mosiah 13 — Abinadi's Face Shines — The Decalogue Finished, the Law as Schoolmaster, and the God Himself Who Shall Come Down
Mosiah 14 — The Suffering Servant — Isaiah 53 in the Mouth of Abinadi, Read into the Face of King Noah
Mosiah 16 — The Light That Cannot Be Darkened — Abinadi's Closing Sermon on Carnal Death, the Light of Endless Life, and the Law That Points Beyond Itself
Words of Mormon 1 — Words of Mormon — The Editor's Seam, the Wise Purpose, and the Providence That Reaches Across Centuries
Doctrine and Covenants 67 — If Ye Cannot Make One Like Unto It
Doctrine and Covenants 135 — In Life They Were Not Divided
1 Kings 17 — The Word That Shuts Heaven — Elijah Appears, the Ravens of Cherith, the Widow's Last Meal, and the Soul That Came Back
2 Chronicles 14 — The Rest of the Seekers — Asa Cleanses the Land, the Quiet Years, and the Cry of the Weak Against the Many
2 Chronicles 16 — The King Who Forgot How He Won — Asa's Alliance, Hanani's Rebuke, the Eyes That Range the Earth, and the Slow Hardening of a Good Man
2 Chronicles 17 — The King Who Sent Teachers — Jehoshaphat Seeks Early, His Heart Lifted Up Rightly, and the Book of the Law Carried to Every City
2 Chronicles 30 — The Passover of the Gathered and the Unclean — Hezekiah's Letters to the Remnant, the Mockers and the Humbled, and the Prayer That Weighed the Heart Above the Rite
2 Kings 3 — Ditches Before the Rain — Three Kings in a Waterless Wilderness, the Minstrel Who Made Room for the Word, Water Without a Storm, and the Fire on Moab's Wall
2 Kings 5 — Wash, and Be Clean — the Captive Girl's Witness, the Great Man's Rage at a Simple Cure, the Convert's Load of Earth, and the Leprosy That Changed Owners
2 Kings 6 — They That Be With Us Are More — the Axe Head That Swam, the Mountain Full of Fire at Dothan, and the Siege That Devoured Samaria
2 Kings 18 — Nehushtan — the King Who Broke a Holy Relic, the Kingdom That Fell Next Door, and the Voice at the Wall Asking, On Whom Dost Thou Trust?
Esther 2 — The Orphan Who Found Favor — A Hidden Name, a Recorded Deed, and the Unseen Hand That Set the Crown
Psalms 26 — Judge Me, and Try My Reins — A Psalm of Integrity, the Washed Hands, and the Love of the House of the LORD
Psalms 27 — The LORD Is My Light — One Fearless Confidence, One Whole Desire, and the Long Discipline of Waiting

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