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We teach a single man named Konishi. He's a good-natured, rotund fellow in his forties. He ekes out a living by doing laundry. His home is filled with clothes hanging out to dry. He heats his house with a simple coal-burning stove. At some point in the past, the fire had gotten so hot that the steel had melted, leaving the stove misshapen, pulled down by gravity, a la Oldenburg.
Moroni, who brought the Book of Mormon to a close before “sealing up” the large record abridged by his father, was a veteran of calamity. And it can be dangerous to tame calamity too readily. In our zeal for happy endings, we risk trivializing tragedy, justifying wretchedness, domesticating human agony, or avoiding reality.
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Join us for the Wonder of Scripture Lecture from Rosalynde Welch on April 11 at 11 AM in 3714 HBLL.
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Join us for the Wonder of Scripture Lecture from Rachael Givens Johnson on March 28 at 11 AM in 3714 HBLL.
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Join us for the Wonder of Scripture Lecture from Kristian Heal on March 14 at 11 AM in 3714 HBLL.
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Join us for the Wonder of Scripture Lecture from Ben Lomu on March 7 at 11 AM in 3714 HBLL.
The Book of Moroni is the only book within the Book of Mormon whose original 1830 chapter breaks have all been retained in our modern editions. I suspect the reason is that, for the most part, Moroni’s chapters were already short to begin with.
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Join us for the Wonder of Scripture Lecture from Mason Allred on February 28 at 11 AM in 3714 HBLL.
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Join us for the Wonder of Scripture Lecture from Patrick Mason on February 14 at 11 AM in 3714 HBLL.
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Join us for the Wonder of Scripture Lecture from Morgan Davis on February 21 at 11 AM in 3714 HBLL.
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Join us for the Wonder of Scripture Lecture from Amy Harris on February 7 at 11 AM in 3714 HBLL.
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Join us for the Wonder of Scripture Lecture from Philip Barlow on January 31 at 11 AM in 3714 HBLL.
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Join us for the Wonder of Scripture Lecture from Rabbi Sam Spector on January 24 at 11 AM in 3714 HBLL.
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Join us for the Wonder of Scripture Lecture from Jared Halverson on January 17 at 11 AM in 3714 HBLL.