Author Archives: Jennifer Champoux

In Hebrews 6, Paul describes hope as an anchor for our souls, characterizing it as “both sure and steadfast” (Hebrews 6:19). He talks about how, since Christ has entered the kingdom of God, we can all have hope to do the same. In writing on the same topic, Moroni uses similar language. In Ether 12,

In one of his letters to Timothy, Paul reminded him that “from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.” (2 Timothy 3:15). The Book of Mormon prophet Nephi also encouraged his people to study the scriptures. In the

In his letter to the Thessalonian saints, some of whom anticipated that the second coming of Jesus Christ would come in their day, Paul clarifies that “that day shall not come except there come a falling away first” (2 Thessalonians 2:3). Following this apostasy, there was a reestablishment of truth and authority through the Restoration.

After Paul was imprisoned in Rome, he wrote letters to the saints in Philippi and Colossae to encourage them. Even in a time of such uncertainty in his life, Paul understood that “Sharing [his] testimony often [was] one of the most powerful ways of inviting the Spirit and helping others feel the Spirit” (Preach My

In his letter to the Ephesians, Paul encouraged the people to “put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness” (Ephesians 4:24). With similar language, the Book of Mormon prophet Benjamin told his people, “For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall

In his letter to the saints of Galatia, Paul wrote that “they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham” (Galatians 3:7). Despite their worries that they might not receive the same blessings because they weren’t literal blood descendents of Abraham, Paul’s teachings indicate that all those who accept Christ and His