John W. Welch changed the face of Book of Mormon studies 41 years ago when he discovered the complicated literary form called chiasmus in the Book of Mormon. Twenty years ago Welch made another startling discovery in the Book of Mormon.
Welch, a professor at J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University, spoke at BYU on Friday at "A Conference on Third Nephi: New Perspectives on an Incomparable Scripture." He told how at one time many saw the presence of the Sermon on the Mount in the Book of Mormon as an easy target for critics.
But that has all changed.
Bands on movie soundtracks
Going beyond CDs and stages, the music from these artists has been picked up by major Hollywood films.
Global Day of Prayer
People of different nations and different languages gathered Sunday to celebrate their common unity in Christ.
Language of Jesus' time
Two tiny Christian villages are teaching Aramaic in an effort to revive the language that Jesus spoke.
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