You're not going to be here. It's intriguing to me to ponder about why the great abridger of the ancient records,

the Prophet Mormon, included some stories and not others in the

text.

No one in ancient times had the Book of Mormon.

This book was written for us, for our day, for our time.

So why did Mormon include the story of the anti-Nefhi Lehi's?

What possible application does this have for our time? What are we to learn from this almost unbelievable group of people who turn their

whole souls to the Lord Jesus Christ and never wavered thereafter.

Let's explore this further.

Hello dear listeners, we're Scott Marring Proctor and this is Meridian magazine's

weekly come follow me podcast. This week we are studying out. Meridian Magazine's Weekly, Come Follow Me, Podcast.

This week we are studying Alma, Chapter 23 through 29, with the lesson entitled, They Never

Did Fall Away.

I know we've mentioned this before, but I have to remind you of an

experience that happened to me many years ago. I was tasked with the

responsibility of writing a series of movie scripts on the Book of Mormon.

When you're going to write a movie script, you have to have all kinds of descriptive details written into the story.

I had to search out cultural things, patterns of building and living, manner of dress, and many different

things for the script to feel authentic.

So I thought, who am I going to talk to about these kinds of details? Of course, the answer was none other than Dr.

Hugh Nibley. I called him up and asked for an appointment. He said, I don't have time to meet

with you. I kept pushing him and I finally convinced Dr. Nibley to let me come down

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