* divine origin. . .

VisualText From Russell M. Nelson we read, “I testify (bear witness) that the earth and all life upon it are of divine origin. The Creation did not happen by chance. It did not come ex nihilo (out of nothing). And human minds and hands able to build buildings or...

momentarily disheartened ?

Elder Russell M. Nelson said as a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in April 1988: “You may be momentarily disheartened, remember, life is not meant to be easy. Trials must be borne and grief endured along the way. As you remember that “with God...

* faith, imagination, emotions…

C.S Lewis (in his book ‘Mere Christianity’) wrote: “. . . .just the same thing happens about Christianity. I am not asking anyone to accept Christianity if his best reasoning tells him that the weight of the evidence is against it.That is not the...

Good Shepherd, Lamb of God

Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles spoke in the Sunday afternoon session of April 2019 Conference a talk titled: ‘Good Shepherd, Lamb of God’ . . . .”Abinadi testified of Jesus Christ’s atoning sacrifice: “All we, like sheep,...

* valued teaching . . .

“There is an old proverb which says in substance: “He gives twice who gives quickly.” It could be paraphrased to say, “He teaches twice who teaches early”—not when it is convenient only, not at too long some delayed time, but when...

finding truth…procrastination? (IV)

Continuing Elder Eyring’s teachings of finding truth in a chapter titled ‘Going Home’:  “Perhaps the most difficult part of the whole process is not to keep going but to begin. That’s true with many projects we face, but this most...

* Mistakes

From Neal A. Maxwell (deceased): We should, of course, learn from our mistakes, but without forever studying the instant replays as if these were the game of life itself. (Ensign, November 1976, p.14.) We do notice each other’s weaknesses. But we should not...

Powerful tools

These excerpts are from the address by President Russell M. Nelson in the General Priesthood Session of April Conference 2019. (Really Brethren and Sisters, excerpts don’t do this and most conference talks proper justice of what the Lord would have us learn and...

Why do we need such resilient faith?

Elder Russell M. Nelson in April 2011 said: “Why do we need such resilient faith? Because difficult days are ahead. Rarely in the future will it be easy or popular to be a faithful Latter-day Saint. Each of us will be tested. The Apostle Paul warned that in the...

* Hope

C. S. Lewis in his book ‘Mere Christianity’ wrote in chapter 10 about Hope: “Hope is one of the theological virtues. This means that a continual looking forward to the eternal world is not (as some modern people think) a form of escapism or wishful...

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