by kdm | Apr 30, 2021 | Today's Post
Terryl and Fiona Givens in their enlightening book, “The Crucible of doubt” wrote: We all inhabit geographical, linguistic, and social worlds that shape our vision and impressions of what is normal, what is real. Our world view is a collective view of assumptions we...
by kdm | Apr 29, 2021 | Today's Post
From the first post on this subject, Enduring to the End, Stephen E. Robinson, in his book “Following Christ” wrote . . . . I once knew a man who had to decide whether or not to pay his tithing every time his paycheck came, whether or not to go to his meetings every...
by kdm | Apr 28, 2021 | Today's Post
Timothy Keller in his book “The Reason for God” shared: The famous Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard wrote a fascinating little book called The Sickness to Death in 1849. In it he defined “sin” in a way that is rooted in the Bible but is also accessible to...
by kdm | Apr 27, 2021 | Today's Post
From his book, Following Christ, Stephen E. Robinson taught: . . . .Usually the scriptures link enduring to the end specifically with remaining faithful to our Christian covenants and to the covenant community, which is the Church. For example Doctrine and Covenants...
by kdm | Apr 26, 2021 | Today's Post
From Jerry Sittser’s book “The Will of God as a Way of Life” We should keep perspective. Lynda wrote in her last letter just before she died. The recipients of that letter, friends living in the Midwest, mailed a photocopy of the letter back to me. Her concluding line...
by kdm | Apr 25, 2021 | Today's Post
Stephen E. Robinson wrote: Since I, on occasion have given into my temptations and Jesus never did, since I am guilty and he never was, how can he understand the sinner? How can the Savior claim to be fully human and to understand humans if he has never experienced...
by kdm | Apr 24, 2021 | Today's Post
From Neal A. Maxwell, last Saturday’s post “Why Chastity III:” (To start at the beginning of this series, see *Why Chastity) (Preamble paragraph from last week. . . . Charles Unwin, a British sociologist who labored at both Oxford and Cambridge, studied dozens of...
by kdm | Apr 23, 2021 | Today's Post
From the book “God is in the Small Stuff” Bruce & Stan shared: Humans are funny beings. It used to be that many of us wanted every material thing we could get our hands on, and we wanted whatever it was to be bigger, better, faster. Then we discovered that...
by kdm | Apr 22, 2021 | Today's Post
Elder Neil L. Anderson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles wrote: In order to repent we need to know that God will forgive us, and then take actions needed for us to change. President Henry B. Eyring said, “Faith is not simply to know God could do something. Faith is...
by kdm | Apr 21, 2021 | Today's Post
From his book “The Will of God as a Way of Life,” Jerry Sittser wrote: So we should listen for God’s voice, discern God’s purpose, and keep perspective. Still the time comes when we must make a specific decision, choosing one pathway and turning away from the others....