Trust Again

Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said in October 2021 general conference: Trust in God and each other brings heaven’s blessings. Once, when I was very young, I briefly thought about running away from home. In a little-boy way, I felt no one...

* The Rescue Mission

From Tad R. Callister. . . The Savior’s sacrifice required inexhaustibe stamina in order to bear the consequences of our sins and weather the temptations of the Evil One. But his suffering must have been more than a resigned submissiveness or a fist-clenching...

The Peace of Christ Abolishes Enemity

Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said in October 2021 general conference: “My dear brothers and sisters, during an exercise stress test, the heart’s workload is increased. Hearts that can handle walking may struggle to support the...

* Early Conversion

From C.S. Lewis, part of his autobiography: . . . What has been holding me back (at any rate for the last year or so) has not been so much difficulty in believing as a difficulty in knowing what the doctrine meant: you can’t believe a thing while you are...

The New Morality +50 Years III

Neal A. Maxwell wrote (from the previous post) ‘The New Morality + 50 Years II’) Nor have we realized the “insight-lead” we have been given in the message of the Master in terms of how we can best help people and still preserve their individual...

* Before We Learn to Live

Richard L. Evans taught. . . . An ancient philosopher offered this interesting observation: “If we could be twice young and twice old, we could correct all our mistakes.” There is no real assurance that this is so, because too many of us repeat our own...

The New Morality +50 years II

From Neal A. Maxwell, a previous post, The New Morality +50 years, :   Some sense of history is very important, therefore, in looking at this matter of relevancy. It is vital, too, to distinguish between the significance of saying, for instance, that an organization...

* The New Morality, 50+ years

From Neal A. Maxwell’s book “The Power is in Them. . .”(a quote from 1970) Man is too provincial to fashion any new morality which is true morality. For just as atheism is too simple, man’s morality will always bear the stamp of his environment...

The Greatest Miracle

President Howard W. Hunter Prophet, Seer, Revelator, 1994-1995, said: Surely the resurrection is the center of every Christian’s faith; it is the greatest of all the miracles performed by the Savior of the world. Without it, we are indeed left hopeless. . . . Go...

‘As Obedient Children’ II

Continuing from Elder Neal A. Maxwell, his book ‘Not My Will, but Thine’: Mortality, this precious micro-dot on the canvas of eternity, is such a brief moment. While in it we are to prepare ourselves for the time when there will be no time. The strategic...

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