Could I Set My Sights Higher?
I was in a men’s combined class Sunday in a discussion, the theme of which I had heard many times before… and agreed with. Then I realized that the idea discussed, developing * line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little, there a little’...The Divine Embrace
Hugh Nibley wrote: People are usually surprised to learn that atonement, an accepted theological term is neither from a Greek nor a Latin word, but is good old English and really does mean, when we write it out at-one-ment denoting both a state of being “at...* Belief in an Age of Skepticism II
Continued from a previous post * Belief in and Age of Skepticism, from Timothy Keller’s book ‘The Reason For God’. . . Lewis realized that the common objections to God are based on a sense of fair play and justice. People, we believe, ought not to...Daily Restoration
Elder Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles spoke in October 2021 general conference and said: . . . . “Sometimes this falling away takes generations. Sometimes it happens in a matter of years or even months.8 But we are all susceptible. No matter how...Is There No Balm in Gilead?
Elder Brent H. Nielson of the Presidency of the Seventy said in October 2021 general conference: . . . .We had a beautiful funeral that honored the life of my father. As time passed, however, and we experienced the pain of my father’s absence, I began to wonder why my...* Belief in an Age of Skepticism
Timothy Keller, author of ‘The Reason for God’ wrote: . . . . I knew a man in my first parish who had lost most of his eyesight after he was shot in the face during a drug deal gone bad. He told me he had been an extremely selfish and cruel person, but he...As Obedient Children V
Continuing from As obedient Children IV. . . . Paul spoke for more than his own suffering in observing that “no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous” (Hebrews 12:11). We are not expected to pretend it is pleasant. Only afterward is...* When to Say Yes, When to Say No
From their book “Boundaries” Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend teach: Have you ever been around children who can’t hear no, who keep wining, cajoling, throwing a tantrum, or pouting till they get their way? The problem is that the longer we hate...“As Obedient Children” IV
(Continuing from from Neal A. Maxwell:”As Obedient Children III, the starting post of this series: ‘As Obedient Children’. . . But the Prophet Joseph observed, there are a “great many . . . too wise to be taught.”1 The knees of the mind...
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I am married and we have 3 children and many grandchildren. Our children have chosen wisely in their careers and in marriage and I attribute much of their success, as they do, to a close relationship with Jesus Christ… Click for more.