* Adversity, a Part of Life
From Richard G. Scott’s book: “21 Principles” (This is Principle 11) Adversity is a part of life. We will all have it because we need it for growth and for the forging of a righteous character. I have learned that the Lord has consumate capacity to...Come Unto Christ and Don’t Come Alone
In October 2021 general conference Sister Bonnie Cordon, Young Women General President, shared the following . . . : Under sacred circumstances, our beloved prophet, President Russell M. Nelson, once reminded me of two simple truths that are foundational to your grand...* The Friend . . . Jesus Christ
Melvin J. Ballard wrote: After the fall of Adam . . . there [was] no way nor means by which man could be raised from the grave except through the death of the Divine One. A great and eternal law had been violated, and it required the death of a God, really, to...Worthiness is Not Flawlessness
Bradley R. Wilcox of the Young Men General Presidency said in October 2021 general conference: When you feel like you have failed too many times to keep trying, remember Christ’s Atonement and the grace it makes possible are real. I once sent a message to my daughter...* “Telling” the Truth
Richard L. Evans wrote: We recall once more the mathematical maxim that “a straight line is the shortest distance between two points.” In a day when so many people find themselves paying a price for forgetting it, this rule of life would well be...With the Power of God in Great Glory (1 Nephi 14:14)
Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said in October 2021 general conference: Continuing his instruction to Joseph, Moroni next quoted from the book of Malachi in the Old Testament, with a little variation in the language used in the King James...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...
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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.