* The Threat of Grace
Timothy Keller in his book ‘The Reason for God’ teaches: When many first hear the distinction between religion and the gospel, they think that it sounds too easy. “Nice deal!!” they may say. “If that is Christianity, all I have to do is...Pure Truth, Pure Doctrine, and Pure Revelation
Pure Truth, Pure Doctrine, and Pure Revelation By President Russell M. Nelson President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Please make this conference a time of feasting on messages from the Lord through His servants. My dear brothers and sisters,...* On Getting What We Want
Richard L. Evans wrote: “No doubt we have all observed children who insist on having something they see right now, something they have their hearts set upon. And for the moment life seems very unhappy if they can’t have, right now, what they want. But...* . . . .21 Principles, Divine Truths that Help You Live by the Spirit
Principle 1 The Savior’s Injunction to “ask and ye shall receive; knock and it shall be opened unto you” (3 Nephi 27:29) is a gate to spiritual guidance I learned that gentle promptings will encourage...How to Get and Keep the Spirit II
Continuing from How to Get and Keep the Spirit, D. Kelly Ogden wrote: Fire is a symbol of the Holy Ghost, and of his effect on a person. How can you get the fire in your bones? How can you get the Spirit of God or the Holy Ghost inside you to make mighty changes in...* Remembering the name of the Lord our God
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.~ Psalm 20:7 Elder Jeffrey R. Holland wrote: It is important to remember that the first principle is not faith in an abstract sense, but specifically “Faith in the Lord...How to Get and Keep the Spirit
D. Kelly Ogden from his book “8 Mighty Changes God Wants for You Before You Get to Heaven,” under the above chapter title shared: Gary, one of my high school friends, grew up to be a police officer. He was tall and funny. One day Gary said to me, very...* Journal and Desires to Improve
Continuing with a post from Larry W. Tippetts’ book ‘Receiving Personal Revelation’: Recently I read the biography of President Henry B. Eyring, ‘I Will Lead You Along.’ The book includes hundreds of excerpts from his personal journals. I...Grounded, Rooted, Established, and Settled
Elder Neal A. Maxwell of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in addressing Brigham Young University students and faculty in September 1981 said. . . . Whatever our vocation, we should be sweetened, not hardened. Keeping our sense of proportion whatever we do,...
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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.