* The Problem of Worry
Jerry Sittser and his book ‘The Will of God as a Way of Life,’ continuing from posts on * Fear: Worry is different from fear. If fear is like a raging fever, worry is like a low-grade temperature. It nags at us, simmers in our souls, hovers in the back of our minds...Our Sorrow Shall Be Turned into Joy
Our Sorrow Shall Be Turned into Joy By Elder S. Mark Palmer of the Seventy I invite all who feel sorrow, all who wonder what happens after we die, to place your faith in Christ. Several years ago, while attending meetings in Salt Lake City, I was greeted by our dear...* Fear II
Continuing . . . From Jerry Sittser and Fear: When I was a college chaplain, I received a call one night from a student who asked me to visit him in his dorm room. I was not happy about being called at 2:00 a.m. But he said it was important, so I went to his room....* Fear
Jerry Sittser from his book the Will of God as a Way of Life wrote: ~Certain powers in the world should make us all shudder.~ . . . the future is not predictable. No one can know with certainty what will happen next week or next year, to say nothing about the next...Jesus Christ: The Caregiver of Our Soul
Elder Ulisses Soares of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said in general conference April 2021: My dear brothers and sisters, on this radiant Easter morning my heart rejoices upon remembering the most marvelous, the most majestic, the most immeasurable act that has...* What Can Put It All Right
From the previous post, Timothy Keller’s thoughts on ‘The Consequences of Sin’ . . . . The devastating loss of shalom through sin is described in Genesis 3. We are told that as soon as we determine to serve ourselves instead of God—as soon as we abandoned living...* The Cosmic Consequences of Sin
Continuing from a previous post, teachings of Timothy Keller * The Social Consequences of Sin. . . . The Bible speaks even more comprehensively (and more mysteriously) about the effects of sin than we have indicated so far. The first and second chapters of Genesis...Obedience II
From a previous post Obedience, From the book “All Things New” by Fiona and Terryl Givens: . . . The implications of Elihu’s rhetorical questions are astonishing, disconcerting, and, initially, beyond our ability to absorb. He is deconstructing any idea we (or Job...Obedience
From the book “All Things New” by Fiona and Terryl Givens: In the new framework of the Restoration, how do we understand obedience? We can begin with a paradigm-bursting question that has lain scripturally embedded and seemingly unnoticed for centuries—waiting...
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