* Making Life an Art II
Continuing from Jerry Sittser’s book ‘the Will of God as a Way of Life,’ Making Life an Art : A.W. Tozer, a twentieth-century pastor, preacher, and spiritual writer, supports this view of work. He wrote that if one’s motive is right, what a...* Making Life an Art
From Jerry Sittser and his book “the Will of God as a Way of Life: To make life itself an art—that is the goal of living in the present moment. We do not have to join an Amish community to live this way. Most of us are too entangled in the modern world to...Christ Is Risen; Faith in Him Will Move Mountains
President Russell M. Nelson, our Prophet, Seer, and Revelator said in April 2021 general conference: . . . . Each of God’s children deserves the opportunity to hear and accept the healing, redeeming message of Jesus Christ. No other message is more vital to our...* Repentance
From the book All ‘All Things New’ by Fiona and Terryl Givens: As noted in the previous chapter, justice works in our favor. It is a our guarantee that we will be “raised to happiness according to our desires for happiness” (Alma 41:5). The...Why the Covenant Path
Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said in April 2021 general conference: The difference of the covenant path is uniquely and eternally significant. Throughout his ministry, President Russell M. Nelson has studied and taught of God’s...* Forgiveness
Continuing from Timothy Keller and a previous post ‘Real Forgiveness is Costly Suffering’ . . . When I counsel forgiveness to people who have been harmed, they often ask about the wrong doers, “Shouldn’t they be held accountable?” I...Light Cleaveth unto Light
In the Sunday afternoon session of April 2021 general conference, Elder Timothy J Dyches said:During His mortal ministry, Jesus declared, “I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”1 The Spirit of...* The Fall II
Continuing from a previous post The Fall: As Joseph found affirmed in the book of Moses, the Fall was enabling, not damning. Needing to pass through mortality as a stage in their eternal progress, all premortal spirits “were born into the world by the...* Real Forgiveness is Costly Suffering
From writings of Timothy Keller: . . . . a purely economic example: Imagine that someone borrows your car and as he backs out of the driveway he strikes a gate knocking it down with part of a wall. Your property insurance doesn’t cover the gate and the garden...
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