* Communication with Father

Richard G. Scott wrote: Communication with our Father in Heaven is not a trivial matter. It is a sacred privilege. It is based upon eternal unchanging principles. We receive help from our Father in Heaven in response to our faith, obedience, and proper use of agency....

‘The Exquisite Gift of His Son II’

(continuing from yesterday’s post) For anyone today with pains so intense or so unique that you feel no one else could fully appreciate them, you may have a point. There may be no family member, friend, or priesthood leader—however sensitive and well-meaning...

The Exquisite Gift of the Son I

Elder Matthew S. Holland Of the Seventy said in October 2020 general conference: “We must never forget that the very purpose of repentance is to take certain misery and transform it into pure bliss. Thanks to His “immediate goodness,”8 the instant we come unto...

* is everything sad going to come untrue?

From his book ‘The Reason for God’ Timothy Keller wrote: “Just after the climax of the trilogy The Lord of the rings, Sam Gamgee discovers that his friend Gandalf was not dead (as he had thought) but alive. He cries, “I thought you were dead!...

The Covenant Relationship With Jesus Christ

Stephen E. Robinson wrote: A husband and wife become one with each other through the covenant of the gospel. (Cf. 1 Corinthians 6:15-17) Just as a bride renounces all competing claims upon her loyalties and normally takes her husband’s last name, so those who...

Saved by Grace

From His book, “Believing Christ, Following Christ,” Stephen E. Robinson wrote: “I often ask my students the following question, “When you stand before the bar of God at Judgment Day, how many of you would like the assurance that God will be...

Keep the Change

In October 2020 general conference, Sister Becky Craven said: “King Benjamin taught his people in ancient America of the tremendous blessings we receive from our Savior, Jesus Christ. He created the heavens, the earth, and all the beauty we enjoy.1 Through His...

* On Judgement Day

“On judgment day the Lord will mete out to us precisely as we have dealt with our fellow men, unless we have fully  repented. It is a staggering thought and yet it is an integral in the Lord’s method of judgment. Do we realize its broad significance? Do we...

The God of Truth cannot lie!

To: I, J, W, December 27, 2020 I have always been puzzled at how those of one faith think they can teach about another faith by giving biased information. If I want to know the truth of any faith I ask someone who knows first hand. For example, my brother follows...

* the faith of children

Oh give us once again the faith of children that we may no more “torture ourselves with disbeliefs,” but come at last to know and to acknowledge, from the certainty of our souls, that Jesus is the Christ, the divine Son of God, our Lord and Savior, the...

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