Escaping Bondage

Brad Wilcox from his book ‘Changed Through His Grace’, Chapter 5 taught: In the Book of Mormon, King Limhi’s people were in bondage to the Lamanites: “And now the afflictions were great, and there was no way that they could deliver themselves...

* Below All Things

From Stephen E. Robinson’s book ‘Believing Christ’ . . . . In Christ there is a real transfer of guilt for innocence. Through the oneness of our covenant relationship, my guilt becomes Jesus’ guilt, which he experienced and for which he...

The Veil of Unbelief II

Continuing from a previous post ‘The Veil of Unbelief’, M. Catherine Thomas wrote: The sobering message in these verses is not only people in general but also many Saints would be led by the precepts of men. This prophetic insight offers a compassionate...

* Exercise Confidence

Gene R. Cook wrote: I believe that many people are confident that the Lord’s will will be done and that the Lord can do anything, but they are not confident that the Lord will do it for them or that he wants to do it now. This lack of confidence in our ability...

“Housework”

From Joan B. MacDonald’s book ‘The Holiness of Everyday Life’ and continuing from a previous post ‘Balancing’ now addressing other needs for balance: Housework:  It has been my experience that housework presents a whole different set of...

* Real Love is a Personal Exchange

From Timothy Keller and his book ‘The Reason for God’: In the mid nineties, a Protestant denomination held a theological conference in which one speaker said, “I don’t think we need a theory of atonement at all; I don’t think we need...

Happy Like Jesus III

Happy Like Jesus III*  (continued from . . . .  Happy Like Jesus II    ) A powerful lesson comes from modern American history. Secretary of State George C. Marshall once told a discouraged staff, “Gentlemen, it is my experience [that] an enlisted man may have a...

* Two Kinds of Freedom (continued)

Continuing from Jerry Sittser, sharing from his book ‘the Will of God as a Way of Life’. . . . (‘Two Kinds of Freedom’ continued from December 19,2020): Jesus taught that if we wish to find true life, we must die to our sinful and selfish...

‘Followers of the Prince of Peace’

Followers of the Prince of Peace By Elder Ulisses Soares of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles As we strive to develop attributes like the Savior’s, we can become instruments of His peace in the world. In fulfillment of the prophecy given to Zechariah,1 Jesus...

Our Own Road to Emmaus

Luke 24:13–35 Our Own Road to Emmaus By Elder Patricio M. Giuffra Of the Seventy Five simple activities can help us know that the Savior is always near. On the Road to Emmaus, by Wendy B. Keller, courtesy of Havenlight My father died of cancer when I was 4 years old....

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