* Spiritual Helps and Divine Birthright
From Kathy K. Clayton’s book ‘Teaching to Build Faith and Faithfulness”: Under the title: A Sense of Our Spiritual Self Helps Us Embrace Our Divine Birthright . . . . Without taking undue liberty, we might. . . suggest that the best, meaning the...Pray Always II
(I might be repeating this, but I couldn’t find it amongst the published. Perhaps it needs to be seen again.kdm) Continuing thoughts from Larry Tippetts and the previous post Pray Always Other Insights on Prayer: . . . . The greatest pattern for our prayers, is...* Competence Plus One
From chapter 6 of her book ‘Teaching to Build Faith’, Kathy K. Clayton teaches: For the start of this series, click . . . Educators talk of the ideal learning level as “Competence Plus One,” meaning that a wise teacher offers their students...Let Doing Good Be Our New Normal
Elder Rafael E. Pino of the Seventy said during the Saturday morning session of October 2022 general conference: . . . . President Russell M. Nelson has said: “Today we often hear about ‘a new normal.’ If you really want to embrace a new normal, I invite you to turn...* Justification III
Continuing from ‘Justification II’ (For the first post of this series, click *Justification) Yet because of our fallen natures, it was frankly impossible for human beings to keep all the terms of the old covenant. Therefore, at least from the perspective...How to Make Scripture Study ‘Mighty’:
From D. Kelly Ogden, (Continued from a previous post, ‘Revealing Ourselves, Revealing God’) . . . A missionary wrote to me: “President, for more than half a year now I’ve had a question I couldn’t answer. But during your talk to our stake...* Justification II
Continuing from *Justification: Stephen E. Robinson taught: Technically, there was nothing wrong with the old covenant and its law. It was the word of God. It was just and fair. If the people had just kept their end of the agreement, they would have been justified by...God Prepares and Protects
From Beverly Campbell’s book ‘Eve and the Choice Made in Eden’, Chapter 9: God Prepares and Protects: The bodies of Adam and Eve experienced a great change as mortality took the place of immortality. Adam and Eve were aware of that change in their...* It Is Unjust
From his book ‘Making Sense of God’ Timothy Keller shared: The contemporary concept of freedom, which we could call absolute individual autonomy, is not only unworkable. It is also unfair because it denies what we owe others. The internet is filled with...
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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.