* ‘Unfinished Parable’
From Adam S. Miller’s book ‘Original Grace’: Unlike his younger brother, the older son was obedient to his father. “Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment,” he reminds his father (Luke...Mother, Matriarch, Mentor
From chapter one of the book “Eve and the Choice in the Garden,” author Beverly Campbell wrote: The Prophet Joseph declared Adam to be only second to the Savior in powers and priesthood. Much has been written and spoken of him. The task is at hand to...The Cost
Elder Melvin J. Ballard (deceased) wrote: I think as I read the story of Abraham’s sacrifice of his son Isaac that our Father is trying to tell us what it cost him to give his son as a gift to the world. You remember the story of how Abraham’s son came...The Answer is Jesus
Elder Ryan K. Olsen of the Seventy, speaking in the Sunday afternoon session of October 2022 general conference said: . . . . In our relationship with the Savior, He looks on the heart and is “no respecter of persons.”3 Consider how He chose His Apostles. He didn’t...* Christianity, Respecting People III
Continuing from Christianity, Respecting People II Keller from his book ‘The Reason for God’ taught: One of the paradoxes of history is the relationship between the beliefs and the practices of the early Christians as compared to the culture around them....Communication Involves Talking, Listening, and Remembering
Continuing from a previous post, (He Knows Us Personally’) Ardeth G. Kapp wrote, : The Holy Ghost Communicates with Us in Many Ways In the Doctrine and Covenants we read these words that give us clarity to this divine line of communication with our Heavenly...* Christianity, Respecting People II
Continuing from a previous post, Timothy Keller from his book ‘The Reason for God’ taught: Christianity not only leads its members to believe people of other faiths have goodness and wisdom to offer, it also leads them to expect that many will live lives...Justice II
From Fiona and Terryl Givens, a previous post, Justice: Dostoevsky pointed out the fruitlessness of justice as retribution. As his character Ivan cries out to his brother, “What use is vengeance to me, what use to me is hell for torturers, what can hell put...* Justice
From Punishment to Restoration by Fiona and Terryl Givens. . . And what of justice? Sin may be an errant step, but it’s still a violation of a law. And does the violation not warrant punishment? “Every violation of the law deserves punishment,”...
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