Sin II
Note from Kent. . . I apologize for technical difficulties and not publishing recent posts in a more careful (correct) order. I hope that confusion does not distract from their powerful content / messages. (i.e. The following post was sent out yesterday, but it...Seeing More of Jesus Christ in Our Lives
Sister Tracy Y. Browning, Second Counselor in the Primary General Presidency said in the Opening session of October 2022 general conference: Brothers and sisters, how humbled I am to stand before you this morning. I knit my heart with yours in gratitude to be...* Sin
From their book “All Things New” Fiona and Terryl Given wrote: The Augustinian revolution of the fourth century “would leave the Church in the west dominated by sin for centuries to come.”1 Augustine thought Paul’s whole preoccupation was...* Real Forgiveness is Costly Suffering III
In April 1943 Bonhoeffer was arrested and imprisoned. He was eventually moved to Flossenburg concentration camp and executed just before the end of World War II. How did Bonhoeffer live out his own words? His forgiveness was costly suffering, because it actually...Helping the Poor and Distressed
Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the First Presidency of the Church said in the Saturday morning session of April 2022 general conference: In 1831, less than two years after the restored Church was organized, the Lord gave this revelation to guide its members and, I believe,...* Real Forgiveness is Costly Suffering II
Continuing from a previous post of Timothy Keller’s counsel: (‘Real Forgiveness is Costly Suffering’ . . .) He wrote: When I counsel forgiveness to people who have been harmed, they often ask about the wrongdoers, “Shouldn’t they be...Jesus Christ is Your Strength
As with any conference talk, we don’t do the subject, the speaker, ourselves, or the Lord justice by just reading a snippet of it! Do yourself a favor and set aside time to read or view the complete powerful sermon below: Elder Dieter Uchtdorf of the Quorum of...* “All Present and Accounted for. . .”
Richard L. Evans shared: It is a wonderful, comforting and reassuring feeling when parents, mentally, can call the roll, and find all the family in—safe and secure. When families are young in years, it is comparatively easy to feel assured that they are somewhat...“To Be Spiritually Minded Is Life and Peace”
Elder Jose A.Teixeira of the Presidency of the Seventy spoke at a BYU devotional February 9, 2021 on: Choosing to Be Spiritually Minded For a moment, I invite you to consider these words of the apostle Paul to the Romans: “To be spiritually minded is life and peace.”4...
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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.