* To Jesus Christ Alone. . . II
From Jerry Sittser’s book ‘The Will of God as a Way of Life:’ (continuing from a previous post. . . * To Jesus Christ Alone) Dietrich Bonhoeffer understood Jesus’ radical commands, he wrote: Again, it is no universal law. Rather it is the exact...‘Missionary Service Blessed My Life Forever’
President M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said in April 2022 general conference: . . . . My missionary service prepared me to be a better husband and father and to be successful in business. It also prepared me for a lifetime of service to the...‘We Each Have a Story’
Elder Garrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said in April 2022 general conference: Do you know your story? What your name means? World population grew from 1.1 billion people in 1820 to nearly 7.8 billion in 2020.4 The year 1820 seems to be an inflection...* to Jesus Christ alone. . .
From Jerry Sittser’s book ‘The Will of God as a Way of Life’: A group of believers in the church of Corinth were especially adept at exploring the freedom they had in Christ. They claimed the right to do anything they wanted. They even applauded a...For God So Loved Us
Elder Michael T. Ringwood of the Seventy said in the Sunday morning session of April 2022 general conference: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16)....* The Reason for God. . . Two Camps
From Timothy Keller’s book “The Reason for God”. . . . . . the world is polarizing over religion. It is getting more religious and less religious at the same time. There was once a confident belief that secular European countries were the harbingers...Your Divine Nature and Eternal Destiny
Elder Dale G. Renlund of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said in April 2022 general conference . . . . “our sense of God’s love may be blunted by challenging circumstances and physical or mental illness, among other things. In all these cases, the counsel of...* Our Astonishing Freedom
From the ‘Will of God as a Way of Life,’ Jerry Sittser wrote: In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus exhorts us not to be anxious about tomorrow but to concentrate on what we must do today. We ought to trust that God who clothes the lilies of the field and...“The Great Question V”
Concluding this series from Elder Neal A. Maxwell: “For the serious reader, the Restoration scriptures provide a deeply significant response to modern man’s architectonic needs—that is, our deep needs to discern some design, purpose, pattern or plan...
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