by kdm | Mar 2, 2023 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, spiritually strong, Today's Post
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...
by kdm | Feb 27, 2023 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, spiritually strong, Today's Post
From Teaching to Build Faith and Faithfulness Kathy K. Clayton taught: When we know our audience well, we can customize instruction and select information that is responsive to their needs. Too often teachers and parents work so hard to prepare lessons that they...
by kdm | Feb 26, 2023 | #discipline, agency, Choice, Modern Prophets, The Plan, Today's Post
In the Sunday afternoon session of October 2022 general conference, Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said: . . . . While the Prophet Joseph Smith was incarcerated in Liberty Jail, Apostles Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball had the...
by kdm | Feb 25, 2023 | #character, #discipline, agency, Choice, Today's Post
Richard L. Evans wrote: To see and to say sincerely complimentary things about others is a gracious custom that does much to make life livable. But, as always, along with the genuine and the good come the counterfeit and the bad, and the counterfeit of a sincere...
by kdm | Feb 24, 2023 | #discipline, agency, Choice, spiritually strong, Today's Post
From Stephen E. Robinson (deceased) regarding ‘Justification’: Justification When human beings keep their covenants, when they abide by the conditions of their agreements with God, they are said to be justified. To be justified means to be declared...
by kdm | Feb 23, 2023 | #discipline, agency, Choice, Today's Post
From Kathy K. Clayton and From a previous post . . . . Use of variety can offer a fresh perspective to the essential lesson on the plan of salvation. One seminary teacher taught this lesson by hanging a string across the classroom. When the students arrived they were...