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,”...

He Knows Us Personally

From Ardeth G. Kapp, her book “Doing What We Came to Do — living a life of love” One of the most important principles and promises of our Father’s plan is that of personal revelation. Our mission in life for each one of us is personal. I pray...

* Christianity. . . Respecting People

From his book ‘The Reason for God”, Timothy Keller shared: When you come out into the public square it is impossible to leave your convictions about ultimate values behind. Let’s take marriage and divorce laws as a case study. Is it possible to craft...

Principle 15 – distractions

From Elder Richard G.Scott of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (deceased): The Spirit has taught me that Satan doesn’t have to tempt us to do bad things—-he can accomplish much of his objective by distracting us with many acceptable things, thus keeping...

* Submission to God

Neal A. Maxwell wrote. . . . Submission to God, among many things, requires us to strip ourselves of our pride in order to be obedient to Him. In that process we make ourselves so much more useful in the achievement of God’s purposes among His children. We are...

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