* It is Practically Unworkable

From Timothy Keller’s book “Making Sense of God” under the above title: Modern freedom is a freedom of self-assertion. I am free if I do whatever I want. But defining freedom in this way—as the absence of constraint on choices—is...

The Great Question VI

Continuing from a previous post, teachings of Elder Neal A. Maxwell The Great Question V: Other Restoration scriptures make similar declarations: And thus the gospel began to be preached from the beginning, being declared by holy angels sent forth from the presence of...

* “It’s a Jungle Out There

From Max Lucado’s book ‘Traveling Light’: David said it this way. “I lift up my eyes to the hills—where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip—he who...

* Balance

From “The Will of God as a Way of Life,” Jerry Sittser wrote: Balance is another concept we must understand. . . . Balance means establishing proper priorities, choosing to do what is most important rather than what is most urgent, and organizing our lives...

Different But Not Dumb

Ardeth G. Kapp wrote: I have a book entitled If You Are Not From the Prairie, which lists all the things you don’t know—can’t know—if you are not from the prairie. Another book could be written about what you don’t and can’t know if...

Our Relationship with God

By Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. . . No matter what our mortal experience may entail, we can trust God and find joy in Him. As Job in the Old Testament, in a time of suffering some might feel that God has abandoned them. Because we...

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