by kdm | Aug 22, 2022 | Today's Post
Divine Love in the Father’s Plan By President Dallin H. Oaks, First Counselor in the First Presidency of the Church said: The purpose of the doctrine and policies of this restored Church is to prepare God’s children for salvation in the celestial kingdom and for...
by kdm | Aug 21, 2022 | Today's Post
J. Reuben Clark Jr. wrote of Jesus Christ: Forth from the infinite glory and power of the throne of God to be born to mortality in the manger-cradle in Bethlehem, came [our Lord] thenceforth to be called the son of Mary, Son of man, Son of God, Jesus the Christ, the...
by kdm | Aug 20, 2022 | Today's Post
Elder Gary E. Stevenson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said in April 2022 general conference: . . . . it wasn’t only the Apostles who took Jesus’ words to heart. Members of the early Church, from the newest to the most seasoned, took part in the Savior’s great...
by kdm | Aug 19, 2022 | Today's Post
Following Jerry Sittser, continuing from a previous post from * The Problem with Careers: I have witnessed this tragedy first hand in college teaching. A bright student wants to become a college professor and scholar as a way to reach generation Z, “the lost...
by kdm | Aug 18, 2022 | Today's Post
Elder Randy D. Funk of the Seventy said in the Sunday afternoon session of April 2022 general conference: . . . . As one of the missionaries in that humble, faith-filled home 49 years ago, I have witnessed in them what King Benjamin taught in the Book of Mormon: “I...
by kdm | Aug 17, 2022 | Today's Post
Following Jerry Sittser, a previous post of July 19, 2020 titled *The Will of God: . . . . a calling is not the same thing as a career, though the two are related. A career involves some kind of socially useful work. It usually requires specific education or training,...