The Divine Embrace

Hugh Nibley wrote: People are usually surprised to learn that atonement, an accepted theological term is neither from a Greek nor a Latin word, but is good old English and really does mean, when we write it out at-one-ment denoting both a state of being “at...

* Belief in an Age of Skepticism II

Continued from a previous post * Belief in and Age of Skepticism, from Timothy Keller’s book ‘The Reason For God’. . . Lewis realized that the common objections to God are based on a sense of fair play and justice. People, we believe, ought not to...

Daily Restoration

Elder Uchtdorf of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles spoke in October 2021 general conference and said: . . . . “Sometimes this falling away takes generations. Sometimes it happens in a matter of years or even months.8 But we are all susceptible. No matter how...

Is There No Balm in Gilead?

Elder Brent H. Nielson of the Presidency of the Seventy said in October 2021 general conference: . . . .We had a beautiful funeral that honored the life of my father. As time passed, however, and we experienced the pain of my father’s absence, I began to wonder why my...

* Belief in an Age of Skepticism

Timothy Keller, author of ‘The Reason for God’ wrote: . . . . I knew a man in my first parish who had lost most of his eyesight after he was shot in the face during a drug deal gone bad. He told me he had been an extremely selfish and cruel person, but he...

As Obedient Children V

Continuing from As obedient Children IV. . . . Paul spoke for more than his own suffering in observing that “no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous” (Hebrews 12:11). We are not expected to pretend it is pleasant. Only afterward is...

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