Faith vs. Works

There are many zionwisdom posts from the past that support the quotation below. Just a couple are Doctrine and covenants 121:33-46 and Affirmations. (For reason(s) I don’t understand, I’m unable to put them at the end where they belong.) Stephen E. Robinson taught...

* Not as the World Giveth

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said in the Saturday afternoon session general conference April 2021: Brothers and sisters, we do see too much conflict, anger, and general incivility around us. Fortunately, the current generation has not...

What Has Our Savior Done for Us? II

III. Continuing from the first part of What Has the Savior Done for Us?. . . .  Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the First Presidency shared in April 2021 general conference: What else has our Savior, Jesus Christ, done for us? Through the teachings of His prophets and through...

* . . .but also if we do. . .

Timothy Keller, in his book, The Reason for God (continuing a previous post “The Consequences of Sin”) wrote: The good things that enslave us are good things that deserve to be loved. But when our heart loves become inordinate, then we fall into patterns of life that...

What Has Our Savior Done for Us?

During April 2021 general conference, Elder Dallin H. Oaks, First Counselor in the First Presidency shared: Jesus Christ has done everything that is essential for our journey through mortality toward the destiny outlined in the plan of our Heavenly Father. In a...

* The Personal Consequences of Sin

From a previous post, the writings of Timothy Keller * The Meaning of Sin. . . . .This is exactly Kierkegaard’s point. Every person must find some way to “justify their existence,” and to stave off the universal fear that they’re “a bum.” In more traditional cultures,...

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