by kdm | Dec 21, 2020 | Today's Post
Continuing from his book December 19th “The Will of God as a Way of Life,” Jerry Sittser wrote:” Jesus taught that if we wish to find true life, we must die to our sinful and selfish selves. If we hope to win in a way that counts for eternity, we must lose in ways...
by kdm | Dec 20, 2020 | Today's Post
Tad R. Callister wrote: The Atonement was designed to do more than restore us to the “starting line”—more than just wipe the slate clean. Its crowning purpose is to endow us with power so that we might overcome each of our weaknesses and acquire the divine...
by kdm | Dec 19, 2020 | #discipline, agency, Atonement, Christ Ministry, For times of trouble, Revelation, spiritually strong, Today's Post
From his book “The Will of God as a Way of Life,” Jerry Sittser wrote of “Two Kinds of Freedom:” . . . .Perhaps we misunderstand what true freedom is. Popular American culture defines freedom as the absence of external restraint and the protection—as well as the...
by kdm | Dec 18, 2020 | Today's Post
Continued from yesterdays post. . . * Identity assured: ¨We already took our first step toward recovering, protecting and fulfilling our eternal identity in the premortal world when we repented and exercised faith in the Atonement of Christ, casting our lot with Him...
by kdm | Dec 17, 2020 | Today's Post
How Does Faith in the Atonement Help Me Recover, Protect and Fulfill My Identity? The Atonement of Jesus Christ, including the love that motivated it, is the key to understanding, embracing and actualizing our identity. We could say it is the identity theft insurance....
by kdm | Dec 16, 2020 | Today's Post
President Dallin H.Oaks, First Counselor in the First Presidency said in October 2020 general conference: “The Lord’s teachings are for eternity and for all of God’s children. In this message I will give some examples from the United States, but the principles I teach...