These posts help answer the question, “As a member of the church, what is expected of me?”
The idea for this discussion comes from Elder Jan E. Newman's April, 2021 Conference talk entitled, "Teaching in the Savior's Way." This isn't a discussion of his talk, though all quotes below come from his talk. I want to talk [...]
Photo by Marko Blažević on Unsplash Despite our good intentions, too often we still view commandments as restrictions that hold us back. Nothing can be further from the truth. Our earthly journey What is it we in the [...]
Photo by NOAA on Unsplash For some, this concept of punishing the disobedient is cut and dried, and easy to understand. At least it is on the surface. But for others, there remain many questions as to why [...]
Week 15 is scheduled for study April 5-11, 2021. Sharing the gospel is not the frightening task we often make it out to be. The steps this week's chapters outline are simple and apply to all of us. Day 1 [...]
Photo by Elijah Hiett on Unsplash We are all at different places when it comes to personal revelation. Some know just how they tend to get direction from the Spirit, while others of us flounder about in uncertainty [...]
Photo by Ümit Bulut on Unsplash In 3 Nephi 19:24 we read about a special kind of praying, a prayer where the subject of your prayer is given to you, so you know what you are supposed to [...]
There seems to be some confusion about the place works and grace have in our journey toward godhood. Let's take a brief look at works, the part it plays in our lives, grace and its rightful place in our lives, and finally we'll [...]
I'm going out on a limb here and guessing there haven't been very many of us who haven't had a tough time reading the scriptures at some point in our lives. Someone was asking for help with this problem on [...]
(Labeled for reuse on pixabay.com) To really appreciate what we have to learn from the life of Abraham, and the lessons his life can teach us, we should look at what is available to us in the plan [...]
As I have mentioned before, there was a time when I thought it unfair that those who had to wait in spirit prison until the Savior's advent into the spirit world had to wait an awfully long time. From Adam's [...]