As members of the Church we all get new callings. Here are posts to help us learn how to do things at church.
Our Savior has said time and time again that his yoke or burden is light. He offers to help carry our burdens and lighten the weight of our struggles if we will but accept his burden. But what does that [...]
Willing obedience is a very comprehensive subject. To cover all the aspects of obedience would take weeks of talking, and even then much would be left out. Today I am focusing on breaking down obedience into simple terms and ideas [...]
There is power in the scriptures. Releasing that power into your life can be tricky. We have all read the scriptures, and we are probably all guilty of "reading" the scriptures, but with no discernible change in our life or thinking [...]
I confess, this is a thinking-out-loud exercise for me. As I have been recording the Book of Mormon (mormonbasics@podbean.com), I have discovered that reading the whole thing aloud changes what you see and focus on. As I arrived at the [...]
In this final part of our three-part series on how to read your scriptures, we will look at how to read for doctrine, for history, for topic, and how to search for personal answers. Read for Doctrine Learning the stories [...]
In this second part of the series on how to read your scriptures, we’ll look at study methods. In the first part we looked at the physical scriptures and all the study aids provided by the Church to help us [...]
How you read your scriptures depends on what you want to get out of them. Scriptures are the word of God. They are the recorded dealings and communications of God with His children. Scriptures are a source of comfort, revelation, [...]
I want to make a point, but making that point requires your patience as you read what follows. There are those who feel salvation is almost an accidental thing. They act as though they can be saved without having to [...]
The first two scripture study tips were covered in Part 1. We talked about using the footnotes and the importance of knowing where sentences start and stop. In this part of the series we'll consider looking for context, learning new [...]
Reading the scriptures is like walking through someone's home. You get a general impression, take in a few details, but don't leave with much else. Searching the scriptures is like ransacking someone's home to find their valuables. When you search [...]