Truth for most earth dwellers is an elusive and controversial concept. We all believe we have a piece of it, but very few think they have the whole of it. Truth is described in one discourse as, “What was, what is now, and what always will be.” Truth is eternal. Anything less than truth will…
Tag: Holy Ghost
On Before Mortality
I know and testify that every individual human being who has ever lived upon this earth and all who ever will populate the earth were and are spirit offspring of our Heavenly Father. As Paul testified, “Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like…
On Life’s Purpose
President Ezra Taft Benson said that, “When our Heavenly Father placed Adam and Eve on this earth, He did so with the purpose in mind of teaching them how to return to His presence. Our Father promised a Savior to redeem them from their fallen condition. He gave them the Plan of salvation and told…
On How Christ is Our Father
One of my Grandsons asked me, “Grandpa, I am confused by the statement in the Book of Mormon where it says that Jesus is the Father. What does that mean?” The response that follows is merely the thoughts of an old grandfather trying to answer the question of his grandson and is not to be…
On Conscience
We are all born with the Light of Christ and that provides the foundation for one’s conscience. The scriptures tell us that among many other things the Light of Christ is also; “the light that quickeneth” man’s understanding.” (D&C 88:6–13, 41)and in this manner it “is related to man’s conscience and tells him right from…
On Being Peculiar II
President Gordon B. Hinckley said that peculiar translated from the Hebrew term means “valued treasure.” It has been translated from a Greek term that signifies “possession” or “those selected by God as His own people”….great unity is the hallmark of the true church of Christ, It is felt among our people throughout the world. We pray for…
On Truth
Truth, for most earth dwellers, is an elusive and controversial concept. We all believe we have a piece of it, but very few think they have the whole of it. Truth is described in one discourse as “what was, what is now, and what always will be.” As truth is eternal, anything less than truth…
On the Holy Ghost
An elderly man was sharing his testimony in church regarding the Holy Ghost and spoke of Him in a way that I really hadn’t contemplated before. He said that he was grateful to Heavenly Father for all of the blessings that he and his family had been granted. He was grateful to the Savior for…
On False Teachers
There was an article I read some time ago, written for the ‘Raleigh News and Observer’, titled, “Gospel Myths Claimed”. The article described a meeting sponsored by Duke University at Chapel Hill, N.C., it was a meeting of the world’s most renowned group of Jesus scholars. These seven internationally known experts drew a conference crowd…
On Gates
Gates, to most people, are essentially a means of keeping some things in and allowing other things to get out of an enclosed area. When I was a young teenager, toward the end of the summer, I sometimes worked on a farm, putting up hay. Whether we were leaving a hay field or going into…