What can one say about the Savior that hasn’t already been said many times? The only thing a person can say is what they personally feel about Him without any concern for what others may have expressed. The way one feels about the Savior is hard for most of us to describe or share publicly,…
Tag: New Testament
On Repentance, What Does It Mean?
There are many facets to repentance, and I have written about the subject of repentance before. The following thoughts, however, provide three similar, but different, views on the subject, and I do not believe one is particularly more true than another. But the three together will give a reader a comprehensive view of the topic…
On The Truth of Things
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…
On the Kingdom of Heaven
Many of us may have wondered what heaven is like. There have been those who have been declared clinically dead and then revived; some have thought that they went to heaven. They all described similar experiences during that interim period. The common remembrance is seeing a very bright light and possibly going through a tunnel…
On Laborers For The Harvest
In a New Testament Sunday School class we were studying various scriptures that pertained to missionary work, and as I read and listened, I thought how those same scriptures pertain to family history work. In the Book of Matthew, the story is told how the Lord was moved with compassion as he taught the multitude…
On Gainsayers
Gainsayer is a strange word that a person may only run across in the scriptures, but yet it has a meaning that could commonly apply to our modern society. The definition describes a gainsaying person as one who is disagreeable and always taking issue with every point that is made. A gainsayer manipulates others and…
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 Life as a Process
Life has been described in many different ways by many people such as this unknown author’s statement, “Life… is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming—WOW—What a ride!”…
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…