I grew up in a north central region of this country where we enjoyed the four seasons of the year. It was a long time ago, before fresh produce was shipped all over the country. Fresh fruit in our town was only available during the harvest time. After our fall fruit harvest was over, the…
Tag: Plan of Salvation
On Personal Prayer
Prayer is a very personal and individual exercise of one’s faith. When I see people pray in a restaurant, for example, I sometimes think, why am I not doing that? Or I listen to someone in church pray with such sincerity and obvious love for the Father that I think, why don’t I pray like…
On Satan’s Powerful Influence
In our pre-earth existence we were spirits formed from intelligent matter through a birth process of which earthly births are patterned after. We are the offspring of a heavenly and eternal couple, and we progressed in that pre-earth state, in the presence of our parents. We were to a point of maturity where further progress…
On No Matter How Real or On Intelligence
I am often amazed at the capacity of the human mind. If a human can think it, a human can do it, with few exceptions. The most interesting thing about that thought is the converse. Just because you can think it, doesn’t mean that you have to or should do it. Most everything that I…
On Confidence
Section 121 of the Doctrine and Covenants speaks of how our confidence can wax strong in the presence of the Lord. Even in the presence of our fellow beings, confidence is such an important attribute. The lack of it is often the reason we fail to do the things that would give us many of…
On The Plan of Salvation
Many religions and philosophies teach the false doc- trine of “Predestination.” To quote from one such teaching, “God misleadeth whom He pleaseth and guideth whom he will aright.” Those who believe that, or in similar doctrine, also believe falsely that man’s life and being are directed by a controlling god. This concept makes it easy…
On The Savior
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,…
On Brothers All
Missionaries returning home from foreign countries and, having learned a new language, often refer to the fact that although people speak different languages, the language of the spirit is the same. The gospel spirit is the same everywhere. They say we are all truly brothers and sisters. With recent events in the Middle East and…
On The Doctrine of The Plan of Salvation
Family history, in its broader sense, may be correctly referred to as a mystery of the Gospel. Why? Because the doctrine is not simple, nor is it found all in one place, a place where just anyone can become easily acquainted with it in its entirety. You might say that most of the doctrine that…
On Atheism
I was listening to a guest author on a popular talk show while driving somewhere the other day, and this guest had written a book about doing away with all religious organizations. His theory was that they are divisive in a social society. Religions are pitted against one another and so on. He felt that…