Though I did not feel that the lyrics to ‘Windows of My Soul,’ by Quinton Mills, were particularly inspiring, the idea of there being windows of or to our soul has been tickling my thoughts. There are many windows and they play an important part in our lives. For example, I was sitting relaxed in…
Tag: Prophets
On Taking The Best
Most people, most of the time, follow the rules and behave civilly, primarily because of religion or at least the precepts taught by the various religions that have pervaded most all societies historically. Religion and moral teachings are critical to the working of any society. Even if that religion is non-Christian. Most citizens follow rules…
On Perfection and Hope
Perfection is a hard word among those of us who know ourselves to be imperfect beings. Has there ever been a time that you haven’t wished that you were a little smarter, better looking, stronger, more ‘perfect’ in one way or another. The word perfect is used many times in the scriptures, usually in ways…
On Good and Evil
From a website called Philosophy of Religion, it was stated that “God’s creation was originally good, but then the first man, Adam, sinned. As a result of this Fall, sin entered the world, and now all suffer the affliction of original sin. This doctrine is an important part of the Christian tradition: not only does it exonerate…
On Why Cruelty is Allowed
Thou shalt not kill!” is commanded by God, and yet the world is replete with murder at the hands of cruel beings, those who have the very same designation as we “human beings.” I believe most all religious sects have a similar doctrine describing the sanctity of life. So, if life is sacred, why is…
On “Whatsoever You Loose”
All the prophets who have ever walked the earth were foreordained to be prophets. Jeremiah, for example was told that he was called before he was formed in the belly. Many of the great prophets through the ages were called to serve when they were still in their youth. Probably because their minds had not…
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 Whatsoever You Loose
ll the prophets who have ever walked the earth were foreordained to be prophets. Jeremiah, for example was told that he was called before he was formed in the belly. Many of the great prophets through the ages were called to serve when they were still in their youth, probably because their minds had not…
On Church Membership
I have talked with people who said that they believed in God but did not believe that a person had to become a member of an organized religion to be a Christian and/or a good person. Many who have that attitude feel a structured program, such as a church, is rigid and inflexible and tends…
On Church Growth
A recent church news section had an interesting article about the growth of the Church compared to other Christian denominations in the United States. In the last decade, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been the fastest growing church in the country (based on converts) and is currently the 6th largest Christian…