During a church meeting recently, the teacher asked one of our class members to describe for the class how he had learned to pray. He said that his mother had taught him when he was very young. He went on to say that she explained to him that prayer was a two-way conversation between him…
Tag: Scriptures
On Old Thing, New Meanings
I was sitting in church last Sunday listening to the speaker and he was talking about a subject that I had read over and over and heard speakers speak of it many, many times, but he had put a different twist on it. I hadn’t read the following story before to gather wisdom from it….
On The Most Important Message
In leading up to the ‘most important event,’ I will first lay the groundwork. In laying the groundwork, we have to go back in history and become acquainted with, and understand what Moses’ final advice and warning was to the children of Israel before they crossed over the river Jordan and into the promised land….
On Hear Him
Hearing has always been a problem for most people, we listen but we do not hear. Or, we hear what we want to hear and disregard the rest. One of the most important requests made to Joseph Smith by the Father during the first vision was, “This is my Beloved Son, Hear Him.” Nearly every…
On Intelligence/Genius
I have been interested in observing acts of genius and intellectual behavior for many years, I suppose, ever since I first read from the Book of Abraham in respect to Intelligence, its meaning and its distribution in the world: “Now the Lord had shown unto me, Abraham, the intelligences that were organized before the world…
On Satan’s Latest Tools
Several years ago some kind of Christian coalition came up with the idea that by modifying the scriptures so that they would read as modern text that they would be easier to read and better understood. Their declared purpose was to encourage more youth to read and understand the scriptures. These modern scriptures would replace…
On Who Inspires Me
I have been blessed or cursed, depending on your point of view, to be a sensitive person. I can be moved to tears by what many people do and by what they say. Too, just viewing a new born baby in all of its sweetness and innocence will touch me to the point of bringing…
On The Meaning of Life
The Dalai Lama was in Colorado just recently, and a man asked him, “What is the meaning of life?” His reply was, “The meaning of life is happiness.” Than he added that the hard question that all humans ask is “What makes happiness? Money, a big house, friends, accomplishments? Or…compassion and a good heart? President…
On Carefully
We listen to and read words all of our lives, and at some point some of us begin looking at words beyond their simple meanings. Some words actually sound and look like what they mean, I believe “careful” or “carefully” are those kind of words. Maybe I am a little strange to see words the…
On Baptism For The Dead-Historically
Eamonn McCann (not a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) wrote an article in August of 2008 entitled, “Baptizing the Dead—What if Mormons are right and…(other Christian denominations) are Wrong?” Interestingly his first statement was, “Given Christian teaching, does it make more sense to baptize dead adults rather than live babies?…What’s…