A few years ago Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gave a talk about the aforementioned topic. I thoroughly enjoyed his talk, it has been a talk that I have read from time to time over and over. I especially enjoy the following, “To all of you who think you are lost or without hope, or who think you have done too much that was too wrong for too long, to every one of you who worry that you are stranded somewhere on the wintry plains of…
According to Islam, Jesus Christ was merely a prophet. He did miracles and prophesied but the basis upon which Christianity is founded they dispute. What it really boils down to is, did Jesus Christ atone for the sins of the world and was he crucified and resurrected? Islam would have you believe that it didn’t happen and that the Koran was sent to Mohammed by the angel Gabriel to correct Christianity. So the question I have is this, which one is correct? Who is right? I mean after all you have two different sacred texts in direct contradiction with each…
I am taking a course during winter break titled “Sacred Texts” now I was lucky enough to take the class when it is talking about the Koran and Islam. I find this very interesting, except the text that they choose title, “The Vision of Islam” by Murata & Chittick is VERY confusing (either that or Islam it’s self is confusing, the jury is still out on this one). Now I have a background in religious studies as I have studied my religion all my life. I have even researched faiths other than my own. I am no expert but I am…
While on my mission I had a very unique opportunity to meet a woman who although I don’t remember her name taught me a very valuable lesson. I had been serving for a little over a year when my companion and I received a phone call. A woman had been admitted for alcoholism to a rehabilitation facility in the city where I served. While going through rehab she requested that we could come and give her a priesthood blessing. We of course obliged. We went right over to the facility and promptly gave her a blessing. Now for those of…
Of course there are many other ways to improve our relationship with the Savior; however these are in my opinion the most important.
1. Daily Prayer
Just like any good relationship it takes communication to ensure a strong long lasting and enduring. Prayer should be meaningful and not trite. We should avoid our everyday language and properly address Him. We should use the proper terms for God such as Thee and Thou.
2. Daily Scripture Study
It has been said that when we want to communicate with God we should pray and when God wants to communicate to…
I am sure that most American’s have at least one time in this life heard these words uttered by a commercial or other advertisement for the United States Marine Corps. I find these words to bring comfort to me as I enjoy the freedoms that they work so hard to protect. These brave men and women sacrifice willingly of their time and means to bring the United States of America some of the choicest blessings of ANY nation on the earth. I can think of no other nation that has a military that is composed of men and women so…
In one of my previous posts “They Can’t Handle the Truth” I blogged about individuals that feel the need to attack our faith, these individuals feel it is incumbent upon them to correct us of our errors. After reading a few more blogs I realized that I didn’t do some of them justice. Unfortunately the situation goes both ways, we as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sometimes come off as judgmental. When someone leaves the church although we may disagree with them for leaving, we should NEVER treat them with the same contempt and…
While at home today I was attempting to boil some milk for some amazing hot chocolate, I scald it so that it just burns it slightly, it adds just a touch of flavor to it. Well today while I was cleaning the pot I wanted to use, I was attempting to look deeper in the pot to see if I missed a spot. Well I was holding it with my left hand and cleaning it with my right. Well I am right handed so my left isn’t as stable. As I was inspecting the pot I moved it too close and I…
The story of Abinadi is one of my favorite accounts in The Book of Mormon. Abinadi was a prophet of God called to preach the gospel to King Noah and his people. King Noah was a very wicked king who had set up his own religion that would allow him to do as he pleased. They would flatter him and tell what he was doing was right even when it was wrong. Abinadi had the courage to stand up to the King and tell him and his people what they were doing was wrong. He even went to the grave…
In The Book of Mormon one of the men known as Alma the younger, was characterized as “the very vilest of sinners.” (Mosiah 28:4). “He became a very wicked and an idolatrous man. And he was a man of many words, and did speak much flattery to the people; therefore he led many of the people to do after the manner of his iniquities. And he became a great hinderment to the prosperity of the church of God; stealing away the hearts of the people; causing much dissension among the people; giving a chance for the enemy of God…
I had an interesting thing happen to me today, and it has happened to me a couple of times before. I had a disagreement with one of my teachers. You see he interpreted the homework assignment one way and I interpreted it another. It wasn’t explicitly stated and he didn’t clarify. Now mind you he hasn’t once clarified anything that could be ambiguous in the homework. The question is if there isn’t a clear cut answer to something that is vague how can you be wrong? I mean besides the whole he is the teacher and I am the student…
One of my favorite parts of The Book of Mormon is when Captain Moroni raises the Title of Liberty, “And it came to pass that he rent his coat; and he took a piece thereof, and wrote upon it—In memory of our God, our religion, and freedom, and our peace, our wives, and our children—and he fastened it upon the end of a pole. And he fastened on his head-plate, and his breastplate, and his shields, and girded on his armor about his loins; and he took the pole, which had on the end thereof his rent coat, (and he…
Just because you don’t believe in Him doesn’t mean that He doesn’t believe in you. To those of you who are lost and cannot find your way, I am here to tell you that He is here with open arms to love you and believe in you. Just because you have a bad day doesn’t mean you can’t have a good night. Just because you don’t feel loved doesn’t mean you aren’t. Just because someone says nice things doesn’t mean that they are a nice person, they could be lying to you. Just because someone says mean things doesn’t mean…
Today’s blog is dedicated to the memory of a man I have only known briefly, his name is Foster Parrent. He was my wife’s sister’s grandfather-in-law. He was a dear man who is survived by his sweet wife Wanda. I met him approximately 2 years ago and have had several occasions to interact with him. I didn’t know him well but I knew him well enough. I am saddened for his wife and her loss. They have been married for 60 years! He was 84 years old and was fighting cancer; he died September 30, 2009 and was buried today.…
Today is the first day of 179th Semi-Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus-Christ of Latter-day Saints. Every six months the church holds a General Conference, this conference is held to build and uplift the Saints. It is much like when Jesus taught the Sermon on the Mount. It is also like when King Benjamin addressed his people in The Book of Mormon. The leaders of our church instruct and teach us principles of the gospel. Like apostles and prophets of old they give us God’s will for our lives for the upcoming time. We sustain the general leadership…
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