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In keeping with the purpose of this blog as my personal study journal, I’m going to be doing something new. This last General Conference was particularly inspiring for me, as I’m sure it was for many. I want to dig…
This is fantastic. The woman in this video, Jane Birch, contacted me a while back regarding her book “Discovering the Word of Wisdom” which I really enjoyed. I wrote a review of it here and wrote a testimonial for her…
Exploring Doctrine and Covenants 89 and looking at what the Lord is trying to tell us and what it means for our day and time. Are we missing out on hidden wisdom because of faulty traditions and interpretations?
Sacrament: The Witness of the Willing
I’ve been thinking about how we refer to the sacrament as an ordinance that “renews” our baptismal covenants, but is that all there is to it or is there more? Of course there is more! The more I learn about any gospel topic or doctrine, the more I find incredible depth and richness.
I’ve noticed a connection between the familiar “all-seeing-eye” symbol that adorns everything from our money, to occult and Masonic imagery and the Salt Lake Temple. All this aside, there’s another connection that I find far more fascinating.
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The Lord Almighty chose the weak things of this world. He could handle them. He therefore chose Joseph Smith because he was weak and he had sense enough to know it. – Wilford Woodruff
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