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I heard this story as part of a high councilman’s talk recently week and I thought I’d share it. This version was obtained from a 2010 Liahona article by Dieter F. Uchtdorf. An old Jewish legend tells of two brothers, Abram…
Personally, I don’t have much use for optimism or pessimism, where you expect the best or the worst outcome. I’m more of a pragmatist in that I see myself as “one who holds that the meaning of beliefs are the…
The Course Which They Pursue
Of the seven Lectures on Faith, Lecture Sixth is perhaps my personal favorite. It is the only lecture that has this footnote: This lecture is so plain, and the facts set forth so self-evident, that it is deemed unnecessary to form a…
Sacrament: The Witness of the Willing
The Book of Mormon Really Teaches This?
I’d like to give an internet high-five to the Church for this great page they put up for the youth called “Symbolism and Temple Preparation”. We do a great job of teaching “that the teaching in the temples is done in…
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There are at least five core elements that are used in the ordinance of the sacrament. Back on June 16th of this year I took down some ideas in my notebook concerning them so here they are. I will also…
Kids and the Temple
I posted this photo on Instagram yesterday and have been thinking about kids and the temple. According to Val Brinkerhoff in an interview with temple architect Keith Stepan, the Las Vegas and Portland Oregon temples were the first for over…
The Book of Mormon Condemns the New World Order
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