Sometime around the turn of the century when I was serving as a full-time missionary, I discovered something that I’ve…
Browsing: Repentance
I don’t know that there is anything else more important and timely that I can talk about than this. This…
When I was young, I remember learning about Helen Keller who was born healthy but suffered an illness when she…
The word repentance may stir a variety of thoughts and feelings within our minds; fear or relief, perhaps terror or joy. It is all about learning to see differently and receiving a change of mind.
https://youtu.be/N5Ky2ozQ1i4 I really loved this talk. I like most talks from Dallin H. Oaks because he doesn’t share a lot…
“If it hasn’t happened to you—it should.” [1] That’s what President Ezra Taft Benson had to say about the changing of the human heart and being…
I was reading the words that Helaman taught to his sons, Nephi and Lehi and noticed some potential patterns. Helaman…
At the dedication of the Kirtland Temple, Joseph Smith offered a prayer he received by revelation, “Now these words, O…
What are we? Are we this tabernacle of clay composed of water, carbon, and a host of chemicals and bacteria?…
Forgiveness is the loudest praise, repentance, the greatest peace.
Joseph Smith once said: “I am at all times willing to give up that which is wrong for I wish…
I attended a nice baptism the other day. A woman was baptized by her husband who had grown up LDS…
I really enjoyed this quote from George MacDonald about forgiveness: “…unforgivingness to our neighbour; the shutting of him out from…
I love the story of Elisha and the servant when they were surrounded by the Aramean army. Early the next…
Back in 2011, I wrote a post about the Word of Wisdom. I had some things that were bothering me…
I’ve been observing two things (one good and one bad) being conflated into a single topic and then dismissed altogether. This is…
And now behold, I ask of you, my brethren of the church, have ye spiritually been born of God? Have…
Jesus once told a parable about two debtors. The first debtor owed the king 10,000 talents, but when the time came…
I have put the words that I believe are related directly to the divine Mother motif in ALL CAPS…
If you look up repentance in a Webster’s 1828 Dictionary (the fifth “standard work”): 2. In theology, the pain, regret…
“No man knows how bad he is till he has tried very hard to be good. A silly idea is…