Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Archive for September, 2011

Preparing for, Resources, and History of LDS General Conference

Posted in Latter-day Saints, Spirituality on September 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »

We’ve been having a very good discussion in a recent post with members of various Christian faiths surrounding the concept of revelation and what is considered scripture for both LDS and other Christian faiths.  Part of the discussion surrounded revelation given to both individuals and Church leaders. This weekend, the LDS General Conference will take place [...]

Read Full Post »

Disciplining our Children while Still Loving Them

Posted in Family, Forgiveness on September 22, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Recently in Elder’s Quorom (Men’s Group) we had a very good discussion based on the current LDS prophet, Thomas Monson’s, recent talks he had given.  The quote that stood out to our instructor today, as well as myself, was Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved. [...]

Read Full Post »

Is Revelation to the LDS Church “Official” if it’s not Canonized?

Posted in revelation, tagged , , , , , , on September 15, 2011 | 80 Comments »

Recently I was preparing for a lesson with my Sunday School class of 16-18 year olds.  We’re studying the New Testament this year.  I found it interesting that in the early Christian church, there was continuous revelation.  The example in this lesson is found in the book of Acts chapter 15. In this example, Paul [...]

Read Full Post »

Remembering 9/11: One Nation Under God

Posted in Faith, God on September 11, 2011 | 7 Comments »

Today I became somewhat reminiscant of my thoughts and feelings 10 years ago during the tragic events of 9/11.  At the time, I worked for the grounds crew at BYU and rather than taking the lawn mowers out that morning, we huddled around the radio and heard the tragic news of the airplanes crashing into [...]

Read Full Post »

One of the Best Teaching Methods for Children

Posted in Prayer on September 8, 2011 | 1 Comment »

In Gene R. Cook’s book entitled “Raising a Family to the Lord“, he states the following: You amy have a child with whom you are struggling.  When appropriate, kneeling in prayer with the child could have a much greater impact than anything you might say in resoning with him or her.  Children need to see prayer [...]

Read Full Post »

The Effects of Jon Huntsman on the Mormon Faith

Posted in Politics, tagged on September 1, 2011 | 18 Comments »

A recent article entitled ”GOP Rivals have Different take on Mormonism“  highlights Romney and Huntsman as being polar opposites in how they practice their Mormon faith.  They share how Romney was a local LDS leader and all his sons served missions while Huntsman has shown support of other religions by attending their meetings and encouraging their kids [...]

Read Full Post »

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 552 other followers