What do you think about when you hear the word theory? Is it speculation? Is gospel speculation appropriate? Is it necessary? Or do you think of a scientific theory such as the theory of relativity? The last couple weeks I’ve written about the topics of doctrine and principle as mentioned in a couple verses in […]
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In last week’s blog post on the doctrines of the gospel and particularly the doctrine of Christ, we highlighted the overarching themes that God has given to man to comfort the soul and inspire the mind. In today’s topic, we’ll address the principles of the gospel that accompany the doctrines. Doctrinal Review Recall that doctrines […]
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In last week’s study topic on being instructed more perfectly, I introduced a theme that I want to continue with for a few weeks. Ending last week’s post I encouraged you to examine the word “law” throughout the scriptures. This week we’ll discuss doctrine. As mentioned last week, Elder Bednar said doctrines answer the “why” […]
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If you haven’t surmised it yet, I like searching the scriptures for words, phrases, and topics. There are flecks and nuggets of gold we find when we seek to understand the doctrines presented in the scriptures. Several years ago I got a copy of Elder David Bednar’s book, “Increase in Learning,” because I wanted to […]
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When I served a mission a few decades ago, we did a lot of knocking on doors. We always hoped the “knock and it shall be opened unto you” verses would come to pass and people would be at home and actually go beyond that and invite us into their homes. Sometimes, studying the scriptures […]
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Seek and ye shall find me As children we all probably played the game of hide and seek. Some people find a hiding spot and another tries to find everyone. One of our children always seemed to excel at this game and would find the most ingenious spots you wouldn’t expect someone to be hiding […]
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For most of my life I’ve been the typical say your morning and nightly prayers kind of person. I had certain assumptions that things would just flow into my life in the right timing of the Lord and that I could ask for things I desired in righteousness and receive them, but I wasn’t really […]
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Have you ever watched a video, read a book, or listened to a presentation and immediately wanted to do it again? Besides the scriptures, there are very few books I’ve read back to back. In fact I can only think of one right now which is the classic work “How to Win Friends, and Influence […]
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This past week while people were studying the Come Follow Me lesson that includes 1 Nephi 13, I saw a post online that included some good quotes about Columbus and thought I would write a little about this man that warranted being in a prophesy of Nephi’s about being led by God to the New […]
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Not My Will Be Done, Thy Will Be Done Two of my favorite authors and thinkers are Neal A. Maxwell and C.S. Lewis. Both were incredibly blessed with insight and an ability to communicate powerful ideas. These two great quotes focus on the need to submit ourselves to God, and to give ourselves over to […]
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