by Candace | Dec 29, 2007 | Mormon Principles, Practices & Precepts
“My son peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment; And then, if thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high; thou shalt triumph over all thy foes. Thy friends do stand by thee, and they shall hail thee again with...
by Candace | Dec 29, 2007 | Mormon Scriptures
The expulsion from the Garden of Eden was eloquently described in John Milton’s Paradise Lost: The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide; They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their...
by Candace | Dec 27, 2007 | Mormon Principles, Practices & Precepts
You may or may not understand the confusion many friends of other faiths have about who Mormons worship. We worship God the Father (Heavenly Father, John 4:23) and God the Son (Jesus Christ, 2 Nephi 25:26, 29.) The Bible clearly delineates between the two in numerous...
by Candace | Dec 23, 2007 | Joseph Smith: Mormon Prophet
On this day, 202 years ago, a baby was born into the world. Joseph Smith came into the world to restore the gospel of Jesus Christ in its entirety, but on that day, he was simply Joseph and Lucy Smith’s baby boy. One who loved to laugh, jump, run and play, but...
by Candace | Dec 22, 2007 | Prophets
John Taylor, who was the third called prophet in these modern times, saw and experienced so much hatred and persecution in his life that I find these words of his particularly poignant and powerful. “Love one another,” he encouraged, “and work the works of...
