by Kelly P. Merrill | Mar 2, 2015 | Kelly P. Merrill: Prophets and Their Teachings
A discussion of miracles is a discussion of sacred events of a divine nature that are not able to be reproduced by man. My goal in the first part of this discussion is to help us all gain a better appreciation for what miracles are, how they work, and how we benefit...
by Kelly P. Merrill | Feb 23, 2015 | Kelly P. Merrill: Prophets and Their Teachings
I’ve been around for more than half a century. I’ve seen society change drastically. The technical aspects of entertainment have vastly improved, but the morals of that same entertainment have reached new lows. Public behavior once had standards held by most people in...
by Kelly P. Merrill | Feb 16, 2015 | Kelly P. Merrill: Prophets and Their Teachings
In this third installment on the topic of grace, we will finish up with the questions regarding it. In the first two parts, we talked about what grace is; where it comes from; and how it fits with the Atonement, justification, and sanctification, and so forth. The...
by Kelly P. Merrill | Feb 9, 2015 | Kelly P. Merrill: Prophets and Their Teachings
In this second part of the series on grace, the questions about grace continue. In the first part, we discussed what grace is and where it comes from. The last set of questions will be in next week’s installment, and the last question on how we can receive grace...
by Kelly P. Merrill | Feb 2, 2015 | Kelly P. Merrill: Prophets and Their Teachings
We talk about the infinite Atonement, which is at the center of the whole gospel plan. What we more rarely talk about is the grace involved in the Atonement. Sometimes we treat the Atonement almost like it was owed to us. The truth is that we can’t and could never do...