by Kelly P. Merrill | Nov 17, 2014 | Kelly P. Merrill: Prophets and Their Teachings
We all want to return to live with Christ and our Father in Heaven, but to do so requires that we undergo spiritual development so we fit in when we get there. Growing and maturing in spiritual things can be a very confusing process. In one sermon we hear about how...
by Kelly P. Merrill | Nov 10, 2014 | Kelly P. Merrill: Prophets and Their Teachings
This article first appeared on gospelstudy.us. I recently attended another ward’s high priest lesson and was uncomfortable with the comments of one of the brethren in the group. He was having a crisis of faith. In essence he was saying, “If God...
by Kelly P. Merrill | Nov 3, 2014 | Kelly P. Merrill: Prophets and Their Teachings
Part 1 of this two-part series looked at human anger. The prophets refer to it first of all as a ‘sin of thought,’ and we looked at some of the Brethren’s talks about the dangers of anger and the need to eliminate it from our lives. In the second of the two-part...
by Kelly P. Merrill | Oct 27, 2014 | Kelly P. Merrill: Prophets and Their Teachings
This is the first to a two-part series on anger. In this first part we will take a look at human anger, where it comes from, how it affects us, and what the Lord has to say about us and our anger issues. The kind of anger referred to in these articles is manipulative...
by Kelly P. Merrill | Oct 20, 2014 | Kelly P. Merrill: Prophets and Their Teachings
Our homes are one of the most sacred places on earth. We rear our children and build our eternal marriage in our home, our own Eden, if you will. We have been counseled to protect our homes and children from the influences of the world. Sometimes, even when we have...