by Alison P | Mar 5, 2008 | Discipleship: Follow the Savior
If you were to ask me what the greatest problem among mankind is, there would be many to choose from. But, I think many of them stem from a simple human frailty. There is something about our nature that compels us to compare ourselves to each other. This becomes a...
by Alison P | Mar 3, 2008 | Discipleship: Follow the Savior
Did you know that the Latin root word for disciple means “learner or pupil”? Very literally, those who choose to follow Christ and want to be named His disciples are those who are willing to learn from Him. A disciple studies the words and life of Christ, trying to...
by Julia G | Mar 3, 2008 | Discipleship: Follow the Savior
Some people believe in destiny, others believe that everything is a matter of chance, I believe in foreordination. I believe that we were each called to do a specific work in our lives, our own personal missions to move forward the work of the Lord. (Of course, this...
by Laurie W | Mar 3, 2008 | Discipleship: Follow the Savior
The truth is I don’t know a whole lot about how tithes and offerings work in other churches. I only really know how it works in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, nicknamed the Mormon Church. I also know it’s important. In fact it’s so important the...
by Matt M | Mar 3, 2008 | Finding Happiness
In His sermon on the mount, the Savior admonished: “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” Accounting for all that Christ has revealed about being perfect, two types of perfection appear: one we can only honor and aim for in this...
by Candace | Mar 3, 2008 | Discipleship: Follow the Savior
It is interesting what people expect from men of God. Having just seen Evan Almighty, I saw an interesting take on what Hollywood expects of a man God talks to in addition to more realistic reactions over time. Joseph Smith, Jr. also suffered from this: “I was this...
