by Alison P | Jan 24, 2008 | Mormons
1. The Living Christ- I’m grateful for the knowledge that I have that Jesus Christ is a resurrected, glorified person who knows me personally. He is my friend, my supporter, my advocate, my Savior. He lived. so that He could understand us, comfort us and offer us a...
by Katie P | Jan 24, 2008 | Mormons
One thing that many people know about members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (or “Mormons”) is that they don’t smoke. According to the Word of Wisdom, received by the prophet Joseph Smith in 1833, “tobacco is not for the body, neither for the...
by Laurie W | Jan 23, 2008 | Basic Beliefs of Mormons
We always have a choice. My Young Women, the girls 12-17 in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church), hear this often from me. I don’t believe this was something I knew as a teen myself, but rather have grown to the realization over the last...
by Candace | Jan 23, 2008 | Mormons
Of his calling to the highest and holy office in the world, Howard W. Hunter, the fourteenth called prophet in these modern times, said: “I have shed many tears and have sought my Father in Heaven in earnest prayer with a desire to be equal to the high and holy...
by kendalbhunter | Jan 23, 2008 | Mormon Principles, Practices & Precepts
This Martin Luther King Day I reflected on the work Dr. King did in “cashing the check” promised to all in the Declaration of Independence and in the Constitution. Even though for African Americans the promissory note had bounced, King still had faith in America: “We...
by kendalbhunter | Jan 23, 2008 | Mormon Principles, Practices & Precepts
We stand in awe of Joseph Smith because he did so much with so little. As John Taylor wrote in his eulogy of Joseph Smith: “Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer of the Lord, has done more, save Jesus only, for the salvation of men in this world, than any other man...
