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...
by Kelly P. Merrill | Oct 13, 2014 | Kelly P. Merrill: Prophets and Their Teachings
When all is said and done in mortality and judgment has been passed, each of us will have received the desires of our heart. There will be those who will contend with this statement, but that is okay. In this article, I will lay out for you some of the scriptures that...
by Kelly P. Merrill | Oct 6, 2014 | Kelly P. Merrill: Prophets and Their Teachings
Doctrine and Covenants section 138, the last section in the book, is my favorite revelation in all the scriptures. I hope that by the time you are finished reading this it will be one of your favorites as well. This vision on the redemption of the dead was given to...
