by Kelly P. Merrill | Sep 29, 2014 | Kelly P. Merrill: Prophets and Their Teachings
Eve has had a bad rap for too many years. In my whole life I have not heard more than a handful of nice comments about her. She was the person who blew life in paradise out of the water. She was gullible. She was silly. She brought calamity down on the whole human...
by Kelly P. Merrill | Sep 22, 2014 | Kelly P. Merrill: Prophets and Their Teachings
In a world of ever increasing wickedness, the need for the Saints to have safe havens of cleanliness and purity to retire to is growing in lockstep with the world’s departure from the standards of the Lord. Isaiah told us that we have three places we can go to, sacred...
by Kelly P. Merrill | Sep 15, 2014 | Kelly P. Merrill: Prophets and Their Teachings
Sometimes I have to convince myself that I am not special. There are plenty of others just like me. I don’t think I am alone in suffering from that problem. I have felt for years that because I have not had some grand experience that has stripped me of my desire to...
by Kelly P. Merrill | Sep 8, 2014 | Kelly P. Merrill: Prophets and Their Teachings
My wife teaches math at one of the Church universities. Several times she has complained that she is puzzled and bothered by a practice of the students in her classes. More and more in the last few years, the students are treating their education like a menu. They are...
by Kelly P. Merrill | Sep 2, 2014 | Kelly P. Merrill: Prophets and Their Teachings
Read parts one, two, and three of this four-part series in which we look at how the Lord hopes we will learn to look at suffering in this life. Clinging to the Savior In this instance, I really like the word “clinging.” To make it through mortality and...
by Kelly P. Merrill | Aug 26, 2014 | Kelly P. Merrill: Prophets and Their Teachings
Read parts one and two of this four-part series in which we look at how the Lord hopes we will learn to look at suffering in this life. Important Principles on Suffering #1: The Lord does not expect us to enjoy suffering Nowhere in the scriptures...
