New Scriptures

I appreciate the work so many have put into this. God bless them. A small group of us has spent most of the year going through the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants and the Pearl of Great Price, reaching back to the original manuscripts to get as true a version of what Joseph…

To My LDS Friends

Friends, You and I share a love for the Book of Mormon, the Prophet Joseph Smith, and the Savior Jesus Christ. Although there may be other things we disagree on, I hope we can come to terms on the following issues. But first a quick word: I would not present these issues publically if I were not…

What think ye of Christ?

The good news of Jesus Christ does not alleviate His followers from sacrifice. Followers of the Great Shepard live a life of personal sacrifice unto Him for the progression of themselves and the benefit of mankind. It is the great tool used to conform the follower into His imagine: love. As we choose to fulfill the tasks commissioned to us from Heaven, by inspiration…

Weekend Conference In Southern Utah

Tonight I want to share something that may come as a surprise to some, but certainly not to all.  The interesting thing is, unlike the many times before when I have been constrained, I feel completely free in Christ to share what He has placed on my heart. The goodness of Christ compels me to be unashamed. Setting: This past…

Testimony of Jesus

It is one thing to have faith and another thing to have knowledge. We are a religion of knowledge. By this I mean we are not a "faith only" religion. We seek the opening of the heavens and the fullest blessings God can bestow upon a mortal. We, like the ancients, can arrive to a…

Baptism of Fire and the Holy Ghost

It is not correct to assume we receive the baptism of fire and the Holy Ghost when hands are laid on our heads. Elder Bednar confirmed this here. It IS safe to assume, however, that if we have a desire to accept the Gospel and act upon its teachings, then we have some portion of…

Thy kingdom come

 "After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven." - Matthew 6: 9-10 There is a Family in heaven that is united in purpose with our one common Father. The grand purpose of "Thy…

Power of godliness

In response to young Joseph's inquiry to "know which of all the sects was right, that [he] may know which to join" the Lord told him he: "...must join none of them, for they were all wrong." (JS-H 1:19) And why were they all wrong? The Lord explains to Joseph it was because:  "...all their creeds were an abomination in…

Some notes on 1 Nephi 1

  4 "For it came to pass in the commencement of the first year of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah, (my father, Lehi, having dwelt at Jerusalem in all his days); and in that same year there came many prophets, prophesying unto the people that they must repent, or the great city Jerusalem…

Truth

Truth: "Conformity to fact or reality; exact accordance with that which is, or has been, or shall be; real state of things." (Truth, English) "Without blemish, complete, full, perfect, sincerity, sound, without spot, undefiled, uprightly, whole." (Tamiym, Hebrew) "A primary particle of strong affirmation; yes: even so, surely, truth, verily, yea, yes." (Nai, Greek) "Reality." (Haqq, Arabic)  …