Ephemeral Beauty and Eternal Beauty

There is a harsh set of scriptures in 2 Nephi 13 (Isaiah 3) that stood out to me as I read them recently: “Moreover, the Lord saith: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with s

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The Beast in the Shadow

This post is something I wrote for a political blog I (infrequently) write. I am posting it here with only slight edits because of the our recent holiday – Thanksgiving – and the juxtap

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Foundationless Buildings

In the Book of Mormon we read of a great vision that the prophet Lehi had. In this vision he saw that “there arose a mist of darkness; yea, even an exceedingly great mist of darkness, insomuc

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The Hollow Hedonism of Pride

Pride is ultimately manifest by and in Satan. Lucifer, or “the Shining One” was truly a “son of the morning (2 Ne. 24:12). After his fall from heaven, that son of the morning beca

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Pride, Part 5

Pride not only leads to sin, it keeps us from repentance. Isaiah warned, “Wo unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope” (2 Ne. 15: 18). The

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Pride, Part 4

The proud try to forge their own way and light their own paths. Isaiah stated: “Behold all ye that kindle fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks, walk in the light of your fire and i

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