“Goodness is, so to speak, itself: badness is only spoiled goodness. And there must be something good first before it can be spoiled…. It follows that this Bad Power…must have thi
“He [God] wants each man, in the long run, to be able to recognise all creatures (even himself) as glorious and excellent things. He wants to kill their animal self-love as soon as possible;
I made some edits and additions to my Voice of Thunder posts. You can read them here: Part 1 and Part 2.I have some more posts nearing completion, I just find myself starting a post then having an
Jesus told the following parable.14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. 15 And unto one h
In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints we meet together in what are called wards (local congregations) every week on Sunday. We attend Sacrament Meeting, Sunday School (called Nursery a
In the Book of Mormon we read of a group of Lamanites who renounce their past murders and other sins. They covenant with God to never fight again lest they return to their old ways and sin again. T
Today the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued this statement: “Our hearts are filled with sadness as we have watched the suffering in Haiti in the wake
Now I will return to D&C; 110: “[We heard] the voice of Jehovah, saying: I am the first and the last; I am he who liveth, I am he who was slain; I am your advocate with the Father.”
Joseph Smith provided this description of the Savior: “We saw the Lord standing upon the breastwork of the pulpit, before us; and under his feet was a paved work of pure gold, in color like a
I posted a version of this talk previously (link goes to first of six parts) but I’ve edited since then. The year was 1834. The saints were building the Kirtland Temple but the temple was in