The Wounded Christ

This brief and beautiful message for today comes from Elder Jeffrey R. Holland: “The wounds in [Christ’s] hands, feet, and side are signs that in mortality painful things happen even to

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Reclaiming Refuse

Elder Shayne Bowen of the Seventy shares a great message about the Atonement of Christ in a recent Mormon Messages for Youth video. It is possible to reclaim refuse and make that which was unclean

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When Was Jesus Born?

We celebrate the Savior’s birth on December 25th but there is considerable debate regarding when Christ was born (not that Wikipedia is authoritative but see for example: Read More →

What is the Book of Mormon?

What is the Book of Mormon? What does it teach? How can it affect your life? What is Christ’s role in the book and in our lives? The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints put together a

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Ephesians 2

Chapter 2 in Ephesians is full of powerful doctrine. There is more than I can cover without turning this post into a casserole of Utah proportions (this is simply a reference to the popularity of c

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Remembering Allison

With the strike of an automobile, one year ago today tragedy struck our family. My niece was riding her bicycle with her father and her sister when she was hit by an automobile. She died instantly.

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Grading on the Curve

In some classes the professor does what is called grading on a curve. Sometimes this means fitting the class grades to a strict Gaussian distribution with a “C” grade as the mean and a

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