One comment I often hear from progressive Latter-day Saints is the notion that there will be a ‘revelation on gay marriage’ just like there was one on Blacks and the Priesthood. Every time I have heard this statement it has made me feel uneasy. For the past few weeks, I have been having a strong …
Beliefs
When it comes to the doctrine behind one’s calling and election being made sure, the highest ordinance of the temple (washing of feet, second anointing), or receiving the second comforter a lot of people think it is a folklore topic left to the old High Priest groups. And if it is a real doctrine, that …
Everyone knows someone who has left the Church. Now, I am not talking about the member who is honest in heart, but who slips into inactivity. I have written about the many reasons members slip into inactively and how to help them come back (Click HERE for that article). Today I am talking about people …
On my mission in New England having Church canceled due to snowstorms happened quite frequently, in my last area it happened three out of the last four Sundays of my mission. But as I sat on the sofa at my in-laws taking the sacrament on Sunday it finally hit home for me: this is worldwide! …
I hope you enjoy some insights from my Come Follow Me Jacob 1-4. (If you missed last week’s insights for Come Follow Me 2 Nephi 31-33 click here). Save this pin to read later. Leadership and love. “The people having loved Nephi exceedingly, he having been a great protector for them, having wielded the sword of …
In the spring of 2020, BYU changed their honor code to simply state that students are committing to “Live a chaste and virtuous life, including abstaining from any sexual relations outside a marriage between a man and a woman.” CES Honor Code. Prior to this change, the Honor Code had a detailed clause that homosexual …
I hope you enjoy some insights from my Come Follow Me 2 Nephi 26-30. (If you missed last week’s insights for Come Follow Me 2 Nephi 11-25 click here). Save this pin to read later. Secret Combinations “And there are also secret combinations, even as in times of old, according to the combinations of the devil, …
I hope you enjoy some insights from my Come Follow Me 2 Nephi 11-25. (If you missed last week’s insights for Come Follow Me 2 Nephi 6-10 click here). Save this pin to read later. First-Hand Witnesses. “And now I, Nephi, write more of the words of Isaiah…for he verily saw my Redeemer, even as I …
There is a word and a concept that most Latter-day Saints believe in, but it does not exist within the gospel. Not only does it not exist, but the very concept is a lie that is damaging the Church from within. What word am I talking about? Retirement. Retirement is dangerous for three main reasons, …
I hope you enjoy some insights from my Come Follow Me 2 Nephi 1-5. (If you missed last week’s insights for Come Follow Me 1 Nephi 16-22 click here). Save this pin to read later. Liberty to sin? “Wherefore, this land is consecrated unto him whom he shall bring. And if it so be that they …