When you give your life to the Lord at the waters of baptism, you answer two questions. First, you affirm that you repent of all the sins you’ve committed up to that point. Second, you promise to serve God for the remainder of your life. The repentance process...
As we begin the final part of The Book of Mormon, I want to express thanks to two of the men who made it all possible. Mormon, for whom the book is named, spent a good part of his life going through thousands of pages of Nephite history to produce a readable history...
There is a quote that is often used in motivational speaking that says, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” The point of this quote is to recognize that the way things work out in...
Recently, we’ve seen several testimonies on the Gospel Blog that have described occasions when certain items were lost and then God intervened to allow the items to be found. Any time you find something that has been lost, it’s a great feeling. Not only is...
In Genesis 22, Abraham prepares to sacrifice his son as God has requested. However, at the last instant, an angel stops him and a ram is provided to use as the sacrifice instead. Abraham memorializes the place by calling it Jehovahjireh (Genesis 22:14) which means...
In Ether 12, the man named Ether finally appears. In addition to being the writer of the Jaredite record, Ether is a prophet of the Lord who “could not be restrained because of the Spirit of the Lord which was in him” (verse 2). Ether exhorts the people to...
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