by Lisa M. | Jun 21, 2013 | Mormon Thoughts
What is Spirituality? The scriptures teach us that “pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world” (James 1:17). In other words, pure religion is...
by Charlotte Wilson | Jun 20, 2013 | Mormonism
Heaven is a term frequently used in religious conversations. If you’re “good,” you go to heaven. Plain and simple. But is it really so plain and simple? What is heaven really? The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often inadvertently referred to as the...
by Keith L. Brown | Jun 10, 2013 | Mormonism
Lydia Maria Francis Child, an American abolitionist, women’s rights activist, Indian rights activist, novelist, and journalist, once said concerning fathers, “Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father!” And, Mark Wahlberg, an...
by byustudent | May 27, 2013 | Mormon Thoughts
In my BYU religion class this week, two things helped me to feel closer to Heavenly Father. The first is from Ether 3:14 in the Book of Mormon. When Christ shows himself to the brother of Jared. Christ says, “Behold, I am Jesus Christ. I am the Father and the Son. In...
by byustudent | May 27, 2013 | Mormon Thoughts
By. Kelly Smith In Acts 27 we learn of Paul’s dangerous journey when he headed toward Rome. Verse twenty narrates their desperate situation: “And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was...