Journal of Discourses 2:314; “The laws that the Lord has given are not fully perfect, because the people could not receive them in their perfect fulness; but they can receive a little here and a little there, a little today and a little tomorrow, a little more next...
Psalm 62:7 “In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.” Ensign, ‘Children,’, Nov. 2011, 28; “When a child is born to a husband and wife, they are fulfilling part of our Heavenly Father’s plan to bring children to earth....
Ensign, ‘The Man Adam,’ January 1994; “Three years prior to his death, Adam gathered his righteous posterity together in the valley of Adam-ondi-Ahman (the place where he and Eve had settled after their expulsion from Eden 15 ). Seven generations of faithful...
Hebrews 12:2 “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Today we’re looking at a teaching manual the Church uses in...
John 10:30; “I and my Father are one”. Journal of Discourses 23:360; “Some might think it strange that a man like Joseph, so gifted of the Lord, should deem it necessary to be administered to by a man or men holding the holy Priesthood, in order to receive the Holy...
Ephesians 3:12; “In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.” Journal of Discourses 4:54; “It is our desire to be prepared for a celestial seat with our Father in heaven. It was observed by brother Grant that we have not seen God, that we...
Acts 4:12; “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” Mormon Doctrine, p. 472; “Full salvation is attained by virtue of knowledge, truth, righteousness, and all true principles. Many...
Hebrews 4:16; “Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” In Spencer W. Kimball’s 1969 publication titled ‘The Miracle of Forgiveness’, he ranked sexual sin as ‘one of the most diabolical...
Genesis 2:8 “And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.” A few weeks ago, the LDS Church hosted a history and doctrine symposium on three revelations Joseph Smith supposedly received in early Mormonism. For the...
Acts 17:11; “These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” Today’s post is a result of a couple of interesting quotes stemming from a...