With the advent of Holy Week, there’s going to be a slight delay in posting all of the General Conference talks. We’ll post 1-2 sporadically throughout this week, but our main focus right now is the importance of biblical events leading up to our Lord’s death on the...
Joseph Smith’s Commentary on the Bible, p. 112 “Christ says, “No man knoweth the day or the hour when the Son of Man cometh.” . . . Did Christ speak this as a general principle throughout all generations? Oh no; he spoke in the present tense. No man that was then...
Online LDS Bible Dictionary;“Crucifixion, A Roman form of punishment, usually inflicted only on slaves and the lowest criminals. The Lord was condemned to it at the request of the mob on a nominal charge of sedition against Caesar. The purple robe, the crown of...
Is this a work of God, or man? 2 Nephi 31:16; “And now, my beloved brethren, I know by this that unless a man shall endure to the end, in following the example of the Son of the living God, he cannot be saved.” John 3:3, 5; “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily,...
Today we’re obviously doing things a little differently! My ad hoc post for the day was inspired by the movie my family and I watched last night; ‘The Case for Christ’. While I’ve relied on Lee Stroebel’s great book numerous times over the years, it was equally...
Jude 24-25; “Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, 25 to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.” Think back to...
John 1:11 “He came unto his own, and his own received him not.” FIRST PRESIDENCY MESSAGE, ‘Peace in This Life,’ December 2016 A cursory glance over the latest ‘First Presidency Message’ would cause anyone to be heartbroken. The theme this time around was about...
Anna, the prophetess, is mentioned in the Bible three times and they’re all within the context of Jesus’ birth. Luke 2:36-39; “And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband...
Isaiah 40:25 “To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.” Earlier this month (August 2016) I was searching around for info on a speech by Melvin J. Ballard, when I came upon a very interesting online publication called Mormonism Against...
He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! Holy, Holy, Holy is Jehovah of Hosts. Isa 6:3 The Resurrection of God’s Son Acts 1:3; “To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things...