(December 2002 TG Entry: Book of Mormon, BD Ephraim, Stick of) Overview To introduce it, I decided I would use the following. After teaching 4th Nephi, I would read a couple of verses from the D&C sections that are pretty explicit about the signs of the times. I would then say, “Well, now the Book … Continue reading Topic Study: Book of Mormon and Signs of the Times
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Topic Study: Agency
December 2002 TG Entry: Agency (A portion of this is from a 2 Nephi seminary lesson October 12, 1994. The charts are from March 2004 Priest’s Quorum lesson) I Prerequisites for Agency There are four things necessary for agency. They are Opposition in all things Knowledge of good and evil Laws The power to … Continue reading Topic Study: Agency
Topic Study: Body, Sanctity of
(November 2002 TG Entry: Body, Sanctity of. Given as a youth fireside in the Woodridge II ward. Given again November 2006. ) Overview We are temple, wherein the Spirit of God dwells. But we are temples in more than just that one way. We are sacred places, and should treat ourselves as we treat the … Continue reading Topic Study: Body, Sanctity of
Elder [Joseph T.] Hicken [of the Seventy] told the story of the bishop with a cyst on his spinal column, and that it was not a tragedy as it destroyed his ability to move. “What about the blessings that we aren’t thankful for?”
Topic Guide: Priesthood, Keys of
(November 2002 TG Entry: Priesthood Keys of Given as a Sacrament Meeting Talk, May, 2005, Woodridge Second Ward, Joliet Stake) Continued From Priesthood Authority Overview Priesthood keys are the means by which the Lord controls the use of the priesthood upon the earth. I President of The Church Holds All Keys Elder Boyd K. Packer … Continue reading Topic Guide: Priesthood, Keys of
Topic Study: Jerusalem, New
(November 2002 TG Entry: Jerusalem, New) I Center Place Almost all members of the church recognize that Jackson County, Missouri is the center of Zion. 1 HEARKEN, O ye elders of my church, saith the Lord your God, who have assembled yourselves together, according to my commandments, in this land, which is the land of … Continue reading Topic Study: Jerusalem, New
Topic Study: Liahona
(November 2002 IN Entry: Liahona. Given as a talk at the baptism of Al Robles.) Continued From Patriarchal Blessings [Forward Reference] Scriptures, Value of [Forward Reference] Holy Ghost, Gift of [Forward Reference] Overview The Liahona is a type or example of the many guides our Heavenly Father provides to guide us to the “promised land.” I Types of … Continue reading Topic Study: Liahona
Take Time To Be Holy
By W.D. Longstaff Take time to be holy, speak oft with the Lord; Abide in Him always, and feed on His word; Make friends of God’s children, help those who are weak, Forgetting in nothing His blessing to seek. Take time to be holy, the world rushes on; Spend much time in secret with Jesus … Continue reading Take Time To Be Holy
Topic Study: Wind
(October 2002 TG Entry: Wind. Given as a talk at the baptism of Marcy Alfaro) Overview Wind can be either beneficial (the Spirit of the Holy Ghost or a force for good) or detrimental (the East or destroying wind). I God Controls the Wind God is the maker of the Winds. He controls them for … Continue reading Topic Study: Wind
Topic Study: Transfiguration
(October 2002 TG Entry: Transfiguration, BD Mount of Transfiguration) Continued From Mountain Overview Transfiguration might be described as the impact upon one from seeing God. Transfiguration is necessary because God has a physical body, and the glory of his physical being would consume other, less pure things. Because the Holy Ghost does not have a … Continue reading Topic Study: Transfiguration
Kip on Character 