(April 2008. The following is an excerpt from a talk given in Ottawa Ward Sacrament Meeting, June 2008.) I Spokesman This school year, my daughter, Abby, decided she wanted to learn sign language. So for Christmas she received a number of books. She hasn’t taken classes in sign language, but rather, has been studying it … Continue reading Topic Study: Prophets
Topical Guide Compendium
Topic Study: Atonement and Missionary Work
(December 2007. Given as a PowerPoint in the Missionary Training meeting for Joliet Illinois Stake) I Atonement What does the Atonement have to do with missionary work? Any time we experience the blessings of the Atonement in our lives, we cannot help but have a concern for the welfare of others. . . . A … Continue reading Topic Study: Atonement and Missionary Work
Topic Study: Death
(June 2007. I did this study the morning of Grandma Bessie Redd Bailey’s funeral.) The topics in the Topical Guide about death provide a great outline for considering the topic of death. It contains these topics (the order is rearranged here): Death Death, Spiritual, First Death, Spiritual, Second Death of Jesus Christ Death, Power Over … Continue reading Topic Study: Death
Millennium
Glen A. Hansen, President of the Chicago Illinois Temple in 2006 quoted George H. Brimhall, President of BYU (1903 – 1921) as telling students at BYU that “The Millennium is on the earth in moments, and the moments are getting longer. (“Long and Short Arrows”, BYU 1934)”
Topic Study: Articles of Faith
(May 2007. Written as a talk for High Council Speaking Assignment in Bourbonnais, Illinois. Used in Woodridge 2nd in August 2009.) I Impact H. Roberts said, “These Articles of Faith were not produced by the labored efforts and harmonized contentions of scholastics, but were struck off by one inspired mind at a single effort to … Continue reading Topic Study: Articles of Faith
Topic Study: Wentworth Letter
(May 2007) I Introduction This is the opening statement of the publication of the Wentworth Letter published in the Nauvoo Paper, The Times and Seasons on March 1, 1842. March 1, 1842.—At the request of Mr. John Wentworth, Editor and Proprietor of the Chicago Democrat. I have written the following sketch of the rise, progress, … Continue reading Topic Study: Wentworth Letter
Topic Study: Hope
We hope for things that we don’t necessarily know if they are true, such as our own salvation. 4 For, for this intent have we written these things, that they may know that we knew of Christ, and we had a hope of his glory many hundred years before his coming; and not only we … Continue reading Topic Study: Hope
Topic Study: Service
(April 2007) President Marion G. Romney: "Service is not something we endure on this earth so we can earn the right to live in the celestial kingdom. Service is the very fiber of which an exalted life in the celestial kingdom is made.” (As quoted by Elder M. Russell Ballard, “When Thou Art Converted”) President … Continue reading Topic Study: Service
Topic Study: Hope in Jacob
(April 2007) We hope for things that we don’t necessarily know if they are true, such as our own salvation. 4 For, for this intent have we written these things, that they may know that we knew of Christ, and we had a hope of his glory many hundred years before his coming; and not … Continue reading Topic Study: Hope in Jacob
Topic Study: God, Agency Of
(February 2007) There is no TG or Index entry for this topic. However, I believe it is a true attribute of God, that he has agency. Agency is necessary for existence: 30 All truth is independent in that sphere in which God has placed it, to act for itself, as all intelligence also; otherwise there … Continue reading Topic Study: God, Agency Of
Kip on Character 