This talk deeply influenced my ability to control my thoughts. The Dual Aspects of Prayer - Ensign Nov. 1991 - ensign
This is a talk I gave at my church yesterday about our obligations to share the gospel. Lewisville 1st Sacrament Meeting 4-13-14 Missionary - Clyp
Topic Study: Josiah’s Reforms
(April 2014) I was impressed by the following statement by Margaret Barker when I originally read it in BYU Studies about Josiah’s reforms. A Dynamic World of Divine Revelation Givens raises the companion questions of open canon, ongoing revelation, and prophetic preeminence.¹ As far as we know, there was no idea of a closed canon … Continue reading Topic Study: Josiah’s Reforms
Scripture Study: Moses Chapter 5
Mar 4, 2014, 8:29 AM How can someone be the father of someone else's lies? I guess a father in that sense is not the creator, but the care giver. He takes responsibility. That seems right. It echoes of truth. So what about the other phrase. I will deliver thee up, and it shall be … Continue reading Scripture Study: Moses Chapter 5
Our to-do lists of today enable our to-be lists of tomorrow.
Emotions vs. Intellect
Sun, Feb 23, 2014, 11:34 AM This thought from Sterling W Sill speaks to the value or covenants. "But when in my reading I come to some little nugget of an idea that sends a chill up and down my backbone and gives me an ambition to do something important, I take that out and … Continue reading Emotions vs. Intellect
A deeply insightful book. Here's a simple quote from the Introduction: "Once I was invited over to a friend’s apartment to have a religious discussion with her friend who was an active member of another Christian faith. This woman turned out to be stridently anti-Mormon and was well equipped with all the standard biblical arguments … Continue reading
Scripture Study: Moses Chapter 4
Sun, Feb 2, 2014, 3:41 PM Why this whole thing about Satan speaking by the mouth of the serpent? I've never really got that. Is that real? And why did the serpent get punished for Satan's deeds? That's always seemed a bit unfair. If I were take a moment though to think about it, I … Continue reading Scripture Study: Moses Chapter 4
Scripture Study: Moses Chapter 3
Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 7:01 AM Is it possible that the physical creation of the earth is covered in just verse 6? 5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew. For I, the Lord God, acreated all things, of which I … Continue reading Scripture Study: Moses Chapter 3
Scripture Study: Moses Chapter 2
Mon, Jan 27, 2014, 8:57 AM Our belief in an Anthropomorphic God means we strive to become like God. But that puts us in danger of seeking fame, perhaps much more than other religions. We think of God as famous, the most famous and powerful person there is. -How can God be humble? -How … Continue reading Scripture Study: Moses Chapter 2
Kip on Character 