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Category Archives: Mercy
Make Your Calling and Election Sure
Make Your Calling and Election Sure Elder Bruce R. McConkie Doctrinal New Testament Commentary, volume 3:323-355 Among those who have received the gospel, and who are seeking diligently to live its laws and gain eternal life, there is an instinctive … Continue reading
Posted in Atonement, blessings, deification, Endurance, Faith, Fatherhood of God, Gifts, Glory, God, God the Father, Grace, Holy Ghost, Jesus Christ, Mercy, New Testament, Perfection
Tagged Bruce R. McConkie, Calling and Election, John 14
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Abraham Wrecks Terah’s Idols
Abraham the Destroyer of Idols When President Nelson shared the story of his breaking the bottles of alcohol his father owned, I kept thinking about another prophet who also broke things. President Nelson shared the following story last April: “I … Continue reading
The fisherman and the old beat up boat
Today I was in a meeting listening to Elder and Sister Renlund. They both shared a wonderful parable about a man who was stranded in the open ocean, 30 miles from land. I tried to reproduce the parable the best … Continue reading
Posted in Belief, doubt, Evidences, Faith, Mercy, Student questions
Tagged doubt, endurance, Faith, The Church, The old fisherman and the beat up boat, unbelief
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Speak the truth in love – Ephesians 4:15
Our Clinical Material Your lives, your friendships, your marriages, your families, your neighbors and coworkers currently constitute the sample of humanity which God has given you. We are each other’s clinical material, and we make a mistake when we disregard … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness, Kindness, Leadership, Love, Marriage, Mercy, Motivation, New Testament, Principles, Purpose of Life, Zion
Tagged clinical material, love and truth, speak truth in love
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The Old Fisherman
The Old Fisherman Our house was directly across the street from the entrance of a popular hospital in the city. We lived downstairs and rented the upstairs rooms to outpatients at the clinic. One summer evening as I was fixing … Continue reading
Posted in Caring for the poor, Empathy, Faith, Gifts, Grace, Love, Mercy, Purpose of Life
Tagged Empathy, Gifts, God, Gratitude, Love, Thankfulness
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Numbers 16
The story of Korah and his friends is one of many examples in the first 5 books of Moses that deals with rebellion. I really like the following quote that relates to this: Weakness versus Rebellion The joyful news for … Continue reading
Posted in Agency, Apostasy, Atonement, Jesus Christ, Mercy, Repentance
Tagged Jesus Christ, Rebellion, Richard G. Scott, Weakness
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Joseph as a type of Jesus Christ
I believe that as we read the Old Testament, looking for ways that the events and stories therein show a similarity to the Savior Jesus Christ, that we are reading the text as Nephi directs when he said, “Behold, my … Continue reading
Posted in Families, Forgiveness, Grace, Jesus Christ, Mercy, Old Testament, Symbolism
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The Atonement of Jesus Christ
The Atonement of Jesus Christ A. God governs the universe by law. 1. To bring about his eternal purposes, God instituted laws to govern his children (see D&C 130:20–21; 132:5; 2 Nephi 2:13). 2. Sin is the willful breaking of … Continue reading
Posted in Atonement, Charts, Grace, Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, Justice, Mercy, Miracles, Plan of Salvation
Tagged Atonement of Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ, Plan of Salvation
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