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2022-02-15T17:19:30+00:00

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Jesus is Greater Than the Law

Last updated on: February 15, 2022 at 5:19 pm By Guest Contributor

What if every day you could have a perfect brightness of hope that you will receive eternal life in the Kingdom of God? Read more

2022-01-24T04:07:34+00:00

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How Many Commandments Must We Keep?

Last updated on: January 24, 2022 at 4:07 am By Guest Contributor

There is enough ambiguity in the scriptures that people have debated for millennia whether we are saved by works or by faith. Read more

2022-01-24T04:07:27+00:00

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In What State Do You Reside? Justified?

Last updated on: January 24, 2022 at 4:07 am By Guest Contributor

First, He changes your state, and then He changes you. Read more

2022-01-24T04:08:03+00:00

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Forgiveness–Amazing Grace

Last updated on: January 24, 2022 at 4:08 am By Guest Contributor

After being redeemed we will slowly but certainly be changed by Christ. Read more

2022-01-23T22:16:07+00:00

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Repentance

Last updated on: January 23, 2022 at 10:16 pm By Guest Contributor

Repentance and forgiveness are fundamental principles of Christianity, and yet, they are commonly misunderstood. Read more

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2021-12-21T21:44:35+00:00

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The Broken Heart

Last updated on: December 21, 2021 at 9:44 pm By Guest Contributor

A friend, Jimmy, sent me this excellent observation, “I have always struggled with Mosiah 4:5 ‘the knowledge of the goodness of God at this time has awakened you to a sense of your nothingness and your worthless and fallen state.’ The word ‘worthless’ just seemed like a strong word. I have been taught that we are children of God, that we have value. How can we be worthless? Is it from our perspective and not God’s perspective? It still seems... Read more

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2022-01-23T22:14:44+00:00

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How Damning Was The Fall?

Last updated on: January 23, 2022 at 10:14 pm By Guest Contributor

Do we really understand the seriousness of the fall? Read more

2019-06-27T22:09:58+00:00

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Yoga and Faith Crises – Learning to Bend When You Feel Like Breaking

Last updated on: June 27, 2019 at 10:09 pm By Guest Contributor

Recently, while doing research for a presentation on eastern religious traditions, I stumbled across something that I found fascinating—in Sanskrit (the ancient language of the Hindu tradition), the word “yoga” comes from the root “yuj” which can be translated into English as “to unite” “to join” “to control” or “to discipline.” Another way the word translates is simply “to yoke.” The English word “yoke” actually derives from the same Indo-European root, “yuj”. For me, this was an unexpected expansion of... Read more

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2019-03-11T13:55:42+00:00

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Pope Francis and President Russell M. Nelson Meet at the Vatican

Last updated on: March 11, 2019 at 1:55 pm By Guest Contributor

Today at the Vatican in Rome, a pope and a prophet, leaders of two great world religions, met for the first time. Alexander B. Bruce, a Scottish pastor, wrote in his 1871 Christian classic, “The Training of the Twelve” about the power and importance of “first meetings.” Bruce wrote, “First meetings are sacred as well as last ones, especially such as are followed by a momentous history, and accompanied as is apt to be the case, with omens prophetic of... Read more

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2018-03-09T00:14:29+00:00

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Why Don’t Mormons Use the Cross as a Symbol of Their Faith?

Last updated on: March 9, 2018 at 12:14 am By Guest Contributor

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Ever wonder why, since Jesus Christ died and voluntarily sacrificed himself on the cross, Mormons don'tuse and wear the cross as a symbol of their faith in Jesus? Here's the explanation. Read more

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