Searching for Truth
Note: continuation of That Thy Burdens May Be Light One could readily misinterpret the prior post to imply: the gifts of God are binary (while scripture and experience would indicate degree); and being equally yoked means having identical gifts of identical degree (self-evidently absurd). It is too easy to abdicate personal responsibility to nourish/succor/develop one’s > > Read More …
Note: I have held this draft off since Aug 20-23, hoping to complete more of Part I…. Time to rethink what is included in the various parts, as additional insights are being layered on…. This last two weeks I have found myself focused on begging the Lord to purify and sanctify me, to complete my > > Read More …
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!(Matthew 23:37) While driving the white Civic to Joy in Vermont, I listened several times to 3Ne > > Read More …
Note: while this post is not dependent on Part 1, that would provide context not included here. The Glory of God is Intelligence… The glory of God is intelligence, or, in other words, light and truth. (Doctrine and Covenants 93:36) So, what did I really learn at the conference? Well, as usual, it is somewhat > > Read More …
Note: this is yet another one of those embarrassing posts about something that I should have more fully understood long ago. Again during breakfast, again during prayer, again while pondering our responsibility with respect to obedience to the law, and the meaning of its fulfillment, it came to me that the set of coursework established > > Read More …
Note: our work on “the law” or “every word” is progressing slowly. The preliminary introduction will probably be published soon, in the meantime, it appears that the Lord has every intention to teach us as we go. While this certainly fits within the greater context, it wasn’t a near term objective for study. This morning > > Read More …
Yesterday morning, during the early part of my daily prayer, I found myself pushed a little farther in understanding our Heavenly Father. While I had this gifted to me without any questioning on my part, it might be better explained in this way: when one begins to comprehend that Father is the archetype of both > > Read More …
Let’s dispense with the idea that our God has one and only one (i.e., “The”) purpose for the church. Let us set aside — without necessarily objecting to — some previously purported propositions for the purpose of the church (e.g., “the three-fold mission of the church,” “the work of salvation,” “bringing us to Christ”, “to > > Read More …
Father’s Day — a day when we can overstay our bed time, guiltless (while thinking, pondering, praying). Last night I attended the evening session of stake conference. I was fixated on how comfortable everyone seemed huddled together in the “good ship Zion.” After returning home, Joy and I spent some time talking about “…men are, > > Read More …
Note: continuation of April 2016 General Conference (1 of 2) To keep focused yesterday and today, I took elaborate notes and attempted to keep an attitude of praise and prayer throughout the sessions. I was serious about trying to have the Spirit with me to testify of those things that were said. The bottom line? > > Read More …