One of my favorite scriptures describes a holy man named Moroni who lived during the year 72 B.C.:
If all men had been, and were, and ever would be, like unto Moroni, behold, the very powers of hell would have been shaken forever; yea, the devil would never have power over the hearts of the children […]
Posted on November 10th, 2008 by admin
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As many of you know, I am passionate about online missionary work. This is a topic that Elder M. Russell Ballard has been discussing lately as well. Earlier this year I had one of the most amazing experiences of my life when David Neeleman and I were able to site down will Elder Ballard and […]
Posted on November 9th, 2008 by admin
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Lee Falin has released a free scriptures application for the iPhone named “The Scriptures”. This version contains all of the standard works for the LDS Church and the ability to search for a word or phrase across all of the scriptures. It does NOT yet contain foot notes, Topical Guide, Bible Dictionary, scripture marking ability, […]
Posted on November 9th, 2008 by admin
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Today ReadScriptures.com released its long awaited application which ads scriptures to the iPhone. The Scriptures app has all the LDS standard works, some General Conference proceedings, the Book of Mormon Study Guide, and the Teachings of Joseph Smith manual. They say that more content will be coming soon. The application is $14.99 but is well […]
Posted on August 1st, 2008 by admin
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Through years of Sunday School, I have been taught many lessons about the basic steps of repentance (feeling remorse, confessing to God, asking forgiveness, rectifying the problem, forsaking the sin and receiving forgiveness). However, I don’t remember ever hearing a lesson about the steps of forgiveness.
I clearly understand the importance of forgiving and I […]
Posted on June 2nd, 2008 by admin
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For the third time Elder M. Russell Ballard has spoken about online missionary work, this time to the Brigham Young University Management Society in Washington, D.C.
After discussing the problem of negative information about the Church in the media, he said:
So let me pose a question. What are you prepared to do about it? If you […]
Posted on April 22nd, 2008 by admin
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I am not a professional rose gardener by any stretch of the imagination, but I enjoy growing roses, and have learned lessons and found symbolisms from rose gardening:
Variety
Did you know there are more than 100 wild species of roses and thousands of rose hybrids developed for gardening based on bloom shape, size, fragrance and even […]
Posted on April 21st, 2008 by admin
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Elder M. Russell Ballard, an Apostle in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, urged 1,400 Brigham Young University-Idaho graduates to make their presence felt in the digital world at the BYU-I commencement on Friday, April 11, 2008.
Elder Ballard said: “Every month there are 60 billion searches for information on the Internet. Many are […]
Posted on April 15th, 2008 by admin
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On April 15, 1815, the Tambora volcano in Indonesia erupted with the largest observed volcanic eruption in history. The explosion was heard 1,200 miles away and the death toll reached more than 71,000 people. 1816 was called the Year Without a Summer because of the resulting global climate abnormalities. As a […]
Posted on April 7th, 2008 by admin
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A few months ago, the More Good Foundation built the GordonHinckley.com website. As I helped research content for that site, I read the following quote in Teachings of Gordon B. Hinckley which stood out to me:
There is a loneliness in all aspects of leadership. . . It was ever thus. The price of […]
Posted on April 6th, 2008 by admin
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