About a month ago I ordered some prints from http://www.ldscatalog.com/ .  The prints I bought were only one dollar each and were 11X17.  It was very enjoyable being on the site and looking at all the choices I had.  I ended up buying 15 or so prints from the Book of Mormon  and New Testament.  

  As I was on the site and looking at all the prints, I came upon one that made me gasp inside - Jes... Read More

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So the other day, in Dr. Holzapfel's D&C class, we learned that sections 18 and 19 of the D&C were "watershed" revelations. He talked about how from these sections, Joseph more fully realized that the Book of Mormon is not an end in itself, but a means to help us come unto Christ. As I was studying my scriptures some time after that class, and reviewing these sections, I decided to skim over all of the previous sections and see if and how the Savior refers His atonement. As I did so,... Read More

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So, you face temptations every day?  You succumb to those temptations?  You cry and feel helpless, thinking you can never overcome those problems you face or sins that temp you over and over?  You say - I do not have the strength to overcome!  Sad days?  Stress?  Sins?  Anger?  Hate?  Etc… 

  You need to remember - Jesus has already fought those battles you are going thru right now.  Jesus has fought and felt all those prob... Read More

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I saw a post somewhere about someone who had committed suicide.  I can’t find what I read or who it was by, but I want to share an article on suicide by Elder M. Russell Ballard, of the Quorum of the Twelve, from the October 1987 Ensign called “Suicide: Some Things We Know, and Some We Do Not.”  It is exceptionally written and quotes Elder Bruce R. McConkie, who was also of the Twelve, who taught, “…Persons subject to great stresses may lose cont... Read More

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