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Brian gave the opening prayer in class on Wednesday, and in it he expressed gratitude for the sacrifices Dr. Holzapfel made to teach us. This spurred Dr. Holzapfel to briefly mention how so many of the teachers here sacrifice to be at BYU because they want to be BYU. Many other colleges offer higher salaries, focus more on research instead of teaching, and offer more secular pristege (though not by much most of the time.) Here at BYU, most o... Read More
In the world today - including within the church - many people fail to separate the actual church with its members. They see them as one and the same, and since no member is perfect, the church itself is far from perfect, too. The Book of Mormon makes the distinction clear in Helaman 3:33: "...pride which began to enter into the church - not into the church of God, but into the hearts of the people who professed to belong to the church of God." Failure to make that separation can influence our b... Read More
This past week we studied a little about John Adams’ life in my American Heritage class, mostly about the circumstances leading to the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. John Adams’ personality is simply amazing by his determination to strive for the independence of the British colonies in America, and also his eloquence in defending thi... Read More
Last Friday I was reading online and I read two very sad statistics. One I had already known about, which was that more women and children are touched by domestic violence on the day of the Super Bowl than on any other day of the year. It’s a sad statistic that I hope one day will not exist. The other statistic was that of the 13+ million members of our church only 4.6 million members attend church weekly. It broke... Read More
I often think about how blessed I am to have the knowledge of the gospel. I was born under the covenant, so I have been a member all my life. My four older brothers all served two-year missions for the church and for the past few years, since I have gotten into high school, especially, our family has been focusing a great deal on bringing friends to the gospel. I am from a little town in Idaho with less than 500 people in the high school. There... Read More
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