Living in America is a blessing that is taken for granted by millions, daily. I even found myself falling into this trap after a 6 month tour in Iraq, in 2004-05. Upon my recent return to the ’sand box’ I questioned our (America’s) purpose in having a presence here. My Commanding Officer […]
Semper Fidelis: It’s latin for “ever faithful”. As most of you know, it is also the motto of the United States Marine Corps. The motto is a symbol of the dedication and loyalty that the Marines have for “Corps and Country”; they are reminded by the motto to be ever faithful to their […]
There is a new convert in our ward who has not been at church for about a month. He is single, in his mid 30’s and teaches school at our local middle school. He is a nice guy. We are having a stake golf tournament this weekend and I invited him to play in it […]
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the day we refer to as 9/11. On this day, 2,973 people are reported to have died as a result of the attacks on the World Trade Center. The attack on the World Trade Center has affected countless lives of people throughout the world. The resulting […]
For behold, are we not all beggars? Do we not all depend upon the same Being, even God, for all the substance which we have, for both food and raiment, and for gold, and for silver, and for all the riches which we have of every kind? (Mosiah 4:19)
Working in Salt Lake City, I frequently […]
It’s true, those who buy into the 9/11 conspiracy theories are gullible and paranoid. And those who continually espouse and propagate the theories are merely pandering to these poor souls in attempt to obtain their own proverbial fifteen minutes of fame. Unfortunately, it’s working.
Even more disconcerting, a professor at BYU is the main […]
The word hell in the bible:
The original Hebrew and Greek words for which the King James Bible translators interpreted as the English word “hell” appear a total of 90 times throughout the Bible — 65 in the Old Testament and 25 in the New Testament. In some places it is translated “grave,” but here […]
I recently purchased a book called, ‘The Vitality of Mormonism’ by James E. Talmage. The book is a collection of essays that explore the key principles and doctrines of the church. It will likely be a source of posts for me over the next few weeks.
One essay that caught my eye was, ‘Divine Command and […]
I know. That’s a weird title, but I’ve always loved using an onion as an image when talking about the gospel. One of the reasons I love the gospel so much is because there are layers and layers of things to learn - layers of meaning that the Spirit can unfold as we are ready […]
On Monday I had the extrememly rare privilege of sitting in the same room as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice. Associate Justice Antonin Scalia was in San Diego this week to pay a visit to the University of San Diego School of Law. Fortunately, a professor from Thomas Jefferson was able to pull […]
