David Journal

Tag: Jeffrey R Holland

  • “I Am He”

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    It sounds like his voice is ready to go at any time. People have come to reduce His righteousness to mere prudishness…His justice to mere anger…His mercy to mere permissiveness. Elder Holland has only one urgent message for the rest of his ministry—to testify of Christ in the most clear and straightforward way he can…

  • Motions of a Hidden Fire

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    I didn’t realize that Elder Holland had a medical emergency 48 hours after his wife, Patricia, was buried. I received an adminition to return to my ministry with more urgency and more consecration. I can’t imagine elder Holland having more consecration than before. I CAN imagine Elder Holland wanting to be done in the face…

  • Lifted Up upon the Cross

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    I think it is beautiful that the church chooses the resurrected Savior as our virtual reminder of Christ and His Atonement rather than the cross or Christ on the cross. While we don’t use the iconography of the cross, we will talk about the bruises we bear. I will not offer unto the Lord my…

  • Fear Not: Believe Only!

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    Given the current times it’s understandable if the optimism of the youth is waning. I’ll bet he’s going to give some reasons for optimism despite all this current and long term turmoil. We, of all people, should be singing the song of redeeming love but that takes discipline or discipleship (essentially the same word)… Please…

  • The Greatest Possession

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    “There can be no stops and starts in the kingdom of God.” I think this has to do with intent. We can’t come with an expectation to keep one foot in the world. That doesn’t mean that the Lord doesn’t allow us to repent when, in our imperfect humanity, we get distracted at times. {Wholehearted…

  • Not as the World Giveth

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    We are facing a third world war of a type where those followers of Christ are being conscripted to love their fellow men. How do we find the covenant if peace? We find it by turning to Him. While the Lord said that peace would be taken from the earth, prophets have promised that it…

  • Waiting on the Lord

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    “This has gone on long enough.” … I’m not just speaking about a pandemic here. This isn’t the first time that Elder Holland has spoken on this subject but I don’t think I’ve ever felt this deep before when I heard him speak like this – it feels more personal this time. “For every infirm…

  • A Perfect Brightness of Hope

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    Elder Holland prepared for this conference by considering what it would have been like in 1820 – what would he have seen and desired 200 years ago. When we have conquered COVID-19, and we will, may we be equally committed to defeating worldwide hunger, poverty, {and hatred}. We all need to believe that what we…

  • The Message, the Meaning, and the Multitude

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    In matters of faith, it helps to direct your inquiries to those who have faith. I love the wholesome image of conference that he describes. Wherever possible we should be pointing people to Christ in all the stories and practices of the church of Jesus Christ and the culture of the saints. We should be…

  • Behold the Lamb of God

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    Notice that when Jesus came for baptism, John identified him as the Lamb of God. I just realized the symbolism that when we offer a sacrifice of a broken heart and a contrite spirit the Lord promises to baptized us in fire and the holy ghost – just as sacrificial lambs were bathed in fire…