Tag: Priesthood Men
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Natural Man or Spiritually Begotten Son
The natural man is an enemy to God and always will be unless he yields to the invitation of the Holy Spirit and puts off the natural man and becomes a spiritually begotten son through the atonement of Christ such that he has no more disposition to do evil but has a desire to always…
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Stripling Warriors
If we are to raise young men equal to Helaman’s stripling warriors we have to know what characteristics made them who they were. They were: They were exceedingly valiant for courage, and also for strength and activity They were men who were true at all times in whatsoever thing they were entrusted They were men…
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Marion G. Romney
I remember wondering at one time how Mitt Romney was related to Marion G. Romney. The answer isn’t really important but it is that Mitt’s grandfather was Marion’s uncle. An interesting story from the life of Marion G. Romney is that while he was running for a seat in the legislature he was called to…
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N. Eldon Tanner
President Tanner didn’t seem to have any particular advantages in his life such as being born to wealthy parents but he seemed to be favored by his peers to an unusual degree. He was drafted to run for the Canadian parliament and then as a become was elected to leadership. He was asked to serve…
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Spencer W. Kimball
I have previously read President Kimball’s seminal work The Miracle of Forgiveness but I have a new appreciation for him now, probably because I’ve married in the decades since reading that book. Some people find The Miracle of Forgiveness to be harsh and uncompromising but I found it direct and comforting. It is only comforting…
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Joseph F. Smith
The soon of Hyrum Smith was as faithful to the restored gospel as his father had been. His life was full of fascinating stories such as having his horse stolen out from under him by Indians when he was 8 or 9 years old. I had known that he received a revelation about the work…
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Joseph Smith Jr.
It is easy for members of the church to practice hero worship of the property of the restoration but while I believe he had no material weakness as a man (meaning no fault that we should accuse him of being undone as pertaining to righteousness) I am also comfortable with the fact that he was…
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Brigham Young
The more I read about the less orthodox teachings of Brigham Young the more I realize how much the early members of the church were still struggling to understand the fullness of what Joseph Smith had taught and the implications of those teachings. It serves as evidence of how the Lord continue to lead the…
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Willard Richards
I had remembered that Willard Richards was present and unhurt at the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum but I hadn’t known that he was a cousin to Brigham Young and also a counselor in the first presidency while Brigham was the president of the church.
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Wolford Woodruff
Like so many I’ve already noted, Wilford Woodruff endured and served faithfully for his whole life once he received the gospel. The thing I find interesting today is that in some ways the most valuable thing that he did for the church was completely unrelated to his prominent callings – including being president of the…