Tag: Topical Guide
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Affliction
“I have refined thee. I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.” Affliction that comes because of or discipleship probably hold a special place in the refining process. I’m noticing how prominent this is one the period from Daniel to the restoration of Jerusalem during the reign of Darius.
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Enoch in Moses 6
Back in the days of Adam people were living for centuries. It wasn’t uncommon to have a parent more than a century older than yourself who still lived half a millennium after you were born. No wonder Enoch could feel young at nearly twice my current age. I wonder if they needed so many centuries…
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Priesthood Power and Authority
Reviewing what the scriptures say regarding priesthood authority. The focus first seems to be the proper form of priesthood transmission namely that it is given by the laying in of hands by someone with authority to give it. What I really wanted to consider was the message found in Doctrine and Covenants Section 121. I…
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Apostasy continued
Apostasy both leads to and stems from people walking in spiritual darkness. As doctrine and Covenants 50 so succinctly put it, that which does not edify is darkness. Such darkness shall not only come from outside the church but even within the church there shall be those who arise and speak perverse things to draw…
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Apostasy
News that two members of the church who openly and publicly oppose some fundamental teachings of our latter day prophets are facing the possibility of excommunication has led other, less visible apostate members to declare that they are ready to renounce their membership in the church and to invite others to join them. Setting this…
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Family
After looking at the role of children in families I decided to look at the parent topic (families) and see what I could glean there. Just the list of related entries was interesting. Besides the various areas that fall under the heading off family there we also links to the various topics under the heading…
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Role of Children in Families
As we seek to get the family momentum built up it has become obvious that much of our lack has been in what role the children have played. We have often expected to little and even when or expectations were correct we don’t always enforce them appropriately. I wanted to see what the scriptures said…
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Abrahamic Covenant
I just have to note that I’m very pleased with the study tools in the gospel library app such as the Topical Guide. They make it very easy to pursue a direction of study while following interesting leads and impressions. Abraham 2 indicates that all those who have the true gospel will claim Abraham as…