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The Problem With Perspective For about three years, I have been writing my thoughts on the subjects and scriptures outlined in the Come Follow Me manual. Some weeks I read the scriptures, and ideas and impressions come to me with great clarity and impact. On other weeks I struggle to find new insights or ways […]

What God Has Joined In Matthew 19:6, the Savior said, “What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.” This statement was made as part of an argument referring to whether it was lawful for a man to divorce his wife. This got me thinking and asking a series of questions. The questions

Finding What’s Lost Before I begin the thoughts for today, I want to revisit John 10:10. It reads, in part “…I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” I found this idea to be worthy of consideration and reflection. I asked myself a question; If I didn’t

What Are We Not Seeing? As we read the four gospels in New Testament, one thing is abundantly clear; the Savior’s most significant challenge was convincing the people, especially the religious leaders, that he was the Son of God. This was not a vain ambition on his part but was, and still is, an essential

Beware the Leaven of the Pharisees In our Come Follow Me reading for the week, we covered a few of the same stories as in previous weeks, and so I searched for something new to focus on. The result is a somewhat obscure verse with no cross-references that is not oft-quoted and rarely dissected and

Why Resurrection Has Always Been Inevitable As the entire Christian world celebrates Easter, it seems at times to be largely symbolic of new beginnings, an emergence from a dormant Winter into the rebirth of Spring, or the emergence of new life represented by baby chicks and bunnies; it also seems to discount the reality that

The Exponential Nature of Understanding In a 2011 conference talk, Elder David A. Bednar compared the spirit of revelation to a sunrise. The light of morning begins as a faint glow at the horizon. This glow does not illuminate our surroundings, and we remain in darkness for a time, but we know that light will

Are You Sure? Matthew 11:2-3 reads, “Now when John had heard in prison of the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?” When I read this, a question came to mind. Knowing that when John baptized Jesus,

Transfiguration to the Cross I have always been fascinated with the account of the transfiguration of Christ on the mount. I have several thoughts about the why and how of the event, some doctrinal and others theoretical. I will lay out a case for each later. Most people probably read the story and think it

The Greatest Miracles of Jesus When we read about the many miracles the Savior performed during his ministry, there are many things we should consider about the effects of each. If you were blind and now you can see, or deaf and now you can hear, lame and now you can run, I can only