Tag Archives: God

God in Three Persons, Blessed Trinity

The ELCA Confession of Faith, subtitled “What we believe in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America,” has as its first article, “This church confesses the Triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.” ELCA Lutherans share this belief in the Holy … Read More

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We lose valuable time as we delay healing and forgiveness

We’ve all experienced the healing effects of time and distance. When we are far removed from a painful situation, it is much easier for us to apply the principles of forgiveness and we experience the relief of doing so. I’ve … Read More

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The world around us is controlled by the evil one, but we are children of God

I was impressed with an image I saw on the Internet that compared the characteristics of God and Satan. The image, produced by Life 107.1/96.1, a Christian radio station in West Des Moines, Iowa, compared God’s stilling voice to Satan’s … Read More

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A beautiful hymn of the Savior and son

Playing constantly in my mind throughout the holiday season this year have been the words in a lullaby about the Mother Mary at the time Christ was born. I sang these words with my choir, The Wasatch Master Chorale, at … Read More

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Goodbye, truth will prevail

This is my last post. I have thoroughly enjoyed my experience writing about religion, principles of the gospel, the scriptures, current events, and sustaining and defending The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I would like thank Doug Gibson … Read More

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WWJD is the wrong question

For the last several years, I’ve been seeing the acronym WWJD in more and more places. I can’t remember when I saw it first, but now it seems to be cropping up everywhere. The four letters stand for the sentence, … Read More

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God is real — and He answers prayers

I call on you, my God, for you will answer me; turn your ear to me and hear my prayer. (Psalm 17:6 NIV) Some years ago, I was the fourth and fifth grade science mentor teacher for the Ogden City … Read More

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Why is prayer defined as a genie who grants selective pleas?

(To see Cal Grondahl’s cartoon that goes with this post, click here.) Why do so many church lessons about the power of prayer always have to follow this format: Either the man upstairs magisterially — like a genie — grants … Read More

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Reagan got me thinking about spiritual gifts

This past week I had the opportunity to visit the Reagan National Library in California. It was a remarkable experience and worth every mile we drove and every penny we spent. After fours I better appreciated the gifts of the … Read More

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We are in a cold war with Satan

I recently started reading Life’s Lessons Learned by Elder Dallin H. Oaks. In chapter 8 he uses a letter he wrote to his brother more than 50 years ago to highlight a challenge that is persistent today. A portion of … Read More

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