Category Archives: Love

How Can I Heal a Relationship with Someone Who Doesn’t Want the Relationship Healed?

Posted on June 23, 2019 by

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post about healing a broken relationship. I focused particularly on the Savior’s counsel in the Sermon on the Mount that we should take the initiative to be reconciled with other people before … Continue reading →

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How Can I Heal a Broken Relationship?

Posted on June 10, 2019 by

In the Sermon on the Mount, the Savior taught an important principle: Our relationship with God is heavily influenced by our relationships with other people: Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother … Continue reading →

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What Does It Mean to Be “Past Feeling?”

Posted on May 10, 2019 by

Sensitivity is good. Callousness is not. The Book of Mormon is very clear on that point: After sharing a spiritual dream with his children, Lehi “did exhort them then with all the feeling of a tender parent” to keep the … Continue reading →

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What Does It Mean to Harden Your Heart?

Posted on May 1, 2019 by

Shortly after Nephi’s family left their comfortable home in Jerusalem and began camping in the wilderness, Nephi prayed to understand “the mysteries of God.” In response, he tells us that God visited him “and did soften my heart that I … Continue reading →

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What Does the Book of Mormon Teach About Racism?

Posted on April 29, 2019 by

Near the beginning of the Book of Mormon, Nephi declares God’s standard regarding racism, sexism, and other types of unrighteous discrimination: He inviteth them all to come unto him and partake of his goodness; and he denieth none that come … Continue reading →

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Lessons from the Savior’s Visit to the American Continent

Posted on December 31, 2018 by

I finished the year of studying types of content in the Book of Mormon by studying the visit of Jesus Christ to the American continent following His death and resurrection as recorded in 3 Nephi. I learned the following principles … Continue reading →

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The Places of Your Dwellings Shall Become Desolate – 3 Nephi 9:6-7

Posted on December 4, 2018 by

6 O ye house of Israel whom I have spared, how oft will I gather you as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, if ye will repent and return unto me with full purpose of heart. 7 But … Continue reading →

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