“Christ never meant that we were to remain children in intelligence: on the contrary. He told us to be not only ‘as harmless as doves’, but also ‘as wise as serpents’. He wants a child’s heart, but a grown-up’s head. He wants us to be simple, single-minded, affectionate, and

We hold these truths to be self-evident. It doesn’t matter if you think the stories in The Book of Mormon were written by an uneducated farm boy. It wouldn’t matter if you thought they were written by a hobbit from Middle Earth. Is this book packed from cover to cover with the

“Abandon hopelessness, all ye who enter here.” —G.K. Chesterton

Selections from The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis: “It is Christ Himself, not the Bible, who is the true Word of God. The Bible, read in the right spirit and with the guidance of good teachers, will bring us to Him. When it becomes really necessary (i.e. for our spiritual

The Lord asks each one of us to share His gospel in word and deed. To assist us in our effort to share the gospel of Jesus Christ, I offer three guiding principles: First, focus on the purpose and doctrine of Jesus Christ. He “is the way; and there is none other way nor name

Today I removed some very sturdy shrubs that were becoming invasive in our garden. They were much too tough for a lightweight like myself to handle. So how did I get them out? I started by shoveling out the dirt around the base, hardly touching the shrub. Then I sat down and

“Brothers and sisters, as the world grows more wicked, we need to grow increasingly pure. Our thoughts, words, and actions need to be unfailingly virtuous and filled with the pure love of Jesus Christ towards all men. The great opportunity before us is to become the people God

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Opinion: We expend too much strength answering irrelevant questions. We don’t have to pipe up every time an opponent criticizes some point of Church history. In early Christianity, powerful men burned heretics, oppressed entire ethnic groups, and marched armies to war in the name

“You may feel that there is still more you need to do to make your home truly a sanctuary of faith. If so, please do it! … There are few pursuits more important than this. Between now and the time the Lord comes again, we all need our homes to be places of serenity and security.

In our present day, tremendously difficult issues face any disciple of Jesus Christ. We might sometimes want to run away from where we are, but we certainly should never run away from who we are—children of the living God who loves us, who is always ready to forgive us, and who

Hastening, hurrying, accelerating, quickening, urgency—anybody notice this rather recent pattern of speech? I noticed. I also notice this “age of making haste” is paired with excitement and rejoicing, not fear, alarm, or panic. We may not fully understand the Lord’s plans for

There’s that word again. 💡

The world’s religious landscape is experiencing an interesting shift. In the United States, for example, the decline of those who identify as Christians appears to be leveling off. Various authors and journalists from outlets such as the New York Times to Vanity Fair have noted

What a beautiful insight! God knew the plan would begin when His children performed a conscious choice that deviated from His instructions. That was the launch point of humanity’s free will. And immediately, he tested their newborn agency—“Will you come back to me?”

“And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord⁠, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law⁠, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.” (Isa.