October 17, 2008 – 1:44 pm
If you’re new here, you may want to sign up for email alerts or subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for reading!I had a conversation a few months ago about this question. Those that I were discussing this with made the argument that the “heathen,” the term my correspondent used for those who’ve never [...]
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A member of another faith asked me the following question:
In the [LDS] service that I attended, the speaker said that service to the Temple is the most important service that we can provide. Is this opinion common across members of the LDS church? Why is service to the Temple held in higher regard than, say, [...]
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March 28, 2008 – 10:41 am
This LDS Gem was particularly thought-provoking this morning:
We can have eternal life if we want it, but only if there is nothing else we want more.
(Bruce C. Hafen, “The Atonement: All for All,” Ensign, May 2004, 98)