The voice of the Good Shepherd is a doctrinal subject worth our most careful study at this time. It is inexorably tied to the gift of the...

Brigham Young once prophetically lamented the state of the kingdom of heaven before the son of man would come: "You may know whether you...

The word "hello" was not a common greeting prior to the advent of the telephone. It was actually a hunting call used to establish contact...

In the days of Moses, the Israelites were afflicted by some type of poisonous serpents. God commanded Moses to make a model of one of the...

The following is my version of an ancient Christian hymn called by some translators The Pearl and by others The Hymn of Judas Thomas the...

Sometimes the God of the Old Testament is contrasted against the God of the New Testament by reason of the former seeming so archaic,...

The scriptures abundantly indicate that fasting is a major component of spiritual experience. What is it about this practice that lends...

Continuing on the theme of the vision quest and its role in the lives of holy people, and having touched upon the theme of the wilderness...

Many ancient cultures around the world venerate a similar practice of going out into the wilderness to connect with God. The aboriginals...

John 17:3 King James Bible: And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent....

In Gary Chapman's bestseller, The Five Languages of Love, he describes and expounds on the different methods that individuals use to...

Though the phrase, "mess of pottage," does not actually occur in the Bible, it is commonly used to refer to the food that Esau obtained...

Following personal spiritual direction in one's life can be a daunting and a difficult task. Sometimes you feel certain about going one...

The Lord taught using a parable recorded in Luke chapter 10 that I will transpose to a slightly less modern setting (than the last post):...

The Lord taught a parable as recorded in Luke chapter 16 that I will transpose to a more modern setting (those with eyes to see shall...

Sometimes you feel like you're doing everything right in life. And in those moments the unfair events in life seem like a sign that maybe...

"Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more...

Retreat in battle is often considered the epitome of defeat, the hallmark of loss, and the product of cowardice. The saying goes that...

The life of our Lord Jesus Christ is often cited as the enabling element in divine mercy; if he did not live a blameless life devoid of...

A boat is sinking. It is a steamboat that drew too near a rock outcropping where a lighthouse had been built high on a cliff and broke...