Monthly Archives: February 2026

Action

Monthly Message, February 2021 We human beings normally are able to choose our actions. This is called “agency.” None of us has total agency. But we are each responsible for how we use what we have. Our Father in Heaven … Continue reading

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What it Means to be a Latter-day Saint

Monthly Messages, January 2021 Sum: A saint is one who loves the Lord with all of his or her heart, might, mind and strength, and serves Him in the name of Jesus Christ. Note: These ideas are ideals. They are … Continue reading

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I Give Thanks

Monthly Message, December 2020 This is in response to the request by President Russell M. Nelson’s recent plea on November 20, 2020 to #GiveThanks with a daily post to social media for 7 days. I give thanks #1 (Nov. 24, … Continue reading

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What is the most important temporal warning in the Book of Mormon?

March 2023 The most important temporal warning? What a value judgment! But there are reasons why it might be so. The temporal warning is as follows: “And now I, Moroni, do not write the manner of their oaths and combinations, … Continue reading

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The Most Important Commandment in the Book of Mormon

Monthly Messages, February 2023 1. The Most Important Commandment in the Book of Mormon The most important commandment? What a value judgment! But there are reasons why it might be so. The commandment is: ”Ye must repent, and become as … Continue reading

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The Most Important Verse in the Book of Mormon

Monthly Messages, January 2023 The most important verse? That is a strong value judgment. But there are some reasons why it might be so. The verse is 2 Nephi 26:24: “He (God) doeth not anything save it be for the … Continue reading

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Why I worship Jesus Christ at Christmas and all year

Monthly Message, December 2022 Why I worship Jesus Christ at Christmas and all year: Chauncey Cazier Riddle

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Testimonies of Jesus Christ and His Church are carefully and consciously built

Monthly Message, November 2022 We humans do not know much of ourselves. The things we really know are the familiar things we repeatedly observe. Most of what we believe at any given moment we do not observe, such as our … Continue reading

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The Great and Abominable Church

September 2022 Some things to know about it: But almost no one talks about it. Most people do not realize it exists. But it is doing the task God has assigned it to do and makes the blessings of the … Continue reading

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The Wheat and the Tares

Monthly Message, August 2022 D&C 86:4–8 “But behold, in the last days, even now while the Lord is beginning to bring forth the word, and the blade is springing up and is yet tender — Behold, verily I say unto … Continue reading

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