Author Archives: Monte Shelley

Written in about 1975 The traditional training for the ministry in Catholicism, Protestantism and Judaism has been basically sophic. It has been a rational approach which emphasizes scholarship as the basic approach. Scholarship is taken as the key because it … Continue reading →

Brothers and Sisters, it’s a privilege to be with you this evening to discuss that most wonderful of all topics, the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I would like to take as my theme, “Can Religion Be Objective?” I suppose there’s … Continue reading →

May 1991 Like freedom, agency isn’t free; it is preserved and enhanced only by very intelligent use. He who takes if for granted soon finds himself in narrow straits. Agency is power to choose how to act, then to carry … Continue reading →

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the “good news” of how to be saved. It is simple to understand. But living it is not simple and many souls are frustrated and fail to live it because they do not know … Continue reading →

Isaiah gives us a plain message: “And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, … Continue reading →

Each of us human beings has two hearts and two minds. The physical heart pumps blood to our physical tabernacle. The spiritual heart pumps spirit matter to our spiritual body. The physical mind is the brain of our physical body. … Continue reading →

This message is designed to be read in connection with the 58th Chapter of Isaiah. Would you please turn to it? Your purpose in reading should be to answer the question: What is the law of the fast? V 1–2: … Continue reading →

Philosophy or philosophizing have not played an important part in the development of LDS theology or culture. The reason for that is that personal revelation has been the main stem from which these things have blossomed and flowered. Individuals and … Continue reading →

Premises: 1.   One of the most important things priesthood bearers do it to teach the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ in homes: 2.   Quorum instruction should reflect a sense of the relative importance of the doctrines of the Restored Gospel. … Continue reading →

The purpose of this essay is to set forth a special understanding of the nature and processes of human learning considered in and LDS frame of reference. We begin with a review of the theology essential to this topic. The … Continue reading →