Author Archives: Monte Shelley

Monthly Message, March 2022 The main answer: He will come to bless all mankind. This is also why He came the first time. And that is how he spends all of His time when he is in heaven. In fact, … Continue reading →

Monthly Message, April 2022 Because we are blessed with knowing the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ, we understand that there are four basic irreducible purposes for our mortal existence. Only the first is absolutely essential. To fulfill the others makes … Continue reading →

Monthly Message, May 2022 Father’s most important gift to all mankind was to send His Only Begotten Son into this world to live with us mortals. The Son lived a perfect life, not sinning even once, which enabled Him to … Continue reading →

Monthly Message, June 2022 Sacrament Meeting Talk19 June 2022, Hillcrest 6th Ward CC Riddle My daughter, Elizabeth, and I moved into this ward a little over three years ago. We are grateful to have been warmly received. My dear wife … Continue reading →

Monthly Message, July 2022 Book Report:Tornado in a Junkyard: The Relentless Myth of DarwinismAuthor: James Perloff, Refuge Books, Burlington, Massachusetts, 1999 (The author says that believing in organic evolution is like believing a tornado went through a junkyard and produced … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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

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 →