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Category Archives: Essay
I Give Thanks
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 #6 – November 29, 2020 Consider the … Continue reading
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Righteousness vs Preparing to Be Righteous
The topic I have been sent to discuss with you is the difference between doing a righteous act and preparing to do righteous acts. Continue reading
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Take Up Your Cross
Chauncey C. Riddle Nov. 1990 One of the strong teachings of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is the injunction of the Savior to each person to take up his or her cross. This is clearly made a condition of salvation. … Continue reading
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As a Prophet Thinketh in His Heart, So Is He: The Mind of Joseph Smith
One important question a thinking Latter-day Saint might ask concerning Joseph Smith is, What are the basic beliefs of his thinking? In other words, what are the fundamental ideas which are part of all that he felt, thought, and did? Continue reading
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Having A Testimony of the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ
Principles of the Gospel in Practice – Sperry Symposium – 1985 CHAPTER SEVEN Chauncey C. Riddle The purpose of this paper is to describe the nature of a testimony of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. To have a testimony is … Continue reading
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LDS Ideals for Education
Chauncey C. Riddle c. 1984 I. What is the Relationship of Education to Living the Gospel? Repentance in the Restored Gospel can be viewed as the process of change. Specifically, it is the change from being a natural man to … Continue reading
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An LDS Answer to the Problem of Evil
This work was stimulated by the BYU forum address of Professor Robert Nozick of Harvard University given March 1984. Continue reading
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Self-Love
A healthy self is one that is ready to meet any happening in the world with aplomb. It is never afraid (though often prudent), never angry (sometimes wary), never self-pitying (though sometimes hurting), never envious (but have real desires). In short, the healthy self never entertains negative emotions (sometimes tempted to do so, but never allowing such to remain). Continue reading
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Why We Are Here
Because we are blessed with knowing the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ, we understand that there are five basic irreducible purposes of our mortal existence. Only the first is absolutely essential. To fulfill the others makes a fulness of blessing. Continue reading
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Mormonism and the Nature of Man
CHAUNCEY C. RIDDLE is Dean of the Graduate School at Brigham Young University, where he has been a faculty member since 1952. He has earned the reputation of master teacher during his distinguished educational career. He earned the B.S. degree … Continue reading
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