Category Archives: Monthly Messages

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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General Conference, October 2021

Monthly Message, October 2021 Just before a concert begins for a symphony orchestra, the concertmaster, usually the 1st chair violin, sounds a note and all the other instruments tune their instruments to that exact pitch. Then as the concert proceeds, … Continue reading

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Giving Thanks, 2021

Monthly Message, November 2021 Giving Thanks November is a great time to give special thanks to our Father in Heaven and our Savior, for they have given us all we have and are the source of all we hope for. … Continue reading

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Question of the month: What is your most precious possession?

Monthly Message, January 2022 Your answer to this question is all important because it signals where your heart is. Our spiritual heart is the most important part of us, because it makes all of our important decisions. (Mind is also … Continue reading

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Question of the month: What are Right and Wrong?

Monthly Message, February 2022 Sometimes we equate right and wrong with truth and falsity, as in “That is the wrong answer.” Sometimes we use right and wrong as a matter of taste, as in “That is the wrong color.” Sometimes … Continue reading

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Question for the month: Why Will Christ Come on Earth a Second Time?

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

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Question for the month: Why are we humans here on this earth?

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

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The Graces (Gifts) of God through Jesus Christ by which we are saved from Satanic selfishness unto Christ-like service.

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

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Sacrament Meeting Talk, 19 June 2022

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

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Book Report—Tornado in a Junkyard: The Relentless Myth of Darwinism

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

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