LDS Alive in Christ …my blood shall not cleanse them if they hear me not

26Dec/091

Feeling the Flame of Faith Flickering

For many the birth of mature faith comes when the faith of their youth is challenged.

We are at the door of a new year and I would like to write to those who are feeling the flame of their faith flickering. Certainly this is a painful experience and is most difficult to bear. I think nearly everyone experiences doubt about their faith. That is to be expected. However, with the advent of the internet there is an avalanche of material that tears down faith. Latter Day Saints in particular are targets for those who feel it is their duty to expose Mormonism for what it is—“a big lie”. Many of the most effective at attacking the candle of faith are faithless and former “church members”.

My attitude for over forty years has been “bring it on”. If this is how they want to use their agency God isn’t going to stop them, the Lord will use them for His own purposes. I hope each and every one of them will return to their faith, but for now those who have met and defeated the enemies of faith need to tell their stories.

23May/092

Example of Faith: Mission President Withers in Pain and is Healed

I read, Yearning for the Living God, by F. Enzio Busche a few years ago. He is a convert to the church from Germany and was called to be a General Authority and served as a Seventy in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He also served as president of Germany Munich Mission and president of the Frankfurt Germany Temple.The following account is taken from his book on pages 202-05.

The reason I selected it is because of a recent event in my life where I had a similar experience with a health problem that has dogged me for years. I know the Lord can be near and intervene to help us in time of need when we suffer physical, mental, and emotional pain.

18May/092

Satan Desireth to Have Thee

Note:  All of the scriptural references below are active links.

Who is satan?

He is a son of God, and one of his names is Lucifer. D&C 76:26

Where does he come from?

22Feb/090

“I Will Show Miracles…Unto all Those Who Believe on My Name”

One of our gifted writers at "Mormon Times" wrote an article about "miracles". I generally enjoy reading his articles but after reading this one I felt a little disappointed. So I decided to put together this post to draw your attention to a talk given by an apostle that I think is balanced, and faith prompting.

The prophet Nephi wrote and prophesied about our day. He referred to us as Gentiles and said that we would "put down the power and miracles of God, and preach up unto themselves their own wisdom and their own learning... (2 Nephi 26:20).

7Jun/086

What is a Spiritual Experience? Have You Experienced One?

Latter Day Saints talk about Spiritual Experiences. I'm going to attempt to define what constitutes an experience with the Spirit. My source material will be the scriptures, the living Prophets, and my own experience.

6Jun/085

Would You Help with a Research Project?

I am gathering sources where LDS church leaders have shared Spiritual experiences. I would greatly appreciate it if you would provide a link or a copy of such material. This would include talks you've heard in local meetings, in general conference, as well as those you know about from other sources, those found in books, journals, diaries, magazines, and etc.

26May/082

Brigham Young’s Thought on Relating Spiritual Experiences

Brigham Young said:

It is always peculiarly interesting to me to hear the Saints tell their experience. It is to me one of the best of sermons to hear men and women relate to each other how the Lord has wrought upon their understanding, and brought them into the path of truth, life, and salvation. I would rather hear men tell their own experience, and testify that Joseph was a Prophet of the Lord, and that the Book of Mormon, the Bible, and other revelations of God, are true; that they know it by the gift and power of God; that they have conversed with angels, have had the power of the Holy Ghost upon them giving them visions and revelations, than hear any other kind of preaching that ever saluted my ears. JD 1:90-91

How to do you feel about his thought?