Doctrine&Covenants

Living Righteously May Not Get You A Lot Of Friends— But It’ll Get You The Right Ones

93: 49 What I say unto one I say unto ALL— ‘Pray Always’ Lest that wicked one have power in you… and remove you out of your place.

What A Beautiful Sight—

“On one of those rare occasions when His very voice was heard, the Father testified, “Yea, the words of My Beloved are True and Faithful”He that endureth to the end, the same Shall be saved” (⁠2 Ne. 31:15⁠). Of all that the Father might have said… ‘He stressed endurance’…

When we take upon ourselves the name of Jesus Christ at baptism, we join Him in His work. To make the Savior's work our work, we focus on His purposes, keep His commandments, and love one another. Doing our part is simpler than we might imagine because we need not bring…

34: 7-12 For behold, verily, verily, I say unto you, the time is soon at hand that I shall come in a cloud with Power and Great Glory— And it shall be a Great Day at the time of My coming for ALL Nations Shall tremble⁠. But ‘before’ that Great Day Shall come—the sun Shall be…

“This Book is the One weight on the Scales of Truth that exceeds the combined weight of ALL the critics arguments. Why? Because if It is True… then Joseph Smith was a Prophet and this Is the Restored Church of Jesus Christ, regardless of any Historical or other arguments to…

The Atonement Is Proof— That ‘No One’ Loves Us More Than These Two!

38: 7-9 Behold, verily, verily, I say unto You— that Mine eyes are upon You. I am in your midst and ye cannot see Me; But the day soon cometh that ye shall see Me, and Know that I am; for the veil of darkness shall soon be rent, and he that is not purified shall not abide the…

Some More Spiritual Food For Thought—

42: 29 If Thou Lovest Me Thou Shalt Serve Me —And— Keep ALL Of My Commandments

While serving as a mission leader in Japan some years ago, a district president had arranged for me to conduct an interview with a man who had joined the Church a year earlier and was seeking to receive a temple recommend. During our conversation, he exuded a covenant confidence…

Here is a favorite group of scriptures that I have often used quite a bit with youth groups, but it applies to everybody.

78: 18 And ye cannot bear All things now; nevertheless, Be of good cheer⁠— for I will lead you along

Melanie and I were thrilled to be with some of our children and grandchildren in historic Nauvoo. Our joy was multiplied to see our son’s family perform in the magnificent Nauvoo Pageant. The British and Nauvoo Pageants are powerful performances about the Restored Gospel of…

“Brothers and sisters… let us be wise. Let us turn to the pure doctrinal waters of the ‘restored gospel’ of Jesus Christ. Let us joyfully partake of them in their simplicity and plainness. The Heavens are open ‘again’ The Gospel of Jesus Christ is on earth ‘once more’ and its…

The priesthood is real. It changed the world. Because of Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery’s experience receiving the Aaronic Priesthood from the resurrected John the Baptist, now millions across all the continents on the earth have access to it.

The spiritual conditions necessary to proceed along the covenant pathway all relate to the heart. The scriptures refer favorably to hearts that are changed, broken, healed, and turned, and hearts full of love, gratitude, joy, and peace. “And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with…

29: 46-47 But behold, I say unto you, that ‘little children are redeemed’ from the foundation of the world through Mine Only Begotten; Wherefore… ‘they cannot sin⁠’…for Power is Not given unto Satan to tempt little children, until they begin to become accountable before Me

Some of God’s greatest lessons for us come from situations we would never choose. Your life today may look different from what you once expected or even hoped. You may find yourself in circumstances you did not choose. Yet, as you live with faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, you…