Year: 2013

For this week’s entry, I thought I’d share a little bit about what the Savior taught about the Holy Ghost and what one must do to receive it. John 14:15-17 | Christ left the comforter, or the Holy Ghost, for more »

But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.  For even the Son of man came not to more »

Reading through Mark 13 one could get the idea that Christ has a passion for preparation–specifically preparation for his second coming.  Why is this?  I thought I’d break it down in terms that I can understand; this is what I more »

IN many ways I feel like I have more experience living this parable than the average person.  A result of pride, no doubt.  Anyhow, I wanted to share a few things I picked up on while reading this parable in more »

The Savior asks, rather commands, us to become like little children.  There are several ways someone could look at that directive.  We could literally become as a little child or we could spiritually become as a little child.  For the more »

This week I read the account of the Savior walking on water to meeting Peter, and other disciples in their small ship.  There was a mass of thoughts that came to mind.  As I reflected on them, I came to more »

Well, yet another week has come and gone.  I am always amazed at how the weeks seem to creep by, yet every Saturday I’m sitting down wondering where the past 7 days have gone–and why I haven’t been as productive more »

The Beatitudes, arguablly one of the most influencial parts of the new testament.  I’ll start this week’s post out by saying that I dislike the spelling of the ‘beatitudes.’  Everything I know about the english language (which isn’t much) tells more »

I am begining a new semester here at BYU-Idaho.  I am taking a class studying the New Testament, something I’m very excited about.  I had the option of creating a blog to ‘record’ my progress, or add to an existing more »