How Do I Show God That I Choose to Accept His Grace?

Saved by Grace or Works?

If God Loves Me Unconditionally, Can’t I Just Do Whatever I Want?

Like we talked about last time, God loves us so much that He lets us make choices for ourselves. So that means we can do whatever we want! Right? Well, not exactly. Consequences We are free to make our own choices, but we don't get to choose the consequences of those actions. It's just like [...]

Why Does God Let Us Live in a World of Sin, Evil, and Suffering?

Part of the "Why Apostles and Prophets Today?" Series

God Loves Us So Much and Wants Us to Reach Our Greatest Potential

Part of the "Why Prophets and Apostles Today?" Series

Do I Need to Be Meek before I Can Repent?

I've been doing a little series on the virtue of meekness recently—not because I'm particularly meek myself, but rather because it is something I'm striving to improve on and therefore have been studying a lot recently. In my last post, we discovered that meekness comes when we receive a remission of sins and that we [...]

How Can I Become Meek and Humble?

How can we be meek, especially when we all have one form or another of pride—the "universal sin"?

The Forgotten Mother to Faith, Hope, and Charity

I have often wondered, which comes first—faith or hope? Hebrews 11:1 defines faith, saying, "faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Okay. So based on that it sounds like, in order to have faith, you must first have hope. But Ether 12:4 says, "[W]hoso believeth in God might with [...]

Symbols of Christmas: Spices

One of the things that really makes Christmas feel like Christmas for me is the smells—those warm, cozy, spicy smells. When I was growing up, my mom always set a pot of orange peels, cloves, and cinnamon on the stove and let it simmer on low all day, so that wonderful scent permeated our home. [...]

Ever Wanted to Know Everything?: Step 2 in Addressing Gospel Questions

I’m going to share with you the secret to tapping into valuable sources that can help you come to know anything and everything.

The Apostle Thomas: Doubter or Believer?

The apostle Thomas—was he a doubter or a believer? The most immediate answer that may come to mind for many people is “doubter.” After all, Thomas is infamously known as “Doubting Thomas;” plus, “a doubting Thomas” has even become a common noun defined by Merriam-Webster as “someone who rarely trusts or believes things before having [...]