Last week, I was thinking about the scripture that says, "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven." I used to think mostly about the first part -- "let your light...shine." But of course, you can do that much in ...
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If your choices don't conflict with gospel principles, that's good. If your choices happen to support gospel principles, that's better. If your choices are made based on gospel principles, that's best.

When we evaluate our choices, are we trying to justify them based on gospel principles, or are we trying to use gospel principles to...
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In Acts chapter 26, we read that, after Paul had borne testimony of his vision of Jesus, he asked, "King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest. Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but...
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A few years ago, to choose a topic to speak on in church, I went to the chapter of Preach My Gospel that talks about developing Christ-like attributes. The topic that I chose was patience. It wasn't something I'd thought too much about in the past, but I discovered that it's deeply intertwined with man...
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Over the past few years, we've seen several significant changes to Church programs. After a period of extra emphasis on keeping the sabbath day holy, our meeting schedule was shortened, enabling those who had followed the council to upgrade their sabbath observance more time to do so.

Our Melchizedek Priesthood quorums were consolidated and home...
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