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Questions of the Heart

Here we explore answers to the deepest questions of the heart.

Who are we? What is our identity? What is our purpose in life?

How can I be happy? Why do bad things happen?

Is there a God, and if so, Who is He and what is He like?

God’s Wholeness Makes Up for My Lack

God in the Bible teaches that we are to be meek. This is not just some other way to say weak. It is a strong, powerful, understanding of self and of one's relationship to God and others. The meek recognize that whatever they lack, it is…

Bad principles brings misery; good principles brings happiness

Am I a Zacharias?

And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard;…

Don’t Be a Rock

Fire of Freedom, Life, Religion/Faith/Questions of the Heart, Self-government

External elements act upon a rock. If it rains, the rock sits there. If the driving winds come, the rock sits there. If you pick it up and set it somewhere else, that is where it will remain until forces outside it move it somewhere else.…

Woman stepping into the dark with light at her feet.

God’s Ways Are Not Our Ways

Life, Religion/Faith/Questions of the Heart, Self-government

Entering the land of Canaan and fighting the Giants may have seemed to the Israelites akin to being asked to jump off a cliff. Sacrificing his son Isaac may have seemed to Abraham worse than jumping off a cliff. To Laman and Lemuel, setting…

Image of Jesus in a church with a circular window behind Jesus forming a halo behind his head.

How Can I Be Like Jesus? Humility and Submission to God’s Will

Religion/Faith/Questions of the Heart

Is learning about the atonement also include learning about how Jesus handled the atonement? He humbly asked his Father if there were some other way besides His having to go through so much pain. Once He knew he had to go through it, He did…

Unity and the Principles of Good Living

Religion/Faith/Questions of the Heart, Fire of Freedom, Self-government

We need unity, but not just unity in anything. We need unity in the right things, the things that bring prosperity, happiness, and success. Ben Carson rose out of poverty because he did those things that transform one out of poverty. People…

Not because of the atonement but because of Jesus Christ

Religion/Faith/Questions of the Heart

Not because of the atonement but because of Jesus Christ. The word "atonement" describes what Jesus did. Jesus is who went through what we call the atonement. He chose to go through it. He was willing to do it even when he did not want to go…

Sorrow, Love, Justice, and Choices

Religion/Faith/Questions of the Heart

Sorrow and love by themselves cannot overcome Justice. They cannot prevent the consequences of laws. Even God's love, which is mightier than any of our love, could not save us without a payment of Justice. Love must be translated into the necessary…

The Fall and Our Falls

Religion/Faith/Questions of the Heart

Adam and Eve get blamed for the Fall. If they had not partaken of the forbidden fruit, we would not live in a fallen world where we are susceptible to sin. Of course, we wouldn't have been born at all. The atonement of Jesus Christ, or…

In What Sense Are All Redeemed?

Religion/Faith/Questions of the Heart

God has redeemed all men from the fall in the sense that all will return from death unto life and all men are brought back into the presence of God to be judged for their own works rather than being condemned for Adam's transgression. But all…

All Shall Have the Opportunity for Eternal Life

Religion/Faith/Questions of the Heart

It is divine to give everybody an opportunity to gain reward. God is a just and fair God, and therefore gives every person the opportunity to gain eternal life regardless of that person's situation on Earth. That is why even those who have…