mikbone

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  1. Thanks for the response. This point of view is kinda why I made this post. The new evangelical Christ marketing catch phrase, “He gets us.” Absolutely drives me nuts. Yup, He gets us. But so does Satan. Do we get him? When we take the Sacrament we commit to witness him. How can you witness him if you don’t know him. Isn’t it imperative to know who He is? Joseph Smith - “It is the first principle of the Gospel to know (with) a certainty the character of God, and to know that we (can) converse with Him as one man converses with another."
  2. Luke 2:52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man. My wife taught herself how to read by age 2. She is the 3rd born child in her family and their mother read them stories @ night. She never had a reading lesson. Just started reading the stories over her shoulder, cereal boxes, labels, etc.
  3. Not sure what he learned. More like, “Oh yeah I recall saying that to Moses.”
  4. How intelligent do you think he was? I’m betting at least 300 IQ. Likely learned egyptian listening to it as a baby, Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic. But had gift of tongues so fluent in all languages. At age 12 he astounded the priests at the temple. Knew that Elohim was his father. Likely recollection of the pre-existence. I’m fairly certain he could read minds.
  5. Im confused here. Are we talking about the space program, hunting, golf, or axe chunking ?
  6. The house totally freaked me out. 10,000 sq ft, dark, cluttered, empty rooms, safe room. Gave me a H. H. Holmes vibe. Good thing I wasn’t the police officer that showed up on her porch with her claiming her attorney is on the phone. Also, not an influencer fan.
  7. Ether 3: 14 Behold, I am he who was prepared from the foundation of the world to redeem my people. Behold, I am Jesus Christ. I am the Father and the Son. In me shall all mankind have life, and that eternally, even they who shall believe on my name; and they shall become my sons and my daughters. 15 And never have I showed myself unto man whom I have created, for never has man believed in me as thou hast. Seest thou that ye are created after mine own image? Yea, even all men were created in the beginning after mine own image.
  8. John 14 1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
  9. https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/3fe9eedb-4583-44c4-8f31-361fbe816914#psHkgLaD.copy
  10. Me and all my colleagues request that this nonsense stop. Past the age of 60 you are better off taking up this sporty ride.
  11. This is what the government shows me for my options. Im hoping the the 2nd coming occurs prior to Social Security failure.
  12. Word change The song (I am a child of God) was first performed at a stake Primary conference in 1957. Several years later, apostle Spencer W. Kimball asked the Primary general board if the phrase "Teach me all that I must know / To live with him someday" could be changed to "Teach me all that I must do / To live with him someday". As Kimball later explained, "To know isn't enough. The devils know and tremble; the devils know everything. We have to do something." The Primary general board accepted the change.
  13. Nephi’s nephew here gains a testimony, is forgiven of his sins, and learns of Jesus Christ. I think his question, “How is it done?” is genius. Here is my question: Don’t you think that Enos’s father Jacob had given him all this information in detail previously? There comes a moment in our lives when we must leave the nest, fly on our own and feed ourselves.
  14. I’ve noticed that many blogs have become less active. Social media and technology will continue to evolve. Texting is so yesterday. Have you tried holographic group rooms or AI surrogates, how about the OASIS?
  15. We have been talking about the signs of the times. And I still recall President Nelson's admonition to take your vitamins, etc. We now have a picture of Joseph Smith. The original artifacts are returning to the church and I foresee more coming. I still have a deep hope that the 116 pages will suddenly show up in someone's basement. It is likely that parts of it were destroyed or altered but if any of the original docs remain they would be cherrished.
  16. https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/content/historic-sites/missouri/questions-and-answers-about-the-temple-lot-in-independence-missouri?lang=eng I bet we purchase some property in Independence Missouri next. Likely within 5 years. And there we will build a Temple to the Lord.
  17. Bet we will be using the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible quite a bit more in our classes. 192.5 M well spent.
  18. https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/sacred-sites-and-historic-documents-transfer-to-church-of-jesus-christ