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Authority and Religious Libertyby President Calvin Coolidge Title: Authority and Religious Liberty Date: September 21, 1924 Location: Washington, D.C. Context: Delivered to the Holy Name Society on the value of authority and upholding a religious...

  We can look at the world around us and see prophecies concerning the last days fulfilled right before our eyes. And, it would be easy to wring our hands, withdraw from the world and wilt before the challenges looming ahead. We realize that we could very well be...

from Bruce Porter’s Book, “An Everlasting Decree” About a year ago, I made a new friend: Bruce H. Porter. He regularly conducts tours in the Holy Land and at LDS Church History sites. Then, when I was researching my novel, The Invitation to the Shining City, I read...

The 17th-century French mathematician Blaise Pascal postulated that the way we conduct our lives has eternal consequences. It’s been called “Pascal’s Wager,” and it explains that God-fearing people, acting in faith, recognize that the promise of eternal rewards...

According to Wikipedia, a “cairn” is a “human-made” pile of stones. It is a Scottish Gaelic word that has been in use for a very, very long time. Cairns are used to mark the summit of a peak, to serve as headstones–to mark a gravesite–or for ceremonial purposes, like...

While millions of Americans were mourning about the chaos in the streets and political insults thrown back and forth, author of The Invitation, GM Jarrard, was "binge-watching" the new TV series, The Chosen. “While I was engrossed in the series by Dallas...

Authority and Religious Libertyby President Calvin Coolidge Title: Authority and Religious Liberty Date: September 21, 1924 Location: Washington, D.C. Context: Delivered to the Holy Name Society on the value of authority and upholding a religious...

  We can look at the world around us and see prophecies concerning the last days fulfilled right before our eyes. And, it would be easy to wring our hands, withdraw from the world and wilt before the challenges looming ahead. We realize that we could very well be...

from Bruce Porter’s Book, “An Everlasting Decree” About a year ago, I made a new friend: Bruce H. Porter. He regularly conducts tours in the Holy Land and at LDS Church History sites. Then, when I was researching my novel, The Invitation to the Shining City, I read...

The 17th-century French mathematician Blaise Pascal postulated that the way we conduct our lives has eternal consequences. It’s been called “Pascal’s Wager,” and it explains that God-fearing people, acting in faith, recognize that the promise of eternal rewards...

According to Wikipedia, a “cairn” is a “human-made” pile of stones. It is a Scottish Gaelic word that has been in use for a very, very long time. Cairns are used to mark the summit of a peak, to serve as headstones–to mark a gravesite–or for ceremonial purposes, like...

While millions of Americans were mourning about the chaos in the streets and political insults thrown back and forth, author of The Invitation, GM Jarrard, was "binge-watching" the new TV series, The Chosen. “While I was engrossed in the series by Dallas...