Scriptural Studies Personal Studies of the Gospel of Jesus Christ

A couple of thoughtful questions first. Why? What do we learn or lose by following or breaking this commandment? It’s not that the Lord will get his feelings hurt or anything like that. I think it has more to do with us taking control of ourselves. James 1:26 and all of chapter 3 are great [...]

In the Topical guide, I see two messages regarding “graven images”. Image worship was the religion of the people who were not God’s chosen, the Israelites, in the time of the Old Testament. So we must be wary to not practice the religion of the “others” in the sense that it is not the religion [...]

The first commandment given in the Ten Commandments is “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” (Exodus 20: 3) So, how will having no other gods before God solve problems? First of all, keep in mind the second and fourth requirements. This commandment is for everybody, whether Jew, Gentile, Muslim, Christian, atheist, Buddhist, or [...]

Here’s a poem I wrote to hand out with the chocolate bars we gave to the women folk in the Ward today. “Because God is not with us now, He gave us each a mother. And from our birth, throughout the days, she loves us like no other; To heal a scratch, to wipe a [...]

I think this might be the final point or qualifier before I actually delve into the Commandments themselves. The final point to keep in mind when applying the Ten Commandments to all of the problems in the world, is that Jesus is the God of the Old Testament. 4. Jesus is the God of the [...]

Elder Dieter Uchtdorf spoke about the way of a disciple of Jesus Christ in the Sunday Morning Session of General Conference a week ago. The first part of his message fits nicely with my thoughts on how the Ten Commandments can solve all world problems. 3. Participation and patients is required. In order for the [...]

2. The Ten Commandments are for everybody. I will continue to look at the Ten Commandments and how they can solve all of the world’s problems. I am relying heavily on a talk given by Steven R. Covey at Brigham Young University on 27 May 1975 (see here), for introductory parameters that must be kept [...]

I want to study the ten commandments and relate how following them will solve all of the worlds problems. A few things to note first about the commandments in general. 1. The ten commandments are preparatory laws.

Here are a few scriptures and some thoughts about “greater love hath no man” from a July 23, 2007 journal entry. Luke 23: 33-46 – the account of the crucifiction.  Christ giving His spirit to the Father. It shows love when you give of yourselft to someone else. You give children your time, your family [...]

[From my journal on  November 26, 2007] Jan was having a hard time staying in bed tonight. When Jess went down to get water, she came in to ask me to put her blanket on her. I chose to ignore her because Jess had given Jan explicit instructions to stay in bed and consequences if [...]