In John chapter 5 we read of the man at the pool of Bethesda. I’ve written on this a number of times but today I want to talk about it in a bit of a different way. But first I would have you reread the story if you have not recently done so. Next, we …
As many of you know, a month and a half ago my older brother introduced me to racquetball, which quite possibly may be the greatest sport ever invented. Naturally I have become a bit of a racquetball evangelist; going forth and spreading the good news. It has not caught on as well with my friends …
Some times I have written a post and then I just feel like writing another post. So here is this one. In April my friends and I held a Seder dinner which is the festive meal at the start of Passover. We followed the instructions in the JFNA Haggadah which suggested we sign some traditional …
In the scriptures there is at least 5 people who have the exact same vision. These 5 people are Jerimiah, Lehi, Nephi, John, and Joseph Smith 1 Nephi 8 1 Nephi 11 Jeremiah 51 Revelation 17-18 D&C 133 With each retelling more information is gleaned of what happens in this vision. In 1 Nephi 8 …
Looks like today we are getting a double feature. Last Sunday (über letzte Sontag) I was teaching Gospel Doctrine in my family ward to adults and they made fun of my pronunciation of the name Zacchaeus. I have always said it was Zah-kay-us which is how google told me to pronounce it, but one of …
In Jeremiah 29 we are taught that if we seek God with all our heart and soul that he will make himself known to us. I have been thinking on this lately. It seems to me that my prayer life could be better. If I am to seek him with all my heart, might, mind, …
My favorite band has a song with the chorus line of “when you’re lost and alone or your sinking like a stone carry on” and I’ve been thinking about that lately. There is so many times in my life where I have felt lost and alone and sinking like a stone. Often it has been …
A few weeks back I was reading a book in the category of Christian Eschatological realistic fiction, I know right on brand for me lol. One of the characters in the book had done a 3-year study on every messianic verse in the Old Testament showing how only Jesus fulfills all of them. Being the …
A while back I was spending some time with a friend who has a child. While I was there, through a series of events, that in hindsight was inevitably going lead to this conclusion but at the time seemed unconnected, the child got electrocuted. Just to put everyone’s mind at ease the child is fine …
So I was reading in the Journal of Biblical Literature the other day and came across an interesting article entitled “The Gospel of John and the Five Senses” I naturally was excited about this as the Gospel of John is by far my favorite Gospel and the idea of seeing how he employed the five …