Few tasks, if any, are more important for the preservation of freedom than the preservation of a sound monetary system. (Ezra Taft Benson, via Quoty) Yesterday I finished reading Financial Armageddon by David B. Draughon. Draughon is a Latter-day Saint and analyzes our “awful [financial] situation” from a gospel perspective. I found his book to [...]

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photo credit: amyMEmeME Take away the Book of Mormon and the revelations, and where is our religion? We have none. (Joseph Smith, via Quoty) I find the Book of Mormon fascinating. This book, written for our day, “is as current as the morning newspaper and much more definitive, inspired, and inspiring concerning the solutions of [...]

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photo credit: viciousg42 If we look at the timeline of events that led up to the Revolutionary War and compare it to current day events, we will see a disturbing similarity. Must our present-day inaction, indifference, and silence in the face of tyranny cause us to march down the same dreaded path? Our wake-up call [...]

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O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? (1 Cor. 15:55) The gospel is so simple that it can be expounded in one, yet so complex and enriching that it can fill volumes of books. One of the fundamental underpinnings of the simplicity of the gospel and the Lord’s Church is [...]

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For disappearing acts, it’s hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work. (Doug Larson, via Quoty) What would your life be like if you didn’t have to sleep? I enjoy productivity and efficiency. I dislike sloth and lethargy. Sometimes I wonder how much more [...]

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photo credit: soldiersmediacenter It looks like I am not the only one who decided to spring an April Fool’s joke on others a few days ago. John McCain and a few Congressional cohorts decided to jump in on the chicanery. From the New York Times: A day after members of an American Congressional delegation led [...]

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Part of the vision of Joel says: And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: (Joel 2:28) One person who definitely fits into this category is [...]

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photo credit: www.DaveWard “We have every reason to be optimistic in this world,” President Gordon B. Hinckley has said. “Tragedy is around, yes. Problems everywhere, yes. But look at Nauvoo. Look at what they built here in seven years and then left. But what did they do? Did they lie down and die? NO! They [...]

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Wherefore, O ye Gentiles, it is wisdom in God that these things should be shown unto you, that thereby ye may repent of your sins, and suffer not that these murderous combinations shall get above you, which are built up to get power and gain—and the work, yea, even the work of destruction come upon [...]

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photo credit: cuibel As this past weekend drew near, I grew excited with anticipation for the opportunity to hear a Prophet’s voice. Sometimes I feel I take for granted how miraculous it is, and how fortunate I am, to live in such a time when Prophets and Apostles walk the earth (and live so close!). [...]

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Very few of you know that for the past several weeks I’ve been dating somebody quite seriously. When I’m in a serious relationship I don’t usually like to spread the word, and this one wasn’t much different. Things have been going very well, and early last week I felt the time was right to ask [...]

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