Category: Things to Think About

Brief commentary and insights on a variety of principles. My opinions and personal thoughts on the scriptures and doctrine are mine alone, and though I consider myself a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I do not speak for the Church on my blog.

How to Know If You’re Breaking The Sabbath

I really like Greg’s perspective here. It helped me think about the Sabbath in a more wholistic manner. I read it sometime back and I compiled my thoughts but never shared his post or my thoughts here. Here is a link to his post… Sometimes we’re so concerned with honoring our self-conceived lists…that we forget…

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Wow, I Have a Lot to Work on

Self-centeredness. Conceit. Boastfulness. Arrogance. Haughtiness. Rebellion. Hard-heartedness. Stiff-neckedness. Unrepentant. Puffed up. Easily offended. Sign seekers. Defensiveness. Faultfinding. Gossiping. Backbiting. Murmuring. Living beyond your means. Envying. Coveting. Withholding gratitude and praise that might lift another. Being unforgiving and jealous. Disobedience. Fear of men’s judgment. Selfishness. Self-conceit. Self-pity. Worldly self-fulfillment. Self-gratification. Self-seeking. Contention. Arguments. Fights. Unrighteous dominion….

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Am I a Christian?

In a newspaper article I read a few years ago, a survey of Americans’ knowledge of religion found that “atheists, agnostics, Jews and Mormons outperformed Protestants and Roman Catholics in answering questions about major religions, while many respondents could not correctly give the most basic tenets of their own faiths. [Further],  on questions about Christianity,…

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“Don’t Let Go! Reach!”

One of my favorite cinematic moments is at the climax of “The Return of the King” in The Lord of the Rings series (nope, I never finished reading the actual book), where there is a struggle between Frodo and Gollum as they fight for the ring. Together they tumble over the side of the ledge…

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