by Spencer Charles | Mar 13, 2023 | -Spencer, challenge, Cross, Jeffrey R. Holland, Latter Day Help, Savior, Trials
“As we take up our crosses and follow Him, it would be tragic indeed if the weight of our challenges did not make us more empathetic for and more attentive to the burdens being carried by others. It is one of the most powerful paradoxes of the Crucifixion that the...
by Spencer Charles | Feb 27, 2023 | -Spencer, Christians, Cross, Jeffrey R. Holland, Jesus Christ, Latter Day Help, restoration, Restoration of the Gospel, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
“By the fourth and fifth centuries, a cross was being introduced as a symbol of generalized Christianity, but ours is not a “generalized Christianity.” Being neither Catholic nor Protestant, we are, rather, a restored church, the restored New Testament Church. Thus,...
by Spencer Charles | Feb 25, 2023 | -General Conference, -Spencer, Adversity, Atonement, Cross, Discipleship, Jeffrey R. Holland, Jesus Christ, Latter Day Help, Religion, sacrifice
Years ago, following a graduate school discussion on American religious history, a fellow student asked me, “Why have the Latter-day Saints not adopted the cross that other Christians use as a symbol of their faith?” Inasmuch as such questions about the cross are...
by Spencer Charles | Feb 23, 2023 | -Spencer, Cross, Jeffrey R. Holland, Jesus Christ, Latter Day Help, Religion
“As I attempt to explain why we generally do not use the iconography of the cross, I wish to make abundantly clear our deep respect and profound admiration for the faith-filled motives and devoted lives of those who do.” — Jeffery R. Holland We have deep respect those...
by Todd Bruce | Oct 2, 2022 | -Todd Bruce, challenge, Christ, Cross, Elk Valley Latter Day Saint, Jeffrey R. Holland, Jesus Christ, life
“As we take up our crosses and follow Him, it would be tragic indeed if the weight of our challenges did not make us more empathetic and more attentive to the burdens being carried by others.” — Jeffery R. Holland Our experiences in life should teach us that we ought...
by Spencer Charles | Apr 15, 2022 | -Spencer, Bible, Cross, Easter, Jesus Christ, Latter Day Help
April 15 In the early morning, Christ finishes the atonement before six in the morning. He didn’t receive any sleep. He is completely exhausted beyond words from all of the suffering, but knows He must get up from the ground and deal with what he needs to go through...
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