by Dan Wees | Mar 24, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“Because Satan desires that ‘all men might be miserable like unto himself’ (2 Nephi 2:27), his most strenuous efforts are directed at encouraging those choices and actions that will thwart God’s plan for his children. He seeks to undermine the principle of individual...
by Dan Wees | Mar 22, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“And these are those who have part in the first resurrection; and these are they that HAVE DIED before Christ CAME, in their ignorance, not having salvation declared unto them. And thus the Lord bringeth about the restoration of these; and they have a part in the...
by Dan Wees | Mar 22, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“There is a falsehood that some are born with an attraction to their own kind, with nothing they can do about it. They are just ‘that way’ and can only yield to those desires. That is a malicious and destructive lie. While it is a convincing idea to some, it is...
by Dan Wees | Mar 21, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“[Masturbation] too often leads to grievous sin, even to that sin against nature, homosexuality. For, done in private, it evolves often into mutual masturbation – practiced with another person of the same sex – and thence into total homosexuality.” Spencer...
by Dan Wees | Mar 20, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“Homosexuality is an ugly sin, repugnant to those who find no temptation in it, as well as to many past offenders who are seeking a way out of its clutches. It is embarrassing and unpleasant as a subject for discussion but because of its prevalence, the need to...
by Dan Wees | Mar 18, 2019 | Miscellaneous
“[Heber J.] Grant did not live to see the irony in his only patriarchal appointment. By May 1946 Joseph F. [Smith, Church Patriarch] was incapacitated with a back injury, and the First Presidency asked three stake patriarchs to serve those seeking patriarchal...
