Spiritual Thoughts

“The Lord has had his endowments a great many years ago.  He has ascended to his thrones, principalities and powers in the eternities.  We are his children.  He has given us a law, and he has placed us here on the earth to obey that law.  We are here to fill a probation and receive [...]

“Temple attendance creates spirituality.  It is one of the finest programs we have in the Church to develop spirituality.  This turns of hearts of the children to their fathers and the hearts of the fathers to their children (Malachi 4:6).  This promotes family solidarity and unity” (The Teachings of Howard W. Hunter, p. 239-240).

“The temple will be an ever-present reminder that God intended the family to be eternal.” Ezra Taft Benson, “What I Hope You Would Teach Your Children about the Temple”, Tambuli, Apr 1986, 1

“Most of us, most of the time, speak of the facility at Liberty as a “jail” or a “prison”—and certainly it was that. But Elder Brigham H. Roberts of the First Council of the Seventy, in recording the history of the Church, spoke of the facility as a temple, or, more accurately, a “prison-temple.”  Elder [...]

(How to Download Video – Direct Video URL = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLXYxmaHWQs) Scriptures: 2 Chr. 2: 1 D&C 88:119 Why Mormon’s Build Temples The Family: A Proclamation to the World

(How to Download Video – Direct Video URL=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x_-TQivCx8) There has been so much controversy surround the temple as of late and I have been inundated with emails from my friends about abandoning HBO (like I have it anyway), and letting our voices be heard.  It was such a relief to read this commentary from the [...]