Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Favorite Christmas Stories

The Man Who Missed Christmas by J. Edgar Park It was Christmas Eve, and as usual, George Mason was the last to leave the office. He walked over to a massive safe, spun the dials, and swung the heavy door open. Making sure the door would not close behind him, he stepped inside. A square of white cardboard was taped just above the topmost row of strongboxes. On the card a few words were written. George Mason stared at those words, remembering… Exactly...

Monday, December 30, 2013

The Ultimate Gifts

     The ultimate gift-giver is our Savior, Jesus Christ. If you were to reflect on your life, you would realize that the majority of your most important gifts have come from the Lord. Or, if you cannot see how the Lord has blessed you, you can pray for the spiritual eyes to comprehend His hand in your life. The miraculous thing to me is that the Savior's gifts most essential to our salvation apply to each...

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Good Tidings of Great Joy!

Read of the "good tidings of great joy", the reason for the season, and cause which brought "joy to the world" in the New Testament,(Luke 2:1-20, Matthew 2:1-2; 7-11).  1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.   3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.   4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth,...

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Book of Mormon Prophecies of Christ

How the Book of Mormon prophecies of Christ changed my life By Guest Blogger: Walter Lenel I grew up without much in the way of Christian teachings.  I was not impressed with the conduct of many people I knew who professed Christianity and went to church regularly.  In my view, there was no strong reason to believe in God, so by the time I was into my teens, I was confident that agnosticism or atheism were the appropriate choices for...

Monday, December 23, 2013

Old Testament Prophecies of Christ

Guest Blogger Melanie shares insights on Christ through Old Testament prophecies. If you look for the name “Jesus Christ” in the Old Testament, you will not find it.  He is called by many other names, The Good Shepherd, the King of Glory, Jehovah, the Messiah to name a few. But by whatever name, Jesus is the center of the Old Testament.  Indeed, the purpose of the Old Testament was to prophesy of Christ:  to teach of...

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Favorite Christmas Stories

Pattern of Love By Jack Smith I didn’t question Timmy, age nine, or his seven-year old brother Billy about the brown wrapping paper they passed back and forth between them as we visited each store. Every year at Christmas time, our Service Club takes the children from poor families in our town on a personally conducted shopping store. I was assigned Timmy and Billy, whose father was out of work. After giving them the allotted $4 each, we...