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glumirk · glumirk

The other night a very close friend admitted to me that he has the occasional problem with pornography--occasional as in he's looked it twice in the past month. He confided in me so that I can help him get through it because he feels so guilty about it, but I don't know what to do and it's plagueing me a bit a...

Mahonri · Mahonri

Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could increase our missions the way we have been increasing our Temples? Problem is, we don't have the manpower. Mormons are having less kids which means fewer future missionaries. Look around your wards. Quorums with 10 Deacons or Teachers or even Priest...

Mahonri · Mahonri

Have you all listened to Elder Bednar's CES broadcast? He is just amazing to me. I wondered how we could do without Elder Maxwell... and while he is not an Elder Maxwell, he brings to the Quorum a simple life of dedication and service. Here is the link Living Water

rayb · rayb

What do you do when you put your hands on someone's head to give a priesthood blessing and your mind goes entirely blank and you have no idea what to say? Do you say anything? Has this ever happened to you? --Ray

Cat Herder · Cat Herder

Brothers and Sisters, if any of you need a purpose to your upcoming fast this Sunday, please consider including our sister at the Nauvoo forum in your fasting and prayers. And even if you don't, please consider including it as part of the purpose. http://www.nauvoo.com/ubb/forum/ultimateb...

Cat Herder · Cat Herder

There is a small town in the southern part of our state that carries the same surname as my family. I did a little research on the town's origins, because to the best of my knowledge, there has never been any of my direct surname line ancestry who have lived in this state. The town was named for a be...

rayb · rayb

Arbilad said in a different thread "I don't believe the Holy Ghost engages in situational ethics"... Could you elaborate what you meant by that comment? WHat are situational ethics? And what about King Solomon's wisdom, was it based at all upon the situation? --Ray

Cat Herder · Cat Herder

Had a link to this article (or excerpt from one of his books) by Joseph Fielding McConkie in one of the daily e-mails from LDSLiving to the following article. I normally just glance at these e-mails and then file them away or throw them away. But I read through this art...

Fregramis · Fregramis

I was once intrigued by this subject, but long since grew bored with it. Recently however, an old friend of mine has referred me to some of the ideas and theories of a fellow named Wayne May. He has a pretty convincing bulk of evidence which appears to indicate that a ma...

Roper · Roper

http://www.lds.org/library/display/0,4945,2043-1-3945-1,00.html

Cat Herder · Cat Herder

We spoke today in EQ about the things we can learn from the examples of the lives of the prophets Adam and Abraham. Anyone care to contemplate this and contribute? Why did they do the things they did and are known for? What did they do? Why? What was the result that we can liken to ourselves?

Roper · Roper

"Reproving betimes with sharpness, when moved upon by the Holy Ghost; and then showing forth afterwards an increase of love toward him whom thou hast reproved..." D&C 121:41 I've heard many try to justify their actions with a mistaken interpretation of this principle:...

rayb · rayb

What are some good questions that LDS use to break the ice with OTHER LDS? Here are a couple I've used... Did you serve a mission? Where? Did you earn your eaglescout? What was your eaglescout project? What was your favorite meritbadge? Where'd you go to school? Did you go to BYU? --Ray

salesortonscom · salesortonscom

I decided to start this topic because Cat's great picture in the paper for their nativity pageant. Our ward used to have a living nativity and then later a "night in Bethlahem" deal. Now we have "Breakfast with Santa" which I boycott because I get enough Santa on TV, at the stores, etc.&nb...

Roper · Roper

Last night in scripture study, we read Moses chapter 3. In the description of Eden, the verses mention it's proximity to the Euphrates river. My oldest son asked, "Dad, I learned in seminary that Eden and Adam-ondi-Ahman are in Missouri. Why does Moses say it's nea...

Cat Herder · Cat Herder

http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-646-32,00.html

rayb · rayb

What is the most boring Gospel Doctrine to you? --Ray

rayb · rayb

As a priesthood provider for a family, Is it righteous to subject one's own family to economic poverty? Suppose a fellow who works a dead-ead, life-sucking job that's boring as hell and is ruining his own personal health and is not the least bit fulfilling spiritually but it makes about 90K (so it's...

rayb · rayb

In many ways I regret being such a goof with some of the friends, even innactive friends, that I wish would come back to church with me. Often I end up the clown or the center laughing stock, mostly because it doesn't bother me when folks laugh at me, and because I like it when people ar...

salesortonscom · salesortonscom

Well it's that time of year when this stuff get talked about quite a bit. What really got me thinking about this Glen Beck's show the other night when he had the guy from Crossing Over, John Edwards on talking about it. My wife and I are in the habbit of watching a show called Ghost Hunters and...

rayb · rayb

Hey! Hey! Whaddya say!?

arbilad · arbilad

I decided to lower the intellectual level of this board and talk about philosophy. So debate away about the poll question! (and yes, I know that many of these choices don't even come close)

rayb · rayb

Prior to Pres. Hinckley's address to the Priesthood in General conference I had never really thought of the prophetic counsel to "get as much education as possible" as a divine revelation, but rather I regarded it as just "good advice". I've been trying to see how many others regarded the counsel as I...

Roper · Roper

will be made up to you in the resurrection, provided you continue faithful. By the vision of the Almighty I have seen it. - TPJS, p.296 As with everything I can recall about the teachings of Joseph Smith, the language is plain but the concept is layered with implications to be almost unfathomable. What...

Cat Herder · Cat Herder

I was wondering about this topic this morning while pondering the sections of the D&C I had read today and yesterday and the first few chapters of Mormon. And my pondering turned into studying the inside of my eyelids as I sat in the chair of the foyer while waiting for seminary...

Jeffery_LQ1W · Jeffery_LQ1W

Groups have fed off the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints like parasites, making claims and denigrating the good that the church has done. <BLOCKQUOTE> LUCASVILLE, Ohio — Jeffrey Lundgren claimed the divine drove him to murder, and that his ex...

TitusTodd · TitusTodd

I thought this topic would spark more interest but maybe it just interests me. So, I apologize for posting this here after posting over at Nauvoo but I know we have a couple who post here and not at Nauvoo. I posted this on my blog but knowing that it would not receive much commentary I wanted...

arbilad · arbilad

What do you guys think of coffee alternatives, such as Pero? My wife grew up drinking coffee, so she started drinking Pero when she became a member so that she could have something that tastes the same. Some say that we shoul avoid even the appearance of evil, and so even Pero is wrong. What do you guys thi...

arbilad · arbilad

I have seen a trend lately in the church of moving away from "Halloween" celebrations to "Fall Festival" celebrations. Also, they're not too picky about holding the celebrations exactly on Halloween. We're not one of those families that refuse to celebrate Halloween because of its pagan beginnin...

SMILE · SMILE

So General Conference is coming up this weekend. This thread is just for people to post how they get ready to hear the Prophet, Apostles, and other General Authorities words. One way that has been suggested is to prepare some questions that you are seeking answers for, write th...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Pornography (Preview) The other night a very close friend admitted to me that he has the occasional problem with pornography--occasional as in he's looked it twice in the past month. He confided in me so that I can help him get through it because he feels so guilty about it, but I don't know what to do and it's plagueing me a bit a...	glumirk	19	659	Feb 15, 2007 by Cat Herder
	New Missions (Preview) Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could increase our missions the way we have been increasing our Temples? Problem is, we don't have the manpower. Mormons are having less kids which means fewer future missionaries. Look around your wards. Quorums with 10 Deacons or Teachers or even Priest...	Mahonri	13	860	Feb 12, 2007 by Mahonri
	Living water (Preview) Have you all listened to Elder Bednar's CES broadcast? He is just amazing to me. I wondered how we could do without Elder Maxwell... and while he is not an Elder Maxwell, he brings to the Quorum a simple life of dedication and service. Here is the link Living Water	Mahonri	1	350	Feb 11, 2007 by Fregramis
	Priesthood blessings... (Preview) What do you do when you put your hands on someone's head to give a priesthood blessing and your mind goes entirely blank and you have no idea what to say? Do you say anything? Has this ever happened to you? --Ray	rayb	17	660	Feb 10, 2007 by Mahonri
	Reason for Fasting... (Preview) Brothers and Sisters, if any of you need a purpose to your upcoming fast this Sunday, please consider including our sister at the Nauvoo forum in your fasting and prayers. And even if you don't, please consider including it as part of the purpose. http://www.nauvoo.com/ubb/forum/ultimateb...	Cat Herder	7	7199	Feb 2, 2007 by rayb
	Fun with Genealogy (Preview) There is a small town in the southern part of our state that carries the same surname as my family. I did a little research on the town's origins, because to the best of my knowledge, there has never been any of my direct surname line ancestry who have lived in this state. The town was named for a be...	Cat Herder	4	336	Jan 30, 2007 by arbilad
	Arbilad's situational ethics (Preview) Arbilad said in a different thread "I don't believe the Holy Ghost engages in situational ethics"... Could you elaborate what you meant by that comment? WHat are situational ethics? And what about King Solomon's wisdom, was it based at all upon the situation? --Ray	rayb	17	601	Jan 30, 2007 by arbilad
	Questions Commonly Asked By Those Not of Our Faith (Preview) Had a link to this article (or excerpt from one of his books) by Joseph Fielding McConkie in one of the daily e-mails from LDSLiving to the following article. I normally just glance at these e-mails and then file them away or throw them away. But I read through this art...	Cat Herder	10	430	Jan 19, 2007 by rayb
	Book of Mormon Geography (Preview) I was once intrigued by this subject, but long since grew bored with it. Recently however, an old friend of mine has referred me to some of the ideas and theories of a fellow named Wayne May. He has a pretty convincing bulk of evidence which appears to indicate that a ma...	Fregramis	7	393	Jan 18, 2007 by arbilad
	Ideas for Home Teachers (Preview) http://www.lds.org/library/display/0,4945,2043-1-3945-1,00.html	Roper	17	450	Jan 11, 2007 by Roper
	Adam and Abraham (Preview) We spoke today in EQ about the things we can learn from the examples of the lives of the prophets Adam and Abraham. Anyone care to contemplate this and contribute? Why did they do the things they did and are known for? What did they do? Why? What was the result that we can liken to ourselves?	Cat Herder	8	344	Jan 8, 2007 by Cat Herder
	Speaking the truth in love (Preview) "Reproving betimes with sharpness, when moved upon by the Holy Ghost; and then showing forth afterwards an increase of love toward him whom thou hast reproved..." D&C 121:41 I've heard many try to justify their actions with a mistaken interpretation of this principle:...	Roper	2	312	Dec 30, 2006 by Hoss Cartwright
	Icebreaker questions (Preview) What are some good questions that LDS use to break the ice with OTHER LDS? Here are a couple I've used... Did you serve a mission? Where? Did you earn your eaglescout? What was your eaglescout project? What was your favorite meritbadge? Where'd you go to school? Did you go to BYU? --Ray	rayb	24	2289	Dec 26, 2006 by salesortonscom
	What is your ward/branch/stake doing for December? (Preview) I decided to start this topic because Cat's great picture in the paper for their nativity pageant. Our ward used to have a living nativity and then later a "night in Bethlahem" deal. Now we have "Breakfast with Santa" which I boycott because I get enough Santa on TV, at the stores, etc.&nb...	salesortonscom	7	381	Dec 5, 2006 by rayb
	Where was the Garden of Eden? (Preview) Last night in scripture study, we read Moses chapter 3. In the description of Eden, the verses mention it's proximity to the Euphrates river. My oldest son asked, "Dad, I learned in seminary that Eden and Adam-ondi-Ahman are in Missouri. Why does Moses say it's nea...	Roper	11	443	Nov 23, 2006 by LEVE
	And Nothing Shall Offend Them (Preview) http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-646-32,00.html	Cat Herder	11	368	Nov 21, 2006 by salesortonscom
	The Most Boring Gospel Doctrine Topic (Preview) What is the most boring Gospel Doctrine to you? --Ray	rayb	22	518	Nov 21, 2006 by rayb
	Provider of Poverty (Preview) As a priesthood provider for a family, Is it righteous to subject one's own family to economic poverty? Suppose a fellow who works a dead-ead, life-sucking job that's boring as hell and is ruining his own personal health and is not the least bit fulfilling spiritually but it makes about 90K (so it's...	rayb	19	551	Nov 18, 2006 by Roper
	Lightmindedness (Preview) In many ways I regret being such a goof with some of the friends, even innactive friends, that I wish would come back to church with me. Often I end up the clown or the center laughing stock, mostly because it doesn't bother me when folks laugh at me, and because I like it when people ar...	rayb	4	344	Nov 9, 2006 by rayb
	Ghosts, Spirits, Communicating, Sightings, etc. (Preview) Well it's that time of year when this stuff get talked about quite a bit. What really got me thinking about this Glen Beck's show the other night when he had the guy from Crossing Over, John Edwards on talking about it. My wife and I are in the habbit of watching a show called Ghost Hunters and...	salesortonscom	17	571	Nov 8, 2006 by Cat Herder
	Caffeine (Preview) Hey! Hey! Whaddya say!?	rayb	20	597	Nov 6, 2006 by Pt314
	Philosophers (Preview) I decided to lower the intellectual level of this board and talk about philosophy. So debate away about the poll question! (and yes, I know that many of these choices don't even come close)	arbilad	5	346	Nov 6, 2006 by salesortonscom
	Get as much education as possible... (Preview) Prior to Pres. Hinckley's address to the Priesthood in General conference I had never really thought of the prophetic counsel to "get as much education as possible" as a divine revelation, but rather I regarded it as just "good advice". I've been trying to see how many others regarded the counsel as I...	rayb	12	443	Nov 4, 2006 by Roper
	All your losses (Preview) will be made up to you in the resurrection, provided you continue faithful. By the vision of the Almighty I have seen it. - TPJS, p.296 As with everything I can recall about the teachings of Joseph Smith, the language is plain but the concept is layered with implications to be almost unfathomable. What...	Roper	6	346	Oct 30, 2006 by Jeffery_LQ1W
	Born into Church Convert or Gathered In Convert (Preview) I was wondering about this topic this morning while pondering the sections of the D&C I had read today and yesterday and the first few chapters of Mormon. And my pondering turned into studying the inside of my eyelids as I sat in the chair of the foyer while waiting for seminary...	Cat Herder	6	355	Oct 26, 2006 by salesortonscom
	Will It Never End (Preview) Groups have fed off the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints like parasites, making claims and denigrating the good that the church has done. <BLOCKQUOTE> LUCASVILLE, Ohio — Jeffrey Lundgren claimed the divine drove him to murder, and that his ex...	Jeffery_LQ1W	1	333	Oct 24, 2006 by salesortonscom
	Radical Origins (Preview) I thought this topic would spark more interest but maybe it just interests me. So, I apologize for posting this here after posting over at Nauvoo but I know we have a couple who post here and not at Nauvoo. I posted this on my blog but knowing that it would not receive much commentary I wanted...	TitusTodd	0	288	Oct 23, 2006 by TitusTodd
	Coffee alternatives (Preview) What do you guys think of coffee alternatives, such as Pero? My wife grew up drinking coffee, so she started drinking Pero when she became a member so that she could have something that tastes the same. Some say that we shoul avoid even the appearance of evil, and so even Pero is wrong. What do you guys thi...	arbilad	8	479	Oct 11, 2006 by Cat Herder
	Halloween (Preview) I have seen a trend lately in the church of moving away from "Halloween" celebrations to "Fall Festival" celebrations. Also, they're not too picky about holding the celebrations exactly on Halloween. We're not one of those families that refuse to celebrate Halloween because of its pagan beginnin...	arbilad	17	568	Oct 11, 2006 by Cat Herder
	Pre-GenCon (Preview) So General Conference is coming up this weekend. This thread is just for people to post how they get ready to hear the Prophet, Apostles, and other General Authorities words. One way that has been suggested is to prepare some questions that you are seeking answers for, write th...	SMILE	17	551	Sep 29, 2006 by salesortonscom
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