"Great Quotes" “Contention is a choice. Peacemaking is a choice. You have your agency to choose contention or reconciliation. I urge you to choose to be a peacemaker, now and always.” “Anger never persuades. Hostility builds no one. Contention never leads to inspired solutions.” “Contention drives away the Spirit – every time.” “Those who foster … Continue reading Contention is a choice, an evil one – Russell M. Nelson
"Sunday Sermon" The First Church Miracle Miracles and gifts of the Spirit permeate The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Every faithful member of the church can so testify. Shortly after the church was organized on April 6, 1830, Joseph Smith stayed in Colesville, preaching to the Knights and their friends. Newel Knight, son … Continue reading The First Church Miracle: Newel Knight and the Devil
"Sunday Sermon" Joseph Smith: Translator or Creator The Book of Mormon is either a divinely inspired translation of ancient scripture, or it is a work of fiction. Joseph Smith either translated the book by the “gift and power of God,” or he made it up. It is that simple. Those who knew Joseph Smith personally, … Continue reading “The Book of Mormon is the Work of the Devil”
"Sunday Sermon" "If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy,” Satan will prevent it or pervert it. (Art. of Faith 1:13) There is/are a plethora of examples of Satan's mutations. Here are a few: Rampant Pornography Addiction The devil perverts music, art, and literature. Satan promotes decadent entertainment and distracting sports addiction. … Continue reading Satan’s Strategies: “What he cannot prevent, he will pervert.”
"God told me to do it" In some cases of religious civil disobedience or religious illegal activity the perpetrators claim they should not be held accountable because they were acting on behalf of God. "The devil made me do it" Sometimes, perpetrators of illegal conduct claim they should not be held liable because they … Continue reading Suing Satan and “The Devil Made Me Do It” Defense
Great Quotes “There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.” -Goethe Paraphrase: “There is nothing more frightening than an active ignorance.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) German writer, statesman, poet, philosopher“Faust” is his most famous work -- a of a man who sells his soul to the devil for power.
When criminal defendants appear in my court by themselves, I ask, “Do you have an attorney?” Most defendants request a continuance, so they can hire a lawyer, or they ask me to appoint the public defender to represent them. Occasionally, I get a defendant who stands erect and proudly proclaims, “God is my lawyer!” or … Continue reading “Jesus is My Lawyer”
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