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I’ve always enjoyed a good rebuking. Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. Proverbs 9:8 [tags]rebuke, wisdom, Old Testament, Proverbs[/tags]

Stories of the Prophet Joseph Smith never cease to amaze me. The following was taken from pp 26-27 of How To Pray and Stay Awake: One of the best known incidents in church history is when the Prophet Joseph Smith healed the impoverished and dying Saints in the swamps of Nauvoo. Have you ever wondered [...]

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Something always gets lost in translation, but usually not an entire city. “Jerusalem. There is no such city!” the Jerusalem municipality said in the English-language version of a sightseeing brochure it had published originally in Hebrew. The correct translation: “Jerusalem. There is no city like it!” Carrying a photograph of the brochure, [...]

Hypothetically speaking, suppose you have an elders quorum presidency that has a $200 budget and less that four months to use it for an activity (or activities). What might you suggest the quorum do for an activity?

OK, I find this rather humerous. I was reading my Gmail when I saw this little ad with the tagline, “Tithing Rebuttal by PH.D.” and linking to www.shouldthechurchteachtithing.com (seriously, I don’t know why I’m giving this guy free traffic!). I guess if you put a “PH.D.” next to your name you can say that you [...]