Some people found fault with Isaac’scontemporaryworship songs. But at least several prominent leaders supported him, including Samuel Johnson, Cotton Mather, and John Wesley[2]. Isaac Watts Probably the best known of Watts’ hymns is “Joy to the World,” although Watts never set it to music...
16Oct I Samuel 12:20-24 –And Samuel said to the people, “Do not be afraid; you have done all this evil, yet do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart; and do not turn aside after useless things that cannot profit or save, for they are ...
“It allows the men for the first time to critically engage the faith, to encounter Christ in the interior life, and experience the healing that leads to spiritual maturity,” said Dr. Joseph Hollcraft, director of the High Calling program in a video interview. “They als...
God calls home those who have served him well to give them rest. Their work here is done. Their new life has begun. We should not wish them back here. We should pray that the God of all comfort would give us the comfort and grace we need to continue to serve Him well in their ab...
Jesus tells a story about two men: one who builds his house upon a rock and another who builds his house upon sand. I’m sure you know which house weathers the storm. Jesus calls this builder wise. But the house built on the sand collapses during the storm, and the builder is dubbed...
Samuel was a ‘maintenance man’ aka janitor, at the local school. He made decent money but why was his family so hard up? And why was his wife, Samantha, coming into the store & ‘round abut town with a black eye & bruises? The guys at the store hated Samuel, labeling him a ...
1 Samuel 16:12 So, who do you see? Do you surround yourself with those like you so you see no one who is in need, who is disabled, who is one of the least of these? Years ago, we were eating dinner when my young children said that there was a handicapped child at school and ...
The second is the Ark of the Covenant, which is also known as the Ark of Samuel, the Ark of Testimony, and the Ark of God. Inside it were placed three items: the tablets of the Ten Commandments, a pot of manna, and Aaron’s Rod. The last ark is the Ark of Moses, also known ...
The first reading from Samuel (1 SM 1:1-8) begins with giving us the lineage of Elkanah. It strikes me that knowing who our ancestors are is important to knowing who we are. The story goes on to tell about Elkanah’s two wives. One had children and one had none. Hannah struggled ...
Joseph's brother Samuel Harrison Smith, Martin Harris, Oliver Cowdery, and one or more sons of Peter Whitmer, Sr.13 THE MEANS OF TRANSLATION R ESEARCHERS OF MORMON history have over- whelmingly agreed that Joseph Smith employed one or more instruments of translation in the process but, as ...