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It would be useful if the Bible were to enumerate a list of fundamental God-given rights and liberties, but it does not. The Book of Mormon does much more than the Bible in promoting the principles of fundamental rights and liberties, but the Book of Mormon is not universally respected among Christians as divinely authentic,…
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Agency is the gift of God to all animal beings giving them the ability and right to choose what they will think and do. It is the ability and right to self-determination. It is choice. It is freedom. It is liberty. It is the dignity to represent oneself on the cosmic stage of action, reaction,…
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The Rule of Law is the restriction of inconsistent and arbitrary rules by establishing well-defined, equitable, and just laws that are strictly enforced. Where the Rule of Law prevails, nobody is above the law. Where the Rule of Law prevails, government executives, legislators, judges, and all elected and appointed government officials are strictly bound by…
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We live in a pluralistic world and in a pluralistic universe. Not everybody is the same. Not everybody wants to be the same. Not everybody believes the same. Not everybody wants to live the same. Not everybody wants the same laws, the same standards, or the same cultural parameters. And believe it or not, God…
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These are my notes from a video with Robert Smith and Todd McLaughlin. There is a mountain of deep doctrine and value here, so I very much want to share this with you. I hope you will watch the video and read and ponder this material with prayerful sincerity. We need to initiate the Lord…
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“And Adam and Eve blessed the name of God, and they made all things known unto their sons and their daughters. And Satan came among them, saying: I am also a son of God; and he commanded them, saying: Believe it not; and they believed it not, and they loved Satan more than God. And…
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Virtue is voluntary obedience to truth. Virtue is characterized by consistently following specific principles, rules, and standards of morality. Virtue generally implies a combination of goodness, integrity, sexual purity, self-discipline, and honor. Philosophically, increasing virtue is to move from chaos to creation. It is to willingly be intelligently governed by the goodness of light and…
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“And moreover, I would desire that ye should consider on the blessed and happy state of those that keep the commandments of God. For behold, they are blessed in all things, both temporal and spiritual; and if they hold out faithful to the end they are received into heaven, that thereby they may dwell with…
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I just published a new video: The Straight and Narrow Path. This video references The Glory of God is Intelligence, by Robert Smith. I talk about how following the straight and narrow path requires accepting new truth that is offered to us. Often this truth contradicts what we previously thought was true. .
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Jesus is the most abused, slandered, misunderstood, underappreciated, disbelieved, misrepresented, and rejected person in history. Those who choose to follow Jesus, who walk in his footsteps, can expect to be likewise abused, slandered, misunderstood, underappreciated, disbelieved, misrepresented, and rejected. If this has not been your experience, then it is entirely likely that whatever it is…
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