A Minister and a Witness
Disciples of Jesus Christ share their testimonies boldly.
- Recent Lessons
- Turning Points and Trials
- Sharing Faith-Promoting Experiences Strenghtens Myself and Others.
Recent Lessons
Turning Points and Trials
We often like to talk about our great moments …
In Saul/Paul we have a great example of a turning point. Today, can we talk about our turning points toward faith in Christ?
The Gospel and non-Gospel condundrum.
Many of us had moments in our lives when we have thought we need to make a choice… the day!!! But what about knowing, but then having many other tugs.
Sione Havili
Oct 2nd Conference preview Sione Havili story revolves around go on a mission after burning down a house. Having to leave his mission at 14 months to go to jail.
Age of Mistakes
It is not always the young person that make mistakes. We all think of Saul/Paul as a mature person. But is he the only scriptural account?
How old was Alma “the younger” when he was converted? Do the math
- About 100-92 BC is when Angel appeared Alma “the youunger”
- Alma “the Elder” died at died around 91 BC at the age of 82 (see Mosiah 29:45)
- Alma “the Elder” was at least 73 when angel came to Alma “the younger”
Associate the Quote
My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness
Sharing Faith-Promoting Experiences Strenghtens Myself and Others.
Some times our faith promoting experiences are big things like Saul/Paul, Joseph Smith, and Alma the Younger. However, it is the persistence and little things we see in Sione Havili story that resonate.
Does anyone have a “little thing” that has happened to promote their faith recently?
Sunday School Experience
I thought a lesson on 3/19… “Soon it will be General Conference and then Easter. All will happen before we meet in Sunday School again. As we read about Bethlehem at Christmas, so should we read about Gethsemane”.
How could this be perceived as a spiritual confirmation? My son says sometimes “I did a thing”. Read this from Church News
Church’s Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
labeled Holy Week as:
1. "the most important week in human history”
2. Easter as the “most important holiday.”
Those emphatic superlatives came from President Russell M. Nelson and three latter-day Apostles — Elder D. Todd Christofferson, Elder Ronald A. Rasband and Elder Gary E. Stevenson — as they spoke this weekend during April 2023 general conference of the events, the doctrine and the many blessings associated with Palm Sunday, Holy Week and Easter Sunday.
The Jerusalem Council
A great way to determine if you are in accord with each other, is if you can eat dinner together?
Does anyone have a recent experience where they were able to overcome differences through council?
Peter and James
These great leaders needed to figure hard things out, so Jew and Gentile converts could at least eat together. The law? The spirit? The differences?
This council met to discuss ...
1. "the issue of what Gentiles (non-Jews)
should do when converting to Christianity"
2. "religious and ethnic background"
3. "inclusion into the emerging Christian Church"
James suggested the Gentiles should abstain from at least four things related to keeping the law of Moses (Acts 15:20, 29).
IMO, this is like the baptismal inteview or temple recomment interiew questions. Imagine an interview …
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do you participate in cermonies where … Meats are offered to idols ?
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do you have unrepented sins like … Fornication (sexual immorality) ?
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do you eat … Strangled meat (the animal’s blood had not been drained) ?
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do you eat … Blood (related to avoiding strangled meat) or Blood pudding?