The great works which attracted the Nobel Prizes are truly mind-boggling, but to the disappointed, to the distraught, to the sick, and to the dying, they are meaningless. All men seek to die in hope like Moses. …[more]
I don’t think I can be a scholar and not have questions with occasional cultural practices or historical events related to the Church, but my testimony of the doctrine of this Church supersedes any of the times in my life when I feel uncertain about an event or issue. …[more]
Hearing the “Joseph Smith story” for the first time may raise a few eyebrows, and a few questions. …[more]
The proposition of putting one’s religious convictions out on the Internet may seem ill-advised, particularly to those in the humanities where one’s politics and ideological commitments, it is fairly argued, are inseparable from one’s research and academic output. …[more]
In Mormonism, I found the living, personal, physical God, literally communicating through revelation. Here the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ, as described so unequivocally in the New Testament, became real again. …[more]
I remember hearing quite frequently about the “great debate” or the “conflict” between science and religion, but I never understood it. For me, the more I learned in my scientific studies, the more I appreciated my religious beliefs. …[more]
I am intrigued not only by God’s ability to foresee the future, but also with His desire to share what He knows to his faithful followers. By doing so, He prepares them for what is to come. …[more]
As a saint in a modern scriptorium …[more]
My first contact with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints came through the missionaries proselytising along our street. I can remember well that the only reason I let them into my home was because it was pouring with rain outside and I felt sorry for them. …[more]
Although I have vivid memories of spiritual feelings associated with singing hymns about Jesus Christ at a very young age, my own personal conviction of the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ seemed to settle over me as I grew up….[more]
I have had a very rich and happy life and I know that my saviour Jesus Christ and his church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is the source and the reason for the great joy and excitement that fills my life. …[more]
If there is one thing I have learned on my journey through this mortal probation, it is this: while it’s impossible to study secular knowledge too much, it is all too possible–and far too easy–to neglect the study of sacred knowledge in the process. …[more]
For me there has been no serious difficulty in reconciling the principles of true science with the principles of true religion, for both are concerned with the eternal verities of the Universe. …[more]
When I think about all the factors that caused me to return to the religion of my youth after twenty years away, one stands out—a reexamination of the person, Joseph Smith, and his role in restoring original Christianity. …[more]
When I was a teenager living in San Antonio, Texas, my parents came into contact with Mormon missionaries through someone who worked with my father, an officer in the Medical Services Corps of the U. S. Army. …[more]
There is a stereotype about Mormons that I wish to dispel. The stereotype often propagated by outsiders is that Mormons are naïve, ignorant, and feeble-minded. Instead, we Mormons are thinkers, even critical thinkers. …[more]
I felt a peace in my heart telling me that I had finally found a purpose in life through a living religion that could combine faith and education, a religion that could teach me about prayer, about a Father that listens to our prayers, and a religion that values treasures not from this world. …[more]
The answered prayers, the feelings of love and encouragement, the guidance, and especially the non-stop nudging to do better have simply welded this notion of God in my mind so that I can’t even remember the last time I entertained the notion of there being no God. …[more]
Years ago when I was on faculty at a state university, a student asked me, “How can you have a PhD and believe in God?” My response was, “How could I have a PhD and not believe in God?” …[more]
I was born and raised in an active Latter-day Saint family and from a very young age was fascinated with history, genealogy, and religion. At a young age I wondered about my place in the world, how I was impacted by people, and, in turn, how I impacted others. …[more]
