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Today in Mormon History; “– 175 years ago today – April 20?, 1842

Joseph Smith tells the Relief Society they would receive the “keys to the kingdom … that they may be able to detect everything false.” – Brooke, John L. The Refiner’s Fire: The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644-1844. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1994. p.247 … (April 20, 2017 correct day should be 28th April – Thursday).”

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LDS General Conference October 2015Today’s post is on the summary of what Mormons can expect to hear at General Conference this weekend, October 3-4, 2015.

Somehow their insights still surprise me, even though I know they shouldn’t. The leader of their primary conference talked about the so-called divine nature everyone is endowed with, and with no apologies she compares this divinity within mankind with God’s love. Yikes!

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flowers-cartoon-8This month’s messages focuses on the divine attributes of being meek and humble.

It goes without saying that all followers of Jesus Christ should strive to develop these attributes and pursue His example, as we cultivate meekness in our lives and learn to be humble.

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flowers-cartoon-8April’s message focuses on Jesus’ role as our Savoir and Redeemer and begins with this quote by D. Todd Christofferson:

“Redeem means to pay off an obligation or a debt. Redeem can also mean to rescue or set free as by paying a ransom. … Each of these meanings suggests different facets of the great Redemption accomplished by Jesus Christ through His Atonement, which includes, in the words of the dictionary, ‘to deliver from sin and its penalties, as by a sacrifice made for the sinner.” (“Redemption,” Ensign, May 2013, 109.)

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