Gospel & Doctrine

One of my previous church callings was a Sunday school teacher for the 12-14 year-old kids. Each week we would start the class by asking an introductory question, such as what is your favorite candy bar or if you could travel anywhere, where would you go? It was a fun way to get classes started and help the youth get to know each other. One of my favorite questions to ask was, besides Christ and your family members, who is your hero. The girls in the class would answer Thor because they thought he was “dreamy” and the boys usually...

I once saw a cartoon where a man walks into a bookstore and finds an employee. He says, “Excuse me, could you tell me where to find the self- help section?” The employee answers “Wouldn’t that defeat the purpose?” Self- help books are some of the most popular books these days and there are plenty to choose from.

You can find self-help books for learning a new language, healing your body, memorizing information, or finding your personal destiny. Self-help books are readily available at every bookstore. However, something seems to be missing from the bookshelves, help-others books. With the world’s...

If you have ever sat through a lesson on how to love your spouse better, the 5 love languages will almost inevitably come up. For those of you who have not had the “joy” of sitting through such a lesson, here is a quick summary of the 5 love languages. In 1995 Gary Chapman came out with a book called The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate.

The five love languages have helped many couples understand how to express love in a language their spouse can understand and understand how they feel love themselves. The...

Slinging takes an extraordinary amount of skill and practice. But in experienced hands, the sling is a devastating weapon. Skilled slingers can hit birds in mid-flight or a coin from as far away as they could see it. An experienced slinger could kill or seriously injure a target at a distance of up to two hundred yards. As David ran toward Goliath in one of the most epic Bible battles, he moved with speed and maneuverability, not weighted down by heavy armor. He puts a rock into his sling and whips it around and around, faster and faster at six or...