Gospel & Doctrine
How much can you get for selling your soul?
It has been a great month for Oil Vault. I am not referring to anything monetary, but rather the feedback we have received from people and seeing the generosity of people. Along with our donations, it has been amazing to see people’s willingness to donate to military units as well as LDS missionaries throughout the world. There have also been many amazing stories of people sharing how they have been prepared to give a blessing.
It has also been an interesting month, as we have seen a huge spike in anti-Mormon visitors to the website and our Facebook page. As...
Will a Man Bribe God?
We can rob God
Malachi 3:8 states, “Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.” This scripture is often quoted in lessons or discussions in order to make us feel guilty that if we do not pay our tithing, we are...
When you sue God you are going to lose!
Some people try to sue God or the Devil for the things that have gone wrong with their lives.
Noone has ever won these lawsuits.
If your are going to keep up with the Joneses you better run faster
President Russell M. Nelson stated, “My heart goes out to conscientious Saints, who, because of their shortcomings, allow feelings of depression to rob them of happiness in life. We all need to remember: men are that they might have joy—not guilt trips!” (“Perfection Pending,” Ensign, Nov. 1995, 86).
We often feel a pressure in our lives to keep up with the Joneses. We may feel that we need to have a nice car, a big house, a big family, magnify our callings, be perfect like the Bishop’s family, or any number of other pressures in life that make...
The Clash of Money and Religion
There seems to be an inherent clash between money and religion.
We are taught that “money is the root of all evil” right? Wait a minute. Isn’t there something missing in that scripture quote? It actually comes from 1 Timothy 6:10, which goes “For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”
So it is the love of money that is the root of all evil, not money itself. This issue came to mind...
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