Regarding President Nelson's comment, "I am a different man." I work at a temple. A few years ago I noticed a sister there almost every friday during my shift. I asked if she came every Friday? She said she went to the temple every day, she was on her 5th year, and that she knew of a some people on their 7th, 9th, and 11th year of going every day. ( Being in salt lake with so many temples nearby, she took advantage of making appointments at many temples.) i asked if she had miracles, and her comment was the biggest change was in her self.. basically line upon line, temple experience upon temple experience.. like pres. Nelson .
Thank you so very much for your master classes! And all of your great knowledge through your diligent study sharing this with us. I am suggesting to my BYU son to take a religion class from you :-)
Thank you for such an inspiring podcast. I study in the scriptures daily and I love them very much. They have changed me and my life. But your words have given me a new more intense holier vision. Best regards from Germany.
Thanks John! I really enjoy watching and listening to your contact. I’ve been following you for a couple months and love your interviews on the Book of Mormon.
We have some members who have sung new songs about the Atonement, original music mainly by one Brother, in our ward. It is lovely to find new material and restudy old scriptures, and new. President Nelson is for our seeking Christ through study-of the restoration, the Priesthood-especially the sisters, and Jesus Christ, and Temple covenants. I love learning and you help a lot with this. Thank you for your time and for your sweet wife allowing it.
Each of your classes always teaches me very interesting and profound things, and this helps me deeply in my path as a disciple of Christ, so... thank you! Greetings from Rome, Italy
I took on that invitation from President Nelson when he gave it several years ago. Just like he promised, I grew closer to Christ. I took your master class Seeking Jesus, I grew closer to Christ. Thank you for sharing your time and wisdom with all of us.
Thank you so much for your videos. I like the way you can condense so much material into 35 to 40 minutes. Because with taking time to add notes in my scriptures it takes something over an hour which is a nice chunk of time for scripture study
When you were going through "What does Sherem teach us about modern anti-Christ" list, at the end you said Jacob is also going to ask for a sign. Was that an error? Shouldn't that be Sherem is going to ask for a sign? I love how you presented the allegory of the olive tree. It was easy to follow. Thank you.
I've got a question for you. I was thinking about this parable and how God nourished the trees. It got me wondering how agency fits into this. All of the tools are done to the tree, but the tree doesn't have agency to accept the nourishment. Is it manifested by the fruits? (And a giant thank you for sharing your knowledge!)
This is a great question...I have never thought of that before! My guess (and I'd have to think more about it) is that like all parables there are some limits to it, as agency doesn't seem to be factored into this allegory.
Yeah, I kind of think that agency is represented by whether the trees bear good fruit or bad fruit because that is a consequence of whether the Master's nourishment is accepted or not.😊