If you don't like "object lessons" used to teach spiritual truths, you're going to hate the Bible...
- Mustard seed (Jesus)
- Setting a child in front of people (Jesus)
- Holding up a coin (Jesus)
- Using a fig tree (Jesus)
- Writing in dirt (Jesus)
- Making mud and using it on a man's eyes (Jesus... although this is a mindblowing Genesis 2 redux illustrating Jesus = God)
- Breaking bread + holding up a wine goblet (Jesus)
- Tearing a cloak in 12 pieces (Ahijah)
- Walking naked and barefoot for 3 years (Isaiah... but I'm not doing this one anytime soon)
- Smashing a clay jar in front of listeners (Jeremiah)
- Wearing a wooden yoke (Jeremiah)
- Joining 2 sticks into 1 in front of hearers (Ezekiel)
- Using rope to bind your hands and feet in front of hearers (Agabus)
- Making a rainbow (God... also, this was cool and not gay)
- Smearing blood on house doorposts (God)
- Lifting up a metal snake (God)
There's a way to use "object lessons" that are more distracting and kitsch than illustrative... but there's also a way to do it so that it sticks in the hearer's soul.
Also, I do not own a single pair of skinny jeans, but I am cursed with one pair of Howerton legs that turn straight leg jeans into 'skinny jeans' (let the reader understand :)
"Gambling is morally wrong. Gambling is built on the desire to obtain something for nothing. Its structure requires that any gain comes at other's expense. It is hard to reconcile that with the commandment to love our neighbor as ourselves."
—President D. Todd Christofferson (@ChristoffDTodd) #GeneralConference
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Sorry, y'all. My kids unbidden made a pipe-cleaner shepherd and sheep during conference, so I guess we're just going to go get translated now.
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Doctrinal Foundations of temple worship #ElderGong
1) Eternal Marriages are the ultimate aim
2) Moral Agency is essential
3) Ordinances & Covenants are sealed by the Holy Spirit of Promise through faithfulness
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