The Wonders of Eternity

Some time ago I became interested in the similarities and differences as to how the modern Christian faith is taught and what I understood as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  I started reading online the information provided by biblical professors churches and clergy on their websites and youtube channels. I also started to participate in discussion forums on Facebook, Youtube and others to learn from conversations about Christian and biblical theology. The discussions I have followed and the reading has been interesting and informative.  One topic in particular that distinguishes Latter-day Saint theology from the theology of traditional or mainstream Christianity is how we, Latter-day Saints, understand the Fall of Adam and Eve and the eternal nature of the doctrine of Christ.  Latter-day Saints believe that Adam and Eve and all the prophets of God that followed them believed that Jesus Christ would be their Savior.  Errors and amon...

By Charlie Brown Generally it isn't an easy thing to do, that is having a conversation about sacred experiences.  We live in a skeptical secular world.  Our spiritual experiences may not even be a welcome subject to discuss outside of our church fellowship.  This post is to write down something of my spiritual journey, and the moments that caused me to seek understanding about life, eternity, and have brought me to my present place in life. When I was young, our family attended various Protestant churches, mostly the Methodist and Congregationalist. One of my grandfathers and his son, my uncle were pastors in the Assembly of God church. From these experiences, I gained a basic interest in God, but never felt any desire to know much more beyond Sunday School and the sermons. Sunday church meetings may not the most eagerly anticipated event of our week but we went regularly.  When I was eight years old, a month before I turned 9, my mother died in an automobile c...