Transcript Submission www.kevinhinckley.com School Notes from Alabama 1. My son is under a doctor's care and should not take PE today.

Submission
www.kevinhinckley.com
School Notes
from Alabama
1. My son is under a doctor's care and
should not take PE today. Please
execute him.
2. Please exkuce lisa for being absent
she was sick and i had her shot.
3. Dear school: please ecsc's john
being absent on jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32
and also 33.
4. Please excuse roland from p.e. for a few days. Yesterday he fell out of a tree and
misplaced his hip.
5. John has been absent because he had two teeth taken out of his face.
6. Megan could not come to school today because she has been bothered by very close
veins.
7. Chris will not be in school cus he has an acre in his side.
8. Please excuse ray friday from school. He has very loose vowels.
9. Please excuse jimmy for being. It was his father's fault.
10. I kept Billie home because she had to go Christmas shopping because i don't know
what size she wear.
11. Please excuse jennifer for missing school yesterday. We forgot to get the sunday
paper off the porch, and when we found it monday. We thought it was sunday.
Apollo 13
Elder Bruce Hafen
Elder Bruce Hafen
Satanic
Seduction
Believing
Heart
Broken
Heart
Belonging
Heart
At-One-Ment
Divine Gravity
Elder Busche
When someone understands the full meaning of [God’s
love] it is as if the arms of heaven have come to pull out
of the mire and darkness of the world, and we begin to
see the light. Suddenly we cannot question [who we are]
anymore. God’s creations are perfect…and all of us
have the innate potential to become like God.
The deeper understanding of this reality will continue to
grow inside of us and lead us to the security of
belonging—not only to the Creator but also to every
other child of God.
Religious Educator, Spring 2008, p. 5,6
Abinadi
And it came to pass that there was a man
among them whose name was Abinadi; and he
went forth among them, and began to prophesy,
saying: Behold, thus saith the Lord, and thus hath he commanded me, saying…
Reminder…
[Abinadi] prophesied of many things which are to come, yea, even the
coming of Christ.
27 And because he said
unto them that Christ was the God, the Father of
Nephi
“…the
angelcome
spake down
unto me…and
sawchildren
that [theof men,
all things… and that God
should
among Ithe
Redeemer]
was
lifted
up
upon
the
cross
and
slain
for the
and take upon him flesh
and
blood,
and
go
forth
upon
the
face
of
the
sins of the world.” (1 Nephi 11:32,33)
earth—
King Benjamin
“
I shall tell you [the things] made known unto me by an
angel of God…that the Lord Omnipotent shall dwell in a
tabernacle of clay…and he shall be called Jesus Christ”
(Mosiah 3:2)
Jacob
“In the last night, the angel spake unto me that..[Christ] should be his name…and they
should crucify him” (2 Nephi 10:3)
Alma
“…the spirit hath said this to me…he shall be born of Mary, at Jerusalem…and he will
take upon him death.” (Alma 7:10,12)
Samuel
“the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall suffer many things and shall be slain for his people, and
behold, an angel of the Lord hath declared it unto me.” (Helaman 13:7)
Abinadi
And it came to pass that there was a man
among them whose name was Abinadi; and he
went forth among them, and began to prophesy,
saying: Behold, thus saith the Lord, and thus hath he commanded me, saying…
Now the eyes of the people were blinded; therefore they hardened their hearts against
the words of Abinadi, and they sought from that time forward to take him…
And it came to pass that after the space of two years that Abinadi came among them in
disguise, that they knew him not, and began to prophesy among them…
And it came to pass that they were angry with him; and they took him and carried him
bound before the king, and said unto the king: Behold, we have brought a man before
thee who has prophesied evil concerning thy people, and saith that God will destroy
them.
And it came to pass that king Noah caused that Abinadi should be cast into prison; and
he commanded that the priests should gather themselves together that he might hold
a council with them what he should do with him.
I say unto you, wo be unto you for perverting the ways of the Lord! …
Ye have not applied your hearts to understanding; therefore, ye have not been wise.
Therefore, what teach ye this people?
Can
Howwe
could
understand
they know
“the
“the
Church”
Law”
But but
not not
understand
the Atonement?
the Savior?
Priests of Noah
After Abinadi had condemed their sins, what did the
Priests ask him?
“And it came to pass that one of them said unto him: What
meaneth the words which are written, and which have
been taught by our fathers, saying:
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that
bringeth good tidings; that publisheth peace; that
bringeth good tidings of good; that publisheth salvation;
that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth;”
Why this question?
Elder Bednar
I find it most interesting in these and many other verses
that understanding is linked primarily to the heart. Note
that we are not explicitly counseled to apply our minds to
understanding. Obviously, we must use our minds and our
rational capacity to obtain and evaluate information and to
reach appropriate conclusions and judgments. But
perhaps the scriptures are suggesting to us that reason and “the arm of flesh” are
not sufficient to produce true understanding.
Thus, understanding, as the word is used in the scriptures, does not refer solely or even
primarily to intellectual or cognitive comprehension. Rather, understanding occurs
when what we know in our minds is confirmed as true in our hearts by the witness of
the Holy Ghost.
… And as testimony and conviction move from our heads to our hearts, we no longer just
have information or knowledge—but we begin to understand and seek after the
mighty change of heart. Understanding, then, is the result of revelation…
This revealed insight about the relationship between the heart and understanding has
greatly influenced my approach to gospel learning and study, has affected positively
the way Sister Bednar and I teach our children and grandchildren, and has impacted
my priesthood service.
BYU Fireside, 2007
Elder Maxwell
In today's society, at the mere mention of the words
obedience and submissiveness hackles rise and
people are put on nervous alert. . . .
People promptly furnish examples from secular
history to illustrate how obedience to unwise
authority and servility to bad leaders have caused
much human misery and suffering.
It is difficult, therefore, to get a hearing for what the
words obedience and submissiveness really
mean--even when the clarifying phrase, "to God,"
is attached.
["Not My Will, But Thine" (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1988), p. 1]
Elder Holland
Let me use an example from what is often considered by foes, and even by some friends, as the most
unsavory moment in the entire Book of Mormon. I choose it precisely because there is so much in it
that has given offense to many. It is pretty much a bitter cup all the way around.
I speak of Nephi's obligation to slay Laban in order to preserve a record, save a people, and ultimately
lead to the restoration of the gospel in the dispensation of the fulness of times. How much is hanging
in the balance as Nephi stands over the drunken and adversarial Laban I cannot say, but it is a very
great deal indeed.
The only problem is that we know this, but Nephi does not. And regardless of how much is at stake, how
can. he do this thing? He is a good person, perhaps even a well-educated person. He has been
taught from the very summit of Sinai "Thou shalt not kill." And he has made gospel covenants.
"1 was constrained by the Spirit that I should kill Laban; but . . . I shrunk and would that I might not slay
him". A bitter test? A desire to shrink? Sound familiar? We don't know why those plates could not have
been obtained some other way--perhaps accidentally left at the plate polishers one night or maybe
falling out the back of Laban's chariot on a Sabbath afternoon.
For that matter, why didn't Nephi just leave this story out of the book altogether? Why didn't he say
something like, "And after much effort and anguish of spirit, I did obtain the plates of Laban and did
depart into the wilderness unto the tent of my father?" At the very least he might have buried the
account somewhere in the Isaiah chapters, thus guaranteeing that it would have gone undiscovered
up to this very day.
But there it is, squarely in the beginning of the book--page 8--where even the most casual reader will see it
and must deal with it. It is not intended that either Nephi or we be spared the struggle of this
account.
I believe that story was placed in the very opening verses of a 531-page book and then told in painfully
specific detail in order to focus every reader of that record on the absolutely fundamental gospel issue
of obedience and submission to the communicated will of the Lord. If Nephi cannot yield to this
terribly painful command, if he cannot bring himself to obey, then it is entirely probable that he can
never succeed or survive in the tasks that lie just ahead. (BYU Devotional, Jan, 1989)