Most churches (including ours) give people ten times more content than they can live out. Real transformation, we’re ...
“‘What do we do now?’ This might be the first question of discipleship. It is the question asked by the disciples at the foot of the cross: The Messiah is dead. What do we do now?” So begins James K.A ...
Reid Neilson, assistant academic vice president for religious scholarly publications, speaks at BYU's campus devotional on Aug. 8. Neilson talked about the known and unknown costs of discipleship.
Stained glass windows in the cathedral depicting Jesus, his disciples, and an angel at Gethsemane as the Roman soldiers arrive to arrest him. (Photo by K. Mitch Hodge on Unsplash.) The Gospel for the ...
Priscilla Shirer is a best-selling author, motivational speaker, actress, Christian media personality, and evangelist. But most importantly, she is a wife and mother praying for Godly influences in ...
There’s piety, and there’s discipleship. I wouldn’t want to say they can’t and don’t overlap. They often do. My personal piety runs to practices that I wouldn’t necessarily recommend to any person ...
Sunday, Sept. 4, is the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass Readings: Wisdom 9:13-18b; Psalm 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14 and 17; Philemon 9-10, 12-17; Luke 14:25-33. In today’s Gospel, Jesus defines four ...
Elder Gary E. Stevenson of the Quorum of the Twelve gave a devotional highlighting the four banners of Christlike attributes to BYU students, faculty and staff on Jan. 21. Amidst heightened political ...
who has just come in from plowing or tending sheep in the field, ‘Come here immediately and take your place at table’? Would he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat. Put on your ...
Yet Jesus, the Word incarnate, found nothing greater than hearing and delivering his Father’s words, the “one thing … necessary.”  The chief mark of discipleship is receiving Jesus in his Word, as ...