This Country Will Never Fail

Another timely reprint: this article was first published in June of 2010. It seems just as pertinent today. I was inclined to apologize for the length of this article, but on second thought, it is probably not long enough.

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I have read a great deal recently about the dire straits our great country is passing through.

I have read that our present leadership will, in fairly short order, cause the demise of democracy as we know it, that we should probably start building underground shelters again, and stockpile food, weapons, and ammunition against the coming anarchy.

Unhistoric Acts

Editor's note: I have decided to republish some of my older posts which I consider to be worth reviewing again. They were posted early in the history of this blog and so received few visits. Please read and enjoy.
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I have thought a lot over the last few years about the good but largely anonymous lives of millions of people scattered over the earth. They live quietly, and die just as quietly. They go to graves everywhere to silently await the resurrection. There is often a memorial service of some kind depending on custom in their culture. There is sadness, and sometimes heartbreak if death is untimely. The living remember them briefly, but soon, they are all but forgotten by nearly everyone as the world rushes onward. Cemeteries the world over are full of such unheralded people. Some of them are visited on Memorial Day by relatives and friends, but after a generation or two, they are mostly left alone.

Priesthood Power -- Modern Miracles

In today’s sectarian and religious circles, the idea that there are modern miracles occurring even as we speak is controversial at best, and at worst, rejected outright. Many folks don’t believe anything they can’t see, or touch, or explain logically. Of course, there are those who believe that miracles do still occur regularly. Other pundits on the internet admit that there were miracles in Old and New Testament times, but insist that the age of miracles ended with the death of the Savior and the original apostles..