{"id":79587,"date":"2019-10-27T21:16:37","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T03:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=79587"},"modified":"2019-10-27T21:16:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T03:16:37","slug":"plenty-of-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2019\/10\/plenty-of-opportunities.html","title":{"rendered":"“Plenty of opportunities”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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The Fort Lauderdale Florida Temple is one of the few places on the planet where marriages are performed that are intended to last not only for time but also for all eternity. (LDS.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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First, a brief miscellany of links related to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe willful ignorance of Jonathan Neville\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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I have to admit that this second one absolutely amazes me, too:<\/p>\n

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\u201cHeartland site in Palmyra refers people to anti-Mormon website\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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I posted a link to this story a few days ago, but I\u2019m not sure that the video was there at the time. \u00a0I any event, I didn\u2019t see it. \u00a0Now, though, having seen it, I like it and I would like others to be aware of it:<\/p>\n

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\u201cApostles of Jesus Christ Minister in Southwest United States:\u00a0Elder Rasband visits Arizona, Elder Soares travels to Texas\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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From the non-Latter-day Saint news-analysis site Get Religion<\/em>: \u00a0\u201cWhat does faith have to do with it? Romney is on a moral crusade, for some vague reason\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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And, finally, there\u2019s this important piece that was first published back on 25 March 2015:<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m Tolerant of All Religions, Except the One I Was Raised With\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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And now two quotations from previous members of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles \u2014 Elder Kimball also served in the First Presidency, as a counselor to Brigham Young \u2014 on related subjects:<\/p>\n

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Let me say to you, that many of you will see the time when you will have all the trouble, trial and persecution that you can stand, and plenty of opportunities to show that you are true to God and his work. This Church has before it many close places through which it will have to pass before the work of God is crowned with victory. The time will come when no man nor woman will be able to endure on borrowed light. Each will have to be guided by the light within himself. If you do not have it, how can you stand? \u00a0(Heber C. Kimball [1801-1868])<\/span><\/p>\n

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How can you and I really expect to glide naively through life, as if to say, \u2018Lord, give me experience, but not grief, not sorrow, not pain, not opposition, not betrayal, and certainly not to be forsaken. Keep from me, Lord, all those experiences which made Thee what Thou art! Then, let me come and dwell with Thee and fully share Thy joy!\u2019 \u00a0(Neal A. Maxwell [1926-2004])<\/span><\/p>\n

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Posted from Orlando, Florida<\/p>\n

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