Every scripture reflection and discipleship note David has published on LDS Daily Path. Showing older entries, page 37.
Luke 14 moves from a Sabbath meal to the lowest seat, from excused guests to the cost of unfinished towers. Here is what it means to sit small and build anyway.
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Edward Partridge was called to preach three months after baptism. A woodworker reflects on forgiveness as the starting point, spotted garments, and what it means to come out of the fire.
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The Lord's Prayer, the swept house, and the outside of the cup. A woodworker's look at the inside work of Luke 11.
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2 Nephi 14 promises a branch growing where there should not be one. A woodworker reflects on grafting, purification, and the beauty that shows up after the fire.
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Genesis 36 gives forty-three verses to Esau's genealogy. A woodworker reflects on the rough-cut brother who still became a nation.
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The parable of the rich fool, the leaven of hypocrisy, and what it means to be rich toward God. A woodworker's walk through Luke 12.
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2 Nephi 13 (Isaiah 3) warns about the removal of the stay and staff from Judah. What are these false supports and how do they apply today?
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D&C 35 calls Sidney Rigdon as Joseph Smith's scribe, compares him to John the Baptist, and teaches that God uses the weak and unlearned to accomplish his work.
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Genesis 35 shows Jacob returning to Bethel, clearing out foreign gods, renewing the covenant, and facing the births and deaths that shape a family.
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Luke 9 is the hinge of the Gospel — mission, miracle, testimony, transfiguration, and the hard sayings on what it costs to follow. Jesus sets his face toward Jerusalem and does not look back.
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