Hope for the Spiritually Blinded
For many years, I've watched dozens of my friends -- and a few loved ones -- not only turn their backs on the church, but also the gospel of Jesus Christ and even Christianity itself. Several were fr...
15 Jan 201824min
MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT: The Perfect Day and John Pontius Facebook Group
For millennia, the Lord has invited us to "feed my sheep". But all too often, we find few, if any, places where we are safe to share, and learn from others who are sharing as well. This Facebook grou...
1 Jan 20189min
A Christmas Present and a Potential New Years Resolution for You
My invitation: In 2018, make your New Years resolution to quit focusing on you. Just...stop it. Don't focus on the end destination, because -- rest assured -- He who is omniscient already knows the d...
18 Des 201719min
The Gift of Discernment Part 5: Discerning the Half Truths of Which We Proudly (and Regularly and Publicly) Testify
The more I study the Gift of Discernment, the more I discover it is an extremely, highly sensitive gift from Father. When we are even slightly less-than-honest with others, we inject imbalance not onl...
11 Des 201715min
The Gift of Discernment Part 4: The Universal Law of Opposites
Lehi taught, "It must needs be that there is an opposition in all things." (2 Nephi 2:11) "All things." That's a pretty big statement. Not "most things." Not "a lot of things." Not "a boatload of th...
26 Nov 201732min
The Gift of Discernment Part 3: Seek and Receive the Gift of Discernment
How can you create an environment so you're better able to exercise the Gift of Discernment? What's the secret weapon the Lord has provided you to cast out evil and enjoy a peaceful, spirit-filled en...
31 Okt 201730min
The Gift of Discernment Part 2: The Gift of Discernment 101
Adam and Eve walked and talked with God, face-to-face, and were worthy of our admiration as a man and woman in their glory. I think they were quite likely literally and figuratively head-and-shoulders...
15 Okt 201730min
The Gift of Discernment Part 1: Are You Sure You're Truly Aligned With Christ?
"For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the tr...
25 Sep 201725min
