http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/ecumenic/ en-us Mon, 9 Jun 2008 13:06:22 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2028274/posts JESUS THE CHRIST, by Apostle James E. Talmage (D.Sc.D., Ph.D., F.R.S.E.) is a doctrinal study on the life and ministry of Christ, and is considered by most Mormons as the authoritative treatise on Savior’s mission and message, expounding all scriptures in one on the various aspects of the life of our Redeemer. CHAPTER 38, THE APOSTOLIC MINISTRY - MATTHIAS ORDAINED TO THE APOSTLESHIP After witnessing the Lord's ascension from Olivet, the eleven apostles returned to Jerusalem filled with joy and thoroughly suffused with the spirit of adoring worship. Both in the temple and in a certain upper room, which was... lds.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2028274/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jun 2008 13:06:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2027602/posts JESUS THE CHRIST, by Apostle James E. Talmage (D.Sc.D., Ph.D., F.R.S.E.) is a doctrinal study on the life and ministry of Christ, and is considered by most Mormons as the authoritative treatise on Savior’s mission and message, expounding all scriptures in one on the various aspects of the life of our Redeemer. CHAPTER 37, THE RESURRECTION AND THE ASCENSION - CHRIST IS RISEN Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath, had passed, and the night preceding the dawn of the most memorable Sunday in history was well nigh spent, while the Roman guard kept watch over the sealed sepulchre wherein lay the body... lds.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2027602/posts#comment Sat, 7 Jun 2008 17:48:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2026488/posts JESUS THE CHRIST, by Apostle James E. Talmage (D.Sc.D., Ph.D., F.R.S.E.) is a doctrinal study on the life and ministry of Christ, and is considered by most Mormons as the authoritative treatise on Savior’s mission and message, expounding all scriptures in one on the various aspects of the life of our Redeemer. CHAPTER 36, IN THE REALM OF DISEMBODIED SPIRITS Jesus the Christ died in the literal sense in which all men die. He underwent a physical dissolution by which His immortal spirit was separated from His body of flesh and bones, and that body was actually dead. While the... lds.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2026488/posts#comment Thu, 5 Jun 2008 15:33:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2025853/posts JESUS THE CHRIST, by Apostle James E. Talmage (D.Sc.D., Ph.D., F.R.S.E.) is a doctrinal study on the life and ministry of Christ, and is considered by most Mormons as the authoritative treatise on Savior’s mission and message, expounding all scriptures in one on the various aspects of the life of our Redeemer. CHAPTER 35, DEATH AND BURIAL ON THE WAY TO CALVARY Pontius Pilate, having reluctantly surrendered to the clamorous demands of the Jews, issued the fatal order; and jesus, divested of the purple robe and arrayed in His own apparel, was led away to be crucified. A body of... lds.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2025853/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jun 2008 15:16:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2025332/posts JESUS THE CHRIST, by Apostle James E. Talmage (D.Sc.D., Ph.D., F.R.S.E.) is a doctrinal study on the life and ministry of Christ, and is considered by most Mormons as the authoritative treatise on Savior’s mission and message, expounding all scriptures in one on the various aspects of the life of our Redeemer. CHAPTER 34, THE TRIAL AND CONDEMNATION THE JEWISH TRIAL From Gethsemane the bound and captive Christ was haled before the Jewish rulers. John alone informs us that the Lord was taken first to Annas, who sent Him, still bound, to Caiaphas, the high priest; the Synoptists record the... lds.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2025332/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jun 2008 14:58:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2024527/posts JESUS THE CHRIST, by Apostle James E. Talmage (D.Sc.D., Ph.D., F.R.S.E.) is a doctrinal study on the life and ministry of Christ, and is considered by most Mormons as the authoritative treatise on Savior’s mission and message, expounding all scriptures in one on the various aspects of the life of our Redeemer. CHAPTER 33, THE LAST SUPPER AND THE BETRAYAL THE PRIESTLY CONSPIRATORS AND THE TRAITOR As the time for the annual Feast of the Passover approached, and particularly during the two days immediately preceding the beginning of the festival, the chief priests, scribes, and elders of the people, in... lds.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2024527/posts#comment Sun, 1 Jun 2008 21:48:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2023571/posts JESUS THE CHRIST, by Apostle James E. Talmage (D.Sc.D., Ph.D., F.R.S.E.) is a doctrinal study on the life and ministry of Christ, and is considered by most Mormons as the authoritative treatise on Savior’s mission and message, expounding all scriptures in one on the various aspects of the life of our Redeemer. CHAPTER 32, FURTHER INSTRUCTION TO THE APOSTLES PROPHECIES RELATING TO THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM AND THE LORD'S FUTURE ADVENT In the course of His last walk from Jerusalem back to the beloved home at Bethany, Jesus rested at a convenient spot on the Mount of Olives, from which... lds.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2023571/posts#comment Fri, 30 May 2008 16:13:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2023341/posts JESUS THE CHRIST, by Apostle James E. Talmage (D.Sc.D., Ph.D., F.R.S.E.) is a doctrinal study on the life and ministry of Christ, and is considered by most Mormons as the authoritative treatise on Savior’s mission and message, expounding all scriptures in one on the various aspects of the life of our Redeemer. CHAPTER 31, THE CLOSE OF OUR LORD'S PUBLIC MINISTRY A CONSPIRACY OF PHARISEES AND HERODIANS The Jewish authorities continued unceasingly active in their determined efforts to tempt or beguile Jesus into some act or utterance on which they could base a charge of offense, under either their own... lds.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2023341/posts#comment Fri, 30 May 2008 02:48:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2022767/posts JESUS THE CHRIST, by Apostle James E. Talmage (D.Sc.D., Ph.D., F.R.S.E.) is a doctrinal study on the life and ministry of Christ, and is considered by most Mormons as the authoritative treatise on Savior’s mission and message, expounding all scriptures in one on the various aspects of the life of our Redeemer. CHAPTER 30, JESUS RETURNS TO THE TEMPLE DAILY AN INSTRUCTIVE INCIDENT ON THE WAY On the morrow, which, as we reckon, was Monday, the second day of Passion week, Jesus and the Twelve returned to Jerusalem and spent the greater part of the day at the temple. The... lds.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2022767/posts#comment Thu, 29 May 2008 02:26:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2022420/posts JESUS THE CHRIST, by Apostle James E. Talmage (D.Sc.D., Ph.D., F.R.S.E.) is a doctrinal study on the life and ministry of Christ, and is considered by most Mormons as the authoritative treatise on Savior’s mission and message, expounding all scriptures in one on the various aspects of the life of our Redeemer. CHAPTER 29, ON TO JERUSALEM JESUS AGAIN FORETELLS HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION Each of the three synoptic writers has made record of this last journey to Jerusalem and of occurrences connected therewith. The deep solemnity of the developments now so near at hand, and of the fate He... lds.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2022420/posts#comment Wed, 28 May 2008 13:35:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2022161/posts JESUS THE CHRIST, by Apostle James E. Talmage (D.Sc.D., Ph.D., F.R.S.E.) is a doctrinal study on the life and ministry of Christ, and is considered by most Mormons as the authoritative treatise on Savior’s mission and message, expounding all scriptures in one on the various aspects of the life of our Redeemer. CHAPTER 28, THE LAST WINTER AT THE FEAST OF DEDICATION Jesus returned to Jerusalem in time to attend the Feast of Dedication during the last winter of His earthly life. This feast, like that of Tabernacles, was one of national rejoicing, and was celebrated annually for a period... lds.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2022161/posts#comment Tue, 27 May 2008 23:39:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2021855/posts JESUS THE CHRIST, by Apostle James E. Talmage (D.Sc.D., Ph.D., F.R.S.E.) is a doctrinal study on the life and ministry of Christ, and is considered by most Mormons as the authoritative treatise on Savior’s mission and message, expounding all scriptures in one on the various aspects of the life of our Redeemer. CHAPTER 27, CONTINUATION OF THE PEREAN AND JUDEAN MINISTRY IN THE HOUSE OF ONE OF THE CHIEF PHARISEES On a certain Sabbath Jesus was a guest at the house of a prominent Pharisee. A man afflicted with dropsy was there; he may have come with the hope of... lds.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2021855/posts#comment Tue, 27 May 2008 13:21:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2021734/posts JESUS THE CHRIST, by Apostle James E. Talmage (D.Sc.D., Ph.D., F.R.S.E.) is a doctrinal study on the life and ministry of Christ, and is considered by most Mormons as the authoritative treatise on Savior’s mission and message, expounding all scriptures in one on the various aspects of the life of our Redeemer. CHAPTER 26, OUR LORD'S MINISTRY IN PEREA AND JUDEA When or under what attendant circumstances our Lord departed from Jerusalem after the Feast of Tabernacles, in the last autumn of His earthly life, we are not told. The writers of the synoptic Gospels have recorded numerous discourses, parables,... lds.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2021734/posts#comment Tue, 27 May 2008 03:08:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2021468/posts 2 Kings 5 1 Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man with his master, and highly respected, because by him the LORD had given victory to Aram. The man was also a valiant warrior, but he was a leper. 2 Now the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken captive a little girl from the land of Israel; and she waited on Naaman's wife. 3 She said to her mistress, "I wish that my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would cure him of his... 2 Kings http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2021468/posts#comment Mon, 26 May 2008 15:50:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2021303/posts JESUS THE CHRIST, by Apostle James E. Talmage (D.Sc.D., Ph.D., F.R.S.E.) is a doctrinal study on the life and ministry of Christ, and is considered by most Mormons as the authoritative treatise on Savior’s mission and message, expounding all scriptures in one on the various aspects of the life of our Redeemer. CHAPTER 24, FROM SUNSHINE TO SHADOW Our Lord's descent from the holy heights of the Mount of Transfiguration was more than a physical return from greater to lesser altitudes; it was a passing from sunshine into shadow, from the effulgent glory of heaven to the mists of worldly... lds.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2021303/posts#comment Mon, 26 May 2008 03:57:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2021401/posts JESUS THE CHRIST, by Apostle James E. Talmage (D.Sc.D., Ph.D., F.R.S.E.) is a doctrinal study on the life and ministry of Christ, and is considered by most Mormons as the authoritative treatise on Savior’s mission and message, compounding all scriptures in one on the various aspects of the life of our Redeemer. CHAPTER 25, JESUS AGAIN IN JERUSALEM DEPARTURE FROM GALILEE Of our Lord's labors during His brief sojourn in Galilee following His return from the region of Caesarea Philippi we have no record aside from that of His instructions to the apostles. His Galilean ministry, so far as the... lds.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2021401/posts#comment Mon, 26 May 2008 12:58:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2021106/posts JESUS THE CHRIST, by Apostle James E. Talmage (D.Sc.D., Ph.D., F.R.S.E.) is a doctrinal study on the life and ministry of Christ, and is considered by most Mormons as the authoritative treatise on Savior’s mission and message, compounding all scriptures in one on the various aspects of the life of our Redeemer. CHAPTER 23, THE TRANSFIGURATION Of the week following the events last considered, no record is found in the Gospels. We may safely assume that the time was devoted, in part at least, to the further instruction of the Twelve respecting the rapidly approaching consummation of the Savior's mission... lds.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2021106/posts#comment Sun, 25 May 2008 18:35:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2020702/posts JESUS THE CHRIST, by Apostle James E. Talmage is a doctrinal study on the life and ministry of Christ, and is considered by most Mormons as the authoritative treatise on Savior’s mission and message, compounding all scriptures in one on the various aspects of the life of our Redeemer. CHAPTER 21, THE APOSTOLIC MISSION, AND EVENTS RELATED THERETO JESUS AGAIN IN NAZARETH It will be remembered that, in the early days of His public ministry, Jesus had been rejected by the people of Nazareth, who thrust Him out from their synagog and tried to kill Him. It appears that subsequent... lds.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2020702/posts#comment Sat, 24 May 2008 14:44:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2020489/posts JESUS THE CHRIST, by Apostle James E. Talmage is a doctrinal study on the life and ministry of Christ, and is considered by most Mormons as the authoritative treatise on Savior’s mission and message, compounding all scriptures in one on the various aspects of the life of our Redeemer. CHAPTER 20, "PEACE, BE STILL" INCIDENTS PRELIMINARY TO THE VOYAGE Near the close of the day on which Jesus had taught the multitudes for the first time by parables, He said to the disciples, "Let us pass over unto the other side." The destination so indicated is the east side of... lds.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2020489/posts#comment Fri, 23 May 2008 23:46:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2016277/posts CHAPTER 7 - GABRIEL'S ANNUNCIATION OF JOHN AND OF JESUS JOHN THE FORERUNNER Associated with the prophecies of the birth of Christ are predictions concerning one who should precede Him, going before to prepare the way. It is not surprising that the annunciation of the immediate advent of the forerunner was speedily followed by that of the Messiah; nor that the proclamations were made by the same heavenly ambassador -- Gabriel, sent from the presence of God. About fifteen months prior to the Savior's birth, Zacharias, a priest of the Aaronic order, was officiating in the functions of his office... lds.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2016277/posts#comment Thu, 15 May 2008 12:57:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2016716/posts JESUS THE CHRIST, by Apostle James E. Talmage is a doctrinal study on the life and ministry of Christ, and is considered by most Mormons as the authoritative treatise on Savior’s mission and message, compounding all scriptures in one on the various aspects of the life of our Redeemer. CHAPTER 8, THE BABE OF BETHLEHEM THE BIRTH OF JESUS Equally definite with the prophecies declaring that the Messiah would be born in the lineage of David are the predictions that fix the place of His birth at Bethlehem, a small town in Judea. There seems to have been no difference... lds.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2016716/posts#comment Fri, 16 May 2008 05:23:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2017029/posts JESUS THE CHRIST, by Apostle James E. Talmage is a doctrinal study on the life and ministry of Christ, and is considered by most Mormons as the authoritative treatise on Savior’s mission and message, compounding all scriptures in one on the various aspects of the life of our Redeemer. CHAPTER 9, THE BOY OF NAZARETH Joseph, Mary, and her Son remained in Egypt until after the death of Herod the Great, which event was made known by another angelic visitation. Their stay in the foreign land was probably brief, for Herod did not long survive the babes he had slain... lds.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2017029/posts#comment Fri, 16 May 2008 20:28:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2017317/posts JESUS THE CHRIST, by Apostle James E. Talmage is a doctrinal study on the life and ministry of Christ, and is considered by most Mormons as the authoritative treatise on Savior’s mission and message, compounding all scriptures in one on the various aspects of the life of our Redeemer. CHAPTER 10, IN THE WILDERNESS OF JUDEA THE VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS At a time definitely stated as the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, emperor of Rome, the people of Judea were greatly aroused over the strange preaching of a man theretofore unknown. He was of priestly descent,... lds.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2017317/posts#comment Sat, 17 May 2008 13:00:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2017494/posts JESUS THE CHRIST, by Apostle James E. Talmage is a doctrinal study on the life and ministry of Christ, and is considered by most Mormons as the authoritative treatise on Savior’s mission and message, compounding all scriptures in one on the various aspects of the life of our Redeemer. CHAPTER 11, FROM JUDEA TO GALILEE THE BAPTIST'S TESTIMONY OF JESUS During the period of our Lord's retirement in the wilderness the Baptist continued his ministry, crying repentance to all who would pause to hear, and administering baptism to such as came duly prepared and asking with right intent. The people... lds.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2017494/posts#comment Sat, 17 May 2008 23:56:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2017632/posts JESUS THE CHRIST, by Apostle James E. Talmage is a doctrinal study on the life and ministry of Christ, and is considered by most Mormons as the authoritative treatise on Savior’s mission and message, compounding all scriptures in one on the various aspects of the life of our Redeemer. CHAPTER 12, EARLY INCIDENTS IN OUR LORD'S PUBLIC MINISTRY FIRST CLEARING OF THE TEMPLE Soon after the marriage festivities in Cana, Jesus, accompanied by His disciples, as also by His mother and other members of the family, went to Capernaum, a town pleasantly situated near the northerly end of the Sea... lds.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2017632/posts#comment Sun, 18 May 2008 13:32:59 GMT