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Eternal life is a divine promise that is possible to achieve, said Elder Jorge F. Zeballos of the Seventy during the Saturday afternoon session of conference. "From a purely human point of view at first, this seems to be an impossible task; however, it begins to appear possible upon understanding that in order to achieve it, we are not alone." Recognizing that eternal life is made possible by a forgiving Eternal Father and the selfless sacrifice of His Son, Jesus Christ, Elder Zeballos spoke of the rewards and possibilities available for all who work, sacrifice and give the best of...

Science can be called to the stand and bare testimony to Heaven! Dr. Kennedy has the evidence. He shares the physical proof for Paradise on Truths That Transform.

EXISTENCE is a state of being that one is physically born into. LIFE is a state of being that one is spiritually born into. A person does not need a saving relationship to God for EXISTENCE, but one does need a saving relationship for LIFE. How can I have such a real and right relationship? Because of God and His Word “which liveth and abideth forever” (1 PETER 1:23-25).

INTRODUCTION— I grew up in the church. For many years, I believed in the traditional view of Heaven and Hell—that souls are taken from the body immediately following death and are placed in either Heaven or Hell where they will spend eternity in bliss or unending torture. This is what most of the Christian church right now believes. For the last six or seven years, however, I have found countless scriptures that have changed my thinking considerably in this area. It seems to me that nearly the entire Bible teaches that eternal life is only experienced in Heaven, that Hell...

This is Easter morning. This is the Lord’s day, when we celebrate the greatest victory of all time, the victory over death. Those who hated Jesus thought they had put an end to Him forever when the cruel spikes pierced His quivering flesh and the cross was raised on Calvary. But this was the Son of God, with whose power they did not reckon. Through His death came the Resurrection and the assurance of eternal life. None of us can fully understand the pain He bore as He prayed in Gethsemane and subsequently hung in ignominy between two thieves while...

You Have Existence. Do You Have Life? EXISTENCE is a state of being that one is physically born into. LIFE is a state of being that one is spiritually born into. A person does not need a saving relationship to God for EXISTENCE, but one does need a saving relationship for LIFE. How can I have such a real and right relationship? Because of God and His Word “which liveth and abideth forever” (1 PETER 1:23-25).

The Perija Parakeet is listed as critically endangered and is a threatened species. The area of forest in Colombia were the bird was sighted in 2005 was declared an Important Bird Area. Redone with wife's voice!

“Remembering Edna” (Isaiah 43:1-3a, 25; Psalm 25:6-7; Hebrews 10:12-23; Luke 23:33-34a, 39-46; 24:1-8)It’s funny, sometimes, what we remember--and what we don’t remember. Oftentimes that’s the case with how we remember someone who has just died. Because the events leading up to that person’s death are so recent and so vivid, that may be what we tend to focus on. Or we think about that person only as they were in their last few months or their last couple of years. But really, there’s a whole lifetime of memories of that person we can be thinking about. Take our dear friend...

Not only Christians, but people who have no attachment whatever to the faith, like to sing that “He has the whole world in His hands.” It is like saying that God, somehow, is going to make everything come out all right for everyone whether or not they honor and obey Him. But His promises and gifts are conditional. There is great comfort and consolation to the Christian in reading the words of Jesus recorded in John 10:27–28). “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall...

We go through life missing many a wonderful blessing and as the old-timers say, Stop and Smell the Roses. This song sung be Squire Parsons will bless your heart and with scenic pictures increase your faith in God and the good things we have every day. Revski

George is a regular wage laborer -- industrious, but somewhat frail and easy to tire. Thus, George is unable to put in 18 hours every day for running a small business or generating a vast fortune quickly.Had he lived the average human lifespan, he would likely have died owning only a small home and having a fairly marginal discretionary income. But George is fortunate, for he lives in an age where immortality has just been made a commercial product.

Most people are astonished when I tell them that I would like to live forever. "Would that not get extremely boring after a long time?" many of them ask. I respond, "Being dead - sensing nothing, thinking nothing, feeling nothing - would be far more boring. Besides, one is dead forever; once one is dead, one cannot simply recognize the misfortune of one's situation and decide that one will not be dead anymore." An absence of everything is far more boring than a presence of anything.

Note: This commentary was delivered by Prison Fellowship President Mark Earley. When the New York Times is willing to consider the possibility that evil exists, you have to wonder what’s really going on. Joking aside, the Times ran an intriguing article, titled, “For the Worst of Us, the Diagnosis May Be ‘Evil.’” It gives valuable insight into a secularized culture grappling with the question of what makes people do bad things. Author Benedict Carey writes, “Most psychiatrists . . . avoid the word evil, contending that its use would precipitate a dangerous slide from clinical to moral judgment that could...

This is a prayer thread for Terri Schiavo. Please let it remain a peaceful place and not an arena for arguments. God has released her from her earthly bonds. She is at His side. Please express blessings and sentiments of sympathy for her family, and wishes for Terri's peace in heaven.

John 20: 1-16 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb and we don’t know where they have put him!”So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent over and looked in at the...

Quo Vadis? Planning for eternity. Q&A by Kathryn Jean Lopez Anthony DeStefano, executive director of A Travel Guide to Heaven. He discussed his first book just before Christmas with NRO. Kathryn Jean Lopez: However do you know enough about heaven to write a travel guide? You get some special deal with God that eludes the rest of us? Will you get a professional discount when your time comes? DeStefano: I don't care about getting a discount, I just hope He lets me in! What I really want is for the book to do so well and for it to help...

CREATE ETERNAL LIFE Vorilhon, who describes himself as a prophet, told the Herald that he had distanced himself from Clonaid since its founding but expected the company to make money and to ultimately create eternal life. "It's a commercial company and her goal is to make as much money as possible, and I hope she will make as much money as possible," Vorilhon said of Boisselier. He said scientists may develop technology within 25 years to create a full-grown human clone in hours and to "upload" the contents of a person's brain into the clone. "It's a very beautiful step,...

There’s a direct connection between one’s age and how soon Christmas gets here. For children, it’s excruciatingly slow in arriving. The week before Christmas is the longest time of the year. Little wonder so many succumb to the temptation of cracking open a gift or two and oh-so-carefully rewrapping them. For adults, Christmas comes much too soon. There’s not enough time, and at the last minute we remember something we should have done but now it’s too late and we pledge to be better organized next year. For most of us, this is an annual vow. I’m one of those...