Jesus Christ

By Tessa Joy McMillan As an eight year old, I was extremely excited to have a room of my own. But it was not like other rooms. It was an attic: twenty foot vaulted ceilings, exposed wooden beams, spider webs, protruding nails, hard wood floors, and a column of brick created an exciting atmosphere. But to make my room even more amazing, my dad hung an attic swing from one of the large wooden beams. During severe thunderstorms, I would sit on my swing and move to and fro to the pitter-patter of the rain. Life was good on my swing. Read the rest of this entry » SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Hands: A Mormon woman’s story of surviving a life of pain", url: "http://jesus.christ.org/1045/hands-a-mormon-womans-story-of-surviving-a-life-of-pain" }); Read More →

Through the atonement accomplished by Jesus Christ—a redeeming service, vicariously rendered in behalf of mankind, all of whom have become estranged from God by the effects of sin both inherited and individually incurred—the way is opened for a reconciliation whereby man may come again into communion with God, and be made fit to dwell anew and forever in the presence of his Eternal Father. This basal thought is admirably implied in our English word, “atonement,” which, as its syllables attest, is at-one-ment, “denoting reconciliation, or the bringing into agreement of those who have been estranged.” (New Standard Dictionary under “propitiation.”) The effect of the atonement may be conveniently considered as twofold: Read the rest of this entry » SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Twofold Effect of the Atonement", url: "http://jesus.christ.org/167/the-twofold-effect-of-the-atonement" }); Read More →