Doctrinal Essays

Principle Scriptures Doctrine and Covenants 46 1 Corinthians 12 1 Corinthians 14 Moroni 10 Mormon 9 What They Are They are many ( Moroni 10:8 ; Doctrine and Covenants 46:11 ; 1 Corinthians 12:4 ; ) Teach the word of wisdom ( Moroni 10:9 ; Doctrine and Covenants 46:17 ; 1 Corinthians 12:8 ) Teach the word of knowledge: Moroni 10:10 ; Doctrine and Covenants 46:18 ; 1 Corinthians 12:8 Exceedingly great faith Moroni 10:11 ; 1 Corinthians 12:9 The gift of healing Moroni 10:11 ; Doctrine and Covenants 46:20 ; 1 Corinthians 12:9 Faith to be healed: Doctrine and Covenants 46:19 Working of Miracles: Moroni 10:12 ; Doctrine and Covenants 46:21 ; 1 Corinthians 12:10 Gift of prophecy: Jacob 4:6,13 ;  Moroni 10:13 ; Doctrine and Covenants 46:22 ; 1 Corinthians 12:10 ; 1 Corinthians 14: 1 (a preferred gift according to Paul); 1 Corinthians 14: 39 ; Num. 11:29 (Moses wanted all to be prophets); Discerning of spirits/administering spirits...

Through the years I've learned a lot about a particular weakness of mine. This weakness is multi-faceted and becomes clearer to me with each passing year. I don't learn the way most people do. 1) I process information slowly - efficiently - but slowly. I liken my brain to an old computer with lots of memory, but a slow processor. 2) I am often blatantly ignorant of completely obvious facts. This one embarrasses me the most and is the reason I tend to prefer taking a back seat in group conversations, for fear I will expose this weakness. 3) The previous two weaknesses combine into the third weakness of being unable to speak my mind clearly when put on the spot. My mind is full of deep interwoven thoughts, but to get them out orally is extremely frustrating to me. Fortunately, the Lord has provided a way for me to do so through writing. I was recently reminded of these 'disabilities' when I was in my Biblical Hebrew class and had an awkward moment from category 2 abo...