A friend raised the question whether Job was a real person. My understanding and belief is yes, he was real. * * * Ezekiel refers to Job along with Noah and Daniel. Ezekiel 14 [14] Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in… Read more
Matlab is a great programming language and environment because of its ease of use, great visualization, and rapid prototyping abilities. Matlab has a feature called MEX, Matlab Executables. See: Matlab MEX Introduction MEX files allow Matlab scripts to call user-supplied functions written in C/C++ and… Read more
The Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP) is a two-story structure used by NASA to support the Space Shuttle stack during its transportation from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. It also serves as the vehicle’s launch platform. A… Read more
The Apostle Paul taught: We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. (Romans 15:1) Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. (1 Thessalonians 5:11) * * * When one… Read more
President Thomas S. Monson has used the following story in several of his talks. See for example: The Three Rs of Choice, October 2010. Let us not find ourselves as indecisive as is Alice in Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. You will remember… Read more
I testify that by the Spirit of Christ and by the Holy Ghost, you may walk confidently in whatever difficulties will come. Because you are so valuable, some of your trials may be severe. You need never be discouraged or afraid. The way through difficulties… Read more
This morning I took a walk around my neighborhood. My family and I live in an area with hills and pine trees. I remembered that the Bible has hundreds of verses containing the verb walk. Here are just a few… Adam and Eve heard the… Read more
The following story can be used as a metaphor for the dangers of worldliness. The Sirens were sea nymphs in Greek mythology. They were represented in early Greek art by birds with the heads of women. The Sirens lured approaching sailors by their enchanting singing.… Read more
Doctrine & Covenants 1 [15] For they have strayed from mine ordinances, and have broken mine everlasting covenant. [16] They seek not the Lord to establish his righteousness, but every man walketh in his own way, and after the image of his own god, whose… Read more
See vision of the tree of life in 1 Nephi chapters 8 and 11. 1 Nephi 11 [33] And I, Nephi, saw that he (Jesus Christ) was lifted up upon the cross and slain for the sins of the world. [34] And after he was… Read more