Love your neighbor as yourself.” This teaching serves as a fundamental truth that informs our entire belief system — a principle that guides everything we say, do, think, and what motivates us. Jesus ...

In Mark 12:28-31, the Scribes asked Jesus, “What is the Great Commandment?” He responded, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord, and thou shalt love the ...

Why Jesus doesn’t give a straightforward answer to questions about the greatest commandment. A scribe came to Jesus and asked, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” (Mark 12:28). It ...

Did you know there are over 1000 “commandments” in the New Testament? That is almost twice as many as the religious Jews identified from their Torah (first five books of the Old Testament – 613 of ...

The three New Testament synoptic gospels similarly describe Jesus’ “Great Commandment” as loving God with “all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength” ...

It is the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time and our gospel reading comes from Matt.22:34-40 regarding the greatest commandment. “34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together ...

It’s a new year, and with that comes the long-time tradition of making a list of resolutions and the relatively new advent of choosing a word of the year. Everyone’s resolutions and words are ...

Readings: Sirach 15:15-20; Psalm 119, R. Blessed are they who follow the law of the Lord!; 1 Corinthians 2:6-10; Gospel – Matthew 5:17-37 “Jesus said to his disciples: ‘Do not think that I have come ...

Elder D. Todd Christofferson and his wife, Katherine Jacob Christofferson, greet a crowd at Brigham Young University on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. D. Todd Christofferson, an elder in the Quorum of the ...