Brett

“Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us. But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me. For he that is not against us is on our part." The young apostle had allowed his zeal for the Master's name to lead to intolerance. That the man who had attempted to do good in the name of Jesus was evidently sincere, and that his efforts were acceptable to the Lord we cannot doubt; his act was essentially different from the unrighteous assumptions for which some others were afterward rebuked;[821] he was certainly a believer in Christ, and may have been one of the class from which the Lord was soon to select and commission special ministers and the Seventy.[822] In the state of divided opinion then existing among the people concerning Jesus, it was fair to say that all who were not opposed to Him were at least tentatively on His side. On other occasions He asserted that those who were not with Him were against Him.[823]”
― James E. Talmage, JESUS THE CHRIST [Illustrated]

“I took a knee beside her and motioned toward the guns. “Rifles don’t assault people. They are completely harmless machines, just like cars or airplanes. They have no ability to hurt anyone until a person with evil intent puts one in his hands. There’s no history of one of those weapons jumping up and hurting anyone. AR means Armalite Rifle. That’s the manufacturer who first produced them. People who don’t understand the difference between an evil person and a harmless machine came up with the concept of an ‘assault rifle.”
― Cap Daniels, The Blind Chase

“That there was an actual giving of His own strength to the afflicted whom He healed is evident from the present instance. Passive belief on the part of a would-be recipient of blessing is insufficient; only when it is vitalized into active faith is it a power; so also of one who ministers in the authority given of God, mental and spiritual energy must be operative if the service is to be effective.”
― James E. Talmage, JESUS THE CHRIST [Illustrated]

“The capacity to be grateful is a blessing, for the possession of which we should be further grateful. We are taught to pray day by day for the food we need, not for a great store to be laid by for the distant future.”
― James E. Talmage, JESUS THE CHRIST [Illustrated]