Ministering by sharing spiritual gifts

Published: Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009 12:29 a.m. MST
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Let me begin this column like an old-time Methodist minister — by citing a scripture and then "expounding on the text."

My text is Moroni 10:8 — "And again, I exhort you, my brethren, that ye deny not the gifts of God, for they are many."

Now, let me pound you with some expounding.

I have no idea just how many spiritual gifts there are. The scriptures list a few dozen, but I suspect that's just a random sampling. There are probably as many spiritual gifts as material gifts — enough to fill up a heavenly Macy's. Nobody has all the gifts. But by joining together, we can probably amass enough of them to do the job.

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