The following is adapted from his homily. Our first reading takes us back to the world’s beginnings, to the days after the fall of Adam and Eve. We hear the voice of God, crying out to Cain, “Where is ...

Elder Uchtdorf referenced the Fall of Adam and Eve, teaching that the presence of pain and sorrow actually allows for the experience of a deeper joy. “If you wait for sorrow to end before you ...

And the resurrection of Jesus Christ [is needed to overcome] the fall in that way. If there was death before Adam and Eve, that minimizes the impact of Jesus for Fielding Smith. There are a series ...

In a certain sense, even the first sin of Adam and Eve could be blamed on curiosity ... Such people, he warns, are likely to “fall into great temptations.” There is great wisdom in these ...

as opposed to Eve disobeying, leading to the fall of mankind. This was an analogy to St. Paul’s statement: “As in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive” (1 Corinthians 15: ...

The scene with Adam and Eve illustrates their original state of grace and the subsequent fall, symbolizing the loss of innocence and harmony with God. Orthodox Observance On Forgiveness Sunday, ...

Their sin affected all of humanity and creation since their fall. God’s perfect justice demands payment for sin. Adam and Eve were no longer in a perfect, sinless state once they disobeyed God and ate ...

What an interesting contrast today’s selections give us. Our first reading recounts the Fall of Man: Adam and Eve partake of the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil ...

teaching that Adam and Eve’s disobedience introduced sin into the human condition, affecting all their descendants. This foundational belief reinforces the idea that humanity's fall was a real ...

Masculinity is only toxic when distorted. Just as distorted femininity becomes toxic. Which we will discuss later when we look at the fall of Adam and Eve. It is important here to warn against ...

Their ability to have children and create a family. When Adam transgressed and he and Eve were cast out of the Garden of Eden, this was considered a fall downward, President Meredith said, but it ...