Ensign

January 1995

Volume 25 Number 1

Contents

• First Presidency Message: With Hand and Heart
  President Thomas S. Monson

• Scripture Reading and Revelation
  Elder Dallin H. Oaks

• The Power to Change

• “Thy Sins Are Forgiven”
  Gerald E. Melchin

• The Marriage Metaphor
  Richard K. Hart

• Word Studies from the New Testament
  John W. Welch

• Our New Light on Jesus’ Mortal Life and Teachings
  Jay M. Todd

• Grandmother Woman
  Janet M. Bernice

• The Visiting Teacher: “More, Savior, like Thee”

• Leading the Way
  LaRene Porter Gaunt

• I Have a Question
  Teaching children the importance of moral standards Hal G. Ferguson
  Helping others resolve concerns about the Church Gilbert W. Scharffs

• Work Enough for Two
  Brad Wilcox

• Family Courts
  Kathleen S. Fox

• Handling Members’ Special Needs
  Kathleen Pederson Whitworth

• Portraits

• Random Sampler

• News of the Church

On the cover: Christ Walking on the Water, by Robert T. Barrett, oil on canvas, 22″ x 28″, 1989. Courtesy of Steve and Kalleen Lund.

Inside front cover: From the Rooftop of the Last Supper, by Al Rounds, watercolor, 26″ x 17″, 1993. Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. Brent Wilcox; dedicated to Kent Rounds. Jerusalem is depicted as it may have appeared from the rooftop of an upper room where the Lord’s last supper was held. Walls around the city, temple of Herod, Mount of Olives, and the Garden of Gethsemane are represented.

Inside back cover: The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Fall 1994, photo by Jed Clark. Seated, left to right: President Boyd K. Packer, Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, and Elder L. Tom Perry, Elder David B. Haight, and Elder James E. Faust. Standing, left to right: Elder Neal A. Maxwell, Elder Russell M. Nelson, Elder Dallin H. Oaks, Elder M. Russell Ballard, Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin, Elder Richard G. Scott, Elder Robert D. Hales, and Elder Jeffrey R. Holland.