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Monthly Archives: April 2006
LDS and FLDS: Kindred Spirits
(I will be traveling over the next few days. This will be the last Mormon Coffee post until May 3rd or 4th.) The Aspen Times is celebrating its 125th anniversary. In conjunction with the Aspen Historical Society, the newspaper is … Continue reading
Mormon Church Joins Coalition in Defending Marriage
The LDS Church has joined with 49 religious leaders around the country in calling for a constitutional amendment “to establish a uniform national definition of marriage as the exclusive union of one man and one woman.” LDS Apostle Russell M. … Continue reading
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Youth Suicide in Utah
Yesterday’s Deseret News carried a very sad and sobering report: “Deadly taboo: Youth suicide an epidemic that many in Utah prefer to ignore.” The report relates the tragic stories of several Utah teens who have taken their own lives in … Continue reading
Before You Visit Temple Square…
Tuesday’s Seattle Post-Intelligencer carried an Associated Press article about the LDS Church’s Temple Square, located in Salt Lake City. Touted as “Utah’s hottest tourist destination,” the article notes that Temple Square receives 3 to 5 million visitors each year while … Continue reading
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Wedding Bells for LDS Apostle
Since we’re on the topic of polygamy, here’s a bit of news that raises a question or two. In 1945 LDS Apostle Russell M. Nelson married his first wife, Dantzel, “for time and eternity” in the Salt Lake Temple. They … Continue reading
Mormon Prophets Known by Their Fruits
Mormons are always telling me that I should know Joseph Smith was a true prophet because (they quote Matthew 7:20) “by their fruits you shall know them.” Then they point out all the good things the Mormon Church is responsible … Continue reading
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Love Lustres At Calvary
My Father,Enlarge my heart, warm my affections, open my lips, supply words that proclaim ‘Love lustres at Calvary.’There grace removes my burdens and heaps them on thy Son, made a transgressor, a curse, and a sin for me;There the sword of … Continue reading
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Mormonism Gathering Illegal Immigrants to Utah
There’s been a lot in the news this week about illegal immigrants; this promises to be a topic that will continue to receive much attention in the months (or years) to come. One article of interest appeared in the Salt … Continue reading
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Mormon Bookstores Compete in Nauvoo
On March 31st, LDS Church-owned Deseret Book announced plans to open a new store in Nauvoo, Illinois as early as June of this year. On Sunday (April 9th) the Illinois Quincy Herald Whig carried an article about retailers in Nauvoo … Continue reading
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LDS Growth Statistics
Last week the Associated Press reported: “The Assemblies of God, the Mormon church and the Roman Catholic Church were the fastest-growing major denominations in the United States last year, according to the just-released 2006 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. … Continue reading