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Author Archives: Sharon Lindbloom
Sects, and Religions, and Cults! Oh My!
Over at Real Clear Religion author Douglas Wilson wrote about distinguishing between sects, cults and religions. He began, “Classification is always a dicey business, and especially if it is classification that brings with it some sort of implicit praise or … Continue reading
Posted in Afterlife, Jesus Christ
Tagged Cult, Douglas Wilson, Jesus Christ, Religion, Sect
62 Comments
Mormons speaking of Catholicism: Surely they jest…?
The Mormon President of Ohio State University announced his retirement last week amidst controversy over his anti-Catholic remarks. Gordon Gee has a long history of “verbal gaffes,” but his recent comments about “those damn Catholics” apparently crossed the line. According … Continue reading
Posted in Great Apostasy
Tagged Bruce R. McConkie, Catholicism, Hyrum M. Smith, Orson Pratt
34 Comments
Mormonism and the heresy of the Anthropomorphites
Back in 2007 Mormon Apostle Jeffrey Holland gave a talk at General Conference titled, “The Only True God and Jesus Christ Whom He Hath Sent.” In this address, Mr. Holland denounced the Christian doctrine of the Trinity in what some … Continue reading
Posted in General Conference, God the Father, Nature of God
Tagged False doctrine, Jeffrey Holland, John Cassian, Nature of God, Trinity
75 Comments
Still no formal repudiation. Let June 8th be a day of shame.
In honor of the 35th anniversary of Mormon President Spencer W. Kimball’s announcement of the end of the priesthood ban against black Mormons (D&C Declaration 2), we are reposting Aaron Shafovaloff’s 30th anniversary article, “Shame, Shame, Shame: Thirty Years Later … Continue reading
Posted in LDS Church, Mormon Culture, Mormon History, Priesthood
Tagged Brigham Young, John Taylor, Priesthood, Priesthood ban, Spencer W. Kimball
66 Comments
An Event from Mormon Church History — in Context
With the June 2013 New Era article “Balancing Church History” in mind, heeding the advice of Church Historian Steven Snow to examine Mormon Church history in context, I offer this new video by award-winning author Dan Vogel. The video provides … Continue reading
Posted in Joseph Smith, Mormon History
Tagged Gold plates, Joseph Smith, Mormon History, Occult
89 Comments
Oops.
An article intended for another time accidentally posted on Mormon Coffee this morning. I decided to take it off line in order to allow the conversation to focus on the article about Church History that also posted this morning. I’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
53 Comments
The Delicate Balance of Mormon Church History
The June 2013 issue of New Era magazine (for Mormon youth) includes an article by LDS Seventy Steven E. Snow, “Balancing Church History.” The focus of the article is on warning Mormon young people about faith-challenging historical information they may … Continue reading
What does it mean to be a Christian? A Mormon apostle explains.
In October 2012 Mormon Apostle Robert D. Hales spoke at the Mormon Church’s General Conference regarding what it means to be a Christian. He defined a Christian like this: “A Christian has faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, that He … Continue reading
Posted in General Conference
Tagged Authority, Christian, First Vision, Jesus Christ, Mormon, Nature of God, Priesthood, Robert D. Hales
106 Comments
The Distinctive Restoration Plan of Salvation
On May 16, 2013 Meridian Magazine (online) published an article by Mormon author Wallace Goddard titled, “The Restoration Plan of Salvation: ‘It Came From God!’” Dr. Goddard’s article is aimed at proving the superior beauty and cohesiveness of the Mormon … Continue reading
Posted in Gospel, Salvation
Tagged Gospel, Impossible Gospel, Mormon Salvation, Salvation
118 Comments
In Mormonism God is a Saved Soul
In the 1974 October General Conference of the Mormon Church Marion G. Romney (Second Counselor in the First Presidency) said, “I am going to talk about some of the very fundamentals of the gospel of Jesus Christ of great importance… … Continue reading
Posted in General Conference, God the Father, Nature of God, Nature of Man
Tagged God Never Sinned, Marion G. Romney, Nature of God
85 Comments