Author Archives: Sharon Lindbloom

About Sharon Lindbloom

Sharon surrendered her life to the Lord Jesus Christ in 1979. Deeply passionate about Truth, Sharon loves serving as a full-time volunteer research associate with Mormonism Research Ministry. Sharon and her husband live in Minnesota.

Extermination Order Not a Death Sentence

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Sharon Lindbloom

MormonTimes.com: Extermination Order not a ‘death sentence’

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Feeling Lucky? The Probability of Exaltation

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Sharon Lindbloom

I just read Odds Are, You’re Going to be Exalted by LDS author Alonzo L. Gaskill (2008, Deseret Book). In this slim volume Mr. Gaskill seeks to reassure Latter-day Saints that even though they are not actually doing “all [they] … Continue reading →

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The God-Breathed Words of Scripture

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Sharon Lindbloom

In early September (2008) one of Mormon Coffee’s LDS friends left this comment: “On my other posts, I am finding a disturbing trend. I find that when I reference Christ’s words from the New Testament more often than not the … Continue reading →

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“All the women were prostitutes.”

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Sharon Lindbloom

Tomorrow (September 11, 2008) is another anniversary of the Mountain Meadows Massacre, the traitorous murders of 120 men, woman and children led by Mormons in southern Utah in 1857. This year a couple of new books about the Massacre have … Continue reading →

Posted in Mormon History | Tagged | 42 Comments

Questions

Posted on September 8, 2008 by Sharon Lindbloom

After reading some of the Google news alerts that came across my desk in the past couple of weeks I was left pondering several questions. For instance… On August 27th this headline appeared: “Huckabee Denies Mormon Slur.” The story was … Continue reading →

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A biblical definition of “Christian”

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Sharon Lindbloom

There has been some discussion recently on another Mormon Coffee thread about the biblical definition of the word “Christian.” Some years ago I studied out this question. When I had my answer I wrote the following: What is a Christian? … Continue reading →

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Is the Mormon religion first century Christianity?

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Sharon Lindbloom

When LDS Apostle M. Russell Ballard encouraged LDS Church members to “[Share] the Gospel Using the Internet,” he said, “I love my present calling, which allows me opportunities to share the message of the Restoration of the gospel to the … Continue reading →

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Getting Mormons to know the doctrine

Posted on August 22, 2008 by Sharon Lindbloom

BYU professor Robert L. Millet spoke at Education Week in Provo, Utah on Tuesday (August 19, 2008). According to a report on the Deseret News blog Mormon Times, “false ideas” about the LDS Church held by non-members come from “dumb … Continue reading →

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Mormons and the Media

Posted on August 20, 2008 by Sharon Lindbloom

Last week Joel Campbell over at Mormon Times posted two columns (Wednesday and Saturday) dealing with the media and its treatment of Mormon issues. Wednesday’s column asked, “FLDS: Does the media get it yet?” Mr. Campbell took a look at … Continue reading →

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Heartbreak of the Mormon Gospel

Posted on August 18, 2008 by Sharon Lindbloom

In a recent article on Mormon Times, LDS author Orson Scott Card wrote a column about books. Books he’s seen, books he’s read, and “Mormon books [he’ll] do without.” Much of the article was written a bit tongue-in-cheek, but Mr. … Continue reading →

Posted in Forgiveness, Gospel, Grace, Repentance, Salvation | 157 Comments