Category Archives: Christianity

Hear the Bells Ringing!

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Sharon Lindbloom

He has risen, just as He said! Matthew 28:6

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Jesus Before Pilate

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Sharon Lindbloom

“For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world— to bear witness to the truth.” Dr Dirk Jongkind, a Research Fellow at Tyndale House, pieces together the earliest manuscript evidence for the New … Continue reading →

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An Interview With Jesus

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Sharon Lindbloom

When a friend of mine decided to clear out all her Mormon stuff from her home she gave a lot of her accumulated papers to me. One of them was a photocopied page that contained a “Statement by President David … Continue reading →

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Follow-up: Christian church doesn’t allow LDS parents to become Cub Scout leaders

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Eric Johnson

We blogged about this story here at Mormon Coffee last week, but it is still very much in the news. A big hubbub is being made because a Mormon couple was not allowed to become Cub Scout leaders at a … Continue reading →

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Christian Church declines Mormon application for Scouting leadership

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Sharon Lindbloom

Earlier this week the Charlotte Observer reported on a controversial decision made by a local Christian church: Christ Covenant Church declined an offer from a Mormon couple who wanted to volunteer as Scout leaders. They were refused because their Mormon … Continue reading →

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Source of Truth

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Sharon Lindbloom

The African Ex-Mormon Foundation recently published an article in The Inquirer Online newspaper (Liberia, West Africa). Seeking to address the question, “Is Mormonism The Same As Biblical Christianity?,” the article forms an interesting argument: “The most important issue with any … Continue reading →

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Purging the Church

Posted on January 18, 2010 by Sharon Lindbloom

The Bible talks about church discipline. With a double emphasis on holding firmly to the truth and living a moral life, the New Testament says the church (the body of true believers) is to call sinners to repentance. If someone … Continue reading →

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The Law

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Sharon Lindbloom

One significant difference between biblical teaching and Mormonism has to do with the nature of God’s Law. LDS leaders teach that salvation/exaltation is gained through faith plus works. To achieve the celestial kingdom (to spend eternity in the presence of … Continue reading →

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Coats of Skin

Posted on September 12, 2009 by Sharon Lindbloom

Yet another interesting difference between Mormonism and evangelical Christianity has caught my attention recently. The July 2009 issue of the Ensign magazine includes an article about modesty written by Silvia Allred, First Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency. As … Continue reading →

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Discovering the God of Christianity

Posted on May 21, 2009 by Andy Watson

Guest Post Over the past two months I’ve had the distinct privilege and opportunity given to me by my Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, to have dialogue with a very prominent member of the LDS Church who comes from a … Continue reading →

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