Category Archives: Mormon Culture

Looking at the April 2015 Mormon General Conference

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Sharon Lindbloom

The LDS Church’s most recent General Conference was held April 4-5, 2015. A couple of interesting graphics have been produced as a result. Over at MormonChannel.org’s Facebook page visitors were asked to fill in the blank: “Because of #ldsconf I will … Continue reading →

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Mormon Church does not require “bloodletting”

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Sharon Lindbloom

Last week the Utah Senate voted to reinstate death by firing squad as one of the state’s options in carrying out a judiciously imposed penalty of capital punishment. The bill awaits the signature of Utah’s governor before it can become … Continue reading →

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The Continuing Call to Follow the Prophet

Posted on February 26, 2015 by Sharon Lindbloom

It was 35 years ago today that then-LDS apostle Ezra Taft Benson (President of the Quorum of the Twelve) delivered his now-famous speech, “Fourteen Fundamentals in Following the Prophet,” to a devotional assembly at Brigham Young University. According to historian … Continue reading →

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Are Christian pastors called of God?
This Mormon doesn’t think so.

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Sharon Lindbloom

According to The Spectrum, a news source out of St. George, Utah, columnist “Joe Kent Kerby has a Ph.D. from Columbia University in economics, is a former professor and published author, as well as a member of The Church of … Continue reading →

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“I thought I knew the Church was true.”

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Sharon Lindbloom

On October 16, 2014 LDS Meridian Magazine published an article by Ted Gibbons titled, “The Fallacy of Rewriting Your Personal History.” Mr. Gibbons relates the story of one of his former missionary companions who, sometime after his mission, was excommunicated … Continue reading →

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“Worthy to Enter” Mormon Temples

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Sharon Lindbloom

April Young Bennett needed to renew her temple recommend. Her brother was soon to be married in a Mormon temple and she wanted to be there. As many of you know, Latter-day Saints who do not hold a current temple … Continue reading →

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Worship of Joseph Smith?

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Sharon Lindbloom

It’s Throwback Thursday! The following blog article originally posted at Mormon Coffee on January 17, 2006. —————— Reading the December 31, 2005 issue of Church News I came across this: “As Latter-day Saints we no more worship Joseph Smith than … Continue reading →

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The Danger of Mormon Idolatry

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Sharon Lindbloom

In October (2014) Mormon blogger Jana Riess wrote about the “shadow side” of Mormonism: the “tendency to idolize – as in actually make idols of – the men who run our church. An idol is anything we use as a … Continue reading →

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Faithful Mormons Respond to News of Joseph Smith’s Polygamy

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Sharon Lindbloom

Shock waves continue to move across the globe as Mormons discover their Church’s recent admissions regarding Joseph Smith’s polygamy. There is much distress evident among Mormons who have always believed (been told) that the kinds of things now disclosed in … Continue reading →

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A mediator between God and man

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Eric Johnson

The other day I was invited to attend LDS seminary classes at the public high school my youngest daughter attends. Seminary, for those who don’t know, is a four-year program put together by the LDS Church for their high school … Continue reading →

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