Category Archives: Mormon Leaders

The venom of asps*

Posted on July 6, 2009 by Sharon Lindbloom

On June 25th (2009) Mormon Times published an article titled “Healing the rift between Brigham and Emma.” The article discusses current efforts toward removing tensions and prejudices that exist between the families descended from Brigham Young and Joseph Smith. One … Continue reading →

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Joseph is pleading the cause of the Saints in the courts above?

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Aaron Shafovaloff

MRM received the following e-mail from a Mormon on March 27: Greetings I must comment on a little section quoted regarding the poem / hymn “The Seer, Joseph The Seer” by John Taylor. Your written word states : The portion … Continue reading →

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Apostate Apostles?

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Sharon Lindbloom

On April 6th (2009) LDS-owned Brigham Young University’s student newspaper, The Daily Universe, ran a photo with an unfortunate caption. Pictured were some members of the Church’s Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. They were identified in the newspaper as “The … Continue reading →

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Robert Millet Chosen as Next Apostle (April Fool’s…)

Posted on April 1, 2009 by Aaron Shafovaloff

It was an April Fool’s joke, folks! Multiple sources from within the COB have confirmed that Robert L. Millet has been chosen by President Monson to fill the recent vacancy in the Quorum of the Twelve. At one level, this … Continue reading →

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Joseph Smith did more than any man who has ever lived…

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Sharon Lindbloom

I understand that Mormons respect and revere Joseph Smith. I get that. I really do. Yet sometimes the way he’s talked about, even in an official sense, seems a bit over the top. In the February 2009 Ensign magazine former … Continue reading →

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Joseph Smith as a Passport into God’s Presence

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Bill McKeever

“[E]very man and woman must have the certificate of Joseph Smith, junior, as a passport to their entrance into the mansion where God and Christ are — I with you and you with me. I cannot go there without his … Continue reading →

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Fruits of the First Vision

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Sharon Lindbloom

In this month’s First Presidency Message (February 2009), Dieter F. Uchtdorf wrote of how Joseph Smith’s First Vision blesses people’s lives. He wrote, “Through his [Joseph Smith’s] work and sacrifice, I now have a true understanding of our Heavenly Father … Continue reading →

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“We relied on the integrity of Mr. Hofmann…”

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Sharon Lindbloom

Looking through my files pertaining to “This Day in Mormon History” I came across this for January 14th.: 1983 – Mark Hofmann sold the [LDS] Church, through the agency of Gordon B. Hinckley, a forged letter from Joseph Smith to … Continue reading →

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What if Thomas Monson, Pope Benedict XVI, and John Piper began teaching that the practice of homosexuality was morally praiseworthy?

Posted on January 1, 2009 by Aaron Shafovaloff

I pick John Piper to make it personal for me and some other evangelicals. He is not by any stretch of the imagination the pope of Protestantism, but he is my living hero. I even named my only begotten son … Continue reading →

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Usurping Christmas?

Posted on December 29, 2008 by Sharon Lindbloom

During Christmas week I was listening to a discussion on the radio regarding the place of Santa Claus in Christmas. Was it good or bad, the talk show’s host wanted to know? As you can imagine, there were all sorts … Continue reading →

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