Tag Archives: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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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Mormon Leadership Not Appropriate at a Christian Event

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Sharon Lindbloom

In a blog post on Monday (March 9, 2015) Jana Riess told readers about the recent cancellation of a Christian retreat at which Dr. Riess was scheduled to speak. The reason the retreat was cancelled: Christian church leaders deemed that, … Continue reading →

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Joseph Smith’s Grandiloquent Assertion

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Sharon Lindbloom

In 1844, while the Mormon Church was in the middle of a crisis involving dissention in the Church, The Prophet Joseph Smith preached a Sunday morning sermon in which he exclaimed, “In all these affidavits, indictments, it is all of … Continue reading →

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The False Necessity of LDS Water Baptism

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Adam Dommeyer

Guest Contributor In his February 2015 Ensign article entitled, “The Gate Called Baptism” (45-47), Elder Devn Cornish of the Second Quorum of the Seventy said that “…baptism, a holy sign of a covenant between God and His children, is required for our … 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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Mormonism and Its First Level Truths

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Sharon Lindbloom

On February 6, 2015 LDS apostle Jeffrey Holland gave a public address titled, “An Evening with Jeffrey R. Holland” (see video here). He directs his remarks primarily to Church Educational System teachers and leaders, encouraging them to teach their Mormon … Continue reading →

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How do you like your Mormon temple garments?

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Sharon Lindbloom

The Mormon Church is asking its members to answer an online questionnaire about temple garments in order to assist the Church in “providing for the needs of members worldwide.” The questions focus on things like garment fit, style, and fabric. … Continue reading →

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Mormon Church does not apologize.

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Sharon Lindbloom

Mormon apostle Dallin Oaks caused quite a stir in late January. In an interview related to the Church’s news conference on LGBT issues and religious discrimination, Mr. Oaks expressed his view that apologizing for the Church’s “harsh rhetoric of the … Continue reading →

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Jesus Came to Save Sinners

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Sharon Lindbloom

While reading the October 2014 General Conference addresses, I was interested to read that Mormon apostle D. Todd Christofferson said, “So God does not save us ‘just as we are,’ first, because ‘just as we are’ we are unclean, and … 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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