Tag Archives: Jeffrey Holland

Mormon Prophecy: Trying to Keep Up

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Sharon Lindbloom

In September (2014) the Rexburg Standard Journal enjoyed an exclusive interview with Mormon apostle Jeffry Holland. Journalist Emmilie Whitlock reported on Elder Holland’s remarks. One topic the Mormon apostle discussed was the “challenging times” in which we live, especially in … Continue reading →

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John Walker’s Key Opens Book of Mormon Names

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Sharon Lindbloom

The wise biblical King Solomon wrote, “There is nothing new under the sun” (Ecclesiastes 1:9). Researcher Rick Grunder has provided a great latter-day example of “What has been is what will be.” In his massive work, Mormon Parallels: A Bibliographic … Continue reading →

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Mormonism and the heresy of the Anthropomorphites

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Sharon Lindbloom

Back in 2007 Mormon Apostle Jeffrey Holland gave a talk at General Conference titled, “The Only True God and Jesus Christ Whom He Hath Sent.” In this address, Mr. Holland denounced the Christian doctrine of the Trinity in what some … Continue reading →

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Mormons see “anything but a unity of the [Christian] faith.”

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Sharon Lindbloom

LDS Apostle Jeffrey Holland was invited to speak at Harvard Law School last month (20 March 2012) during the LDS Student Association’s annual Mormonism 101 series. His talk was about what Mormons believe. After telling his audience about Joseph Smith’s … Continue reading →

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LDS apostle discusses pre-1990 Mormon temple death penalties

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Sharon Lindbloom

British reporter John Sweeney made a documentary about Mormonism that aired on BBC on Tuesday (3/27/12. See film clip below). According to The Guardian, before the documentary aired, representatives of the Mormon Church hand-delivered a letter to BBC2 “complaining about … Continue reading →

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Was the Mormon ban against blacks holding the priesthood before 1978 racist?

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Eric Johnson
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The “genius” of the Book of Mormon

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Sharon Lindbloom

During a General Conference talk on October 2 (2011) LDS General Authority Tad Callister spoke about the Book of Mormon being “A Book from God.” Church News reports: “The genius of the Book of Mormon is there is no middle … Continue reading →

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The Tolerable Hell of Our Imaginations

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Sharon Lindbloom

I was browsing the Desiring God web site the other day. I read an article where Pastor John Piper responded to the question, “How willingly do people go to hell?” Quoting C.S. Lewis’ statement, “All that are in hell choose … Continue reading →

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