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Mormon Leadership Not Appropriate at a Christian Event
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
Joseph Smith’s Grandiloquent Assertion
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
Millions of Mormons Testify of the Book of Mormon
The October 2014 Ensign magazine included a sidebar quote from President Ezra Taft Benson, the Mormon Church’s 13th President. The article in which the quote appeared was about how a testimony of the Mormon gospel is intertwined with a testimony … Continue reading
The False Necessity of LDS Water Baptism
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
The Continuing Call to Follow the Prophet
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
Posted in Authority and Doctrine, General Conference, LDS Church, Mormon Culture, Mormon History, Mormon Leaders, Prophets
Tagged Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ezra Taft Benson, False doctrine, Follow the Prophet, LDS Church, Mormon Church, Mormon Church Manuals, Mormonism, Mormons, Prophets, Spencer W. Kimball
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Mormonism and Its First Level Truths
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
What About Those Essays?
When asked by the New York Times why The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints decided to post several “Gospel Topics” essays on its official web site, church historian Steven E. Snow said, “There is so much out there … Continue reading
Posted in Early Mormonism, Joseph Smith, LDS Church, Mormon History, Nauvoo, Polygamy
Tagged Brigham Young, Gospel Topics, Joseph Smith, LDS Church, Mormon Church, Mormonism, Plural Marriage, Polygamy
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How do you like your Mormon temple garments?
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
Mormon Church does not apologize.
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
Jesus Came to Save Sinners
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
Posted in Christianity, Forgiveness, General Conference, Gospel, Grace, Repentance, Salvation, Worthiness
Tagged Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, D. Todd Christofferson, Forgiveness, General Conference, Impossible Gospel, Jesus Christ, LDS Church, Mormon Church, Mormon Salvation, Salvation, Worthiness
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