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Tag Archives: Mormon History
The Delicate Balance of Mormon Church History
The June 2013 issue of New Era magazine (for Mormon youth) includes an article by LDS Seventy Steven E. Snow, “Balancing Church History.” The focus of the article is on warning Mormon young people about faith-challenging historical information they may … Continue reading
Do Mormon Apostles Believe in the Restoration?
A little over a week ago (on April 6, 2013) Christopher Ralph at the Journey of Loyal Dissent blog posted a controversial memorandum written by author and historian Grant H. Palmer. The memo recounts details from Mr. Palmer’s “Three Meetings … Continue reading
Mormon proselytizing can be tricky
Deseret News (online) published this cartoon by Arie Van De Graff on Jan 21, 2013. It might come as no surprise that there actually is A Book of Mormons. Written and compiled by Latter-day Saints Richard S. Van Wagoner and … Continue reading
Unwise Choices Lead Mormons to Disillusionment
Mormon apostle Quentin L. Cook spoke Saturday morning (6 October 2012) at General Conference using Alma 5:26 as his text. In this Book of Mormon passage Alma asks those people who have believed in Christ and pledged to follow Him … Continue reading
Mormon History: Here a blip, there a blip…
Latter-day Saint Melissa Inouye writes, “Mormonism isn’t like a string of Christmas lights.” She would rather liken Mormonism to a loaf of sourdough bread, and here’s why. Each light in a string of Christmas lights is dependent on the other … Continue reading
Posted in Early Mormonism, Mormon History
Tagged Book of Mormon, First Vision, History, Joseph Smith, Mormon History, Priesthood
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Mormonism’s “Formative Period”
Robert Millet, professor of education at Brigham Young University, has contributed an article to the Washington Post addressing the question, “Are Mormons Christian?” As part of his apologetic published on June 4 (2012) Dr. Millet wrote, “So far as I … Continue reading
Incidents of Persecution in Missouri
Earlier this week Michael Otterson, the head of public affairs functions for the Mormon Church, wrote at the Washington Post’s “On Faith” blog that Mormons in Missouri are currently experiencing “a time of healing” from the persecutions they suffered at … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Liberties, Mormon History
Tagged Extermination order, Mormon History, Mormon War in Missouri, Persecution
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A real crisis
Two articles have come out this past week that show the LDS Church is a bit concerned with its people finding out the true history of the church. Marlin Jensen, a general authority who is going to be leaving his … Continue reading
Posted in Mormon History
Tagged Apostasy, Book of Mormon, Marlin Jensen, Mormon History, Polygamy, Richard Bushman, Terryl Givens
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