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Tag Archives: Mormon Scripture
Joseph Smith Founder of LDS Racist Scriptures and Teachings: Part 1
[In honor of Black History Month 2014, each Monday in February Mormon Coffee’s blog post will address a topic related to racism in Mormon history. Today guest blogger Lynn Wilder kicks off the series.] In January of 1964, LDS apostle … Continue reading
Are Racist LDS Scriptures Still Deemed “Utterly Reliable” and “Pure Truth”? Part 2
What do LDS Church leaders have to say about the reliability and accuracy of their own scriptures? According to LDS leaders, Mormon scriptures are “utterly reliable” and “pure truth.” The current prophet, President Monson, declared on the official church website … Continue reading
Are Racist LDS Scriptures Still Deemed “Utterly Reliable” and “Pure Truth”? Part 1
In the recently released statement on lds.org on Race and the Priesthood, the modern Mormon Church disavows “that blacks or people of any other race or ethnicity are inferior in any way to anyone else…” This unequivocal truth, that no … Continue reading
Rejecting the Book of Mormon
Early Mormon apostle Orson Pratt sometimes found himself in trouble with leaders of the LDS Church because of things he had written. Mr. Pratt was a prolific writer, and freely expounded on Mormon doctrine, as he understood it. The First … Continue reading
Mormons and Evangelicals Talk of Christ
On November 15 (2013), evangelical author (and seminary president emeritus) Richard Mouw addressed 2,000 young Mormons at Utah Valley University. As reported in the Deseret News’ “Evangelical leader says commonality with Mormons deeper than differences,” Dr. Mouw emphasized his discovery … Continue reading
Posted in Baptism, Book of Mormon, Forgiveness, Jesus Christ, Repentance
Tagged Baptism, Blood Atonement, Book of Mormon, Born again, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Forgiveness, Joseph Fielding Smith, Joseph Smith, LDS Church, LDS Manuals, Mormon Church Manuals, Mormon Scripture, Mormonism, Repentance, Richard Mouw, Spencer W. Kimball
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Sin entered, blood formed.
The Mormon Church recently released an updated edition of its scriptures. One of the resources that underwent some change is the Bible Dictionary, found in the back of the LDS edition of the KJV Bible (print editions). In reviewing some … Continue reading