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Tag Archives: Spencer W. Kimball
“Utter Nonsense” Presented at the April 2015 Mormon General Conference
It’s like an April Fools joke, but nobody’s laughing. Instead, people are scratching their heads. During the April 2015 Sunday morning General Conference session, Mormon Apostle Dieter F. Uchtdorf (of the First Presidency) gave a talk that just a few … Continue reading
Posted in General Conference, Grace, Salvation
Tagged Bruce R. McConkie, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Dallin Oaks, David O. McKay, Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Ezra Taft Benson, General Conference, Grace, Harold B. Lee, James Talmage, Joseph Fielding Smith, LDS Church, Marion G. Romney, Mormon Church, Mormon Salvation, Mormonism, Spencer W. Kimball
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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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The most difficult book
I recently discovered a new witnessing tactic. Don’t get me wrong, quoting from Spencer W. Kimball’s book The Miracle of Forgiveness has been used by Christian apologists for quite some time. But instead of just quoting this book, I decided … Continue reading
The Good News of Repentance?
In the December 2013 Ensign, Brian D. Garner of the Church Correlation Department wrote a five-page article titled “The Good News of Repentance” (pp. 40-44). As I was reading this piece—subtitled “There is great joy in heaven whenever we repent … Continue reading
Passing the Torch of Mormonism’s Historical Racisim
[In honor of Black History Month 2014, each Monday in February Mormon Coffee’s blog post has addressed a topic related to racism in Mormon history. Today is the final post in the series.] Institutionalized racism in the Mormon Church spanned … Continue reading
Posted in LDS Church, Mormon History, Mormon Leaders
Tagged Brigham Young, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, John Taylor, Joseph F. Smith, Joseph Smith, Lorenzo Snow, Mormon Church, Mormon Doctrine, Mormon History, Mormonism, Priesthood ban, Racism, Spencer W. Kimball, Wilford Woodruff
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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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More on Exalted Mormons Creating and Populating Worlds
Mormonism Research Ministry’s website contains a 2011 article sparked by Mormon denials (including a pointed and clear denial found on lds.org) of the long-standing doctrine in Mormonism that exalted Mormons will one day create and populate their own worlds. The … Continue reading
When a Mormon is Deceived…
Honesty is the best policy. Aesop knew it. In the 6th century B.C. he chose that to be the moral of his fable, “Mercury and the Woodcutter.” George Washington knew it. He said in his Farewell Address, “I hold the … Continue reading
Still no formal repudiation. Let June 8th be a day of shame.
In honor of the 35th anniversary of Mormon President Spencer W. Kimball’s announcement of the end of the priesthood ban against black Mormons (D&C Declaration 2), we are reposting Aaron Shafovaloff’s 30th anniversary article, “Shame, Shame, Shame: Thirty Years Later … Continue reading
Posted in LDS Church, Mormon Culture, Mormon History, Priesthood
Tagged Brigham Young, John Taylor, Priesthood, Priesthood ban, Spencer W. Kimball
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Elizabeth Smart’s Courage Within the Tragedy of Mormonism
Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped when she was 14-years-old. She was held captive for nine months by Brian David Mitchell, a man who believed 1) that he was a true prophet of God, and 2) that Elizabeth was to become his … Continue reading