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Christians, LDS, the Bible, and Polygamy 2008-04-23 18:50:42 Because of the recent media on the Fundamentalist LDS group that “got busted” in Texas for abuse and polygamy the LDS church has made efforts to distance itself from this sect. Below is a recent interview with the LDS public affairs representative regarding the churches current stance on polygamy and how it wants the world [...] Read more:Christians
, Polygamy
Prophets, Sharks, and Preparing for the Rainy Days 2008-04-23 10:50:31 Recently my wife and I spent some time in the Florida Keys. It was amazing and nice to get out of the cold Seattle weather.
One evening under a full moon, we decided to walk along the beach and enjoy the amazing smells and sounds of the ocean. We came upon a pier that went a [...] Read more:Rainy Days
, Sharks
For my Christian Friends and of other Faiths 2008-04-13 02:31:34 Recently one of the members of the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons or LDS) gave an excellent talk entitled “Faith of our Father.” This talk is excellent for those in the LDS church and all Christian
s. I was especially moved by the following remarks:
When my own family contemplates [...] Read more:Friends
What Exactly is a “Utah Mormon”? 2008-04-10 19:33:13 Today I was at a company and an African-american gentleman visited my table. We talked politics and of course religion. We talked about how regardless of religion how God loves us all the same. We talked about the Spirit we’ve felt in various churches and other situations irregardless to church affiliation. When he found out [...] Read more:Mormon
Joseph Smith adding to the Bible 2008-04-10 10:15:40 In General Conference this week one of the Twelve Apostles, Jeffrey Holland said (paraphrased) that many Christians err in the verses in Revelation 22:18-19 that state:
18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues [...] Read more:Joseph
, Smith
Humanitarian Efforts of the LDS (Mormon) Church 2008-04-07 11:12:12 In the Bible, James talks about pure religion, which (summarized) is visiting the less fortunate and lifting them up. This is the essence of humanitarian efforts throughout the world and according to James what religion should be all about.
As a member, I give 10% of my income towards tithing and an additional 5-10% towards what we [...] Read more:Church
, Mormon
Why do we have to meet with the Bishop to Confess? 2008-04-01 20:38:36 One of the main concerns many people have from other faiths is that for certain sins within the Mormon church the members need to confess to their Bishop
. LDS bishops are considered “judges of Israel” and therefore the concept is they sit in judgement in place of the Lord. This practice isn’t uncommon as I [...]
Learning the Mysteries of God 2008-03-31 10:55:46 This scripture is in 1 Nephi 2:16:
And it came to pass that I, Nephi, being exceedingly young, nevertheless being large in stature, and also having great desires to know of the mysteries of God, wherefore, I did cry unto the Lord; and behold he did visit me, and did soften my heart that I did [...] Read more:Learning
, Mysteries
20 Questions to Know if you’ve Experienced the Gift of the Holy Ghost 2008-03-23 16:57:07 A few months back I was in stake conference and someone gave a talk on the gift of the Holy Ghost
. In the talk, the person shared parts of a talk by Truman G Madsen, where he lists 20 questions to ask yourself in order to identify if you’ve felt the power and gift of [...]
Finding Meaning in Our Lives 2008-04-26 16:18:32 In college, I skimmed through the book by Victor Frankl entitled “Man’s Search for Meaning
.” Recently I decided to read it again and spend a little more time digesting the concepts.
For those unfamiliar with this book, it is a book written by Victor Frankl about his experiences in a concentration camp. What is so impressive [...] Read more:Lives
Utah Mormon Top Ten List 2008-04-28 11:15:41 Recently I wrote a post asking the question about what being a “Utah Mormon
” means. I was surprised by the amount of visitors and controversy it stirred up. As stated in my purpose, it isn’t my intention to hurt anyone of any faith so in order to keep things light-hearted I thought I’d do something [...] Read more:Top Ten
Temple Ordinances or Jesus for Salvation? 2008-05-03 14:38:12 A couple months back I was reading the temple study blog and he had an excersize to find temple imagery in 2 Nephi chapter 4.
Recently I was reading in Hebrews as well as in Alma in the Book of Mormon and found some significant temple imagery as well. Here are some verses that stuck out [...] Read more:Jesus
, Salvation
, Temple
The Extra Mile: Family, Faith, Society 2008-05-13 20:41:17 In Wallace D Wattles’ Book “The Science of Getting Rich” he makes the following statement in chapter 12:
The world is advanced only by those who more than fill their present places.
If no one quite filled their present place, there would be backward movement in
everything. Those who do not quite fill their present places are dead [...] Read more:Extra
, Faith
, Family
, Society
Remembering to Walk with God when we don’t Feel like it 2008-05-16 12:19:46 My wife and I have most recently been reading Truman G Madsen’s book entitled “Christ and the Inner Life.” This is a very good book and some of the concepts from it I’ve written about in previous posts.
I’ll share some quotes from the book that recently caught my attention:
I say to you that when he [...] Read more:Remembering
Bridging the Mormon/Evangelical Divide 2008-05-28 23:04:50 There are probably thousands of different definitions of the word “Christian.” We have chosen the same inclusive definition as is used by public opinion pollsters and government census offices: A “Christian“ includes any group or individual who seriously, devoutly, prayerfully describes themselves as Christian. Under this definition, Christianity includes: Roman Catholics Read more:Bridging
, Divide
, Mormon
Baptist Preacher Believes in Book of Mormon 2008-06-06 00:48:29 In my last post I shared how Mormon
s and Evangelicals can get along. I read on another blog somewhere about a Baptist
preacher a few months ago and thought this was interesting to share. This Baptist Preacher seems to have found a way to still believe in the Evangelical Jesus and the Book of Mormon Jesus. The following [...]
10 Steps to Overcoming Anxiety and Depression Without Medication 2008-06-17 11:03:28 President Gordon B Hinckley once said:
As each man or woman walks the way of life there come dark seasons of doubt, of discouragement, of disillusionment…(April 2002 General Conference)
It was a dark day for me when I found out I was suffering from depression. I had heard of depression and heard of others in my family [...] Read more:Medication
When God Commands Something Contradicting a Previous Commandment 2008-06-28 01:36:59 What would you do if you heard of someone taking their son up into the mountains and tying him to a pile of rocks to sacrifice him to God? That probably wouldn’t fly over too well, yet Christians, Muslims, and Jews all revere Abraham as a prophet.
What about a man that killed a high-ranking official [...] Read more:Commandment
, Commands
, When God
If it was your Last Day to Live… 2008-06-26 11:13:47 This morning I was reading in the Bible and the following verse caused me to ponder about life. This verse is in James 4:14:
…For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
As I read this verse in the Bible, I thought about Jacob in [...]
Mormon Rap 2008-06-21 01:56:59 So I was over at Rusty’s Blog and they have a cool website with a timeline of all the youtube videos. I checked out the “Mormon
” timeline and the very first one was Mormon Rap. I remember when I was a kid and this first came out. I haven’t heard it for 20 years but [...]
Is God Denominational? 2008-07-06 19:33:03 Today in church our bishop and some of his family members shared experiences they had while visiting Uganda, Africa. It impressed me how he shared his testimony of how the love of God is shown in all people throughout the world and how he was so grateful for his relationship with God and Jesus Christ.
His [...]
Doing “All You Can Do” to Support Ban on Gay Marriage…Should the Church Get Involved? 2008-06-30 20:59:07 I’m sure most people have heard the news by now about the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints encouraging it’s nearly 1million members in California to do “all they can do” to support the initiative in November to over-turn the ruling supporting bay marriage.
If you haven’t heard about this, you can read the following [...] Read more:Gay Marriage
, Involved
, Support
Faith and Historicity of the Bible and Book of Mormon 2008-07-20 23:44:39 The student of the New Testament should be primarily an historian. The centre and core of all the Bible is history. Everything else that the Bible contains is fitted into an historical framework and leads up to an historical climax. The Bible is primarily a record of events. (History and Faith
by J Gresham Machen)
In [...] Read more:Mormon
Bringing Back God’s Love into our Lives 2008-07-16 10:43:01 This morning I was reading an excellent talk given by John H Groberg a few years back called “The Power of God’s Love.” If you saw the movie “The Other Side of Heaven,” you will remember many stories he shares in this excellent talk. I encourage you to read through it.
What impressed me today were [...] Read more:Bringing Back
, Lives
Response to Criticism of Joseph Smith’s “Lectures on Faith” 2008-08-11 10:23:24 I was looking up something from JosephSmith
’s Lectures
on Faith
that he gave in 1835 and I came across Jerry Stokes’ website. In his website he compares these lectures to the Word of Faith movement (which I’ve never heard of before) and says it is heretical. I will have to agree with him that many [...] Read more:Criticism
, Response
Mormon Garments: Explanation for Non-Mormon Friends 2008-08-04 10:43:25 The official statement from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon
s) says the following about the purpose for temple garments:
Like members of many religious faiths, Latter-day Saints wear religious clothing. But members of other faiths — typically those involved in permanent pastoral ministries or religious services — usually wear religious garments as outer [...] Read more:Friends
, Garments
11 Steps to Putting the Lord before Your Money and Getting out of Debt 2008-07-30 12:00:30 This may surprise you, but money is the primary competitor with God for our affection. Jesus tells us we will serve–and love–one or the other…
When the Crusades were fought during the twelfth century, the Crusaders purchased the services of mercenaries to fight for them. Because it was a religious war, the Crusaders insisted that the [...] Read more:Money
, Putting
Your Own Psalms: 3 Ways to Deepen your Relationship with God 2008-08-24 23:56:45 The title of this article intrigued me when I saw it in the “Time out For Women” flyer my wife received yesterday. This will be one of the topics in the upcoming conference and Camille Olson will be the speaker.
As I reflected on the title, I naturally thought about the Book of Psalms
in the [...] Read more:Relationship
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