“In the heavens are parents single? No, the thought makes reason stare! Truth is reason, truth eternal tells me I’ve a mother there.” LDS Hymn #292 “O My Father” I was shocked when my father told me I had the potential to become a god. He explained that since we were God’s children, it wasContinue reading “Heavenly Mother, Are You Really There?”
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Which God Is More Forgiving?
When I open God’s Word and read, I take so much comfort in knowing how forgiving, merciful and full of grace God truly is. Jeffrey Holland once said at general conference (Title: We Are All Enlisted), “Whoever you are and whatever you have done, you can be forgiven.” This indeed is the God that weContinue reading “Which God Is More Forgiving?”
Was There Really A Great Apostasy?
While there are a number of things that Bible based Christians and Latter Day Saints agree on, the foundational topic of the Great Apostasy is not one of them. Let’s examine both sides and see where we end up. The LDS article above states that the Church of Jesus will never again be destroyed. ThisContinue reading “Was There Really A Great Apostasy?”
Who Is Jesus Really?
2 Corinthians 11:4 “If someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.” Who is Jesus according to the LDS Church? Their Church website says: AccordingContinue reading “Who Is Jesus Really?”
Which Gospel Are You Under?
Galatians 1:6-8 “I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we orContinue reading “Which Gospel Are You Under?”
The Three LDS Conversions: A Primer for the Befuddled
There are three conversions in Mormonism: social, doctrinal, and spiritual. Doctrinal Conversion is to believe that the tenets of Mormonism are true, along with The Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price. Social Conversion is to believe that the LDS church is a godly institution, its leaders are inspired, and its founder,Continue reading “The Three LDS Conversions: A Primer for the Befuddled”
The God Who Abandons: Why Mormonism Makes No Sense
When I was a child, I frequently fought with my younger brother. I’m not talking about play battles, I mean we were trying to destroy each other. My parents had tried to make us stop, to no avail. One night, amid World War 3, my mother made a startling announcement: she and our father hadContinue reading “The God Who Abandons: Why Mormonism Makes No Sense”
Taking Sacrament: The Mormon Communion Conundrum
Latter-day Saints take communion once a week in remembrance of the sacrifice of Christ as admonished in Luke 22:19 and Doctrine and Covenants 20:75. This is not, however, the only reason they take it. Mormons also take communion in order to renew their baptismal covenant. This covenant, made at baptism, is a two-way promise thatContinue reading “Taking Sacrament: The Mormon Communion Conundrum”
Conquering the Cheap Grace Rabbit Hole
“What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with himContinue reading “Conquering the Cheap Grace Rabbit Hole”
Holy Ghosted
“A good sign of how secure you are is what it takes to offend you. The more secure we are, the less we take offense.” -Dr. Henry Cloud Ghosting is something that happens in the dating world. It occurs when one person ends the relationship by disappearing off the face of the planet. The victimContinue reading “Holy Ghosted”
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