Starting on page 2, it says: “As you learn about the plan of salvation, you will find answers to these questions: “Where did I come from?” “What is my purpose in life?” “Where will I go after this life?” These three questions are very foundational and important to Latter Day Saints. And if we wantContinue reading “Missionary Lesson Prep #2: The Plan of Salvation”
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6 Things For My Daughter To Look For In A Man
Aside from choosing to follow Christ, the biggest decision one can possibly make in this life is who to marry. This is a life-long covenant we are talking about and “what God has brought together, let man not separate.” So we’d better be very wise and discerning not only in our own life but inContinue reading “6 Things For My Daughter To Look For In A Man”
Are We God’s Literal Offspring?
In one of the missionary pamphlets that they pass out to people (The Restoration of The Gospel of Jesus Christ), the first thing it says is “God is your father in heaven.” When it says this, it means that God the father is literally the father of your spirit. Meaning that heavenly father and heavenlyContinue reading “Are We God’s Literal Offspring?”
Missionary Lesson Prep #1: The Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
It’s important to remember what our motives should be whenever we do engage with anyone of a different faith. Those motives should be: Love for God Love for others Love for the truth Keeping that in mind, let’s get to it the first lesson that LDS missionaries are trained to teach you. Below is aContinue reading “Missionary Lesson Prep #1: The Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ”
Heavenly Mother, Are You Really There?
By Michael Flournoy “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’sContinue reading “Heavenly Mother, Are You Really There?”
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.” Just to be clear…the apostle Paul is not complimenting the Corinthians when heContinue 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”
