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Jesus going to “Hell” and Preaching to those who have Died

Posted in Bible, Christianity, death on October 15, 2010 | 4 Comments »

Recently we had a very good discussion on whether or not the LDS church believes in Universal Salvation.  One of the key doctrines of the LDS faith is that everyone will have a chance to at least hear about Jesus and accept Him as their Savior whether that be in this life or the next.  [...]

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Worlds Oldest Christian Bible Digitized

Posted in Bible, Christianity on July 9, 2009 | 11 Comments »

I recently was sent a link to the worlds oldest Christian Bible that was written over 1600 years ago.  It is written in Greek and is called “Codex Sinaiticus”.  I found some things very interesting about this Bible and will share some quotes from the website that stick out to me. The Original Bible included [...]

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Can you be Gay and Truly Believe the Bible?

Posted in Bible, Homosexuality on January 25, 2009 | 38 Comments »

I was reading the blog “The Vissisitudes of Life” this morning about Gay Rights vs. Civil Rights.  He brings up a point that for some reason I’ve never thought of before in that when God creates man he creates them male and female and commands them to have children.  This scripture is common to Jews, [...]

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If the Devil Believes in Jesus why isn’t he Saved?

Posted in Bible, Book of Mormon, Christianity on January 19, 2009 | 44 Comments »

Today in church some words from the Hymn “In Humility our Savior” stuck out to me.  The verse is the end of the second verse and reads as follows: …Then, when we have proven worthy Of thy sacrifice divine, Lord, let us regain thy presence; Let thy glory round us shine. “When we have proven worthy” stuck out [...]

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The Infallibility of the Bible, Book of Mormon, other Scripture and the Holy Ghost

Posted in Bible, Book of Mormon, Holy Ghost, tagged , , , , , , , on November 25, 2008 | 76 Comments »

One of the key components to LDS theology is that of scripture being an open canon.  According to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Bible Dictionary, scripture is defined as follows: The word scripture means a writing, and is used to denote a writing recognized by the Church as sacred and inspired. It [...]

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Unveiled Faces: Temple Imagery in New Revised Standard Version of Bible

Posted in Bible, Temples, tagged , , , , , , on September 11, 2008 | 10 Comments »

Last Sunday I went with my family to an exhibit at the Tacoma Art Museum called “Illuminating the Word.”  It was very, very interesting.  This project was a re-creation of the St John’s Bible as it would have originally been created with colligraphers.  In addition, there were artists who depicted their feelings from the Bible in [...]

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Faith and Historicity of the Bible and Book of Mormon

Posted in Bible, Book of Mormon, Faith, Holy Ghost, tagged , , , , on July 21, 2008 | 15 Comments »

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) [...]

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Christians, LDS, the Bible, and Polygamy

Posted in Bible, Mormon Christians, Polygamy, tagged , , , , , , , on April 23, 2008 | 23 Comments »

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 [...]

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Joseph Smith adding to the Bible

Posted in Bible, tagged , , , , , , , , on April 10, 2008 | 15 Comments »

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 [...]

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The Case for Christ is The Book of Mormon

Posted in Bible, Book of Mormon, Christianity, tagged , , , , , on February 3, 2008 | 5 Comments »

My mom recently gave me a good book for Christmas called The Case for Christ by Lee Strobel.  Lee was a hardened journalist and could see no reason to believe in God or Jesus.  To prove his point that there is not a way to prove that Jesus was the literal Son of God, he describes [...]

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