Recently, a Sunday School lesson in our Mormon Church was on a Book of Mormon prophet named Enos. His account is very short in the Book of Mormon, but it is a very important chapter in the Book. In short, he describes a long prayer and process he goes through to receive forgiveness from his [...]
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Becoming Born Again and Mormon
Posted in Book of Mormon, Jesus, Latter-day Saints, Mormon Christians, Spirituality, tagged being born again, born again in christ, born again mormon, how to be born again, is mormonism true, jesus christ of the latter day saints, lds jesus, lds vs christianity, mormon and jesus, mormon christ, mormonism, mormons and jesus, the mormon jesus on April 27, 2012 | 11 Comments »
10 Ways to Devlop Charity (Pure Love) in Ones’ Life
Posted in Book of Mormon, Love on February 11, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Mormon churches meet in congregations organized geographically called “wards”. 8-10 wards combine to make a “stake”. Every six months the LDS, or Mormon Church organizes a meeting where the stake called “Stake Conference”. At the stake conference, leaders of the stake (the Stake Presidency, organized by a president and 2 counselors) addresses the congregation on matters they feel [...]
Overcoming Affects of Divorce and ADHD through the Power of the Book of Mormon
Posted in Book of Mormon, Latter-day Saints, Mormon Christians, Scripture Study on January 1, 2012 | 12 Comments »
At an early age, I had my life changed as millions of other people have had through reading the Book of Mormon and feeling the power of Jesus Christ enter into my life. I was in a dark place at a very young age following my parents’ divorce and was heading down a very wrong [...]
Book of Mormon Written in Modern-day English
Posted in Book of Mormon on March 7, 2011 | 26 Comments »
I was reading some of the Book of Mormon as well as the Bible to my boss on a recent business trip as I prepared to teach my Sunday school class this week. He wasn’t raised in any particular religion, although he thinks he may have been baptized Catholic when he was a baby. After [...]
You’re a Rare Person to see Common Ground between LDS and non-LDS Chrisitans
Posted in Book of Mormon, Christianity, Mormon Christians, tagged Christians, LDS, LDS Christians, Prayer on April 15, 2010 | 17 Comments »
Recently I had a very nice gentleman stop by and leave the following comment on my blog: You are a rare person to see common ground between the LDS and non-LDS Christians. I’ve been looking for someone like you for a long time. I’d like to know more about what you believe and how our [...]
Book of Mormon Geography: Which Theory do you Believe?
Posted in Book of Mormon on September 8, 2009 | 105 Comments »
I came across some interesting Book of Mormon geography theories. Some of which I was familiar with and a few that were new to me. I found them interesting to read through. I’m sure there are more theories out there, but here are a few for you to read through. I’ve included links for more [...]
Non-LDS People who Still Believe in the Book of Mormon
Posted in Book of Mormon on April 4, 2009 | 36 Comments »
I recently read a great post over on the Mormanity website on a guy named “Bookslinger” who has been flooding the earth with the Book of Mormon as well as the Bible. After reading this post and the comments people mentioned how the Bookslinger isn’t currently a member of the LDS church, but after reading Bookslinger’s website [...]
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 [...]
The Infallibility of the Bible, Book of Mormon, other Scripture and the Holy Ghost
Posted in Bible, Book of Mormon, Holy Ghost, tagged Bible, Book of Mormon, Christian, Faith, Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, LDS, Scripture 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 [...]
Faith and Historicity of the Bible and Book of Mormon
Posted in Bible, Book of Mormon, Faith, Holy Ghost, tagged Bible, Book of Mormon, Faith, history, Holy Ghost 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) [...]
