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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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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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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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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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