I was looking up something from Joseph Smith’s Lectures on Faith that he gave in 1835 and I came across Jerry Stokes’ website. In his website he compares these lectures to the Word of Faith movement (which I’ve never heard of before) and says it is heretical. I will have to agree with him that many [...]
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Response to Criticism of Joseph Smith’s “Lectures on Faith”
Posted in Faith, Joseph Smith, tagged Faith, God, Joseph Smith, LDS, Lectures on Faith, Mormon, Mormons on August 11, 2008 | 18 Comments »
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) [...]
Make it down the Mountain—Look to God and Live
Posted in Faith, God, Jesus, Spirituality, tagged Atonement, Bible, Book of Mormon, God, Jesus, Spirituality on January 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Those of us in the Northwest get the benefit of some very beautiful days, and yesterday was one of them. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky and the sun reflected off the crystals in the 10 degree weather. My wife (Becca), my friend Jeremy, and I decided we would go skiing and it was [...]
Perfecting our Relationship with Jesus through Progression…not Perfection
Posted in Christianity, Faith, Jesus, Mormon Christians, Spirituality, tagged Bible, Book of Mormon, Jesus, Love on January 14, 2008 | 3 Comments »
One of my friends recently posted this comment about God: I also lived in fear of somehow distressing him (God) so much that I wouldn’t make my way into the highest of kingdoms and that I’d be a disappointment to him and all those around me. Every time I committed even the “slightest sin”, it made [...]
