Excommunication is defined by the LDS church as “A disciplinary process used only in extreme situations. This includes removal of an individual’s name from the records of the Church“. From my experience (which isn’t that extensive) with excommunication, one is removed for serious, repeated sexual sins or by having a very rebellious attitude towards the [...]
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Excommunication: The Lie that God Removes His Spirit
Posted in Church, Forgiveness, Jesus on June 20, 2011 | 19 Comments »
Which Jesus is the Most Accurate Portrait?
Posted in Jesus on May 19, 2011 | 8 Comments »
I recently read the book “Heaven is for Real” by Todd Burpo. It is a story of his son, who died as a young boy and went to Heaven then returned and shared his experiences with his family. One of the questions that was commonly asked for a few years was if he saw Jesus [...]
Views on the Anti-Christ and End Times
Posted in Christianity, Jesus on February 20, 2011 | 11 Comments »
In one of my most recent posts, there was mention of Glenn Beck and how he has helped bridge the gap between Christians and Mormons. Just days after I wrote that post, an evangelical member of my family contacted me about something Beck had shown the other day on end times from both a Christian [...]
Giving God Glory while Battling Cancer
Posted in Faith, Jesus, Spirituality on January 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As we were getting ready to celebrate the new year this evening, my wife showed me a story from her cousin’s roomate that touched me and I thought it was appropriate to share. It is a story of a young couple who chose to get married despite the fact the young bride is struggling with [...]
Bringing Christ into Christmas: What are your Favorite Traditions?
Posted in Jesus on December 5, 2010 | 10 Comments »
While traveling down to Portland for a business trip yesterday, I came across a good Christian radio station called Casting Crowns Radio. The topic of discussion was ways to bring Christ back into Christmas and the traditions people and churches have in making sure Christ is the center of Christmas. Last night was our churches [...]
Are Mormons Born Again?
Posted in Christianity, Holy Ghost, Jesus, Mormon Christians, Spirituality on March 30, 2009 | 22 Comments »
Over a year ago, I wrote a post called “Why do People Leave the LDS Church?” It has since become one of my most frequented posts and recently received a comment from a sincere seeker of Jesus who has just left the LDS church. She has started a blog called Musings on Mormonism that shows [...]
Temple Ordinances or Jesus for Salvation?
Posted in Jesus, Temples, tagged Bible, Book of Mormon, Christian, Jesus, LDS, Mormon, Salvation, Temples on May 3, 2008 | 42 Comments »
A couple months back I was reading the temple study blog and he had an excersize to find temple imagery in 2 Nephi chapter 4. Recently I was reading in Hebrews as well as in Alma in the Book of Mormon and found some significant temple imagery as well. Here are some verses that stuck [...]
Finding Meaning in Our Lives
Posted in Christianity, Jesus, Spirituality, tagged Christians, Jesus, Jews, Purpose on April 26, 2008 | 8 Comments »
In college, I skimmed through the book by Victor Frankl entitled “Man’s Search for Meaning.” Recently I decided to read it again and spend a little more time digesting the concepts. For those unfamiliar with this book, it is a book written by Victor Frankl about his experiences in a concentration camp. What is so [...]
A Two Hour Sacrament (Communion) Meeting/What the Lord Touches Lives
Posted in Church, Jesus, tagged Christ, Fasting, Jesus, LDS, Mormon, Testimony, Witness on March 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
For those of you reading this who may not be familiar with LDS meetings, today was what we call “Fast and Testimony Meeting.” On the first Sunday of each month (called “Fast Sunday”) members of the faith abstain from food and water (a.k.a fast) for 24 hrs. and give the money they would have used in those [...]
Making our Hearts a Manger
Posted in God, Jesus, Spirituality, tagged Child, Christian, Christianity, God, Jesus, Love, Spirituality on February 5, 2008 | 6 Comments »
After we finished excersizing today I collapsed to the floor by our bookshelves in the living room and said “Whew! I’m going to sleep right here!” I turned my head to the side and was about to close my eyes when I noticed one of my old German poetry books from college. I hadn’t looked [...]
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