The following quote is taken from a 1992 publication of the Encyclopedia of Mormonism and is informative for those not familiar with Priesthood Blessings and also for the personal story I will share later: A priesthood blessing may be given only by those who have been ordained to the Melchizedek Priesthood. In the Church, most boys [...]
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Healing a Father: Mormon Priesthood Blessings 101
Posted in Latter-day Saints on May 21, 2012 | 1 Comment »
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 »
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 [...]
Mormon Church doing away with Baptisms for the Dead
Posted in Christianity, Latter-day Saints on March 1, 2012 | 30 Comments »
Baptisms for the Dead have been a part of the Mormon church almost from the beginning. For those who are not familiar with the Mormon view of baptisms for the dead feel free to review this link for articles and scriptural references on baptisms for the dead. Here is a very short history on where [...]
Mormons Earning Salvation and Becoming Gods
Posted in Christianity, Latter-day Saints, Mormon Christians on January 20, 2012 | 42 Comments »
We had a pretty interesting discussion to close out our last Elders meeting in 2011. It was a lesson on judgment and the second coming. As you can imagine, many interesting things were said. Some off the wall about what would happen leading up to the Second Coming, and others that were scripturally based. One [...]
Advice for New Elders Quorum Presidents
Posted in Latter-day Saints on January 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The LDS, or Mormon church functions under a lay ministery. This means that no one is paid for church service including the pastors and other leadership positions within the church. One of the key leadership positions is the Elders Quorum President. According to the LDS Auxillary Guidebook, the Elders Quorum President has several duties, which [...]
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 [...]
Survey Shows General US Population thinks Mormons are…
Posted in Latter-day Saints, Mormon Christians on October 20, 2011 | 29 Comments »
In Sunday School the other week we had a great lesson on the new “I’m a Mormon” campaign coming to the Seattle area, where we live. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) is showing commercials and using other media opportunities to show videos of Mormon members. Part of the reason for this [...]
Preparing for, Resources, and History of LDS General Conference
Posted in Latter-day Saints, Spirituality on September 29, 2011 | 1 Comment »
We’ve been having a very good discussion in a recent post with members of various Christian faiths surrounding the concept of revelation and what is considered scripture for both LDS and other Christian faiths. Part of the discussion surrounded revelation given to both individuals and Church leaders. This weekend, the LDS General Conference will take place [...]
No More White Shirts and Black Nametags: Changing the Mormon Missionary Strategy
Posted in Latter-day Saints, Mormon Missionaries, tagged lds missionaries, Mormon, mormon missionaries on August 11, 2011 | 13 Comments »
In a recent article in The National Catholic Weekly magazine, a writer brought up the great marketing the LDS church is doing in New York City. His article highlights the Mormon.org billboards that are all over as well as on the taxis, etc. and how great of a missionary tool it is. Something he wrote [...]
LDS Man one of Navy SEALS Downed in Afghanistan
Posted in Latter-day Saints, Politics on August 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Jason Workman, an LDS man from southern Utah, was one of the Navy SEALS downed in Afghanistan. The full report is found at this website. God bless his family as well as everyone else who has lost their life in this war.
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