LDS General Conference, ‘O How Great the Plan of Our God,’ October 2016; “[The] Day of Judgment will be a day of mercy and love—a day when broken hearts are healed, when tears of grief are replaced with tears of gratitude, when all will be made right.” – Dieter F. Uchtdorf Mathew 7:21-23; “Not every […]
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RSS feed for this sectionMormon Jesus’ Atonement Didn’t Fulfill Law
Galatians 2:21 “I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.” LDS.org, ‘Conference Notebook,’ October 2016 “The Plan of Salvation … Essential to the plan [of salvation] is our Savior, Jesus Christ. Without His atoning sacrifice, all would be lost. It is not enough, […]
Jesus is Powerless to Save Anyone
LDS.org, ‘Conference Notebook,’ October 2016 “Abide in My Love,” Ensign, Nov. 2016, 48; “One of the terms we hear often today is that God’s love is ‘unconditional.’ While in one sense that is true, the descriptor unconditional appears nowhere in scripture. … “God will always love us, but He cannot save us in our sins. Remember the words of Amulek to […]
Mr. Uchtdorf’s Blasphemous Speech at General Conference
2 Peter 2:1-3 “But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way […]
General Conference October 2016 Joseph the Seer, Great Like Moses
General Conference, ‘A Choice Seer Will I Raise Up.’ October 2016; “Perhaps the most stunning passage in the Book of Mormon to young Joseph may have been the third chapter of 2 Nephi. This chapter contains an ancient prophecy about a “choice seer” whom the Lord would raise up in the latter days—a seer named Joseph, named […]
Why Leaving Mormonism Taught Me God’s Unconditional Love
“1 John 3:1 “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.” As I was looking at some of the highlights and quotes from this past General Conference one quote, in particular stood […]
General Conference October 2016 Talk Summaries II
Psalm 42:1-2; “To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. 2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?” A beloved Christian hymn was modeled after the biblical […]
General Conference October 2016 Talk Summaries
2 Chronicles 7:14; “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” I learned years ago the God of the Bible answers prayers. I […]
Who Will You Run To?
During General Conference this Sunday Elder M. Russell Ballard prepared a special message to those who are thinking of leaving the Church. The Deseret News highlighted some portions of his talk in an article. Below is a link to the article if you’d like to read it. As a Mormon I was made to feel […]
October 2016 General Conference Talk Summaries Women Session
The LDS Church has listed the talk summaries of their upcoming General Conference, so we’re looking at what Mr. Dieter Uchtdorf had to share. His entire speech can be viewed at the link for the video presentation at the end of this article. General Conference, ‘Fourth Floor, Last Door,’ October 2016; “ The purpose of […]