History of the Church 2:190-191; “William E. M’Lellin’s Blessing: In the name of the Lord, wisdom and intelligence shall be poured out upon him, to enable him to perform the great work that is incumbent upon him: that he may be spared until the Saints are gathered; that he may stand before kings and rulers […]
History of the Church 2:482; “Action in Relation to the Word of Wisdom. Resolved unanimously, that we will not fellowship any ordained member who will not, or does not, observe the Word of Wisdom according to its literal reading.” – May 28, 1837 Colossians 2:16-17; “Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or […]
A few days ago I came upon an interesting journal written by Levi Hancock’s son, Mosiah, which got me thinking about one of the essays published by the Church last year (Oct. 2014). In this essay the Church came out with their own version of history on polygamy in Kirtland and Nauvoo that we found […]
1 John 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. As a Mormon I heard the word atonement used in odd and often confusing ways. Usually during General Conference I learned how I could apply it to my life, how […]
Today we’re looking at a little known event in Mormon history, the story of Jane Elizabeth Manning James. Jane was a ‘free black’ who joined the Church in the late 1830’s and ended up crossing the plains with Brigham Young’s outfit. While still in Nauvoo, she worked as a servant for Joseph Smith’s family and […]
Joseph Smith claimed mankind now had the fullness of the gospel with the advent of the Book of Mormon being published. What he didn’t say is that his claim was nothing but a lie. The most important elements of salvation for the Mormon can’t be found between the covers of the Book of Mormon. To […]
Luke 2:30-32; “For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, 31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; 32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.” In Eager Anticipation Every year Vancouver, BC hosts a Kristkindl Mart that my family and I try to attend. We start talking […]
Why? I think this is the one question I’ve asked and been asked more times than any other question in my 20+ years of experience in ministry. It doesn’t matter what topic you choose within Mormonism to discuss or explore – that one question always makes an appearance. And I do mean always. Today’s example […]
Fasten your seatbelts folks, here we go. The Church released another essay on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 just in time for Halloween. This dark and spooky story is about the Church fessin’ up to at least 33 of Smith’s extracurricular activities in life which Smith referred to as ‘The Principle’, better known as Plural Marriage […]
In January 2014 the Church published an essay for their Gospel Topics section they dubbed Book of Mormon and DNA Studies. Today we’re taking a look at their claims in this one and weighing them against factual information we have from none other than the Church itself. We’ve pulled out six of the most […]
