Times sure have changed since I was a young girl sitting in Sacrament Meetings. I still recall watching a young woman in a smartly pressed plaid skirt and tear-stained face, stand to apologize to her parents she had been called to serve a mission. Back in the seventies it wasn’t deemed a good thing to […]
Doctrine and Covenants 84:86, 91 “Therefore, let no man among you, for this commandment is unto all the faithful who are called of God in the church unto the ministry, from this hour take purse or scrip, that goeth forth to proclaim this gospel of the kingdom. 91 And he that doeth not these things is not my disciple; by […]
The other day I came across a video on YouTube of a Christian Pastor interviewing two Mormon missionaries. He asked them many questions about some of the core, deeper doctrines of Mormonism, and was told things that you probably won’t hear from the missionaries when they come to your door. Throughout the interview, the missionaries […]
Mormon Newsroom, pp. 8 –11; “Appendix…Honesty and Integrity. “Be honest with yourself, others, and God at all times. Being honest means choosing not to lie, steal, cheat, or deceive in any way. …“Closely associated with honesty is integrity. Integrity means thinking and doing what is right at all times, no matter what the consequences. …Choose […]
Mr. Bruce R. McConkie was a prolific author, and his repertoire is far too long to enumerate here, suffice it to say he was one of the Church’s top authors outside of its founder, Joe Smith himself. That said, opinions on who McConkie was, and the legacy he left, is as long and varied as […]
John 14:6; “Jesus saith unto him: I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” New Era, ‘Questions and Answers,’ February 1971; “As I pray about a mission, the Lord says to me not to go. “When should a young man not go on a mission?” Answer/Elder Gordon B. Hinckley In the first place […]
Last month we posted an article we saw in the Salt Lake Tribune announcing the Church’s goal of having 100,000 Mormon missionaries out in the field by 2019. We posted it for two specific reasons. 1. Provide a heads up to watch out for more missionaries in your neighborhood. 2. To ask Christians to pray […]
Yesterday I made a comment if the missionaries knocked on my door today I’d ask them about D&C 27:11 that’s still cemented in LDS canon. Well guess what? As I was putzin’ around the house this evening a knock at the door told me I wouldn’t be doing that for much longer… On my front porch were […]
