John 14:23; “Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.” Several days ago, the Church posted a video, ‘Mormon Message: Like a Broken Vessel’, where their apostle, Russell Ballard, spoke on the ‘epidemic’ of mental […]
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RSS feed for this sectionMormon Terminology: Ensign
Conference Report, Afternoon Meeting, April, 1961, p. 119; “This Church is the standard which Isaiah said the Lord would set up for the people in the latter days. This Church was given to be a light to the world and to be a standard for God’s people and for the Gentiles to seek to. This […]
Definition of Foreordain
February 1840 Discourse, Washington, DC Encyclopedia of Joseph Smith’s Teachings, p. 237;“Fall of Adam and Eve. I believe in the fall of man, as recorded in the Bible; I believe that God foreknew everything, but did not foreordain everything; I deny that foreordain and foreknow is the same thing. He foreordained the fall of man; […]
Meaning of the Word ‘Mormon’
History of the Church, 2:52; “Take away the Book of Mormon and the revelations, and where is our religion? We have none.” – April 21, 1834 The quote above has always startled me, and left me wondering what if anything, might a Mormon of today’s day and age be able to hold onto, if the […]
Lying in Wait to Deceive
Ensign, “Valiant in the Testimony of Jesus,” May 1982 [April Conference issue], 62; “To possess a testimony of Jesus is to know that He voluntarily took upon Himself the sins of all mankind in the Garden of Gethsemane, which caused Him to suffer in both body and spirit and to bleed from every pore. All […]
Sin Nature; Christian v. Mormon
Can you name the key differences between Mormonism and Christianity regarding man’s sin nature? If not, don’t feel too bad yet, because you’re not alone! Many Christians are unaware of what they are, due in part to the elusive nature of the terminology Mormons use to hide the truth. All true Christians know, and accept the following […]
Mormon Terminology – Child of God
General Conference, ‘I Am a Child of God,’ Saturday Morning, April 2, 2016; “… A correct understanding of our heavenly heritage is essential to exaltation. It is foundational to comprehending the glorious plan of salvation and to nurturing faith in the firstborn of the Father, Jesus the Christ, and in His merciful Atonement. Further, it […]
Mormon Terminology: Fulness of the Gospel
“What is Truth?” CES Broadcast, January 2013; “Yes, we do have the fulness of the everlasting gospel, but that does not mean that we know everything. In fact, one principle of the restored gospel is our belief that God ‘will yet reveal many great and important things.’” —Dieter F. Uchtdorf James 1:17; “Every good gift and […]
Mormon Terminology: Devil
Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 305;“The punishment of the devil was that he should not have a habitation like men. The devil’s retaliation is, he comes into this world, binds up men’s bodies, and occupies them himself. When the authorities come along, they eject him from a stolen habitation.” Matthew 7:15; “Beware of […]
Anti-Mormonism
Anti Mormonism and Mormon Terminology “Anti-Mormonism includes any hostile or polemic opposition to Mormonism or to the Latter-day Saints, such as maligning the founding prophet, his successors, or the doctrines or practices of the Church….During the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s, the Church had a generally favorable public image as reflected in the news media. […]