The Salt Lake Tribunereported on the Church’s stats for last year, and boy was it ever worthy of attention! 2018 was a dubious year for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They saw 140,868 members leave their fold. In addition to that news, the Church also set another record. There was a mere net […]
On October 27, 2018 the LDS Church released an official statement for the new policy on large scale Mormon productions. If you’ve never heard of Mormon Pageants before: think Broadway. The Church pulls out big names like Donny Osmond who volunteer their time to be part of the show. Pageants are like Mormon Roadshows on […]
2 Corinthians 6:17 “Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,” Church Handbook, pp. 78-79 Disposing of Garments and Temple Clothing To dispose of worn-out temple garments, members should cut out and destroy the marks. Members then cut up the remaining […]
2 Peter 1:20-21 “Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.” Peppered throughout the voluminous works of Mormonism are oft used […]
I came upon an article in the Ogden Standard Examiner today and thought I’d share it here so you can pray for the people in my hometown! A link is provided at the end of this article if you’d like to read the full story. This past weekend marked the second time my hometown of […]
This is an email I sent to Michelle this morning. She thought it would make a great mini article, so here you go. At first I thought about titling this What in the world is going on within the body of Christ?, but I think “Yikes” will do. 🙂 “And here I thought my area was […]
With bated breath (eye roll) we waited for the Salt Lake Tribune’s article to make its appearance giving us a synopsis of the talks presented at the semi-annual 183rd General Conference of the LDS Church. So now that I have it in black and white I’m breaking this down to see for myself if the words of these […]
December 31 – Jude 1:24-25; “Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.”
December 29 – Revelation 5:6a, 9-10a; “And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain…And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals […]
December 27 – Philippians 2:10-11; “That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
