“Our Consuming Mission,” Address to CES Religious Educators, 5 February 1999 “[T]he Second Coming has been in process at least since 1820, beginning on a lovely spring morning in a sacred grove in Palmyra, New York. We have been in one phase or another, then, of the Second Coming for at least 179 years, with […]
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LDS ‘Apostolic’ Easter Message: Reduce Sanctuary Clamor
2 Corinthians 11:13-14 “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.” General Conference, ‘Behold the Lamb of God’, April 2019 “After expulsion from the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve faced a devastating future. Having opened the door to […]
Comparison of Joseph Smith and Satan
Ensign, ‘We are All Enlisted,’ November 2011“Number one, Satan, or Lucifer, or the father of lies—call him what you will—is real, the very personification of evil. His motives are in every case malicious, and he convulses at the appearance of redeeming light, at the very thought of truth. Number two, he is eternally opposed to […]
LDS Youth Fed Lies in Easter Message
New Era, ‘Thankful This Easter Season,’ April 2018; “Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, suffered, died, and rose from death in order that He could grasp us as we fall, hold us with His might, and through our obedience to His commandments, lift us to eternal life. … This Easter I thank Him and the Father, […]
Four Lies Mormon Leaders Told in the Holy Land
Luke 19:41 “And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it”. LDS Church News, ‘Prophet Visits the Holy Land,’ April 2018; “The reason why prophets are needed is because Heavenly Father wants His children to have the opportunity to come home to Him,”…“God has always dealt with His children on the earth […]
Mormon Gods Aplenty
New Era, ‘Testify of the Restoration,’ April 2017;“I testify that Jesus Christ is God’s Son in the flesh as well as in the Spirit, Himself a God and the Son of a God—the Only Begotten of the Father and the Savior of all mankind.” – Jeffrey Holland [emp. mine] Mormon Doctrine, p. 409; “Plurality of Gods … Three separate […]
April 2018 General Conference Announcements on ‘Retiring’ Home Teaching Programs
LDS Church ‘Retires’ Home and Visiting Teaching In what the Church referred to as ‘an historic General Conference’, several announcements were made including new apostles, and the ‘retirement’ of the Visiting and Home Teaching programs implemented back in the ‘50’s. Today we’re looking at the highlights of what leaders said regarding the Home Teaching program, […]
Jesus’ Atonement Ineffective without Joseph Smith
New Era, ‘Testify of the Restoration,’ April 2017;“Yes, our message is most certainly the Atonement of Jesus Christ and all that it stands for, but … Take away Joseph Smith and the First Vision, take away the events which followed, take away a direct restoration from heaven, and what do we have? We don’t have much… […]
Mormonism: Today’s Doubting Thomas
John 20:25 “ The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.” If you know anything about Mormonism […]
Shhh! Don’t Emphasize Questioning Heart
General Conference, “Lord, I Believe”, April 2013; “When problems come and questions arise, do not start your quest for faith by saying how much you do not have, leading as it were with your “unbelief.” That is like trying to stuff a turkey through the beak! Let me be clear on this point: I am not asking […]