When I began to read over this next lesson I couldn’t help but shake my head and sigh in disgust at its objective. The “purpose” is: “To encourage class members to partake of the life-giving, healing powers that are available in the temple.” In lesson 43 we left off in Ezekiel chapter 37, where Ezekiel […]
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LDS Sunday School OT Lesson 30
The name of this week’s lesson is “Come to the House of the Lord” and it centers on activities that take place in the OT temple and the LDS temples today. I’m starting this review with quoting the very last thing the teacher’s instruction manual said for lesson #30. “Challenge class members to be more […]
Mormonism and Grace
Quick thought on Mormons and Grace Today on the Facebook page of Mormon.org their post reads: “Mormons believe that through grace, the divine help and strength given through the mercy and love of Jesus Christ, all mankind will be resurrected. Through His grace, those who desire to change for the better and live according to […]
Thought of the Day about Mormonism and the Sacrament
Thought of the Day about Mormonism and the Sacrament I encourage everyone to go to the link below and check out the two pictures that rotate on this page from the Church’s website. http://www.lds.org/ensign?lang=eng One is a picture of bread and water while the other is a picture of Joe Smith kneeling in prayer, arms tightly […]
Mormon Dilemma 195
Why Build Temples? Discourses of Wilford Woodruff, pg 147; “WHY BUILD TEMPLES. We are building temples to the name of the Lord. What are we building them for? That we may enter in and redeem the living and the dead.—JD 22:209, January 9, 1881.”
Firing Squad and Mormonism
Journal of Discourses 4:220; “This is loving our neighbour as ourselves; if he needs help, help him; and if he wants salvation and it is necessary to spill his blood on the earth in order that he may be saved, spill it. Any of you who understand the principles of eternity, if you have sinned […]
Bishops and Young Women
Bishops and Young Women in the Ward Throughout my life as a Mormon I served in many areas of the Church. However, the one place I spent most of my time was in the Young Women’s program. I served as a counselor to the president and then as a Young Women’s president.
Book of Mormon; Fullness of the Gospel?
“Lord Increase Our Faith”, page 64; “The real focus on the Book of Mormon should be on the details of the book itself, not on the details of the process by which it came forth. Although we do not know everything about the process of its coming forth or its translation, the Book of Mormon […]