Plan of Salvation; “In the premortal existence, Heavenly Father prepared a plan to enable us to become like Him and receive a fulness of joy. The scriptures refer to this plan as “the plan of salvation” (Alma 24:14; Moses 6:62), “the great plan of happiness” (Alma 42:8), “the plan of redemption” (Jacob 6:8; Alma 12:30), and “the plan […]
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Mormons Rely on Self, Reject Jesus’ Efficacy on Cross
General Conference, ‘Making Righteous Choices at the Crossroads of Life,’ October 1988; “But if we are obedient and faithful to the laws, ordinances, and covenants which we accept with our free agency, of our own free will and choice, we can attain eternal life.” – Robert Dean Hales Colossians 2:14 “Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances […]
Mormonism, not Jesus, is Only Path to Salvation
Matthew 15:14; “Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.” Teachings of The Presidents of the Church, Heber J. Grant, ‘Walking in the Path that Leads to Eternal Life,’ Chapter 3, pp. 33-32; “There is but one path of safety […]
Full Salvation
Acts 4:12; “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” Mormon Doctrine, p. 472; “Full salvation is attained by virtue of knowledge, truth, righteousness, and all true principles. Many conditions must exist in order to make such salvation available to men…If […]
Lies Mormon Kids are Told
Reading over the latest New Era Magazine from the Church produced a horrifying experience for me the other day and the more I read the worse it became. See New Era, May 2014 In the world of Christianity no one is a fan of lying, scamming or tricking adults so when this type of thing is […]
Sunday School Old Testament: Lesson 44
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 […]
Sunday School – Old Testament: Lesson 8
The focus of this next lesson is how the Mormons can “hold fast to righteous standards during times of increased wickedness.” It’s not hard for anyone to see the corruption and moral decay all around us, the recent Grammys is proof that. More and more people are accepting the things of the world as being truth, and […]
Baptismal Interview Questions – Conclusion
As I conclude this series on Mormon Baptism I’d like to touch on what it means to be baptized in the Mormon Church versus into the body of Christ. The quote below is from the church’s Newsroom website, and gives an accurate view of how the church sees baptism (emphasis mine). “Baptism into The Church of Jesus […]
Baptismal Interview Questions – Part 5
Baptismal Interview Questions – Part 5 One thing you’ll learn as you begin the process of converting to Mormonism is that Mormons think of themselves as a “covenant keeping people”. They believe they enter into and make many covenants with God throughout their lives, the first being the one they enter into when they’re baptized […]
Quick Thought: Redeemed by blood of Jesus Christ?
In response to our article “Why do you love the Book of Mormon” one our Mormon readers had this to say – “If you left the Mormon church because you “discovered” the power of the redeeming blood of Jesus Christ outside of the LDS church, I’m sorry you never understood that before you left. But […]