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- ...Latter-day Saints held a public information session entitled "Are Mormons Christians?" Many members and non-members attended, including clergy from other denom ...rs have here suggested some answers to these questions—many of which are commonly asked—and then provided links to further material for intere24 KB (4,127 words) - 15:40, 13 April 2024
- #REDIRECT [[Jesus Christ/Accusations that Latter-day Saints aren't Christians]]79 bytes (9 words) - 17:33, 12 April 2022
- ...of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints unequivocally affirm themselves to be Christians"== ...{{read more|url=http://www.lds.org/topics/christians?lang=eng}} <ref>"Are Mormons Christian?," ''Gospel Topics'' on LDS.org</ref>1 KB (226 words) - 15:44, 13 April 2024
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- Truth is knowledge of things as they are, and as they were, and as they are to come ([https://www.lds.org/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/93.24?lang=eng D&C ...[[Mormonism and apologetics/"ad hominem"|here]], and numerous case studies are available [[Mormonism and apologetics/"ad hominem"/Case study|here]].44 KB (7,051 words) - 17:45, 13 April 2024
- **[http://gospelink.com/library/contents/352 Ye Are the Light of the World] *[http://gospelink.com/library/contents/690 Are Mormons Christians?] - Stephen R. Robinson9 KB (1,188 words) - 14:25, 13 April 2024
- ...r-day Saints do not believe Brigham's "Adam-God" teachings, critics accuse Mormons of either changing their teachings or rejecting teachings of prophets they ...emination of doctrines which are not according to the Scriptures and which are alleged to have been taught by some of the General Authorities of past gene3 KB (491 words) - 15:01, 13 April 2024
- ...destination, it is but self-evident, that accumulating means of knowledge are constantly demanded. With no other than a benevolent desire of benefiting m ...ave been such as must secure you the smiles of that God whose servants you are, and also the good will of the Saints throughout the world.68 KB (11,468 words) - 15:51, 13 April 2024
- ...s, but those who do claim that both absolute foreknowledge and omniscience are fully compatible with both human agency and genuine petitionary prayer. A m ...aised by this question is one that is hotly debated both among Mormons and Christians in general===9 KB (1,504 words) - 15:19, 13 April 2024
- |L7=Mormons and creatio ex nihilo (creation out of nothing) |L9=Augustine's views about matter are perhaps less coherent than Joseph Smith's2 KB (369 words) - 15:00, 13 April 2024
- |L3=Question: What were the views of early Christians on the deification of man? |L9=Question: What do Mormons believe regarding the nature of angels?15 KB (2,659 words) - 15:04, 13 April 2024
- |L=Jesus_Christ/Accusations that Mormons aren't Christians |H=Are Latter-day Saints Christians?904 bytes (132 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- ...piens and over what period of time that often dominate secular discussions are of limited interest for Latter-day Saints. <BR><BR> ...ly clarified by human learning alone; and that only certain relevant facts are now known, to which the Church adheres. <BR><BR>4 KB (701 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
- Similar references to the destruction of all flesh from off the earth are found in the New Testament in Matthew 24:39, Luke 17:26, 1 Pet 3:20, 2 Pet ==Question: Are Church members required to believe in a global flood?==22 KB (3,736 words) - 15:04, 13 April 2024
- |L5=Question: Are Biblical textual variants significant? |L6=Question: What did early Christians think about alterations to the scriptures?2 KB (250 words) - 15:48, 13 April 2024
- Question: Why do Mormons follow the practice of most Christians by resting and worshiping on Sunday?==Question: Why do Mormons follow the practice of most Christians by resting and worshiping on Sunday?== ...e seventh day of the week. Why do Mormons then follow the practice of most Christians by resting and worshiping on Sunday?17 KB (2,918 words) - 15:38, 13 April 2024
- |L5=Mormons have "picked up" discarded beliefs of early Christians |L7=Question: What are the Lectures on Faith?2 KB (340 words) - 15:04, 13 April 2024
- |S=Some Christians object to the Mormon belief that God has a physical body and human form by |L2=Question: What are the common objections to a belief in God's corporeality?5 KB (726 words) - 15:04, 13 April 2024
- ...The video has excellent production values but, unfortunately, its contents are not of a similar quality. ...information and criticisms in this video—remain faithful, practicing Mormons; ordinary people striving daily to model their lives after the extraordinar9 KB (1,317 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...rder:1px solid #a3b0bf;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Do Mormons Equate Joseph Smith and Jesus Christ?</h2> ...Son of God, the only perfect and sinless person ever to be born on earth. Mormons believe that Joseph Smith is a prophet of God, subject to the same [[Joseph8 KB (1,361 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...red to the supposed voluminous archaeological support for the Bible. There are major differences, however, between Old and New World archaeology as well a ...e existence of Homer's Troy, does that make the ''Iliad'' the word of God? Are Hera and Zeus therefore to be worshiped?15 KB (2,306 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...e. Do the producers of this DVD expect us to believe that all these groups are, in fact, part of the "occult"? ...sed the symbol of the cross as part of their symbolism. Does this make all Christians "occult" by association? Such an idea is ludicrous.17 KB (2,868 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...#a3b0bf;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Claim: "Prisoners are routinely freed from crimes they supposedly committed many years before whe ...after thousands of years all were destroyed except the Lamanites and they are the principal ancestors of the American Indians." - Pamela Robertson</h2>19 KB (3,134 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/Witnessing to Mormons {{DVDHeadingBox|Witnessing to Mormons}}29 KB (4,776 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- ...eir disappointing behavior as they revile and demean what Latter-day Saint Christians hold dear and sacred. Perhaps we should be asking ''how'' the video's purpo ...claims about the First vision and Joseph's reasons for practicing polygamy are false and rely upon a distorted, twisted, or incomplete reading of the hist26 KB (4,387 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- Individuals are highlighted, below, in alphabetical order. ...books and materials. Many of the books sold by Utah Christian Publications are written by the other people listed in the credits of this DVD.19 KB (2,864 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- <metadesc>Jesus Christ/Joseph Smith Search for the Truth DVD Good News for Mormons</metadesc> CAUTION: This video is to be viewed by CHRISTIANS ONLY until AFTER the nation-wide distribution which is scheduled for March5 KB (781 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- <metadesc>Jesus Christ/Joseph Smith Search for the Truth DVD Good News for Mormons</metadesc> CAUTION: This video is to be viewed by CHRISTIANS ONLY until AFTER the nation-wide distribution which is scheduled for March14 KB (2,363 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- Latter-day Saints are not surprised that other Christians find tremendous joy in prayer and experiencing a personal relationship with ...rt of man is wicked. Our feelings betray us all the time. That's why there are so many cults and so many [inaudible] and differences in the gospel of Jesu31 KB (5,234 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...lly really good!" She was impressed. She had found it on her own. You guys are great. ...our devotion and worship. All prayers are given in his name, and all talks are closed with his name. The sacrament is administered in every regular Sunday34 KB (5,834 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- <metadesc>Jesus Christ/Joseph Smith Search for the Truth DVD Good News for Mormons</metadesc> ...rue Christianity and that all other churches professing the name of Christ are part of a "Great Apostasy," that has incorporated corrupt doctrine and prac10 KB (1,680 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...not reject the Biblical witness—it is partly ''because'' the creeds are not Biblical that the LDS do not use them. President Hinckley elsewhere made it clear that we differ with other Christians over the creeds, not over the scriptural witness:27 KB (4,448 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Why are "hot drinks" forbidden by the Word of Wisdom?== ===Members of the Church keep the Word of Wisdom because they are obedient to the commandments of God===13 KB (2,096 words) - 15:37, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Do Mormons believe in the "rapture"?== ...e earth through the tribulation period until Christ's coming and those who are old or in the grave shall be changed to a resurrected state at that time===12 KB (1,988 words) - 13:35, 13 April 2024
- |H=Mormons, polytheism and the Nicene Creed ...polytheists because we don't believe the Nicene Creed. Others say Mormons are polytheists because they believe humans can become gods. Is this an accurat3 KB (520 words) - 15:04, 13 April 2024
- |L=Countercult ministries/Tower to Truth Ministries/50 Questions to Ask Mormons |H=Answers to "50 Questions to Ask Mormons"13 KB (2,209 words) - 14:10, 13 April 2024
- |L2=Response to claim: "trillions of planets" are "ruled by countless gods who were once human like us" |L19=Response to claim: Latter-day Saints are claimed to "expect to become polygamous gods in the Celestial kingdom, rule13 KB (2,150 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- ...d by some of Protestant denominations. Some contain a kernel of truth, but are distorted so as to be virtually unrecognizable to a Latter-day Saint. Other attacks or claims made by critics are simply false.21 KB (3,648 words) - 15:00, 13 April 2024
- ...tians, and find it extremely offensive to be told that they are not "real" Christians or that they don't believe in Jesus Christ's divinity. The Church is neith ..." We—meaning the membership and the prophet—learn only what we are able to apply in our lives. Free agency also plays a big role and everyone4 KB (696 words) - 15:00, 13 April 2024
- ...ons really believe and practice.<br><br> — ''The National Council of Christians and Jews (see [http://www.fairlds.org/The_God_Makers/tagm35.html fulltext])2 KB (339 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- ...at face value—they "know" their film can't be bad, so it must be the Mormons' fault. But, non-LDS observers and film critics simply recognize the film ...ed the massacre, and its uncritical reliance on the account of John D. Lee are grave flaws.32 KB (4,917 words) - 15:20, 13 April 2024
- ...is, or human deification, implies more than one "god," which means Mormons are "polytheists," and that the Mormon concept of "human deification" is a paga |subject=Quotations about deification/theosis from non-LDS Christians.1 KB (205 words) - 15:55, 13 April 2024
- |subject=Do Mormons worship a "different Jesus"? ...orship "a different Jesus" and so are not entitled to consider themselves "Christians."299 bytes (42 words) - 15:55, 13 April 2024
- ...all nations, in bringing about his covenant and his gospel, unto those who are of the house of Israel. Wherefore, he will bring them again out of captivit ...emble, and quake; they are those who must be brought low in the dust; they are those who must be consumed as stubble; and this is according to the words o73 KB (12,947 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- ...s—to which the producers and contributors apparently subscribe—are the proper (and only) interpretation of the Bible. Mormons believe in the Biblical Jesus. There is a great contrast, however, between22 KB (3,514 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...of hell—all of them, kit and kaboodle. All the huge vast people that are on that broad road that leads to hell the Bible tells us about—all of ...works will be judged by Christ. He and only He will determine if our works are righteous or evil. We must remember that not everyone who saith, Lord, Lord27 KB (4,758 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...DS interpretation of scriptural passages in the Bible, often claiming that Mormons have misinterpreted the scriptures and that they require "deeper study." In |L9=Response to claims made in Becoming Gods, "Chapter 8: Ye Are Gods"6 KB (974 words) - 14:11, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Do Christians Believe in Three Gods |H=Response to "Do Christians Believe in Three Gods?10 KB (1,526 words) - 14:12, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Do Christians Believe in Three Gods/Origins of Nicene Trinitarianism |T=[[../|Do Christians Believe in Three Gods?]]17 KB (2,754 words) - 14:12, 13 April 2024
- |L8=Response to claims made in Mormon America "Chapter 7: Mormons, Inc." ...ade in Mormon America "Chapter 19: Are Mormons Christians? Are Non-Mormons Christians?"8 KB (1,152 words) - 14:13, 13 April 2024
- |L1=Question: Did early Mormon leaders consider themselves Christians? |L2=Question: Did LDS leaders claim that Christians were no longer present on the earth after the apostasy?1 KB (196 words) - 15:00, 13 April 2024
- ...ts position. Voting choices by Latter-day Saints, like all other people, are influenced by their own unique experiences and circumstances. As we move f ...constitution defining marriage as being between "a man and a woman." There are 29 states which currently have such a definition of marriage in their const45 KB (6,797 words) - 15:02, 13 April 2024
- ...prominent Mormons who gave money to pass it, as well as other Mormons who are only tangentially associated with the cause; some have even called for a bo ...lessons you refer to, and are you proposing to apply those lessons again? Are you suggesting that Mormon’s need your permission to participate in the p39 KB (5,785 words) - 15:02, 13 April 2024
- ...stingly, the rhetoric underlying the theology may have resulted from 1830s Mormons trying to convince their neighbors in the slave state of Missouri that they |claim=The Mormons' Prophet had told them about the kingdom they would be called to administer58 KB (8,618 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- ...early days of the Church was at the hands of people who called themselves "Christians." {{:Question: Did early Mormon leaders consider themselves Christians?}}16 KB (2,387 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- |L15=Response to claim: 289, 578n51 (HB) 576n51 (PB) - "many "'influential' Mormons and LDS religion teachers still saw women as mere 'birth machines'" ...igham Young said that "the only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy"34 KB (5,154 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...ong-held Mormon notion that Latter-day Saints are innately better than non-Mormons" ...se to claim: 377, 600n11-14 (PB) - Did LDS leaders spend 150 years calling Christians "derogatory names" and insulting them?22 KB (3,213 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- |L4=Response to claim: 403 - Baptisms for the dead are incompatible with Christianity ...aints are supposed to only rely on the "burning in the bosom" even if they are "faced with irrefutable facts that undermine the LDS church"36 KB (5,451 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- |L1=Response to claim: 104 - "Mormons, who commonly rejected analytical thought in favor of supernatural experien ...ter-day Saint periodical The Evening and the Morning Star "haranguing" non-Mormons by threatening them with "imminent destruction" if they did not repent?21 KB (3,131 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...ith their talents before coming to earth. Consequently, they...are born as Mormons in America" ...ot equal with other races where the receipt of certain spiritual blessings are concerned"28 KB (4,263 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...phet, John Cleveland nevertheless became 'more and more bitter towards the Mormons'" |L11=Response to claim: 106 - other polyandrous husbands are claimed to have become more bitter against the Church49 KB (7,241 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- ...iscussed in this section. The following claims (highlighted in '''bold''') are simply absurd. ||"LDS documents are '''strangely silent''' about their prophet's activities during the three ye14 KB (2,213 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...ave around 50,000 "missionaries" active today|Response to claim: 179 - the Mormons have around 50,000 "missionaries" active today]] ...Coca-Cola"|Response to claim: 180 - The book claims that Latter-day Saints are cautioned against the use of "caffeine-bearing drinks, such as Coca-Cola"]]118 KB (18,356 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- ...hout looking up the "rest of the story" in the endnote. Some examples this are provided in the following sections. |claim=The author claims that "'''"LDS apologists and BYU professors are advocating''' a new ''unofficial'' opinion that Lehi and his people represe24 KB (3,862 words) - 14:11, 13 April 2024
- |H=Do Mormons believe that Christianity is "satanic"? ...1=Did early LDS leaders denounce Christianity?|l2=Latter-day Saints aren't Christians?}}19 KB (3,188 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- |L2=Response to claim: 438 - "More than a few Mormons, although they had never actually read my book, declared without hesitation ...ponse to claim: 442, n14 - "Some of the harshest criticism I received from Mormons came from those who were irate over my depiction of Brigham Young"15 KB (2,332 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...e, on trial, when news of the battle reached town. It was stated, that the Mormons had killed twenty of the mob, and had gone to Wilson's and shot his son. In ...ried the experiment with success; and it is believed that some few of them are living there in peace, to this day.66 KB (11,727 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- |H=Are the Church of Jesus Christ, its leaders, and theology racist? ...ng or misunderstanding LDS teachings on this matter. LDS views and sources are portrayed in the most hostile, prejudicial light possible.15 KB (2,454 words) - 14:16, 13 April 2024
- ...arried to Joseph, and yet bore a child that was not his, but God's. There are only two options—one can, as the "infidels" do, assert that Jesus was {{:Question: Do Mormons believe that Mary was still a virgin when Jesus was born?}}6 KB (1,092 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...ve made them—unless I choose to reveal them. If I do not, then they are secret and sacred no matter what others may say or do. Anyone who would rev ...sufficient to attract notice. Yet Latter-day Saints – sometimes known as Mormons - still wonder whether and how they should respond when news or entertainme22 KB (3,739 words) - 15:02, 13 April 2024
- ...hich actuates those who engage in such plans to put down the truth, yet we are assured that in the providence of God they will ultimately tend to the glor He also informs us, that every thing but God and the saints are combined together, and raging against the truth with one mighty struggle, a31 KB (4,585 words) - 15:35, 13 April 2024
- Biblical Keys for Discerning True and False Prophets/Considering Joseph Smith/Jesus and Joseph Smith...esus and the reconstructed context/model: how the context and social model are understood determines how Jesus is understood. ‘Determines’ is not too ...ir choice of emphasis, what counts as primary data, which heuristic models are used.9 KB (1,554 words) - 14:01, 13 April 2024
- |L=Evangelical witnessing to Mormons/Craig Blomberg - Jesus to the Mormons |H=Response to "Dr. Craig Blomberg's 'Top Ten Things Jesus Would Say to Mormons'"16 KB (2,615 words) - 14:22, 13 April 2024
- ...y trying to prove, however, is a little narrower. He promises to show "why Christians believe that their concept of God better captures the data of Scripture tha7 KB (1,153 words) - 14:17, 13 April 2024
- *'''Argument''': "All the Mormons I've met have never had a good response to the polygamy issue. Therefore, ...a false conclusion about a group because the members of the group studied are not typical of the group as a whole.19 KB (2,906 words) - 17:43, 13 April 2024
- *'''Argument''': "Mormons are wrong to oppose homosexual behavior, because such behavior occurs in nature *'''Rebuttal''': There are many natural occurances which are not morally acceptable. Some beetles ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedbug13 KB (1,986 words) - 17:45, 13 April 2024
- ...sole cause for Joseph's murder, and an inevitable one. Historical events are more complicated than this; there is a complex web of cause, effect, and co ...If personal revelation is a reality, then we must accept it even if there are some "negative" consequences to it.19 KB (2,783 words) - 17:45, 13 April 2024
- ...claim: 129 - Will Bagley claimed that Mountain Meadows was known among the Mormons as "a preferred location for the quiet execution of unpleasant tasks" ...in the camp would never be known, or whether they considered their fellow Mormons capable of such cold-blooded treachery"13 KB (1,990 words) - 14:10, 13 April 2024
- |L3=Response to claim: 177 - Mormons believe that God is "just an exalted man" |L10=Response to claim: 188 - The Lectures on Faith indicate that there are only two personages in the Godhead, and that their mind is the Holy Spirit10 KB (1,647 words) - 14:17, 13 April 2024
- {{:Question: What did early Christians think about alterations to the scriptures?}} {{:Question: Do Mormons believe that the Bible has less value because it contains errors?}}12 KB (1,895 words) - 14:17, 13 April 2024
- ...er, how many of the issues which some charge the Church with "suppressing" are discussed in Church publications. ...s of using rods to manifest God’s will (see Ex. 7:9-12; Num. 17:8). Many Christians in Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery's day similarly believed in divining rod72 KB (10,968 words) - 14:00, 13 April 2024
- ...Latter-day Saints held a public information session entitled "Are Mormons Christians?" Many members and non-members attended, including clergy from other denom ...rs have here suggested some answers to these questions—many of which are commonly asked—and then provided links to further material for intere24 KB (4,127 words) - 15:40, 13 April 2024
- ...of the things associated with the kingdom of God; and consequently, as we are all engaged in the worship of the Almighty, and meet together from time to ...tation of the human family in this time and throughout all eternity. These are our feelings.46 KB (8,662 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- I have no doubt but the people, who are Saints, are much edified by the preaching and exhortations given from this stand. Were ...but that there are believers who do not obey, but the only true believers are they who prove their belief by their obedience to the requirements of the G44 KB (8,351 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...le of God, at the seat of the government of the Church, knowing that there are many that can edify and enlighten our minds better than I can. I always fee ...myself to the people as if they were all strangers, on the principles that are sometimes designated "MORMONISM;" and confine myself to some of the plain,42 KB (7,756 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...ther being warm, and the people generally of the laboring class, I presume are the cause of a rather late attendance at meeting this morning. There are peculiarities connected with our duties, that make them differ from the dut27 KB (4,950 words) - 14:33, 13 April 2024
- ...rayers, that the Lord may inspire me with those arguments and reasons that are well pleasing in His sight, that I may acquit myself before Him, if it may ...in short, who looked upon others as sinners; to reprove them, he said, "Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for45 KB (8,717 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- A portion of this congregation have been brought up in America, and are more or less acquainted with the Constitution, with the Constitutional righ ...overnment. But as far as they understand, I will venture to say that these are the sentiments of all the Latter-day Saints.43 KB (8,245 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...when I chanced to get among those who supposed the Latter-day Saints, or "Mormons," had a new Bible, and preached a new Gospel. I used to select the eighth v ...ur religion unless he could be satisfied that the first principles thereof are based upon the word of God contained in the holy Scriptures. In relation to28 KB (5,269 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...ngels, and in the gift of the Holy Ghost, and that it was the privilege of Christians to enjoy the gifts and graces of the Spirit now, as well as in ancient time ...ith whom I have been acquainted in this kingdom, and reflect how few there are who have stood firm, and how many have apostatized, I often at first think38 KB (7,119 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...g for the purpose of addressing you. However probable it may be that there are those present who might do so more to your satisfaction; yet, if the spirit ...arity which are so generally understood, and which by a great many persons are neglected, to their own injury. There is not a person of common intelligenc39 KB (7,221 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...that have been made here this afternoon by President Joseph Young. Here we are, eating, and drinking, and sleeping in peace, "with none to molest, or make ...t experience of this people, it speaks louder than thunder in our ears, we are to be on hand, as has been stated this afternoon. What is this for? It is f22 KB (4,377 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- |<=[[../23|Salvation—Men Are Damned by their Misdeeds—Truth—Comprehensiveness of "Mormonism"]] ...added, "For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call."49 KB (9,394 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...nrighteous, may be wicked, who have never heard the plan of salvation, who are even unacquainted with the history of the Son of Man, or who have heard of ...strenuously, and yet say that they know nothing about God and eternity. We are here, we exist on the earth. I am sure that I am alive, for I can see other21 KB (4,047 words) - 14:50, 13 April 2024
- ...we are not quite sure why this is even mentioned, unless the wiki editors are attempting to prove that having visions is hereditary.}} ...4). Bushman says, "The best barometer of the household's religious climate are seven dreams Joseph Sr. had in the years before and after his son's first v22 KB (3,480 words) - 15:05, 13 April 2024
- ...f Larry C. Porter as a "Mormon apologist" is pejorative. Most readers, who are unfamiliar with the term, interpret "apologist" as one who is "apologizing. *{{WikipediaMissingRef}}None of Porter's citations are included in the wiki article. The more compelling material from the cited s53 KB (7,977 words) - 13:34, 13 April 2024
- Smith continues to be criticized by [[Evangelicalism|evangelical Christians]] who argue that he was either a liar or lunatic. modern Mormons regard Smith as second in importance only to Jesus.28 KB (3,717 words) - 13:35, 13 April 2024
- |<=[[../48|Misapplication of the Term Sacrifice—The Saints are Gainers by the Work of God—Resistance of Evil—Degeneracy—The Way of R ...which has been opened by the "key of knowledge" to our mind's eye, and we are bade to enter and regale ourselves among the undying beauties that flourish22 KB (4,043 words) - 14:51, 13 April 2024
- ...They believe in the practical part of the religion of which the Scriptures are a history. You may take the plan and details of former Christianity; But, u ...e was blessed with the talent to clearly convey and explain the ideas that are in his mind, I will venture to say that he would be one of the greatest spe21 KB (3,987 words) - 14:51, 13 April 2024
- ...th and suffering of our Lord and Saviour, to witness to each other that we are willing to keep his commandments, and to observe the requirements of the fu ...disciples, "Ye shall be hated of all men, for my name's sake; and blessed are ye when all men shall persecute you, and speak all manner of evil of you fa11 KB (1,930 words) - 14:52, 13 April 2024
- |<=[[../16|The Way to Eternal Life—Practical Religion—All are not Saints who Profess to be—Prison—House of Disobedient Spirits]] These verses are of themselves a text and texts, a sermon and sermons.23 KB (4,264 words) - 14:51, 13 April 2024
- I suppose that my brethren and sisters are acquainted with George A.; and whenever he presents himself in the presence ...emarked, so very few of that family have been valiant for the truth. There are but few comparatively of their numerous posterity that have been valiant fo38 KB (7,244 words) - 14:51, 13 April 2024
- ...forming. The First Presidency are satisfied, and I can say that the people are satisfied. ...d or heard read. Brother Taylor, that is for you; and I believe that these are the feelings and the sentiments of all in this community who have perused t21 KB (3,990 words) - 14:51, 13 April 2024
- ...e importance to many, are pregnant with meaning, are full of interest, and are of the utmost importance to the Saints that dwell in these valleys, and to ...t and precious principles of eternal truth, like pearls and precious gems, are often hid from the view of the human family.47 KB (8,783 words) - 14:52, 13 April 2024