by Laurie W | Aug 22, 2008 | Discipleship: Follow the Savior
“It can’t hurt.” “Try it just this once.” “It’s not like taking one drink/puff/shot/etc. will make you addicted.” Heard these phrases before? My husband, a bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (nicknamed the Mormon Church), was directed to put...
by Laurie W | Aug 11, 2008 | Mormon Scriptures
116 Pages of The Book of Mormon Lost Back when Joseph Smith, the man who restored Christ’s Church, first started translating the Book of Mormon, his good friend, Martin Harris, began nudging him to take the first 116 pages to show his wife and a few close...
by Candace | Aug 10, 2008 | Joseph Smith: Mormon Prophet
In reflecting how many would come and go in the kingdom of God, Joseph would often say, “Brethren I have not apostatized yet, and don’t feel like doing so.” He called on the Lord, night and day, so that he could remain steadfast in his calling as the prophet of the...
by Candace | Aug 10, 2008 | Mormon Principles, Practices & Precepts
What do Mormons believe about the Godhead? The Mormon understanding of the godhead is different from the rest of Christianity. Our first Article of Faith, or statement of basic beliefs, reads: We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in...
by Candace | Aug 10, 2008 | Mormon Principles, Practices & Precepts
What can I say about Jesus Christ, the Greatest of us All that has not already been said. From “The Living Christ” signed and dated by the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles we learn of our Savior: He was the Great Jehovah of the Old Testament, the...
