by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jan 13, 2008 | Becoming a New Member
Often, when teenagers join the church, they start to become more aware of what is going on in the world around them. As they participate in service projects through church and learn about the impact of service in their lessons, and as their love for the Savior grows,...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jan 10, 2008 | Becoming a New Member
As soon as you become serious about investigating the church, and for some time after, there will be people who consider it their duty to try to talk you out of it. They’ll bombard you with propaganda designed to make you question your growing new faith. Even if no...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jan 7, 2008 | Becoming a New Member
We’re promised many blessings when we join the church. Sometimes we expect that to mean that all our problems will go away if we are living properly. The scriptures show us this isn’t true. Even the Savior faced trials in His lifetime, not due to anything He did...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jan 5, 2008 | Becoming a New Member
A few years before I joined the church, I mistakenly chose as friends some teenagers who were popular, but not well-behaved. I was naïve, and had no idea what they were really like. One day, at a school party, they decided to go for a “walk.” I foolishly thought...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Dec 31, 2007 | Becoming a New Member
Some people who are curious about the church don’t feel comfortable right away about the Mormons and their religion. If you want to study the church on your own, your best source of information is the church itself. Anyone who is teaching about the church has a goal,...
