by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jul 8, 2014 | Terrie Lynn Bittner: Mormonism
The following is a guest article for Christine Bell’s Genealogy column. I love that it is becoming so much easier to find obituaries online now. FamilySearch.org is currently indexing a great many, and personal genealogists are posting more online themselves....
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jun 30, 2014 | Terrie Lynn Bittner: Mormonism
Mormons are taught by their church to be patriotic citizens of whatever country they live in. An essential part of our faith is outlined in this Article of Faith: “We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jun 28, 2014 | Terrie Lynn Bittner: Mormonism
After learning the basics of Mormonism and becoming a convert at age seventeen, I settled into trying to learn the Mormon worldview. Even as a teenager, I was a thinker. I liked to understand things and my parents, who did not become Mormon, had raised me to try to...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jun 18, 2014 | Terrie Lynn Bittner: Mormonism
In this series of articles, we have been discussing the Mormon priesthood, with the intention of helping people understand issues relating to women and the priesthood. Mormon is a nickname sometimes used to describe members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jun 16, 2014 | Terrie Lynn Bittner: Mormonism
For a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church discipline is not an ending. It is a beginning, a gift from Heavenly Father that allows the person to work through some serious personal sins and to overcome them, returning in time to full...