by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jan 12, 2012 | Mormons
Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life recently completed an in-depth survey of Mormons in the United States. While the press has often evaluated the nation’s impressions of Mormon, there has not been an extensive study of how Mormons perceive...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jan 3, 2012 | Mormon Scriptures
In the Bible, we read of Ruth offering to glean the fields. After the harvesters were finished, the gleaning were left for the poor. These were much harder to gather and took significantly more work, but those who were hungry were willing to do this in order to get...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jan 2, 2012 | Basic Beliefs of Mormons
Personal response by Terrie When I was a teenager, I had a number of experiences that left me convinced I had lived before this life. Since I didn’t belong to a church yet, I started searching for an explanation for these experiences, which often involved meeting...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Nov 29, 2011 | Basic Beliefs of Mormons, Discipleship: Follow the Savior
I recently read an article by someone who left The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose members are sometimes called Mormons. She said there were too many commandments and they were a tremendous burden. I wondered if she understood that leaving the...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Nov 26, 2011 | Mormon Scriptures
Thousands of people are posting comments or articles about the Book of Mormon. Unfortunately, most of them contain a great deal of false information because the writers have not actually read the Book of Mormon. They are simply reported what someone else told...
