by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jan 13, 2012 | Basic Beliefs of Mormons
Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life has completed a survey of more than a thousand Mormons in an effort to understand how Mormons see themselves and their place in the United States. The study included only members of the mainstream church,...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jan 12, 2012 | Basic Beliefs of Mormons
A new Pew Forum study surveyed more than 1100 Mormons to find out what they believe about their faith, society, and their place in it. One section of the survey focused on Mormon beliefs about families and marriage. Mormon is a nickname sometimes applied to members of...
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 | Oct 18, 2011 | Basic Beliefs of Mormons, Discipleship: Follow the Savior, Mormon Principles, Practices & Precepts
For many, the belief that God is a loving Father seems to suggest He ought to save all His children, regardless of their choices during their lifetime. They find it hard to see a loving Father as one who will deny his children any of his blessings or eternity with...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Oct 5, 2011 | Basic Beliefs of Mormons, Mormon Principles, Practices & Precepts
In the Book of Mormon, a prophet named Nephi advised his readers to “liken the scriptures” to their own lives. This means to take what is taught and ask yourself, “What does this mean for me? How can I work on applying the gospel of Jesus Christ to my own life?”...
