by Terrie Lynn Bittner | May 20, 2011 | Basic Beliefs of Mormons, Discipleship: Follow the Savior, Finding Happiness, Finding Truth, Mormon Principles, Practices & Precepts
Although anyone can attend most Mormon services and activities without being a member, conversion is required to experience everything the Church has to offer. Mormonism is actually a nickname for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the principles of...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | May 3, 2011 | Basic Beliefs of Mormons, Mormon Principles, Practices & Precepts
There are times when the Bible can seem confusing because it appears to give conflicting advice. One such situation concerns the topic of judgment. The Bible tells us we must not judge others unless we ourselves want to be judged, but it also offers a variety of...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Apr 21, 2011 | Basic Beliefs of Mormons, Finding Happiness, Mormon Principles, Practices & Precepts
Recently Michael Otterson, head of Public Affairs for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (sometimes called the Mormon Church) wrote an interesting On-Faith blog post about the Book of Mormon Musical. The musical’s crude and blasphemous language was...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Apr 18, 2011 | Basic Beliefs of Mormons, Finding Truth, Mormon Principles, Practices & Precepts
Many of the reviews of the Broadway’s The Book of Mormon Musical claim it is only an attack on blind faith. The suggestion is, then, that the missionaries in the musical were operating on blind faith and that perhaps the converts were as well. The musical features two...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Apr 6, 2011 | Basic Beliefs of Mormons, Mormon Principles, Practices & Precepts
Twice a year, Mormons attend or view the General Conference. This conference allows them to hear from their leaders and receive God’s most recent counsel. Speakers are not assigned topics. Instead, they are asked to pray to know what God wants them to say. This means...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Mar 19, 2011 | Basic Beliefs of Mormons, Discipleship: Follow the Savior, Mormon Principles, Practices & Precepts
In 1852, when Hannah Last Cornaby was baptized, she and her husband had to enter the church building through a volley of stones being thrown at them by a screaming mob. She did not turn back. She bravely pushed through the mob, coping with the rocks and insults and...
