by Laurie W | Mar 20, 2008 | Mormon Scriptures
Jesus Christ was bound and led away by an interesting group of people. First you had the chief priests who performed the ordinances of the Aaronic Priesthood temple worship. There were also captains of the temple, who acted as security guards, so to speak. They kept...
by Laurie W | Mar 20, 2008 | Mormon Scriptures
Things unfolded quickly after Christ’s triumphant exit from the Garden of Gethsemane. Even as He told His friends to sleep on and take some rest (Matthew 26:45), a group of men came to take Him. This group included chief priests and elders, all men of the Jerusalem...
by Trina B | Mar 20, 2008 | Mormon Scriptures
Yesterday I received an email from a old high school buddy. Hmmm…maybe I should rethink that word “old.” She was organizing an elementary school reunion and trying to track down friends she had lost contact with over the years. She was looking for a particular person...
by kendalbhunter | Mar 19, 2008 | Mormon Scriptures
Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly referred to as the Mormon Church, claim that The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ was translated from gold plates. To substantiate this claim, they usually cite Joseph Smith’s own...
by kendalbhunter | Mar 16, 2008 | Mormon Scriptures
C. S. Lewis, in a letter to T. S. Eliot, made this observation: “Odd, the way the less the Bible is read the more it is translated! (The Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis 3:1346) Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as the Mormon...
by kendalbhunter | Mar 15, 2008 | Mormon Scriptures
Thomas S. Monson, the sixteenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often referred to as the Mormon Church, counseled members to read good books. He said: May our homes be a library of learning. An essential part of our learning library will...