by Terrie Lynn Bittner | May 2, 2014 | Terrie Lynn Bittner: Mormonism
Heaven is for Real is a book written by a minister whose son started to describe his visit to Heaven while in surgery. I’ve been fascinated by the reactions of various religious leaders towards the book, which is now a movie. Many clergy members seemed alarmed by the...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Apr 3, 2014 | Terrie Lynn Bittner: Mormonism
Last week, we followed Wallace and Martha Toronto as they led the Mormon Czechoslovakian mission during the initial stages of World War II. The article ended when they had safely gotten themselves and the missionaries out of the country just hours before Hitler took...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Feb 18, 2014 | Terrie Lynn Bittner: Mormonism
Mormonism is unique for a large religion in that all its leadership roles are filled by unpaid people. Their time is donated to the church, whether they teach the toddlers or serve as the president of the entire church. This is called a lay ministry, and the concept...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Feb 11, 2014 | Terrie Lynn Bittner: Mormonism
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose members are sometimes nicknamed Mormons, have released a new lesson manual for Mormon high school students. The manual covers church history and is used in a program called Seminary, which is taught on school...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Feb 4, 2014 | Terrie Lynn Bittner: Mormonism
90 years ago, on February 3, 1924, Woodrow Wilson died. He was the 28th president of the United States and, after the Republican Party split in 1912, he became a Democrat. Wilson’s presidency had several connections to Mormon history, some of which impacted the way...