by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Dec 16, 2013 | Terrie Lynn Bittner: Mormonism
Whenever the FLDS, led by Warren Jeffs, appears in the news, people become confused. They mistakenly believe the reports refer to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose members are nicknamed Mormons. Although both use the Book of Mormon in addition to...
by Gale | Apr 30, 2013 | Finding Happiness
I joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, often inadvertently called the Mormon Church, when I was sixteen. I had been experiencing a huge emptiness inside and was church-hopping, looking to fill it. Although I enjoyed all the churches I visited, I...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Oct 7, 2010 | Basic Beliefs of Mormons
In this series of articles, we are studying the principles taught in a talk by Ezra Taft Benson. At the time the talk was given to students at Brigham Young University, he was an apostle, one of twelve men who form a governing body of the church. They lead with the...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Oct 6, 2010 | Basic Beliefs of Mormons, Finding Truth, Mormon Principles, Practices & Precepts
In June of 1981, Ezra Taft Benson, who was then a Mormon apostle, gave an often-quoted talk called Fourteen Fundamentals in Following the Prophet. It outlined what Mormons and non-Mormons need to understand about Mormonism and what it means to follow a prophet. In...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Apr 27, 2010 | Mormons
On April 27, 2010, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose members are sometimes called Mormons, introduced its first solar-powered chapel, located in Farmington, Utah. “It’s about creating a place of worship that works in harmony with the environment....