NOM

Did he mention this as an allegory of Mankind moving from a creature of instinct to a creature of sentience once the fruit of knowledge was acquired? If that was Denver's interpretation, then perhaps in a further sermon he will offer the explanation of God preferring the meat sacrifice of Abel to t...

I thought I should return and report. The conference was held yesterday and today..There were approximately 500 people in attendance each day. But hundreds more just watch the live broadcast from home.Sat mornibg consisted of talks and a xpvote on some matters dealing with the guide to be adopted by...

I had this job once. I will always remember asking an elderly sister ( an RM who served in the 50s ) to speak. She said “Bishop I have always loved speaking in church. As I have aged I have discovered there are lots of things I use to love to do but have had to give up. Speaking in church is one of ...

I'm hoping for reports of some heavenly manifestations or spiritual outpouring that will make LDS conference look like an accountants convention by comparison. If General Conference is the standard the bar is set quite low. There will be baptisms at the river (the weather is spectacular )and lots o...

I'm hoping for reports of some heavenly manifestations or spiritual outpouring that will make LDS conference look like an accountants convention by comparison. If General Conference is the standard the bar is set quite low. There will be baptisms at the river (the weather is spectacular )and lots o...

There is a conference entitled Wisdom Through The Ages scheduled in Mesa this weekend. All are invited free of charge .All are welcome if interested. I will add the

link later but the address for the website is wisdomthroughtheagesconference.com

In reality the church would cease to exist if it changes to much. Just one announcement from the pulpit like the BOM is fiction would collapse belief. Imagine if they say Joseph made most of it up. Who in their right mind would continue more than a cursory membership after that. I know someone irl ...

No unclean thing can be in the presence of God. As fallible inhabitants of a telestial world we would be destroyed if we were in his presence with out being transformed and purified by the Spirit. 1 John 3:2 ; Isaiah 6:5 That is why the earth will be cleansed ' as if by fire" when the Savior returns...

Garment change?....Oh MY! (I'm loosing my testimony!) Hey...Its not completely germane but I heard some GA actually gave a talk about JS and HS taking off their garments before they went to Carthage,...and had they left them on they would have survived? Don't know if that is true...but the "magic p...

I hope they have Duluth trading make the new garments. Their buck naked underwear looks comfortable. http://www.duluthtrading.com/store/product/mens-buck-naked-performance-boxer-briefs-76015.aspx?wpc=DCB&tall=N&src=T16WGSHP&gclid=Cj0KCQjw4vzKBRCtARIsAM3l8OCCH6h3CoA2kt6hfGzR57DwfzyEH-4G7BtKQknTe8ZEe...

It's that much harder to hide polygamy when polygamy is producing children. Other leaders were practicing polygamy before the move out west, right? How many children did they have? I think the children only came after they started practicing polygamy in public. This is a key point. There were appro...

You're right about callings being the way a ward includes people. It's just a part of the fabric of Mormonism. There's no real way to be Mormon without some sort of calling, someone to report to, and someone to preside over you. You have to fit somewhere in the chain of command, otherwise no one kn...

I have attended a variety of non LDS services over the years and some more than once. I am particularly familiar with the Baptist ,,Episcopalian , and Pentecostal groups having attended each of them several or more times and spoken with their pastor or minister about theological issues. Although I h...

This is remarkably stupid on the Bishops part . You never need a TR to perform a baptism . You only need the Bishops ok. If you are going to perform it in another ward at most you need a Certificate to Perform an Ordinance which is a little piece of paper that only needs the bishops signature. Truly...

I almost forgot how many Mormon phrases probably mean absolutely nothing to outsiders. How about this one: "The measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ" Are there others? Sorry Brian but while the general statement may be true your example is lousy That is a precise quote of Ephesians 4;13...

I vote to give poor Bruce a break. What do you expect from an ex Marine who went to law school and whose father in law was President of the Quorum of the 12 and whose father was the best known and most successful lawyer in the Morcor. You might have a swelled ego too .He certainly was dogmatic and s...

A quick response. I knew Joseph Fielding Smith and talked with him an multiple occasions . He autographed several of my books . I even ,as a BYU freshman , called him up on his home number ,woke him up , and spent 1/2 hour discussing doctrinal questions with him . Great guy, very approachable . But ...

The problem in part is we conflate separate questions. The question isn't "do you believe that somebody you never met and who never publicly claimed to have received revelation or prophesied is a prophet " . The question is do you sustain him as a prophet etc . That phrase " prophet ,seer and revela...

Interesting topic. i may be more interested than most because my father had a NDE following a heart attack while he was in the best hospital in LA. The world famous heart surgeons told my mother that it was the most amazing thing they had ever seen . " He was dead and we could not revive him. Then a...

I suppose most would say I am in with both feet. However I am still involved with the Corporate church and hold teaching positions etc there. In that regard I am not unusual . I intend to continue serve where I can including HT , substituting in the GD class etc as long as I am permitted to do so. ...