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1 Corinthians 2:5 “That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the Power of God.”

Today we’re doing things a little differently – woo-hoo!

A few weeks ago, I received an e-mail from a good friend, Melissa Brown, who’s participated in comments on our blog. Her heart was burdened with the news she read about the late Ravi Zacharias and wanted to know if she could say something about it on the blog.

Melissa had two major concerns about the news she read –

1.Christians should be warned about the lifestyle he lied about and hid for numerous years.

2.Mr. Zacharias’ lifestyle was a close reflection of Joseph Smith’s. In light of how the Church welcomed Ravi into the SL Tabernacle, Mormons should also be alerted to the wily ways of these two men.

After prayer and our exchanges, I’ve no doubt her article will prove valuable to those who read what she has to say!

With Love in Christ –—

Michelle

1 Cor. 1:18

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General Conference, ‘Book of Mormon Geography,’ April 1929, pp. 15-16 “There is a great deal of talk about the geography of the Book of Mormon. Where was Zarahemla? Where was the City of Zarahemla? and other geographic matters. It doesn’t make any difference to us. There has never been anything yet set forth that definitively settles the question. So the Church says we are just waiting until we discover the truth. … We do not offer any definite solution. As  you study the Book of Mormon keep these things in mind and do not make definite statements concerning things that have not been proven in advance to be true.” — Anthony W. Ivins, Apostle

A few days ago Melissa gave me a heads up about the latest installment of the Church’s essays.

She came across a YouTube video discussing how earlier this month the Church quietly placed the latest addition in the Gospel Topics section of their website. (more…)

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Psalm 101:7; “He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: He that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.”

steven-e-snow-largeToday we’re looking at a post on the Mormon Stories podcast website hosted by John Dehlin. As many of you probably know, Mr. Dehlin was ex-communicated in early 2015 for speaking out against the Church. His podcasts are designed to discuss the more controversial topics in Mormonism, and the Church felt that he had crossed their line of what is, and isn’t acceptable.

You can listen to the podcast via the links on their site, for now we’re looking at the quote they posted from an interview of LDS Church Historian Steven Snow.

Let’s take a look at what he said!

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“Since truth is the only meaningful foundation upon which we can make wise decisions, how then can one establish what is really true?” – LDS Apostle Richard G. Scott, 2007

LDSThe statement above by Mr. Scott would be admirable if only he’d live up to it. Indeed, how wise it’d be, not to mention believable, if he and the other well dressed men in Salt Lake would tell the truth. The latest essay put out by the Church is a stunning example of how they don’t practice what they preach.

One of the Church’s new essays, ‘Mother in Heaven’, is only six paragraphs long. As a matter of fact, the footnotes section is pregnant with more information than the actual montage of lies they tried to pass off.

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LDSIn early November 2014 the LDS Church released another essay and this time around the subject matter focuses on the Church’s 1890 Manifesto.

I guess the season to be thankful for God’s blessings includes being thankful for the numerous ways someone can spin a story and garner sympathy from the unsuspecting.

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LDSFasten your seatbelts folks, here we go.

The Church released another essay on Wednesday, October 22, 2014 just in time for Halloween. This dark and spooky story is about the Church fessin’ up to at least 33 of Smith’s extracurricular activities in life which Smith referred to as ‘The Principle’, better known as Plural Marriage or Eternal Marriage.

Whatever the Church chooses to call it, God has His own ideas about it. It’s called adultery and it’s wrong.

Once again, the Church is long on excuses and short on shame. You can access the essay in their Gospel Topics section here.

In the meantime I have my own thoughts.  I’m certain you’re not surprised!  Let’s take a look at some of what they had to say shall we?

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LDSIn January 2014 the Church published an essay for their Gospel Topics section they dubbed Book of Mormon and DNA Studies.   (more…)

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LDSIn December 2013 the Church published an essay defending their history of polygamy and why they practiced it at all.

In response to their outlandish claims we’ve been addressing their rewrite of history, but this time around we’re doing things a bit differently.  Woo-hoo!  I’m pulling out some of their major lies and will address them here, so here we go.

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LDSEarlier this year (July 2014), the LDS Church published another essay for its Gospel Topics section of their website.  Its title is ‘Translation and Historicity of the Book of Abraham’.  The essays have touched on a number of controversial subjects and this time around proved no different. This latest essay was yet another stab at covering up truth and making excuses for a book in their beloved canon.

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New LDS Essays Page

LDSWe thought we’d give everyone a heads up on our new page/widget on the site!  If you’re looking for info on any of the LDS essays they keep publishing we’ve docked them over to the right in their own little cubby-hole for easy access and to help keep me sane.  😉  Or you can access it here as well. Thanks and God bless!  Michelle

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