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‘All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.’ 2 Timothy 3:16

 February 21 — Scriptures Hold Pattern for Living. General Conference, ‘The Sure Word Of God’, October 1972 “I believe that the scriptures have every dimension of life that we can cleave unto and find a pattern for living, if we will just go back to the scriptures and study them and learn of them.” — Vaughn J. Featherstone (more…)

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 February 20 — Purpose of Tithing: Prove Faithfulness to Church. General Conference, ‘Tithing: An Opportunity to Prove Our Faithfulness’, April 1982 “Now, do not get me wrong. I am not here to say that if you pay an honest tithing you will realize your dream of a fine house, a Rolls Royce, and a condominium in Hawaii. The Lord will open the windows of heaven according to our need, and not according to our greed. (more…)

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 February 19 — LDS: Devil Perverts Scripture. Doctrinal New Testament Commentary 1:625 “The devil wages war against the scriptures. He hates them, perverts their plain meanings, and destroys them when he can. He entices those who heed his temptings to delete and discard, to change and corrupt, to alter and amend, thus taking away the key which will aid in making men ‘wise unto salvation.’ (2 Tim. 3:15-17.)” — Bruce R. McConkie (more…)

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February 18 — Purifying Power of Blood. General Conference, ‘The Purifying Power of Gethsemane’, April 1985 “I am one of his witnesses, and in a coming day I shall feel the nail marks in his hands and in his feet and shall wet his feet with my tears. But I shall not know any better then than I know now that he is God’s Almighty Son, that he is our Savior and Redeemer, and that salvation comes in and through his atoning blood and in no other way.” — Bruce McConkie (more…)

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 February 17 — Joseph Smith, Your God. Journal of Discourses 4:271 “A man cannot find out himself without the light of revelation; he has to turn round and seek to the Lord his God, in order to find out himself. If you find out who Joseph was, you will know as much about God as you need to at present; for if He said, “I am a God to this people,” (more…)

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 February 16 – The Mormon Heavenly Mother. 1 Corinthians 15:47 “The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven”. (more…)

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 February 15 — Women Must Obediently Accept Polygamy. Journal of Discourses 4:82 “It is the duty of a woman to be obedient to her husband, and unless she is, I would not give a damn for all her queenly right and authority; nor for her either, if she will quarrel, and lie about the work of God and the principle of plurality.” — Heber C. Kimball, Great Salt Lake City, November 9, 1856. (more…)

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 February 13 — BoM Lie: Salvation is Free. 2 Nephi 26:25 “Behold, doth he cry unto any, saying: Depart from me? Behold, I say unto you, Nay; but he saith: Come unto me all ye ends of the earth, buy milk and honey, without money and without price.” (more…)

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 February 12 — LDS Lies about Ham. Answers to Gospel Questions, vol. 2, p. 176 “It is very possible that Ham received his name due to the fact that he married a black woman. We learn that the names of many individuals in the early years were given them – and often changed – due to incidents which occurred in their lives. (more…)

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 February 11 — LDS: No Death-Bed Repentance. General Conference, April 1935, p. 11 “We believe that, through the atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.

NEED OF OBEDIENCE

We believe emphatically in what it says, “by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.” We have no faith in death-bed repentance. We have no faith that by making a confession just before death we can be saved.” — Heber J. Grant (more…)

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 February 10 — LDS: Women Must Have 8-10 Kids. Relief Society Magazine, v. 3, no. 7, p. 364 “Woman is so constituted that, ordinarily, she is capable of bearing, during the years of her greatest strength and physical vigor, from eight to ten children, and in exceptional cases a larger number than that. The law of her nature so ordered it, and God’s command, while it did not specify the exact number of children allotted to woman, simply implied that she should exercise the sacred power of procreation to its utmost limit.” — Rudger Clawson, LDS Apostle, July 1916 (more…)

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 February 8 — A Pillar of Fire and Another BoM “Coincidence”. 1 Nephi 1:6 “And it came to pass as he prayed unto the Lord, there came a pillar of fire and dwelt upon a rock before him; and he saw and heard much; and because of the things which he saw and heard he did quake and tremble exceedingly.” (more…)

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 February 7 — LDS: Holy Spirit Requires Righteousness. John 14:17 says “Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you”. (more…)

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February 6 — Fundamentally Flawed. Fourteen Fundamentals in Following the Prophet “…Third fundamental: “The living prophet is more important to us than a dead prophet” (“Fourteen Fundamentals,” 27).

We learn a great lesson about this from the scriptures. In the times of Noah it was easier for the people to believe in the dead prophets, but it was difficult for them to believe in Noah. We know that because of their incredulity they did not survive the Flood (see Genesis 6–7).” — Ezra Taft Benson (more…)

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 February 5 — Tricking the Unsuspecting. Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, p. 87 “Do we realize to what extent the world has descended into spiritual darkness? It begins in a large measure with many of the clergy, some of whom now cast doubt on the existence of God, questioning the divinity of the Savior and denying the truthfulness of the Bible.” (more…)

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 February 3 — Brigham Young: Virginity is a Woman’s Glory. 1 Corinthians 11:15 “But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.” (more…)

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 February 2 — Orson Hyde: Bible not for Modern Times. Journal of Discourses 2:75-76 “The words contained in this Bible are merely a history of what is gone by; it was never given to guide the servant of God in the course he should pursue, any more than the words and commandments of God, given to a generation under one set of circumstances, would serve for another generation under another set of circumstances…The Bible is not a sufficient guide; it is only the history of the people who lived 1800 years ago. The history of our Church in this day, presents the scenes and transactions of this people—the revelations and words of God to them…” – Orson Hyde, Salt Lake City, October 6, 1854 (more…)

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John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

 February 1 — Belief in LDS Prophets Brings Eternal Life. General Conference, ‘Obedience to the Prophets’, October 2010 “The Lord promised us that if we believe in the holy prophets, we should have eternal life (see D&C 20:26).” — Claudio R. M. Costa (more…)

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 Ensign, ‘Rise Up, O Men of God,’ Nov. 2006, 61 “All of us would do well to study the life of the Master and try to emulate His words and doings. We would likewise do well to study the life of the Prophet Joseph. From his example, each of us could learn much concerning our own behavior.” (more…)

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 February 27 – Why Would LDS God Need Satan? Acts 17:25 “Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things.”

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