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 March 12 – John 16:17 “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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 March 7 — Alma 42:5-6 “For behold, if Adam had put forth his hand immediately, and partaken of the tree of life, he would have lived forever, according to the word of God, having no space for repentance; yea, and also the word of God would have been void, and the great plan of salvation would have been frustrated. 6 But behold, it was appointed unto man to die—therefore, as they were cut off from the tree of life they should be cut off from the face of the earth—and man became lost forever, yea, they became fallen man.” (more…)

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 March 6 –The first time the followers of Jesus were called Christians is recorded in Acts 11:26 “And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.” (more…)

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“Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.” Matthew 5:11

 February 13 — Discourses of Brigham Young, p. 316 “If a child or relative of mine forsakes the Gospel, the holy Priesthood, his God, and the Kingdom of God, farewell to that child or relative, whether near or distant. I own none as relatives, only those who love and serve our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. All that belong to my Father’s house I own. I love them, I delight in their society, no matter whether they are poor or rich, learned or unlearned, if they observe the laws of the Kingdom of God and live according to it.” — January 19, 1862 (more…)

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 February 12 — Contributor, Vol. 1, January 1880, No. 4, 76 “The Book of Covenants plainly informs us that the disciples of Jesus were destroyed because they in their hearts forgave not one another.” — Junius F. Wells (more…)

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 February 11 — New Witnesses For God, p. 456 “What a revelation is here! As I have remarked elsewhere, instead of the God-given power of pro-creation being one of the chief things that is to pass away, it is one of the chief means of man’s exaltation and glory in that great eternity, which like an endless vista stretches out before him!

Instead of the commandment, “Be fruitful, and multiply and replenish the earth,” being an unrighteous law, it is one by means of which the race of the Gods is perpetuated…” — B.H. Roberts, 1911 (more…)

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 February 10 — Enos 1:5-8 “And there came a voice unto me, saying: Enos, thy sins are forgiven thee, and thou shalt be blessed. 6 And I, Enos, knew that God could not lie; wherefore, my guilt was swept away. 7 And I said: Lord, how is it done? 8 And he said unto me: Because of thy faith in Christ, whom thou hast never before heard nor seen. And many years pass away before he shall manifest himself in the flesh; wherefore, go to, thy faith hath made thee whole.” — c. BC 421 (more…)

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February 9 — Journal of Discourses 2:184 “The seed of Ham, which is the seed of Cain descending through Ham, will, according to the curse put upon him, serve his brethren, and be a “servant of servants” to his fellow-creatures, until God removes the curse…The conduct of the whites towards the slaves will…send both slave and master to hell…The blacks should be used like servants, and not like brutes, but they must serve. It is their privilege to live so as to enjoy many of the blessings which attend obedience to the first principles of the Gospel…” – Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, February 18, 1855 (more…)

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 February 8 — Joseph Smith: The Choice Seer, epilogue “Ours is the song of praise to the man ordained from eternity past to part the veil and open the heavens, for through him the fulness of truth and the fulness of priesthood powers have come to earth again.” — Robert L. Millett, Joseph Fielding McConkie (more…)

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 February 7 — Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 341 “President Joseph Smith again arose and said—In relation to the power over the minds of mankind which I hold, I would say, It is in consequence of the power of truth in the doctrines which I have been an instrument in the hands of God of presenting unto them, and not because of any compulsion on my part.” (more…)

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“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.” — Ephesians 2:8-9

 February 6 — Doctrines of Salvation 2:37 “Now if we want to become heirs, joint-heirs with Jesus Christ, possessing the blessings of the kingdom, there is only one thing required of you and of me, and that is that we keep the whole law, not a part of it only.” — Joseph Fielding Smith, 10th LDS Prophet (more…)

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 February 5 — Doctrine and Covenants 132:16-17, 32 “Therefore, when they are out of the world they neither marry nor are given in marriage; but are appointed angels in heaven, which angels are ministering servants, to minister for those who are worthy of a far more, and an exceeding, and an eternal weight of glory. 17 For these angels did not abide my law; therefore, they cannot be enlarged, but remain separately and singly, without exaltation, in their saved condition, to all eternity; and from henceforth are not gods, but are angels of God forever and ever. 32 Go ye, therefore, and do the works of Abraham; enter ye into my law and ye shall be saved.” (more…)

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 February 4 — Journal of Discourses 2:345-346 “This explains the mystery. If we should take a million of worlds like this and number their particles, we should find that there are more Gods than there are particles of matter in those worlds. But the attributes of Deity are one; and they constitute the one God that the Prophets speak of, and that the children of men in all worlds worship.

One world has a personal God or Father, and the inhabitants thereof worship the attributes of that God, another world has another, and they worship His attributes, and besides Him there is no other; and when they worship Him they are at the same time worshipping the same attributes that dwell in all the personal Gods who fill immensity”. – Orson Pratt, Salt Lake City, February 18, 1855

Twenty-five years earlier Joseph Smith didn’t agree in the BoM and said this… (more…)

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 January 3 — Just a quick thank you to everyone who prayed for us while our unexpected guests showed up!

Kirk and I were able to share many things with the two young men.

Here’s a synopsis of what we talked about — (more…)

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 February 2 — Colossians 3:9 “Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds”.

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Our post today comes courtesy of an ex-Mormon, Carl, who’s training to become a pastor! PTL!

As he was looking over his copy of an 1830 Book of Mormon, he immediately realized the contradictions of what he’d been taught as a child growing up in Mormonism.

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Mosiah 3:11 “For behold, and also his blood atoneth for the sins of those who have fallen by the transgression of Adam, who have died not knowing the will of God concerning them, or who have ignorantly sinned.” (more…)

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 February 1 — Ether 9:34 “And it came to pass that the people did follow the course of the beasts, and did devour the carcasses of them which fell by the way, until they had devoured them all. Now when the people saw that they must perish they began to repent of their iniquities and cry unto the Lord”. (more…)

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“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus”. 1 Timothy 2:5 [emp. added]

 January 31 — Ensign, ‘Joseph Smith among the Prophets’, June 1994 “To be sure, we worship the Father in the name of the Son; Christ our Lord is the way to the Father, and his is the only name under heaven whereby man can be saved. But, as we have seen, the dispensation head is the preeminent prophetic revealer of Christ. Thus, to bear witness of Joseph Smith is to bear witness of Jesus Christ, who sent him, in the same way that a testimony of Christ also implies clearly a testimony of the Eternal Father, who sent Him. On the other hand, to deny Joseph Smith outright—…—is to deny the Lord, who sent him.

Jesus told his disciples that “he that despiseth you despjiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me” (Luke 10:16)…” — Robert L. Millet (more…)

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 January 30 — Miracle of Forgiveness, p. 81 “To “try” is weak. To “do the best I can” is not strong. We must always do better than we can”. – Spencer W. Kimball (more…)

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“…Hell is a kingdom of glory.” — Dallin Oaks

 January 29 — In April 2007 PBS aired the documentary ‘The Mormons’. It highlighted a short bio of the Church which included clips with those in the know of Mormon history. Helen Whitney interviewed Dallin Oaks who at the time was an LDS apostle. None of the things he said were new but it’s always shocking to me how blatantly wrong they are about the Lord and His word.

To read the interview click on link above.

Today we’re looking at a few of the things Mr. Oaks had to say about his church. (more…)

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 January 28 — Messenger and Advocate, Vol. 1, No. 5, February 1835, p 78 “…and it is only necessary for me to say that while this excitement continued he continued to call upon the lord in secret for a full manifestation of divine approbation and for to him the all important information if a supreme being did exist to have an assurance that he was accepted of him.” (more…)

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