October 19 – Jesus NOT Joseph Saves. Acts 4:10-12 “Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”
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Jesus NOT Joseph Saves
Posted in October, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged 1964, BYU Speeches of the Year, cult, Elray L. Christiansen, grace vs. works on 10/19/2023| Leave a Comment »
Mormonism Chose Him 22
Posted in Converting to Mormonism, tagged Converting to Mormonism, cult, false doctrines of Mormonism, PBS Newshour on 10/27/2022| 1 Comment »
Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
The article we’re posting today was written by Melissa Grimes in 2016. What she said then still holds true for many members of the Church today,
When she sent it to me for the site I remember crying with joy that Jesus set her free and at the same time grieved for those who can’t pull themselves away from the lies.
This has to be one of the best articles I’ve ever read about what it’s like being LDS.
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The other day I came across an article on PBS.org written by a man who shares his experience in converting from Catholicism to Mormonism. In summary, he says that he didn’t choose Mormonism at first, but eventually it chose him. He states that deciding to leave the religion he knew for the Mormon Church was result of his parent’s conversion, a decision he said he accepted without any complaints. Later, however, he realized that he couldn’t continue to rely on someone else’s faith and spiritual experiences, these were things he had to discover for himself.
In his closing remarks, he states “I am a Mormon”, a statement I can recall saying many times when I was asked about my faith, or religion. As a Mormon, my identity was in the Church. My mind, my heart, my soul, my whole being belonged to the Church. Anytime I was faced with a new idea, or situation I always thought, “what would the Church have me do”.
LDS: Joseph Smith Brought Salvation to Mankind
Posted in October, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged cult, false doctrines, grace vs. works, salvation in Mormonism on 10/19/2022| 2 Comments »
October 19 – LDS: Joseph Smith Brought Salvation to Mankind. Acts 4:10-12 “Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”
BoM Jesus Anachronisms v. God’s Perfect Timing
Posted in October, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Alma, cult, Jesus in 83 BC, Jesus in the Book of Mormon on 10/18/2022| Leave a Comment »
October 18 – BoM Jesus Anachronisms v. God’s Perfect Timing. Ecclesiastes 3:1 “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.”
Holy Ghost Teaches Us to Vote and Believe Exactly Alike
Posted in False Prophet Brigham Young, tagged Brigham Young, cult, Journal of Discourses 14:96, thinking has been done on 08/31/2021| Leave a Comment »
Journal of Discourses 14:96 “Obedience to the ordinance of baptism is required that people may receive the remission of their sins. After that, hands are laid upon them for the reception of the Holy Ghost; and this Holy Ghost teaches you and me to vote exactly alike; it teaches us to believe alike and to receive the ordinances of the house of God.” — Discourse by President Brigham Young, delivered in the New Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, April 8, 1871. [emp. added] (more…)
By Their Fruits
Posted in April, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged 17 points of a true church, By their fruits you shall know, cult, Matthew 7:20, Mormonism's false doctrines on 04/19/2021| Leave a Comment »
April 18 – By their fruits. Matt. 7:20-23; “Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.”
Worst of the Worst Mormon Quotes 5
Posted in Worst of the Worst, tagged cult, Mormon quotes, racism polygamy, worst of the worst on 04/29/2020| Leave a Comment »
“But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.” Ephesians 5:13
Working in ministry affords us an inside glance at the core of true Mormonism.
While I’ve not seen any biblically sound LDS doctrine in the 25+ years of working in ministry, there are some things myself, and others in the ministry have seen, that are worse than others. Hence the series we created, ‘Worst of the Worst’.
This time around we gathered over 20 quotes for our fifth installment – you can find the series in our section, ‘3,000+ Reasons to Leave Mormonism’. Worst of the Worst Mormon Quotes 5 will be listed there by the end of the day!
As a reminder, we don’t do this out of animosity. Our hearts hurt for the loss of truth in the lives of the Mormon people. Our fear for their souls outweighs any thought of being rude to them.
We’re confident our brothers, and sisters in Christ will come alongside us to pray for the salvation of the Mormon people!
With Love in Christ;
Michelle
Tip of the Day April 18 Detecting False Gods
Posted in April, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged 17 points of a true church, By their fruits you shall know, cult, Matthew 7:20, Mormonism's false doctrines on 04/18/2019| Leave a Comment »
April 18 – By their fruits. Matt. 7:20-23; “Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.”
2019 April General Conference Stats
Posted in Stats of the Mormon Church, tagged 2019 General Conference, cult, false teachers, Stat Report on 04/09/2019| 8 Comments »
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has seen its fair share of changes throughout time.
We’ve seen prophets who were all but silent in their tenure, which of course means Joe Smith and Brigham Young who were both endowed with mouths like no others.
We’ve also seen LDS prophets who barely made a peep. The one in charge today, (Russell Nelson), is anything but quiet.
Mr. Nelson’s priorities are shaping up to be quite the scene. He seems to be hung up on everyone using the name of the Church properly. This scenario began last year and has continued on through 2019.
Last year we also saw a dissolution of the Visiting Teaching Messages, and the rearrangement of their priesthood. This year they’re backtracking on excluding kids of gay people, and now we’re witnessing record numbers of people leaving. The first thing that came to mind was, ‘oops’. Apparently the Mormon god didn’t foresee the ramifications of what it’d mean to exclude innocent children from his kingdom.
This is what happens when you try to hide evil. Eventually truth prevails.
Here are the numbers for 2019. As you’ll see, the only news that remained the same was the downward trend of their ‘inspired works’.
Above all else, please, pray that those who are actively involved, will stand up, walk out, and accept the Jesus of the Bible as their true Savior!
With Love in Christ;
Michelle
Tip of the Day, October 31
Posted in October, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged cult, false doctrines, mormonism, One True Church on 10/31/2017| Leave a Comment »
October 31 – Mormon definition of apostasy. Ephesians 4:11-14; “And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive.”
Tip of the Day, October 30
Posted in October, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged cult, false doctrines, Mormon doctrine on 10/30/2017| Leave a Comment »
October 30 –The itching ears of Mormons. 2 Timothy 4:2-4; “Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.”
Tip of the Day, October 25
Posted in October, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged cult, efficiency of the Bible, false doctrines on 10/25/2017| Leave a Comment »
October 25 – The efficiency of God. Revelation 22:18-19; “For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.”
Tip of the Day, October 23
Posted in October, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged cult, Jesus, John the Baptist, mormonism, priesthood authority on 10/23/2017| Leave a Comment »
October 23 – By who’s authority? Mark 1:4-5; “John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.”
Tip of the Day, October 19
Posted in October, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged cult, false doctrines, grace vs. works, salvation in Mormonism on 10/19/2017| Leave a Comment »
October 19 – Jesus, not Joseph the Only Name for Salvation! Acts 4:10-12; “Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”
Tip of the Day, October 18
Posted in October, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Alma, cult, Jesus in 83 BC, Jesus in the Book of Mormon on 10/18/2017| 3 Comments »
October 18 – His timing is perfect. Ecclesiastes 3:1; “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.”
Witnessing Tip of the Day April 18
Posted in Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged 17 points of a true church, By their fruits you shall know, cult, Matthew 7:20, Mormonism's false doctrines on 04/18/2017| Leave a Comment »
April 18 – By their fruits. Matt. 7:20-23; “Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.”
Questions Mormons ask to draw you into Mormonism part 3
Posted in Mormonism, tagged 51 questions that might lead you to Mormonism, cult, false doctrines of Mormonism, Mormon missionaries, pre-existence on 04/04/2017| Leave a Comment »
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Today we’ll cover questions 5 and 6 of our ongoing series based on the article, ‘51 questions that might lead you to Mormonism’.
Question 5:
“Did we live as pre mortal spirits before we came to earth? (Jer 1:5, Job 38:7)”
Short answer – No, we didn’t.
Questions Mormons ask to Draw You into Mormonism
Posted in Mormonism, tagged 51 Questions that might lead you into Mormonism, cult, false doctrines of Mormonism on 03/21/2017| 2 Comments »
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It’s no secret that Mormonism is completely different from Biblical Christianity. One of the ways Mormons are able to convince people their religion is the “one true church” is to create doubt in your mind about God, and His word.
The other day I came across an article titled ‘51 Questions that might lead you to Mormonism’. In the article, the author begins by explaining that when he was 20 he wasn’t finding happiness in his current interests. A couple of friends encouraged him to check out Mormonism, and then determine for himself if it’s doctrines were true.
How to Witness to a Mormon Updated and Expanded!
Posted in Witnessing to Mormons, tagged 12 Points in Witnessing, 20 Tips, cult, mormonism on 11/08/2016| Leave a Comment »
We receive countless e-mails and phone calls on a daily basis asking us how to witness to a friend or loved one in Mormonism. While I’ve numbered the tips below for witnessing it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re in order of importance.
With that said, it’s important to remember everything listed will be a totally new experience to the Mormon. When I converted to Christianity I was a few months shy of my thirtieth birthday, and quickly learned every single thing I had known up until that time, was a lie.
Our new and updated version of ‘How to Witness to a Mormon’ is a result of PowerPoint presentations given at churches. The majority of it comes from copious note taking while listening to, and watching dozens of audio, and video tapes Dr. Walter Martin (1928-1969) produced during his long, and industrious career.
To say those working in the counter-cult movement owes a debt of gratitude for his work, would not be an overstatement whatsoever. Many have heralded him as the father of the counter-cult movement.
One comment he made always gives me pause, and has reminded me on a number of occasions to be dilegent in witnessing to those who don’t know our Lord.
‘The cults are the unpaid bills of the body of Christ.’
We’re listing the same first 12 points from our presentations, and 20 helps for friends and loved ones, thereafter.
Mormonism Chose Him
Posted in Converting to Mormonism, tagged Converting to Mormonism, cult, false doctrines of Mormonism, PBS Newshour on 10/25/2016| 1 Comment »
Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
The other day I came across an article on PBS.org written by a man who shares his experience in converting from Catholicism to Mormonism. In summary, he says that he didn’t choose Mormonism at first, but eventually it chose him. He states that deciding to leave the religion he knew for the Mormon Church was result of his parent’s conversion, a decision he said he accepted without any complaints. Later, however, he realized that he couldn’t continue to rely on someone else’s faith and spiritual experiences, these were things he had to discover for himself.
In his closing remarks, he states “I am a Mormon”, a statement I can recall saying many times when I was asked about my faith, or religion. As a Mormon, my identity was in the Church. My mind, my heart, my soul, my whole being belonged to the Church. Anytime I was faced with a new idea, or situation I always thought, “what would the Church have me do”.
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