General Conference, ‘What Think Ye of Christ?’, October 1988 “Man, unquestionably has impressive powers … But after all our obedience and good works, we cannot be saved from the effects of our sins without the grace extended by the atonement of Jesus Christ … Man cannot earn his own salvation.” — Dallin Oaks [emp. added] (more…)
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LDS: Grace Doesn’t Save, Works Can’t Save
Posted in contradictions in Mormonism, tagged Dallin Oaks, General Conference, October 1988, Spencer W. Kimball, The Miracle of Forgiveness, What Think Ye of Christ on 09/02/2021| 10 Comments »
LDS Apostles’ Marriage Lies
Posted in February, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Dallin Oaks, General Conference October 2015, Jesus was married, marriage is mandatory, Strengthened by the Atonement of Jesus Christ on 02/20/2021| 2 Comments »
February 20 – 1 Corinthians 7:6-7 “But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. 7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.”
Dallin Oaks Ignored Joseph Smith’s Lawbreaking Ways
Posted in General Conference October 2020, tagged ’ October 2020, Dallin Oaks, General Conference, joseph smith, love your enemies, Wentworth Letter on 11/11/2020| 2 Comments »
General Conference, ‘Love Your Enemies’, October 2020 “An essential part of loving our enemies is to render unto Caesar by keeping the 
laws of our various countries. Though Jesus’s teachings were revolutionary, He did not teach revolution or lawbreaking. He taught a better way. Modern revelation teaches the same:
“Let no man break the laws of the land, for he that keepeth the laws of God hath no need to break the laws of the land.
“Wherefore, be subject to the powers that be” (Doctrine and Covenants 58:21–22).
And our article of faith, written by the Prophet Joseph Smith after the early Saints had suffered severe persecution from Missouri officials, declares, “We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law” (Articles of Faith 1:12).” — Dallin Oaks (more…)
Restored Gospel Requires Trust, Conforming, and Satan
Posted in General Conference October 2020, tagged Dallin Oaks, LDS God Needs Satan, TheChurchNews.com/General Conference Women’s Session on 11/04/2020| 1 Comment »
TheChurchNews.com/General Conference Women’s Session “Summary points…
The First Presidency is concerned about the challenges women worldwide are facing. They love and pray for the women. …
Talk summary:
The Savior’s assurance to His Apostles is the message He gives to all of Heavenly Father’s children: “In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world” (John 16:33). This message is repeated throughout scripture. …
Amid the present troubling circumstances many are facing, the Savior’s assurance is needed today. “The Lord has special love and concern for His precious daughters. He knows of your wants, your needs, and your fears. The Lord is all powerful. Trust Him.”
Opposition is an essential part of Heavenly Father’s plan for helping His children grow… (more…)
BYU Devotional: Don’t Focus on Past Racism
Posted in Discourses and Lectures, tagged 27 October 2020, BYU Devotional Study, Dallin Oaks, Newsroom, Racism and Other Challenges. on 10/29/2020| 3 Comments »
Newsroom, BYU Devotional Study, 27 October 2020 “What Will Bring Peace in Our Time of Anxiety, Racism and Other Problems? The 
Gospel of Jesus Christ, President Oaks Says…
Quoting Churchill, the former state supreme court justice counsels that ‘if we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find that we have lost the future.’ … This, President Oaks said, is important wisdom for our current moment.” — Dallin Oaks (more…)
October General Conference Topics: Racism, False Teachings
Posted in General Conference October 2020, tagged ‘We Will Prove Them Herewith’, Dallin Oaks, David A. Bednar, General Conference, love your enemies on 10/09/2020| Leave a Comment »
Today we’re checking out two talks given at GC; one by Dallin Oaks, the other by David Bednar. As we’ve noted earlier, the main theme for this conference was addressing racism. However, true to form, they couldn’t miss the opportunity to throw in the obligatory false teachings.
4.Proving Oneself for Eternal Progression
General Conference, ‘We Will Prove Them Herewith’, October 2020 “…tests in the school of mortality are a vital element of our eternal progression. Interestingly, however, the word test is not found even one time in the scriptural text of the standard works in English.
Rather, words such as prove, examine, and try are used to describe various patterns of demonstrating appropriately our spiritual knowledge about, understanding of, and devotion to our Heavenly Father’s eternal plan of happiness and our capacity to seek for the blessings of the Savior’s Atonement. …The process of proving ourselves is a fundamental part of Heavenly Father’s great plan of happiness.” — David A. Bednar
Absolute Self-Surrender
Posted in July, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Dallin Oaks, Ensign November 1993, false christ, Great Plan of Happiness on 07/06/2020| Leave a Comment »
July 6 — Absolute Self-Surrender. John 15:11 “These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.” (more…)
Fruit of Christianity
Posted in June, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Dallin Oaks, false apostle, General Conference April 2020, The Melchizedek Priesthood and the Keys on 06/07/2020| 1 Comment »
June 7 — Fruit of Christianity. John 15:5,16 “I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. 16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.” (more…)
LDS Told Research Isn’t the Answer to Questions
Posted in June, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Dallin Oaks, Ensign June 2020, false apostle, Keeping the Faith on the Front Line on 06/03/2020| 3 Comments »
June 3 —LDS Told Research Isn’t the Answer to Questions. Acts 17:11 “Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.” (more…)
Mormon Works vs. God Is With Us
Posted in May, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Dallin Oaks, General Conference October 1993, The Great Plan of Happiness, works v grace on 05/31/2020| 1 Comment »
May 31 — Mormon Works vs. God Is With Us. Matthew 1:18, 21, 23 “Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise…21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.” (more…)
Oaks’ Talk Reveals Problems with LDS Gospel
Posted in General Conference April 2020, tagged 2nd chance of salvation, Dallin Oaks, false apostle, The Great Plan on 05/28/2020| 1 Comment »
2 Corinthians 10:3-5 “For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.”
General Conference, ‘The Great Plan’ April 2020 “…modern revelation teaches us that our progress need not conclude with the end of mortality. Little has been revealed about this important assurance.
We are told that this life is the time to prepare to meet God and that we should not procrastinate our repentance (see Alma 34:32–33).
Still, we are taught that in the spirit world the gospel is preached even to “the wicked and the disobedient who had rejected the truth” (Doctrine and Covenants 138:29) and that those taught there are capable of repentance in advance of the Final Judgment (see verses 31–34, 57–59).” — Dallin Oaks (more…)
Mormons Reject Jesus’ New Covenant
Posted in May, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Dallin Oaks, false christ, false gospel, General Conference Apri 2020, The Melchizedek Priesthood and the Keys on 05/22/2020| Leave a Comment »
May 22 — Mormons Reject Jesus’ New Covenant. Hebrews 8:6 “But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.” (more…)
Pandemic Won’t Stop Mormon Mandates
Posted in General Conference April 2020, tagged ‘The Great Plan’ April 2020, Dallin Oaks, false apostle on 05/18/2020| 3 Comments »
‘How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?’ Hebrews 9:14
General Conference, ‘The Great Plan’ April 2020 “The restored gospel of Jesus Christ gives us a unique perspective on the subjects of chastity, marriage, and the bearing of children.
It teaches that marriage according to God’s plan is necessary for accomplishing the purpose of God’s plan, to provide the divinely appointed setting for mortal birth, and to prepare family members for eternal life.” — Dallin Oaks (more…)
Contradictions from LDS Hierarchy: Whom Should You Believe?
Posted in May, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged ‘The Great Plan’ April 2020, Dallin Oaks, false apostle and prophets, General Conference on 05/15/2020| 1 Comment »
May 15 — Contradictions from LDS Hierarchy: Whom Should You Believe? 2 Peter 2:1 “But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.” (more…)
Racist Old School Mormonism Alive and Well
Posted in General Conference April 2020, tagged Dallin Oaks, false apostle, General Conference April 2020, racism, The Great Plan on 04/30/2020| Leave a Comment »
General Conference, ‘The Great Plan’ April 2020 “In the Council in Heaven, all the spirit children of God were introduced to the Father’s plan, including its mortal consequences and trials, its heavenly helps, and its glorious destiny. We saw the end from the beginning.
All of the myriads of mortals who have been born on this earth chose the Father’s plan and fought for it in the heavenly contest that followed…In ways that have not been revealed, our actions in the spirit world have influenced our circumstances in mortality.” — Dallin Oaks [emp. added] (more…)
Rejoicing in Him Who is Pleased
Posted in April, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Dallin Oaks, false apostle, General Conference April 2020, The Great Plan on 04/30/2020| 2 Comments »
April 30 — Rejoicing in Him Who is Pleased. Colossians 1:19 “For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell”. (more…)
Power of the Lamb’s Blood
Posted in January, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Dallin Oaks, General Conference April 1988, grace v works, saved in sin v saved from sin on 01/22/2020| 1 Comment »
January 22 – Power of the Lamb’s Blood. Exodus 12:13 “And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.”
Romans. 5:8 “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
God’s Will to Die for Mankind
Posted in December, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Dallin Oaks, Ensign November 2011, false apostle, Jesus' atonement on 12/21/2019| 1 Comment »
He died for you and me. Zechariah 13:7a “Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.”
John 18:11 “Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?”
LDS Lies: Man Can’t Earn Salvation
Posted in grace v works, tagged Dallin Oaks, Ensign November 1988, false apostle of Mormonism, salvation, What Think Ye of Christ on 11/23/2019| 1 Comment »
Ensign, ‘What Think Ye of Christ?’, November 1988 “Man unquestionably has impressive powers… But after all our obedience and good works, we cannot be saved from the effects of our sins without the grace extended by the atonement of Jesus Christ… Man cannot earn his own salvation.” — Dallin H. Oaks (more…)
Dallin Oaks’ Two Commandments and Six Lies
Posted in General Conference October 2019, tagged Dallin Oaks, false apostle, General Conference, October 2019, two greatest commandments on 10/10/2019| Leave a Comment »
‘He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.’ Proverbs 10:9
Integrity is a mighty hard commodity to come by for some folks. Case in point is what we’re looking at today. The LDS apostle, Dallin Oaks, gave a speech at their latest General Conference that spoke more of their same old ways than anything new, or revealing.
Note: As of Sunday, October 6 – Tuesday, October 8, the link for Mr. Oaks’ speech kept defaulting to a speech given by Jeffrey Holland. After repeatedly trying to get to the entire speech on their site, I’m giving up on that and only using their talk summary notes and link. Perhaps others will have a better time of it – ha!
For the sake of brevity, we’re only using a few things he said. To read their summary notes in full, see President Dallin H. Oaks: ‘Two Great Commandments’.
“God requires His children to obey His commandments because only through obedience, including repentance, can one return to live in His presence and become perfect as He is. … The Lord’s apostles are commissioned to teach nothing but truth. They cannot modify divine law.”
Oh dear, Mr. Oaks … (more…)
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