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Conference Quotes: Follow the Prophet, pt.1

Posted in General Conference October 2024, October, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , , , , on 10/24/2024| 1 Comment »

‘Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men.’ Isaiah 29:13

 October 24 — Conference Quotes: Follow the Prophet, pt.1. Today we’re looking at three comments made by leaders of the Church. Each of the speakers reminded people to obey and follow the prophet. What is probably most telling was how their talks told people to return.

Tomorrow we’re looking at two other talks that mimicked those seen today.

To read their talks in full, click on links provided below. (more…)

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Obey the Prophet’s Voice

Posted in April, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , , , on 04/10/2022| 3 Comments »

April 10 — Obey the Prophet’s Voice. Acts 5:29 “Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.” (more…)

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LDS: 5 Options to Find Answers to Questions

Posted in Ensign, tagged , , , on 07/03/2020| 2 Comments »

Luke 14:27 “And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.”

 Today we’re taking a brief look at an article from the July 2020 Ensign. The article proposed five different ways for members to find answers to their questions about the ‘gospel’. For the sake of brevity, we’re looking at just a couple of the items mentioned. To read the article in full, see Ensign, ‘Do You Have Questions about the Gospel? Here are Five Ways to Find Answers’, July 2020. (more…)

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Tip of the Day April 10 — Obedience

Posted in April, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , , , on 04/10/2019| 2 Comments »

April 10 — Obedience. Acts 5:29; “Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.” (more…)

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Cornerstones of Mormonism: Prophet’s Voice, and Jesus

Posted in General Conference October 2018, tagged , , , on 10/17/2018| 4 Comments »

General Conference, ‘Come, Listen to a Prophet’s Voice,’ October 2018 “As we solidify in our lives the practice of listening to and heeding the voice of the living prophets, we will reap eternal blessings. … The chief cornerstone and building block of the Church and for our lives is Jesus Christ. This is His Church. President Nelson is His prophet. President Nelson’s teachings witness and reveal for our benefit the life and character of Jesus Christ. He speaks lovingly and knowingly of the Savior’s nature and of His mission. He has also borne frequent and fervent testimony of the divine calling of the living prophets—the Presidents of the Church—under whom he has served. …

Listening to and hearkening to living prophets will have profound, even life-changing effects in our lives. We are strengthened. We are more assured and confident in the Lord. We hear the word of the Lord. We feel God’s love. We will know how to conduct our lives with purpose.” – Dean M. Davies (more…)

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The Subtle Deception of Mormon Leadership

Posted in General Conference April 2017, tagged , , , on 04/07/2017| 2 Comments »

Hebrews 1:1-2 “God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds”.

 If you visited the front page of the LDS website earlier this week. you couldn’t have missed the obvious. The Church has brought new meaning to ‘Follow the Prophets’ with their latest in-house ad campaign.

The upper left corner shows a picture of an elderly man (Thomas Monson) who looks like he couldn’t harm a fly. On the bottom right is another seemingly innocuous image; this time it’s someone holding a smart-phone.

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LDS Prophets Disobey the Great Commission

Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged , , , on 06/26/2015| Leave a Comment »

Mormon Decisions 10Matthew 28:18-20; “And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 ¶ Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”

The old Mormon adage ‘when the prophet speaks the thinking is done’, has beenElaine Cannon used by dozens of Mormon leaders over the years. One memorable leader who fell into the trap was Elaine Cannon (President of LDS Young Women). At a female Fireside back in 1978, she told the young women ‘When the prophet speaks the debate is over’. Ensign, November 1978 

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Following the Prophet January 2015

Posted in Follow the Prophet, tagged , , , , , on 01/22/2015| 1 Comment »

1 Corinthians 2:14; “But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”

Liahona January 2015 1A few weeks ago I noticed an article in the Church’s Newsroom announcements saying they broke a record for the number of times people downloaded talks for General Conferences. The reason it caught my attention is because I’ve seen a record number of downloads for our articles on this General Conference as well and then I began to wonder why…

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Mormon Dilemma 984 Unquestioning Obedience

Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged , , , , , , on 06/24/2014| Leave a Comment »

Mormon Decisions 10Ensign, “Believe All Things,” July 2005, p 30; “For us, to ‘believe all things’ means to believe the doctrine of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ as well as the words of the Latter-day prophets. It means to successfully erase our doubts and reservations…”The more we believe, the easier faith-based obedience becomes. Hence the value of ‘believing all things.’…the philosophical standard of the world holds that unquestioning obedience equals blind obedience, and blind obedience is mindless obedience. This is simply not true. Unquestioning obedience to the Lord indicates that a person has developed faith and trust in Him to the point where he or she considers all inspired instruction — whether it be recorded scripture or the words of modern prophets — to be worthy of obedience…One day there will be answers to all our questions, and they will be based on divine fairness and love…” – Robert Oaks

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Mormon Dilemma 909 Be Like Prophet Monson

Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged , , , , , , on 04/10/2014| 2 Comments »

Mormon Decisions 10Liahona, ‘Follow the Prophet’, April 2014; “As we follow President Monson and try to be more like him, we will inevitably succeed in being more faithful disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ.” – Elder William Walker of the Seventy

Journal of Discourses 16:248; “We talk of obedience, but do we require any man or woman to ignorantly obey the counsels that are given? Do the First Presidency require it? No, never.” – Joseph F. Smith, Salt Lake City, October 7, 1873

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Sunday School Old Testament: Lesson 15

Posted in Sunday School - Old Testament, tagged , , , , , on 03/02/2014| 1 Comment »

Old-Testament-Gospel-Doctrine-Teachers-Manual-35570000There are a few songs within Mormonism that when sung are meant to give church members a sense of pride and uniqueness about themselves. It might (or might not) be a surprise for you to hear that these songs have little to nothing to do with Jesus Christ, and everything to do with praise and honor to a mortal man, their prophet.

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False Prophets and Prophecies of the Mormon Church

Posted in False Prophecies of the Mormon Church, tagged , , , , , , on 11/25/2011| 6 Comments »

False Prophets and Prophecies of the Mormon Church

Today while perusing the official website of the LDS Church I came upon their page defining the role of a prophet.  I thought it’d be of interest for us to just take a look at what they say and see if we can glean any insight.  http://lds.org/study/topics/prophets?lang=eng

 

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