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Joseph Smith’s Fulfilled Prophecy

Posted in Joseph Smith Prophecies, tagged , , , , , , on 10/28/2025| 1 Comment »

 October 28 — He got one right!!! It’s not very often I get to report on finding a prophecy of Joseph Smith that he got right, but today I found one. As I was researching quotes of Joseph Smith, I came across the prophecy he gave in Doctrines and Covenants.

D&C 3:4 “For although a man may have many revelations, and have power to do many mighty works, yet if he boasts in his own strength, and sets at naught the counsels of God, and follows after the dictates of his own will and carnal desires, he must fall and incur the vengeance of a just God upon him.”

Joseph gave that prophecy in Harmony, Pennsylvania in July 1828. (more…)

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Joseph Smith’s Martyrdom

Posted in Martyrdom of, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on 06/27/2025| 6 Comments »

 Martyrdom:  the act of extreme suffering; torment.

Martyr:  a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion. One who makes great sacrifices or suffers much in order to further a belief, cause or principle.

The definitions of martyr and martyrdom above serve as the foundation of what we’re looking at today. The Mormon Church has emphatically defended their position that Joseph Smith fulfilled the requirements of martyrdom. I thought it’d behoove us to look at how people in history have become martyrs for the Lord and compare those with the case of Joseph Smith. (more…)

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True Testimonies of a Mormon

Posted in False Prophecies of the Mormon Church, June, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , , , , , on 06/25/2025| 3 Comments »

 June 25 — Nurture a Testimony, Conference Report, April 1953, pp. 122-126 “Adam was the son of God. He was our elder brother, not older than Jesus but he was our brother in the same sense that Jesus was our brother, and he “fell” to earth life. He did not come up through an unbroken line of organic evolution. There had to be a fall. “Adam fell that men might be” (2 Ne. 2:25).” – Elder Marion G. Romney of the Council of the Twelve Apostles (more…)

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Joseph Smith’s Failed Prophecy

Posted in False Prophecies of Joseph Smith, tagged , , on 05/09/2025| 8 Comments »

 May 9 — Joseph Smith’s Failed Prophecy. D&C 84:114 “Nevertheless, let the bishop go unto the city of New York, also to the city of Albany, and also to the city of Boston, and warn the people of those cities with the sound of the gospel, with a loud voice, of the desolation and utter abolishment which await them if they do reject these things.” (more…)

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Tricking the Unsuspecting

Posted in February, Mormon Dilemmas, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , , on 02/04/2025| 4 Comments »

 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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No Mormon Polygamy Means No Salvation

Posted in January, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , , , on 01/26/2025| Leave a Comment »

January 26 —No Mormon Polygamy Means No Salvation.  Exodus 15:2 “The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.”

 Acts 7:55,56 “But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God 56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.”

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Marriage, Childbirth, and Raising the Dead is Worshiping God

Posted in January, Mormon Dilemmas, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , , , on 01/05/2025| 4 Comments »

 January 5 — Marriage, Childbirth, and Raising the Dead is Worshiping God. John 4:24 “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.” (more…)

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4 Lies From Moroni

Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged , , , , , , , , on 01/01/2025| 3 Comments »

‘For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.’ Romans 3:23

 January 1 — 4 Lies From Moroni. Moroni 8:12 “But little children are alive in Christ, even from the foundation of the world; if not so, God is a partial God, and also a changeable God, and a respecter to persons; for how many little children have died without baptism!” (more…)

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4 Lies Mormons Tell about Jesus’ Shed Blood

Posted in Atonement of Jesus Christ, November, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , , , , on 11/15/2024| 5 Comments »

 November 15 — 4 Lies Mormons Tell about Jesus’ Shed Blood. The title of our post today actually serves as the question we have for Mormons. Why did Jesus shed His blood? Some might say it’s the most important question there is in all the world. Let’s explore God’s word…

In the book of Matthew, Jesus spoke about this very subject –

Matthew 26:28 “ …this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.”

Our question for the Mormon is: Why? (more…)

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LDS Shameless Contempt for God’s Priesthood

Posted in September, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , , , on 09/14/2024| Leave a Comment »

 September 14 – LDS Shameless Contempt for God’s Priesthood. Galatians 1:6-8 “I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:  Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.  But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.” (more…)

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Apostasy?…Not Exactly

Posted in August, Mormon Dilemmas, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , , , , , on 08/30/2024| 1 Comment »

 August 30 — Apostasy?…Not Exactly. Answers to Gospel Questions 2:45 “…the Lord, of necessity, has kept authorized servants on the earth bearing the priesthood from the days of Adam to the present time; in fact, there has never been a moment from the beginning that there were not men on the earth holding the Holy Priesthood. (Moses 5:59.)

Even in the days of apostasy, and apostasy has occurred several times, the Lord never surrendered this earth and permitted Satan to have complete control. Even when the great apostasy occurred following the death of the Savior’s apostles, our Father in heaven held control and had duly authorized servants on the earth to direct his work and to check, to some extent at least, the ravages and corruption of the evil powers. These servants were not permitted to organize the Church nor to officiate in the ordinances of the gospel, but they did check the advances of evil as far as the Lord deemed it necessary.” – Joseph Fielding Smith, Jr. (more…)

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Don’t Leave Because of Facts

Posted in August, Mormon Dilemmas, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , , , , on 08/28/2024| 2 Comments »

 August 28 — Don’t Leave Because of Facts. Ensign, Nov. 2009, 37 “Some are willing to set aside the precious gospel truths restored by Joseph Smith because they get diverted on some historical issue or some scientific hypothesis not central to their exaltation, and in so doing they trade their spiritual birthright for a mess of pottage. They exchange the absolute certainty of the Restoration for a doubt, and in that process they fall into the trap of losing faith in the many things they do know because of a few things they do not know.” – Tad R. Callister (more…)

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Heaven’s Gatekeeper

Posted in July, Mormon Dilemmas, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , , , , , , on 07/22/2024| 6 Comments »

 July 22 — Heaven’s Gatekeeper. Journal of Discourses 7:289 “…no man or woman in this dispensation will ever enter into the celestial kingdom of God without the consent of Joseph Smith. From the day that the Priesthood was taken from the earth to the winding-up scene of all things, every man and woman must have the certificate of Joseph Smith, junior, as a passport to their entrance into the mansion where God and Christ are—I with you and you with me. I cannot go there without his consent. He holds the keys of that kingdom for the last dispensation—the keys to rule in the spirit-world; and he rules there triumphantly…” – Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, October 9, 1859 (more…)

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If Polygamy Isn’t True, Faith is in Vain

Posted in July, Mormon Dilemmas, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on 07/15/2024| 2 Comments »

 July 15 — If Polygamy Isn’t True, Faith is in Vain. Journal of Discourses 21:296 “…if plurality of marriage is not true… then marriage for eternity is not true, and your faith is all vain… for as sure as one is true the other must be true. Amen” – Apostle Orson Pratt, Salt Lake City, July 18, 1880 (more…)

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Holy Week Good Friday; The Crucifixion

Posted in Holy Week, tagged , , , , , , on 03/30/2024| 1 Comment »

The Crucifixion

 While we have some great articles on our site that talk about Easter and Holy Week, today I wanted to just point out the timeline of what took place and add a few items of interest that haven’t been touched upon in the other articles.

Let’s begin with a review –

The Passover Meal began immediately after sundown. Also look at yesterday’s post about Judas’ betrayal. (more…)

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Holy Week Tuesday: Parables and Woes

Posted in Holy Week, tagged , , , , , on 03/27/2024| 1 Comment »

Parables & Woes 

Isaiah 53:1, 3 “Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.”

 The day after Jesus cursed the fig tree and equated its fruitless wonder to the nation of Israel, He once again readied Himself for the day ahead as He gathered the disciples and set out for the 30-minute walk to Jerusalem.

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Holy Week Monday: Figs and Thieves

Posted in Holy Week, tagged , , , , , on 03/26/2024| 2 Comments »

Holy Week Monday: Figs and Thieves

 Mark 11:12-14 “And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: 13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find anything thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. 14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter forever. And his disciples heard it.”

Today we’re looking at Jesus’ reaction to an unproductive fig tree and His righteous anger at the temple when He witnessed people turning the House of God into a den of thieves. (more…)

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Mormons Despise God’s Salvation in the Cross

Posted in December, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , , , , , on 12/26/2023| 3 Comments »

  December 26 – Mormons Despise God’s Salvation in the Cross. 1 Corinthians 1:18“For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.”

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Joseph Smith Mingling with the Gods

Posted in November, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , , , , , on 11/25/2023| 1 Comment »

 November 25 – Joseph Smith Mingling with the Gods. Psalm 95:1-3 “O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.  For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.”

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LDS: Jesus Judges on Rigorous Theology

Posted in November, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , on 11/07/2023| 1 Comment »

 November 7 — LDS: Jesus Judges on Rigorous Theology. Hebrews 9:14 “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?” (more…)

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