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I FINALLY DID IT!!!
That podcast and post about Gnosticism really sealed the deal for me! I have felt a huge surge of certainty since then. Glory to God! The masonry is in the TRASH! Continue reading
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My Seat Will Be Empty
This post may be unkind, but sometimes ya gotta rant. I have a family member I’ve struggled with for many years. For saying really dumb things. A mutual friend just told me about her testimony in church about another family member who passed away in poor standing with the church, who had never received her… Continue reading
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I Think it’s Officially Time
…to let go of the Book of Mormon. Let me explain. Just one month ago, I told you how I was still open to the Book of Mormon somehow being true, even though I’ve already come to reject Joseph Smith. But today something hit. We recorded two totally unrelated podcast episodes today, and coincidentally they… Continue reading
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Having the Faith to Claim What’s Not Ours
I have no memory of hearing this scripture in my “former life.” It really shocked me when I found it. Here’s Matthew 15: 21 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is… Continue reading
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Is Gandhi Saved?
I’ve been listening to a lot of Mike Winger lately. I like him, I do. But I kind of don’t. He reminds me a lot of Matt Walsh—they look alike, and both are very harsh and dogmatic in their approach and in their perspective toward those who differ from them. I like that sort of… Continue reading
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Mid January a Year Ago
A year ago, I was thinking of Christianity with new eyes. A year ago, I was attending the LDS temple but looking with new eyes, asking a lot of questions, and wondering what was true. A year ago, I was reading the Book of Mormon with fresh eyes, and listing many scriptures that contradicted LDS… Continue reading
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Is the LDS Church the New Testament Church?
With some among us claiming to be “the restored church” from ancient times, it would behoove us to do a little study on what the New Testament church looked like. My friend today told me she believes in the “restored ordinances of the LDS church.” I looked all through the New Testament trying to figure… Continue reading
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Polygamy: a God of Order and Purpose
This is the eighth in a series. You can read the first here, the second here, the third here, the fourth here, the fifth here, the sixth here, the seventh here. When we look at the creation story, we see that everything God does has a purpose. He created a firmament to separate waters. He created land separate from waters to… Continue reading
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You Make the Darkness Tremble
This song has been in my head all week. I can’t shake it. More than once I have found myself in tears. “Jesus, Jesus, You make the darkness tremble” I listen to a lot of worship music. Something feels different with this one. Her voice. She means it. I’ve known enough darkness in my life… Continue reading