prophets
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It is Imperative to Follow Scripture!
I’ve posted about the importance of a core book twice before (here and here). I also wrote about prophets contradicting Jesus himself here. But today I want to break this down in a fundamental way, with a specific approach that members of the LDS church can take. Let’s follow a sequence of logic in relation… 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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Policy vs Doctrines
One way a lot of Mormons excuse things wrong in the church is saying “remember, we are dealing with three things: people, policies, and doctrine,” with the idea that people can do wrong things, and policies might even be made in error, so excuse those things. They’re not doctrine. or “Doctrine doesn’t change. Policies do,… Continue reading
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The Importance of a Core Book
In Leadership Education, the philosophy I lean on to homeschool my kids, there is a very important concept called the “Core Book.” Your core book is your measuring stick, your litmus test, to measure all truth claims against. It protects you from being deceived. This concept should sound really familiar — it’s the basis of… Continue reading
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Do Not Go Beyond What is Written
Let me share a scripture I found last Sunday that hit me pretty hard as anti-Book of Mormon. In 1 Corinthians 1-4, Paul is responding to a disunity situation in Corinth. People are bragging over who they heard the gospel from, claiming a special baptism, and causing contention by arguing over points they learned from… Continue reading
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Priesthood Power…or Lack Thereof
Where was the “Priesthood” in 2020? You know, the “power and authority of God” that supposedly has the power to heal? (If not that, then at least to stand boldly against the deceptions of man and the corruptions of government?) But seriously. Show me once when Jesus stood 6 feet from a leper or an… Continue reading
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The Great Before & After
This post is the third in the series of posts that all go together. The first was about salvation for the underprivileged, and how the condition of the heart is more important than a show of righteousness. The second was about salvation outside the Law of Moses; how all men are invited to be Children… Continue reading
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The You-Know-What in 2021
“We’re having Christmas alone. We won’t let any of our kids come because they won’t get it.” I can’t believe what I was hearing. And this was so awkward. Here I was standing in my neighbors’ living room, with the shocking contraband of pure blood flowing through my veins. They didn’t know, and they weren’t… Continue reading
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His Arm Never Tires
I want to revisit this story of Moses needing support, needing help holding up his tiring arms so that power could be manifest through him. In the LDS/Mormon church, this story is used to show that prophets need support. They can’t do it alone; we need to sustain them and hold them up. The first… Continue reading
All I Possess 