Other Churches
How Could Anyone Have Been So Wrong
I want to tell you about two geologists, their discoveries, and the persecutions they endured because of what they knew.
Alfred Wegener was a German who observed that the shape of the east coast of South America matched the shape of the west coast of Africa. He wondered if the two continents could have once been connected.
Parable of the Wise and Foolish Neighbors
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door,
I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.” (Rev. 3:20).
There was once a man with a daughter who was very ill. He believed that positive thinking, coupled with faith in a Savior whom he didn’t know or understand, could save her. He heard a knocking at the door, but was too preoccupied and too wise to answer. Outside stood His Savior with an offering of medical knowledge which would save the girl, but she died because of his ignorance.
False and Vain and Foolish
“For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
“By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
Christ Is God
Several years ago Marjorie was invited by one of her piano students to attend her baptism in another church. The baptism was to be done following the pastor’s Easter sermon. Marjorie found the pastor and the sermon interesting. He was dressed in an Hawaiian shirt and Bermuda shorts. He said that he had been reading the Bible, and had come to the conclusion that he thought that Jesus was a God.
Read MoreRhinahippedeemotapus Complex
Adam showed two-and-a-half-year-old Caleb a picture of a rhinoceros the other day, and asked him what it was. Caleb knew. “That’s a rhinahippedeemotapus,” he said. I like that. As I thought about it, I decided that Caleb’s rhinahippedeemotapus is like other churches. They have many of the right syllables, but no idea how to correctly put them together.
Read MoreThe Light Which Shineth in Darkness
As I have been rereading the Doctrine and Covenants I have been struck by a sentence which the Lord uses repeatedly to describe Himself. He says, “I am the light which shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehendeth it not.” (D&C 6:21, 11:11, 34:2, 39:2, 45:7).
Read MoreMaking and Keeping Sacred Covenants
Covenants are never mentioned in other churches. The covenants have been forgotten. They’re not understood, they’re ignored, and are unimportant in their eyes.
Read MoreDoctrines Pertinent to the Plan of Salvation
DOCTRINES PERTINENT TO THE PLAN OF SALVATION
AS UNDERSTOOD BY
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
The Wonder of the Gospels
A certain man sat in his quiet house reading the gospels. He’d read them all before, but this time it was as if he was hearing the stories for the first time.
Read MoreSalvation
People of other faiths spend much time and energy talking about “being saved.” They promote being saved as the object, goal, and ultimate condition to which we should seek.
Read MoreA Simple Test
There is a simple test that can be employed to assess the veracity of some of the world’s most popular philosophies.
Read MoreJohn Baba
As late as the 1990’s it was the custom on the island of Espiritu Santo in Vanuatu to bury newborn babies with their mothers if the mothers passed away as the result of childbirth.
Read MoreThe Doctrine of Christ
Every person is born into this world with a charge to find the truth and to return himself to God. On the surface that seems a daunting task given the huge number of religions and philosophies that one must sort through. By human nature most people are lazy, and pick the easiest way through their challenges and through life. Therefore, almost all men choose to either ignore the quest for truth and salvation, or to simply go with the flow and follow what their parents and their societies believe and do.
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