Today I am appalled.  HBO, Time Warner, and Tom Hanks' Big Love series will be recreating a LDS excommunication, as well as Temple ceremonies, with the help of an ex-Mormon "consultant" in its Sunday, March 15th episode.  This is outrageous considering the sacred and private nature of these... Read More

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I attended the tour for the Crandall Print Museum a couple weeks ago.  I enjoyed it so much.  It was so informative.  I loved how it talked about different eras of the printing press and what great influence it had on the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ.  Johannes Gutenberg was inspired to invent the printing press.  The invention was crucial to the spreading of Christianity, by way of multiple prints of the Bible, and the spreading of the church of Jesus Ch... Read More

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As a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints I’ve been asked on a few occasions how we can have a claim to modern day revelation when there are currently no new scriptures being added to the Doctrine and Covenants or to our cannon of scripture in general.  I have learned more about this through the Doctrine and Covenants class that I am taking. Here are some explanations:

First, I realized that several sections of t... Read More

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I love going to the temple.  It is the House of the Lord and I always feel so peaceful and close to the Spirit when I am there.  As of now, the only ordinances I can perform there is baptisms and conformations for the dead.  But that is one of the first steps to salvation. 

The New Testament talks a lot about how important it is to do the work needed to aid in the exaltation of those who died having not recieved the opportunity to hear the gospel.&nbs... Read More

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Grace

              Grace is possibly the most misunderstood doctrine in the church.  In my observations of church culture, the lack of understanding grace has caused some negative societal outcomes.  I believe that the misinterpretation stems from a verse in the Book of Mormon in 2 Nephi 25:23 which reads” “for we know it is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do.”&... Read More

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