In the LDS church the bishop is responsible for making the general day to day decisions to ensure that the ward is functioning, and things are according to the general leaders plans as well as the plans of the next…
Category: Mormonism
As I worked on my Simply Scriptures project and as I searched and studied the scriptures more fully, I began to realize that some very common interpretations of the scriptures are just plain wrong. Proof texting is the idea of…
In Mormonism the temple is the highest and holiest place on earth. It is the house of the Lord and a place where members go to make sacred covenants with God. Each temple is unique and a special place of…
In an LDS context, the answer to “what is revelation” is fairly simple. Revelation is the guidance and direction to the prophets of the LDS church on policies, procedures, and doctrine. Of course, the members themselves can receive revelation also…
After watching all the sessions of the April 2023 General Conference, I can honestly say this is the one talk that stood out to me the most. Overall though, I did enjoy conference and it was a refreshing time to…
Often times we spend a huge amount of time and effort building a religious ideology or identity. We can research a number of options and then choose what we feel is best for ourselves and our families. An individual’s sincere…
In Christianity we often hear about the Abrahamic sacrifice and how important it is. For context, this is found in Genesis 22 and was when Abraham was commanded to offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice. Abraham did not refuse…
The LDS temple ordinances were first written down in 1877. Prior to this the ceremonies were always changed according to the individuals involved. However even after that point the wording of various things was left up to the officiator. We…
In the back pages of a 1933 Improvement Era magazine, a story of incredible significance was placed. This story detailed the struggles Lorenzo Snow had, in wanting to reorganize the First Presidency, after the death of Wilford Woodruff in 1898…
As I began to actually read the Doctrine & Covenants instead of just proof texting it for Sunday school class, I began to see more and more instances where the modern Mormon church doesn’t follow their own book of scripture….