Author: Sharon Lindbloom
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Polygamy Is in the News Again
On Tuesday (17 January 2006) the FBI offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Warren Jeffs, leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS), a Mormon Fundamentalist denomination. Mr. Jeffs has been on the Fugitives Wanted By The FBI list since August 2005. He…
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Worship of Joseph Smith?
Reading the December 31, 2005 issue of Church News I came across this: “As Latter-day Saints we no more worship Joseph Smith than we do Peter or any of the other ancient apostles. Peter, in fact, is an apt comparison. Both Joseph and Peter fearlessly obeyed the Master in conveying His gospel to every nation,…
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Battle Cry
I received a call this morning from a Christian woman; we’ll call her Bea. I am so impressed by Bea, her obedience and her faith. She has struggled a long time now with cancer, and in November was told that she had but weeks to live. Through God’s grace the doctors were able to find…
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More on Horses and Ice
After my post yesterday about the frozen swamp I heard from two engineers and one scientist. Two common threads ran through all three responses: 1. There is not enough information in the story to reach a definitive conclusion; and 2. Even so, the veracity of the story is highly dubious. One engineer said the missing…
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Horses and Ice
Well, here’s something that’s neither here nor there, but I’m curious about it. On December 23rd 2005 LDS President Gordon B. Hinckley spoke at the commemoration of Joseph Smith’s 200th birthday. In the course of his remarks, President Hinckley told the story of the 100-year-old monument which today graces the spot in Vermont where Joseph…
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What Do Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses Have in Common?
Christianity Today’s current online Books & Culture (January/February 2006) features an article written by Gerald R. McDermott, Saints Rising. Dr. McDermott takes a look at The Rise of Mormonism, a new book by sociologist Rodney Stark and addresses the question, “Is Mormonism the first new world religion since the birth of Islam?” One of the…
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Brigham Young Testifies of Joseph Smith—and Then Some
I just received my December 31st issue of Church News. This issue is pretty much dedicated to “Remembering Joseph Smith.” The first article (which is all I’ve read so far) is titled Prophets Testify of Joseph Smith. It consists of short excerpts from the sermons and talks of Latter-day prophets. Each of the 14 prophets…
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Ultimate Sacrifice
Lee Davidson, journalist for the Deseret Morning News, wrote an interesting article which appeared in that paper on January 5th, 2006. Missionary slayings very rare in LDS Church was written in response to the January 2nd shooting death of LDS missionary Morgan Young. Mr. Davidson wrote that Morgan made “the ultimate sacrifice for his beliefs.”…
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To Contend or Not to Contend…
I was surprised the other day while reading the January 2006 issue of the Ensign. There’s an article beginning on page 20 about the fourth LDS prophet, Wilford Woodruff, titled Contending for the Faith. The tag line to this article is, “While contending for the restored gospel of Jesus Christ, President Woodruff taught principles relevant…