Category: Liahona Magazine
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LDS Apostle Calls a Long-Standing Mormon Doctrine into Question
Dieter Uchtdorf’s claim that no one is beyond Christ’s forgiveness clashes with Mormonism’s own scriptures and leaders, who insist murder is an unforgivable sin.
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Mormonism’s Gospel Tree
4 April 2024 In recent years The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been working hard at mitigating fallout among its membership that stems from the church’s problematic history. From the publishing of the online explanatory Gospel Topics essays beginning in late 2013, to today’s insistence that LDS church history is not of…
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President Nelson speaks on “The Everlasting Covenant”: A Review of Liahona 10/2022
For a 5-part Viewpoint on Mormonism podcast series on “Russell M. Nelson and the Everlasting Gospel” that aired October 3-7, 2022, click Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Posted 9/30/22 In the October 2022 Liahona–the official magazine for English-speaking adults of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints–an article from President Russell M. Nelson…
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Review of “We Each Have a Story” by Apostle Gerrit W. Gong (April 2022)
By Mike Rabus Posted 7/5/2022 Review of “We Each Have a Story” by Apostle Gerrit W. Gong In the Saturday afternoon session of the April 2022 general conference, Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles gave a talk titled “We Each Have a Story” in which he encouraged his listeners to work on…
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“The Covenant Path: The Way to Eternal Life” (Adeyinka A. Ojediran, April 2022)
Posted June 9, 2022 For a series of Viewpoint on Mormonism podcasts that aired June 20-25, 2022, click the following links: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Seventy Adeyinka A. Ojediran (pronounced “oh-head-er-an”) gave a Sunday afternoon talk in general conference titled “The Covenant Path: The Way to Eternal Life”; it was recorded…
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“Divine Love in the Father’s Plan” (Dallin H. Oaks, April 2022)
Posted May 24, 2022 For a 2-part Viewpoint on Mormonism review of this talk that aired June 16-17, 2022, click Part 1 Part 2 Leading off the Sunday afternoon session (April 3, 2022) of general conference, Dallin H. Oaks–the first counselor in the First Presidency–delivered a talk titled “Divine Love in the Father’s Plan.” It was…
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“The Power of Spiritual Momentum” (Russell M. Nelson, April 2022): Review
Posted June 6, 2022 For a 3-part Viewpoint on Mormonism review of this talk that aired June 13-15-2022, click these: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 In a general conference filled with commands by the leadership for the membership to keep their covenants to God, seventeenth President Russell M. Nelson spoke on Sunday morning, April 3, 2022…
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“Covenants with God” (Jean B. Bingham, April 2022): Review
Posted June 6, 2022 Listen to Viewpoint on Mormonism form June 9-10, 2022 on this review: Part 1 Part 2 In the Saturday evening “women’s session,” Jean B. Bingham, the Relief Society General President, gave a talk titled “Covenants with God Strengthen, Protect, and Prepare Us for Eternal Glory.” The talk, printed in the May 2022 Liahona…
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The “Covenant Path”–The Same Old Same Old
Posted May 24, 2022 Many have argued that the views of Mormonism’s leaders are inching closer to an Evangelical perspective that teaches how salvation comes by grace and not by works. Sometimes general conference talks given by leaders have seemed to encourage individual Latter-day Saints to think this way, including: However, in the past few…
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Review of “Relief Society President Toshiko Yanagida” (March 2022, Liahona)
By Mike Rabus Posted 5/17/2022 What blessings should a member of the LDS Church expect to receive from tithing? In the March 2022 issue of the Liahona magazine, a short article was written about Relief Society President Toshiko Yanagida from Nagoya, Japan in 1950. The article is an excerpt from volume 3 of Saints, which is…
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Review of “Finding Jesus Christ in the Old Testament” (Marissa Widdison, January 2022 Liahona)
By Mike Rabus Posted 4/28/22 The January 2022 issue of the Liahona magazine contains an article titled “Finding Jesus Christ in the Old Testament” written by Marisssa Widdison of Church Magazines. A quick Internet search shows that Widdison is currently the assistant managing editor of the Gospel Living App and has a history of working as…
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Review of “Gospel Basics” (December 2021 Liahona)
By Mike Rabus Posted March 21, 2022 A recurring column in the Liahona magazine called “Gospel Basics” usually follows the first article written in that month’s edition. The topics in this section are usually covered by just a few paragraphs of text from unidentified writers, providing very simple explanations for some of the unique doctrinal beliefs…
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Review of “Daily Restoration” (Apostle Dieter F. Utchdorf, Oct. 2021 General Conference)
By Mike Rabus Posted February 11, 2022 What does the evangelical-produced New International Version of the Bible (NIV) and the book/movie Jurassic Park have in common? They were both referenced by Dieter F. Uchtdorf in the talk “Daily Restoration” at the October 2021 General Conference! Those who listened to the talk by Uchtdorf live wouldn’t be…
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Review of “The Greatest Gift of Christmas” (Apostle Dieter F. Utchdorf, Dec. 2021 Liahona)
By Mike Rabus Posted February 7, 2022 In the December 2021 issue of the Liahona magazine, Apostle Dieter F. Uchtdorf wrote an article encouraging church members to renew their focus on Jesus Christ. A few questions I have based on the topics he discussed include: Uchtdorf starts the article by recounting some faith-promoting Christmas memories. On…
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Review of “The Love of God” (Apostle D. Todd Christofferson, Oct. 2021 General Conference)
By Mike Rabus Posted February 4, 2022 For a three-part Viewpoint on Mormonism podcast series on this talk that aired November 22-24, 2021, visit Part 1 Part 2 Part 3. Delivered by Apostle D. Todd Christofferson, the talk “The Love of God” delivered at the October 2021 general conference covers many of the doctrinal topics that come up…
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Review of “The Greatest Possession” (Apostle Jeffrey R. Holland, Oct. 2021 General Conference)
By Mike Rabus Posted January 17, 2022 Apostle Jeffrey R. Holland gave a talk at the October 2021 General Conference titled “The Greatest Possession” that was published in the November 2021 Liahona magazine. There are two main points that I’d like to share with you from this talk: Holland opened the talk with a reference to…
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Review of “Pure Truth, Pure Doctrine, and Pure Revelation” (President Russell M. Nelson, October 2021 General Conference)
By Mike Rabus Posted January 10, 2022 The first talk given in the October 2021 General Conference was delivered by 17th President Russell M. Nelson, which is published in the November 2021 issue of the church magazine known as the Liahona. Although it was a brief talk, there are two truth claims made by Nelson…
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Apostle Provides the Old “Bait and Switch”
Posted October 7, 2021 Note: The following was originally printed in the September/October 2021 edition of the Mormonism Researched, a bimonthly periodical of MRM that is free upon request. To request a free subscription to Mormonism Researched, please visit here. For many years, the bait and switch scam—advertising a product at an incredible bargain price but…
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LDS Church Vacillates On a Matter of Eternal Significance
The first full article in the print issue of July’s Liahona magazine is headlined, “Our Heavenly Father Wants Us to Be Happy.” This “Gospel Basics” article presents an overview of the plan of happiness (aka the plan of salvation) according to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In the sub-section titled “Death Isn’t…