Tag: christianity
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“Some Have Claimed That the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Is Not a Christian Church.”
A few weeks ago Larry Richman at LDS Media Talk (“not an official publication of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”) brought up the persistent question, “Are Mormons Christian?” After having affirmed that Mormons say they are Christians, and having provided some reasons to support that position, Mr. Richman wrote, “In recent decades,…
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True Mormonism
On September 24th Mormon Apostle D. Todd Christofferson spoke to students at BYU-Idaho during the school’s weekly devotional. About halfway through his talk, “The Prophet Joseph Smith,” Mr. Christofferson explained, “Joseph Smith’s prophetic calling is key to our religion. Without his commission from the Father and the Son, without his priesthood ordinations and the keys…
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Christianity (Defined)
Christianity. In biblical times, the church as described in the Bible. However, because of the Great Apostasy, Christianity in its full form can be found on the earth since the founding of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Sixth President Joseph F. Smith explained, “…for I contend that the Latter-day Saints are the only…
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Mormonism (at Best) a Very Distant Cousin of Christianity
Eliza Wood, a contributing blogger to Huffington Post, recently (27 July 2012) wrote an article titled, “Are Mormons Closer to Muslims or Christians?” Her reason for tackling this question: “As the media shapes our understanding of the Mormon faith, now that we Americans consider electing our first Mormon presidential candidate (Mitt Romney), it might be…
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Who Thinks Mormonism Is a Christian Religion?
Is Mormonism a Christian religion? Though we have discussed this question here so many times, here we go again. Because of the flap Pastor Jeffress caused in publicly identifying Mormonism as a “theological cult” on October 8 (2011), it seems that everybody is talking about where Mormonism fits into the religious landscape. Non-Christians and Mormons,…
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Clarifying Mormonism
On Monday (27 June 2011) Deseret News online published an article that began, “Misconceptions about Mormons were cleared up accurately, but not by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.” Sounding rather surprised that non-Mormons could get it right, Joey Ferguson’s article “CNN accurately explains beliefs and misconceptions of LDS Church” reports on two…