As ever, great words Mike! I especially like the beautiful words of ‘Just as I am’ as an antidote to the LDS gospel. Re-read the words of ‘I Stand All Amazed’, a hymn I regularly sang as a Mormon, and marvel at how much of the Biblical gospel it contains! https://www.lds.org/music/library/hymns/i-stand-all-amazed?lang=eng For example:
“I stand all amazed at the love Jesus offers me,
Confused at the grace that so fully he proffers me.
I tremble to know that for me he was crucified,
That for me, a sinner, he suffered, he bled and died.”
and
“he should extend his great love unto such as I,
Sufficient to own, to redeem, and to justify.”
Wow, not Mormon doctrine there!
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