Tag Archive for ‘Salvation’

Review of Teachings of Lorenzo Snow chapter 20: The Kingdom of God Moves Forward

For this review I am going to focus on the part of the chapter entitled Teachings of Lorenzo Snow and not look at the beginning of the chapter entitled From the Life of Lorenzo Snow.  I have chosen to do this for two reasons: firstly, I feel that my role in writing this post is… Read More ›

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General Conference, October 2013, Priesthood Session Review

These days Mormon Conferences are rather like the Reader’s Digest; convivial, safe and predictable. You will smile at old men with a twinkle in their eyes telling heart-warming anecdotes about when they were in Primary a zillion years ago. You will laugh at the folly of muddle-headed home teachers and the fun apostles can have… Read More ›

It’s a miracle there’s ANY forgiveness! A review of Spencer W. Kimball’s The Miracle of Forgiveness

Teachings of President Lorenzo Snow chapter 14 With God all things are Possible by Gary Carter

Chapter 14 in the Teachings of Lorenzo Snow, ‘With God All Things Are Possible’, is one of the shorter chapters we shall be investigating but it does contain some interesting topics that grab the attention of its readers. As is similar with the other chapters we have reviewed, there is a lot of theological material… Read More ›

The Miracle of Forgiveness

Are you forgiven? This is the most important question anyone can ever ask. The answer to it changes everything both in our relationships with others and most importantly in our relationship with God. The Bible says that ALL have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). This means we all need forgiveness, the… Read More ›

Teachings of President Lorenzo Snow chapter 13 The Relief Society, by Vicky Gilpin

This is the 13th Chapter of the book, Teaching of presidents of the Church; Lorenzo snow. You might be suprised to hear that there is absolutely nothing I disagree with in this chapter. The work of the Relief Society is commendable. It truly is the embodiment of these verses. Titus 2:3-5 3 Older women likewise are… Read More ›

Saved by Grace

We are saved by Grace!!

One thing I have wanted to discuss for a while now which is probably one of the most debated and misunderstood doctrines with evangelical Christianity, is the doctrine of salvation coming from faith and ultimately grace alone. This is a discussion where bible verses are thrown around, past LDS leaders quotes are thrown around and… Read More ›

Must you really be perfect?

In the last of my 4 posts on what I see as the fundamental issues that Christians should discuss with Mormons I want to look at what in a lot of ways must be the hardest part of being a Mormon. For LDS members reading this I want you to know this post in particular… Read More ›

The Sufficency of Christ

The Sufficiency of Christ So we have looked at the LDS and biblical view of sin and the different origins and effects of this, from both sides we can see that sin is something that to varying degrees seperates people from God and is something that needs to be overcome in order to have certainly… Read More ›

Looking at Sin

Sin So firstly what is sin? Sin is basically any time we put ourselves and our own understanding and our own ways over God’s, its when we say I know better I will do it this way even through God says that’s not good for you, or here is a better way. Its a religious… Read More ›

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