Tag Archive for ‘Mormon Britain’
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 ›
Upcoming Event in Middlesbrough
All invited, its a great chance to meet and hear from Russ East who runs our parent ministry Utah Partnerships for Christ and is over to stay for a few days. We also have a facebook event for this here.
Lorenzo Snow Manual, Chapter 19 – Missionary Work – ‘To Reach Every Human Heart’, by Gary Carter
Nearly every religion on the earth seeks to add numbers to its flocks. Of the major religions that can be considered ‘global’, only Hinduism does not have proselytizing at its core. It is therefore no surprise that missionary activities are considered of great importance to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints as seen… Read More ›
Teachings of Lorenzo Snow Manual, Chapter 17 by Gary Carter
Chapter 17 – Priesthood – ‘for the Salvation of the Human Family’ As we approach the end of the book, we have seen many trends in Snow’s theology such as specific Mormon theology being wrapped around orthodox Christian theology. This can be seen in our discussions on salvation by works and the Trinity. This… Read More ›
The Joseph Smith Papyri [Book of Abraham]
If there is one thing that struck me at the recent British Pageant, its how much Mormons often don’t know about the history of their movement. One of the more significant issues in Mormon history, is that a while ago much of the Papyri that Joseph Smith used to translate the Book of Abraham was… Read More ›
Day 8 of the reach out to Mormons – Review
Day 8 of the reach out to Mormons – Review Day 8 saw another visit from 1 of the 12 LDS apostles. This meant again that an even larger number of people came to pageant. In turn this meant more conversations :- Great to see Paul Jennings & Carole Warner coming all the way from Stockport for… Read More ›
Ensign Review, June 2013 by Stephen Livings.
When deciding how to go about reviewing this month’s Ensign magazine, I wasn’t sure whether to try to summarise the whole publication or to focus on one particular article. As I scanned the article titles, one stood out to me: “Dear are the sheep that have wandered” by James Faust, who was a member of… Read More ›
Lorenzo Snow Manual Chapter 2, Baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost, by Gary Carter
Lorenzo Snow, as mentioned by Mike last week, is a creature of his age. He, in comparison to his contemporaries, can be considered a creature of the enlightenment. As a ‘leading star’ of his generation intellectually, it is no surprise that he rose so high in early Mormonism and its theological and intellectual development. The… Read More ›
