Gospel Living

My wife bought Cloverfield once it came out on DVD.  I think this monster would have improved the movie: Just think, you could copter in giant chocolate bars and graham crackers.

Have Christians been unkind for calling upon this man for honesty? I just don't know what to think about this...

It's Sunday, so of course we headed down to the local church fellowship... the Mormon ward. (Well, actually, we started the morning at Ogden Valley Community Church and then headed over. It is important to be prepared spiritually, so I'm glad we did this. Emily blogged a bit about it .) Unless they are Mormon converts, not many Christians probably visit their local ward, and it proved to be an educational experience for us. This post is for those who haven't been and may be wondering what to expect. The Mormon service can be three hours long, divided into three segments (similar to the Christian practice of having a Sunday School separate form the main worship service). We were a bit misinformed as to the times, so we came for the Sacrament Service, their third and final service, and then we joined a Sunday School service being conducted another ward meeting in the same building. SACRAMENT SERVICE The service atmosphere could have been a traditional Baptist gathe...

For this week's reflection:  Sin Kills -- It Always Kills · 1 of 2 The first sin--1,000,000th made Adam and Eve as sinful as Satan and the demons when they first rebelled against God. One sin equaled spiritual death. The only option was for Someone to undo what Adam and Eve so corrupted and glimmers of this One to come show in Genesis 3.

Here, in no particular order, are a few of the more interesting items we saw on our tours today. 1. The toy pentagram in the children's wing of the museum. Here, a couple from our youth group adds color to an otherwise drab satanic symbol reminder of the Morning Star: 2. Mormon death-masks So God can still recognize the body, I guess: 3. The Mormon militia There was a reason the Mormons kept getting kicked out of places. Note that the banner in the museum is meant to dispel any angst on the part of visitors: these armed men were part of a "benevolent association:" 4. Golden calves Yep. And here is a picture of Emily contemplating joining! 5. The Book of Mormon in 87 languages This is just sad. Hopefully this whets your appetite for missions. 6. Freemasonry This picture didn't turn out too well; I may try to go back and get a better one. This is a painting of a bust of Joseph Smith, and underneath there is the same all-seeing eye emb...

Pray for us as we spend some time in Salt Lake City sharing the Gospel with Mormons. I'm posting this before we head out. No, I don't plan on getting into this discussion, as the most important conversation will be what the Bible has to say about salvation. Yet, it is an interesting documentary that helps explain the origin of one of the books the LDS church added to Scripture: Update : This did come up in part in our first conversation. We spent a couple of minutes discussing whether Joseph Smith "received" the translation of the Reformed Egyptian (?), as we were being told, or if he indeed claimed to be translating. However, this only geared up the conversation to get into more "meaty" issues such as the differences between the Book of Mormon and the Bible, and what differences could mean in terms of eternity.

Post-it video games in school.