Changes in the Doctrine and Covenants – Part 7
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2013 The ninth LDS Article of Faith says, “We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.” That sounds good, but when the original “revelations” that Joseph Smith…
Changes in the Doctrine and Covenants – Part 6
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2013 Mormons say they believe God is omniscient, meaning God “knows all things,” as the Bible also teaches in 1 John 3:20. But if God knows all things, why did Joseph Smith revise many of the “revelations from God”? Changes in the Doctrine & Covenants – Part 6 Mormons say they…
Changes in the Doctrine and Covenants – Part 5
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2013 Joseph Smith, Mormonism’s founder, claimed the revelations published in the 1833 Book of Commandments were revealed to him by God. If that is true, why were many of them changed when they were reprinted in the 1835 Doctrine and Covenants? Why would the omniscient, all knowing God need to change…
Changes in the Doctrine and Covenants – Part 4
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2013 Wilford Woodruff, the 4th LDS Prophet said, “We have the book of Doctrine and Covenants, our testament, which contains the most glorious, godlike, solemn and eternal truths ever recorded within the lids of a book on earth. All these records are the words of God to man; and though the…
Changes in the Doctrine and Covenants – Part 3
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2013 Mormonism’s founder, Joseph Smith, declared, “From sundry revelations which had been received (by him), it was apparent that many important points touching the salvation of men, had been taken from the Bible, or lost before it was compiled.” That is a serious charge but Smith and other LDS leaders use…
Changes in the Doctrine and Covenants – Part 2
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2013 Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, claimed that the God of the Bible gave him the revelations in the Doctrine and Covenants, but many of them have been changed. Did God change His mind and amend His revelations? Changes in the Doctrine & Covenants – Part 2 The Bible declares…
Forgiveness
By: John F Weldon DMin, PhD; ©2013 Forgiveness is one of the most important things in the world although sometimes one of the hardest. “Forgive as the Lord forgave you” (Colossians 3:13)[1] Contents 1 Introduction 2 God 3 Ourselves 4 Others 5 The Solution 6 A Few Practical Helps 7 Additional Reading 8 Notes Introduction…