The Book Of Mormon Analysis

This past week I met a guy name Jesus Castellanos at work. I've been working there for the last year never really sat down and had a conversation with him until last week. I learn that he's a pastor. He also invited me to attend church this past Sunday, which I did and it was great. This experience made me nervous at first bet I'm glad I talk to him he's such a nice man. All he talked about was his family and god.

To know Jesus Christ is the best thing that can happen in a person life. It transforms your mind, body and sprint. I have picked the following three topics to share my experiences of knowing Jesus Christ. First, what can your local church do to better communicate God’s love to your community? Second, why are personal testimonies important in sharing the gospel? Third, Did Jesus claim to be God? These are the three topics that always spark my interest when talking about our Lord savoir Jesus Christ.

Joseph Smith and his followers have sought to reclaim humanity's divine birthright and to reacquaint and re-link the human family." (252) So, the Mormons concurs with Matthew 24:24, "For false Christ and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect." The Mormons understand that there are false gods the reason 'true Fatherhood' was specified. God warns his people about false gods giving false information to deter the people of God. God loves family, and Satan knows and tries hard to divide the family. Because Satan knows a house can not stand if it is divided. Whether the family is biological or of the body of Christ. The Bible says in Mark 3:25, "And if a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand." No religion or family can stand together in unity if the religion or home can not come together in

This book attempt to show the common ground between Christianity and Mormonism by examining the individual areas of Scripture, God, Christ, the Trinity and Salvation. The summation of the author’s findings is that although there are great differences there is also much common ground that can be used to strengthen our relationship together and bring unity to the ecumenical community.

The more I study the Book of Mormon the more I understand that it was written for us. Sometimes I feel like the characters of the Book of Mormon are out of touch or hard to relate to, but in reality they represent every facet of modern society. They help us see the good in the world, they help us see the evil in our lives, and ultimately warn us from the swaying philosophies of the world that lead men into sin. When I read about Nephi and his brothers and the fights that they had, I think about the relationship that I have with my brothers; when I read about Sherem and Nehor, I think about the dangerous and volatile philosophies of men that justify sin and denounce the teachings of Chirst; and when I read about Ammon and the Sons of Mosiah, I think about the missionaries that have touched my life and the kind of missionary that I hope to be. Every story and every character relates to an experience of mine or an

The religion commonly known as the “Mormonism” or The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints (LDS) is a religion divined from Christianity. Mormonism has been traced back to 1830 C.E in New York, where Joseph Smith formally organized The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints. During this time period of the 1800’s, also known as the time of the “Second Great Awakening” a religious boom was on the rise. There was much speculation and uncertainty centered on religious beliefs. Joseph Smith claimed that during this time he was called upon by God to restore the church that had been established on earth by Christ. Joseph responded to God’s message by reclaiming the church of Christ, through the creation

Having doubt and questioning the doctrines of the gospel is not wrong as long as we pursue the answers to those doubts and questions. A testimony will grow through the Holy Ghost as we seek the answers to our doubt. Satan tries to plant doubt in our hearts and make us question the teaching of the gospel to lead us away, and he succeeds at times. If we do not act on those doubts and questions, then he wins, and that is what could make it wrong.

We gather here today for the loss of Joseph Smith our beloved prophet with our new prophet Brigham Young I will now turn the time to him. We are very sad the circumstance Brother Smith was put in and we know he is in a better place after such a horrific murder. But we need to leave after all the sadness the government has given us we surely can’t stay. The lord has revealed unto me a place we need to go and get away from the mobs. So he got ready and prepared. He got covered wagons he got horses he got a lot of supplies but sadly some others weren’t as ready as him.

The purpose of this paper is to examine the ways in which attending The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints promotes a sense of community among the congregation at the Victoria, British Columbia location and how the perception that this religion is similar to a cult is an inaccurate representation of the faith. We attended a Sacrament at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Victoria and conducted an interview with a six-year member of the church, furthermore referred to as Hayley or Hayley Downton, to gain a deeper insight into the beliefs of this religion. In this paper, we will be focusing on how globalization and modernization has influenced the religious beliefs and practices of Mormonism; the sacred objects and rituals within this religion that assists in promoting a sense of community; and on how we disagree with Karl Marx’s perspective and critique of religion being “the opiate of the masses” (Hegel,

In life, we are given a lot of different surprising opportunities, and Sunday the 12th, I had the chance to attend T.D Jakes sermon. A well-known preacher and actor in the United States at his main ministry in West Kiest Boulevard Dallas, Texas From 9am to 11:30am. This experience, by far was one of the most interesting ones for me because I always saw this preacher on T.V both preaching and in the movies. Being around a different culture and settings, was very much different compare to the country I’m from, we tend to do things different when it comes to religion and especially the size of the congregation was triple times compare to the ones I am accustom too.

The Book of Mormon is a funny yet emotion-filled musical. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who can take a few jokes here and there. It does poke a little fun at the Mormon faith, but that is not what the whole musical/ soundtrack is about. The creators, Robert Lopez, Trey Parker, and Matt Stone, use the Mormon faith as a jumping off point in order to propel the story forward. There is a little more to the story (like various connecting points) that are not on the soundtrack, but you can still understand the story without them. Between the catchy lyrics and winning 9 tony awards including Best Musical, the Book of Mormon is a well produced and put together

Recently I was contacted by a good friend of several years who had stopped coming to church about a year or so ago, When Jeffrey contacted me I was initially very happy to hear from him, as the conversation progressed I noticed something about him had changed. I then enquired if he had started attending church again and to my relief he said he had I asked him where he was fellowshipping he responded that he was now a member of the Jehovah Witnesses, I was stunned. Jeffrey then asked me how I was doing in my walk I told him I was fellowshipping with other Christians. He then asked if we could make a time to catch up so he could show me what he had found that had brought him to join the Jehovah Witnesses, he wanted to share this truth with

Simpson (2007) elaborates on the culture and faith of most polygamous. The author states that the history of Mormonism has involved to “highly complex contacts and negotiations with non-Mormons in their attempts to convert, resist, or appease outsiders. Mormons have engaged in a distinctive dialectic of secrecy and self-disclosure.”(p.11) In some cases, Simpson (2007) suggests Mormons feel they are being forced to be modernized. Non-Mormons in the Utah territory and the United States saw Utah 's acceptance of Mormonism and women as a “shameful attempt to solidify the church 's political power.”

Ask and you shall receive, it is that simple. This semester you have spoken a lot about your MTC experience and it’s been a memorable story for me. I personally feel that reading and praying about the Book of Mormon just as Moroni exhorts is one of the many ways you can know that the church is true. After all it is part of how I reactivated in church in my early twenties. I absolutely love reading the last few chapters of the Book of Mormon. They bring so much into focus and help us understand so many core doctrines. Such as; faith, hope, virtue, charity, patients, love and the atonement. All of these are central to a lasting conversion to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. They have also helped me in many ways. Yet, I want to focus on the last chapter, and how it has helped me

Jacob was more than willing to expand on his skeptical view of this “Jesus person”, even though he had grown up in the church since birth. Jesus for my friend Jacob is “just this guy that maybe had lived a long time ago. To be honest, there really is little evidence that Jesus existed besides the Bible, which the Bible in its entirety seems too far fetched.” Jacob is incredibly smart, and during our conversation I made sure that I was doing more of listening than questioning his every outlook on who Jesus was. We have a dramatic difference in who Jesus is, so I wanted to make sure I still respected his view. Something that I was really intrigued by was despite him growing up in the church for his whole life, what were the things that turned him off from participating in the Church. He explained, “to be honest, I just don’t see the benefits. Yes, I’ve heard countless of testimonies and professions of people turning their life around when Jesus found them, but I’ve also heard countless of stories of people who turned their life