Church Responds to European Questioning of Church History The Europe Area Presidency is asking Church leaders in northern Europe and German-speaking regions to “work patiently and lovingly” with members who struggle with their faith because of information about the LDS Church they find on the internet. “Unfortunately, some choose to dwell on half-truths or inaccurate …
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Update: Issue 167
As Romney Clinches Nomination, Focus Moves Away from His Peculiar Faith After a winter of discontent in which the media focused on the most controversial aspects of Mormonism and Romney’s unpopularity among Evangelicals, media coverage is now shifting the focus from Romney the Mormon to Romney the Candidate. Observers agree that Romney’s Mormonism actually …
News: Media Focuses on Romney, His Faith
With the Republican primaries starting January, candidate Mitt Romney and Mormonism have drawn national attention. Some controversy was generated in early October when Robert Jeffress, the senior pastor of a prominent Baptist church in Dallas, stated publicly that Romney belongs to a cult and is not a Christian. Minutes before, Jeffress had endorsed Perry at …
Update October 2011
LDS Church, Doctrines Receive Wide Media Attention With the Book of Mormon Musical playing on Broadway, two Mormons running for president, and a polygamist leader serving a life sentence for sexually assaulting minors, Mormons are receiving a degree of media attention not seen since the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. While the Church redoubles …
Glenn Beck: Rough Stone Roaring Part II
Continued from Glenn Beck: Rough Stone Roaring Part I A Civil Society? I know no religion that destroys courtesy, civility, and kindness. —William Penn42 You can turn on the television and see people who claim expertise that they don’t possess. And I say that, because the kind of expertise we need is not a facile …
Glenn Beck: Rough Stone Roaring Part I
by Robert A. Rees Illustrations by Jeanette Atwood Through anger, the truth looks simple. —Jane McCabe1 It must be a decisive rule of every Christian fellowship that each individual is prohibited from saying much that occurs to him. —Deitrich Bonhoeffer2 The “Real” Glenn Beck Ever since learning that Glenn Beck had joined the Mormon Church, …