Category: Mother God
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Is There a Mother God?
Although the LDS church has taught that we have heavenly parents, the idea of Heavenly Mother(s) is usually downplayed. How does she fit into Mormon theology and history?
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Early Deseret Almanacs and the Doctrine of God
By Kurt Van Gorden Kurt Van Gorden is an ordained minister and directs two missions to the cults:Jude 3 Missions and the Utah Gospel Mission.He is a researcher, contributor, and editor for 16 apologetic books.http://www.utahgospelmission.com Title page of 1851 Deseret Almanac.(All images are from the digitized collection of Kurt Van Gorden. Public Domain.) In 2007,…
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Does the LDS Church Still Teach that Heavenly Father was Once a Man?
By Sandra Tanner One of the problems encountered by those wishing to discuss and compare LDS theology with standard Christian theology is determining what constitutes “official” LDS doctrine. While most churches are eager to set forth their beliefs, the LDS Church seems to avoid an official presentation of their complicated doctrines. When consulting the official…
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Mormon Claims Answered: Chapter 2
By Marvin W. Cowan God “We believe in God the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ and in the Holy Ghost.” 1st Article of Faith by Joseph Smith The above declaration sounds like an evangelical Christian statement of faith. From it, many conclude that Mormons are Trinitarian in their view of God. But,…
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The Gods of Mormonism
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly referred to as the Mormon Church) now claims to have 9,000,000 members and proclaims itself to be the only true church. Mormon Apostle Bruce R. McConkie emphatically declared: This Church is “the only true and living church upon the face of…
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Current Mormon Temple Ceremony Now Available
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner As we were working on our new book, Evolution of the Mormon Temple Ceremony: 1842-1990, we had a very unexpected thing happen: we were offered a transcript and a tape of the new 1990 revision of the “endowment ceremony.” We, therefore, decided to publish it in our new book together…
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Major Problems of Mormonism (book release news)
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner We are pleased to announce the completion of our new book, Major Problems of Mormonism. Although our most comprehensive work, Mormonism—Shadow or Reality? has proved to be very effective in bringing many Mormons to the truth, it contains more material than some people wish to read. In addition, we have…
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The Changing World of Mormonism: Chapter 7
The Godhead In the book of Isaiah 44:8 we read: “. . . Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.” Joseph Smith’s first published work, the Book of Mormon, seems to be in harmony with the teachings of the Bible on this point, for it states that there is only…
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Women in Mormon Theology
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner The recent excommunication of Sonia Johnson has caused national attention to be focused on the place of women in the Mormon Church. Mormon leaders have apparently been concerned for some time that this issue would finally come to a head. Just after President Spencer W. Kimball issued the revelation granting…