tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835598814843643889.post3110097641400907481..comments2013-02-28T01:17:47.737-08:00Comments on Mormon Teenagers Display Christianity: Mormon Teenagers: Outstanding Examples of ChristianityBothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00757658749743484881noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835598814843643889.post-76052936020799385872013-02-28T01:16:06.984-08:002013-02-28T01:16:06.984-08:00When we give much importance to our 'body lang...When we give much importance to our 'body language positions' before men, how much care should we take regarding our 'Spiritual Body Language'...! <a href="http://www.cluonline.com/master_of_divinity_degree_online_mdiv.htm" rel="nofollow">Read more</a>Angela Sexenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10218340106169520051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835598814843643889.post-24582641944090591492010-05-11T03:07:52.441-07:002010-05-11T03:07:52.441-07:00Michael, regarding your second comment about grace...Michael, regarding your second comment about grace vs. works, one Evangelical Christian author wrote of his sudden discovery that his previous beliefs about salvation were very different from those held by the early Christians: <br /><br />“If there's any single doctrine that we would expect to find the faithful associates of the apostles teaching, it's the doctrine of salvation by faith alone. After all, that is the cornerstone doctrine of the Reformation. In fact, we frequently say that persons who don't hold to this doctrine aren't really Christians… <br /><br />Our problem is that Augustine, Luther, and other Western theologians have convinced us that there's an irreconcilable conflict between salvation based on grace and salvation conditioned on works or obedience. They have used a fallacious form of argumentation known as the "false dilemma," by asserting that there are only two possibilities regarding salvation: it's either (1) a gift from God or (2) it's something we earn by our works. <br />The early Christians and Latter-day Saints would have replied that a gift is no less a gift simply because it's conditioned on obedience.... <br /><br />The early Christians believed that salvation is a gift from God but that God gives His gift to whomever He chooses. And He chooses to give it to those who love and obey him.” <br /><br />—David W. Bercot, Will The Real Heretics Please Stand Up: A New Look at Today's Evangelical Church in the Light of Early Christianity, 3rd edition, (Tyler, Texas: Scroll Publishing Company, 1999[1989]), 57, 61–62. <br /> <br /> The Church of Jesus Christ (LDS) agrees with the earliest Christians that grace is conditioned upon obedience to Jesus Christ’s commandments.Bothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00757658749743484881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835598814843643889.post-56091159956454360762010-01-08T07:31:43.468-08:002010-01-08T07:31:43.468-08:00Theosis Jesus Christ’s church must represent man’...Theosis Jesus Christ’s church must represent man’s potential correctly 1 Corinthians 8:5-6<br /><br />Divinization, narrowing the space between God and humans, was also part of Early Christian belief. St. Athanasius of Alexandria (Eastern Orthodox) wrote, regarding theosis, "The Son of God became man, that we might become God." Irenaeus wrote in the late 2nd Century: “we have not been made gods from the beginning, but at first merely men, then at length gods” Justin Martyr in mid 2nd Century said: “all men are deemed worthy of becoming ‘gods,’ and of having power to become sons of the Highest” Jerome wrote that God "made man for that purpose, that from men they may become gods." Clement of Alexandria said worthy men "are called by the appellation of gods, being destined to sit on thrones with the other gods that have been first put in their places by the Savior." Origen in reference to 1 Corinthians 8:5-6 said "Now it is possible that some may dislike what we have said representing the Father as the one true God, but admitting other beings besides the true God, who have become gods by having a share of God . . As, then there are many gods, but to us there is but one God the Father, and many Lords, but to us there is one Lord, Jesus Christ.” The Gospel of Thomas (which pre-dates the 4 Gospels, but was considered non-canonical by the Nicene Council) quotes the Savior: "He who will drink from my mouth will become as I am: I myself shall become he, and the things that are hidden will be revealed to him," (Gospel of Thomas 50, 28-30, Nag Hammadi Library in English, J.M.Robinson, 1st ed 1977; 3rd ed. 1988) For further information on this subject, refer to http://NewTestamentTempleRitual.blogspot.com The Church of Jesus Christ (LDS) agrees with Early Christian church leaders regarding theosis.<br /><br />To paraphrase Origin’s thoughts in the words of Church of Jesus Christ (LDS) Apostle, Bruce R. McConkie: "There is and can only be one who is supreme, who is the head and to whom all others are subject". Becoming like God is not saying we will ever be equal to Him, frankly we won't and can't He, and only He, will forever be worshipped by us.Mormons Are Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12665992248493805022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835598814843643889.post-6559830991991403472009-10-05T07:52:10.197-07:002009-10-05T07:52:10.197-07:00Interesting post. Although there is one element th...Interesting post. Although there is one element that is curiously missing; montheism. Mormons, like all other people, can display many seemingly good works, attitudes and beliefs. The question is however, are these things pleasing to the Living God? The answer is clear: without faith in God, it is impossible to please Him. The polytheistic doctrines of Mormonism prohibit a Mormon from displaying Christianity. The other heretical/abberant doctrines practiced and taught in the LDS church simply compound the problem. Notions such as works-righteousness and eternal progression are theological novelties that are not only absent from the 66 books of scripture, but also from any credible early church writing. Your thoughts?M. R. Burgoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06281360226653432132noreply@blogger.com