For several weeks, my companion and I had been teaching a large family and preparing them for baptism. At least 3 generations lived under one roof in this small but typical Sao Paulo home. It was a warm summer holiday evening…either Christmas or New Years Eve and they had invited us to...
The kind of treatment one receives when asking a bishop for assistance depends on the personality and personal philosophy of that particular bishop. If the Holy Ghost really made those decisions, there would be far more uniformity and consistency that is present in the process. Some bishops are ...
AIDS Related Complex: The office building on the BYU campus that houses FARMS headquarters. Ala-mo: A Mormon who would rather die than surrender when surrounded by the evil forces of logic, reason, science and rational thought. A Mormon who has performed baptism for the dead on and in ...
Baptism, marriage, and all other covenants from God necessary for salvation are new and everlasting. The study manual for Brigham Young has awhole chapter on this phrase, and talks about its importance, butnever oncecomes out and says what it actually is. How incredibly shifty. This phrase ha...
Immediately following baptism members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) are confirmed members of the church by the laying on of hands where they are commanded to receive the Holy Ghost. These two ordinances entitle members to t
They preached baptism for the remission of sins, promised the gift of the Holy Ghost, and believed in the literal fulfillment of prophesy. They also had some of the apostolic forms of organization in their church. In Ohio they raised up branches. In Kirtland and the regions round, they ...
on the Seer's right hand, the world shall cheer, And confess before blessed Horney Joe That for us all he was a mar-teer But since I am an apostate man I have this pretty wicked plan I'm going to bash-in his ugly face For Joseph has shamed the human race. ...
In the 1983 NBA draft, the Utah Jazz selected Bailey as the seventh pick, kicking off his 16-year career in professional basketball. That pick proved fateful in Bailey’s life, paving the way for his conversion to the Church. "My baptism was so incredible," Baily told theDeseret News. ...
No, after we heard the talks in that meeting we changed our minds because we felt something different. Now I know that it was the Holy Ghost. The following Tuesday the missionaries came to our house. I was extremely surprised. I asked them: “Who has sent you here?” It had to be ...
Later, it was a privilege to attend her baptism. Now we attend Church together. May I share with you one of my holy places? Once I was feeling overwhelmed, fearful and completely alone. Silently I prayed, “Heavenly Father, I do not know how to do this. Please, please, help me!” ...