[…] member and representative believe and promulgate, so as to be considered faithful to God and the church? 3. In what ways are the scriptures of the church to be normative as standards of belief, […]
[…] of Jews changed affiliation. Further analysis found that 9 percent of Episcopalians, 8 percent of Presbyterians, and 6 percent of Methodists and Lutherans reported they had switched to no religious preference. By comparison, 5 […]
[…] memories of Earth—currently in the possession of his arch rival. The four sons return and attempt to buy the Index; ultimately, Nafai slays a drunken Gaballufix and deceives the servant Zdorab into turning over […]
[…] in general. Even though this book is not “faith promoting,” however, it is nonsectarian and an improvement over most books written by non-Mormons in Italy. Straniero attempts to state the facts accurately; the book’s […]
[…] Council of the Twelve and First Presidency similarly. Some of the exceptions are important. For example, on 6 September 1898, shortly after the death of Wilford Wood ruff, Smith reported that Lorenzo Snow sent […]
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[…] their religious beliefs but who did not know them personally or was not in an ecclesiastical position over them. As I spoke with these students, I was struck by the uncertainty and, in some […]
[…] to heal myself. . . . I have been in retreat. This story is my return” (pp. 3-4). And Terry Tempest Williams is an unflinching witness. “When most people had given up on the […]
[…] the worst missionaries at some time. Because Sister Burton was so diligent, we were always up at 6:00 A.M.. The only time we didn’t get up then was one morning after a certain baptismal […]
[…] Stilson, a member of my ward, was working on a degree in fine art. Together we looked over the paintings and drawings in an issue of the Ensign. He explained that most paintings in […]