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In the middle of an excellent sermon, a Pentecostal pastor in the highlands of Sulawesi asked me to share my testimony of Jesus. I did so simply. It was met with heartfelt Amens and Hallelujahs. It was nice feedback TBH. In my Latter-day Saint services, I vigorously nod assent.
Hot take: I think our church culture is too reverent at times when it can be more energetic and joyful.
Ever since I served my mission in the South, Iâve always craved that energetic spirit I felt when I was with people of other faiths.
Granted thereâs a time and a place for everything, but give me the swaying, clapping, âThank you Jesusâ crowd over the âdo you think sheâs wearing her garmentsâ crowd any day of the week.
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On one side, we risk limiting the influence of the Spirit if we are too staid and strict. On the other hand, we risk replacing the Spirit with theatrics if our joy becomes performative. We must seek the 'sweet spot' with wisdom and sensitivity. There is room for improvement.
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Jun 15
As a 1st-year student at a public university in America, I wanted to visit as many faiths as possible, Christian or otherwise. I asked a Baptist friend if I could go to her church with her. She panicked, tried dissuasion, but finally consented on the condition that I stay silent.
I've never actually been invited to church by an Evangelical or Protestant or Catholic. Is that just something only members of Christ's Church are taught to do?
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Jun 14
I got two hours of sleep this morning before waking up to get ready for church. I worried that I would doze off in sacrament meeting. Impossible! So much joy. So much love. So much forgiveness. So much Jesus. Our sermons were all on charity, i.e. His love. Powerful!
Jun 14
Nowhere should our joy as a people be more apparent than when we gather together each Sabbath in our sacrament meetings to worship the source of all joy!
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Jun 14
Membership in the Sumbuya (Sierra Leone) Branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has swelled from 7 people to 75 people over the past six months, and 144 attended sacrament meeting last Sunday. Photo is of Bros Lewis, Fatorma, and Gogra of the EQ presidency.
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Jun 14
The Segbwema Branch (Kenema Sierra Leone Stake) yesterday welcomed 10 new converts. The branch serves the towns of Segbwema (pop. 16,532) and Daru (pop. 5,958), plus some neighbouring small villages.
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Jun 14
The Akpan Anwa Branch (Aba Nigeria Ogbor Hill Stake) yesterday welcomed 14 new converts. Following the baptismal service, members and missionaries conducted a missionary fireside focused on uplifting investigators and new members.
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Jun 12
They lack the self-awareness to realise it, but the people shouting, 'Mormons aren't Christians', are the angry, blue-haired protestors of the religious world.
The vitriol is the same. The behaviour is the same. The motivation is the same. And the outcome is the same.
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Jun 12
I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times anyone was impolite to me during my 2-year mission. Most people were agnostic, followed by Congregational, Catholic, Anglican, and Unitarian. Catholics were often a bit fearful, but others offered us drinks and thanks.
Jun 11
Have you ever been physically assaulted while trying to share your Christian faith?
I have. And I would bet a TON of the LDS on this app have.
Many people on this app talk a big game, but how many of them have been literally physically assaulted while trying to take the gospel of Jesus Christ to the world?
This app is full of internet warriors who wonât even show their real names.
But those boys out there in white shirts and ties are the real deal.
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Jun 12
An elderly Evangelical approached us in a busy public square and started screaming about Jesus and Satan being brothers, etc. In the midst of his angry tirade, he clutched his chest and collapsed. After the ambulance took him away, another man said, âI donât think God likes himâ.
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Jun 12
Another Evangelical threatened to have us arrested. I urged him to ring the police chief. When he hesitated, I egged him on. When the man returned to the door, he said, âAlright, boys, youâve had your fun. Now scramâ. The police chief was our bishop and had told him to listen!
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Jun 10
Respectfully, we aren't afraid of your hell.
Because we have access to the power of Jesus Christ beyond your comprehension.
Jun 9
*One important caveat:
Both Islam and Mormonism are Christian heresies, but Mormonism is OUR Christian heresy.
Mormonism is distinctly American.
Apart from repentance, Mormons will go hell. And yet, if I raised my children in a Mormon neighborhood, they would have likely have the safest and happiest childhood imaginable.
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A mate bristled when I insisted sin creates sameness. Years later, he rang to apologise. Heâd tried the experiment and, like all others before him, had failed. True individuality is found only in Jesus Christ and His power to refine us. There are infinite ways to be righteous.
âUntil you have given up your self to Him you will not have a real self. Sameness is to be found most among the most ânaturalâ men, not among those who surrender to Christ.
âHow monotonously alike all the great tyrants and conquerors have been: how gloriously different are the saints.
âThe very first step is to try to forget about the self altogether. Your real, new self (which is Christâs and also yours, and yours just because it is His) will not come as long as you are looking for it. It will come when you are looking for Him.
âKeep back nothing. Nothing that you have not given away will be really yours. Nothing in you that has not died will ever be raised from the dead.
âLook for yourself, and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay. But look for Christ, and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in.â
âC.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
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Jun 9
I am more than ready to sing this song! Who is with me? youtu.be/HAG-5hObmU0?si=CnhH⌠via @YouTube
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