Title: Mormonism
Series: The Elephant in the Room (5 of 6)
Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:3-4
Author: Dr. Joey Rodgers
If you're just joining us, we're in a series comparing the tenets of Christianity w/ those of the other 4,200 religions/cults. As I've stated from the start, this series isn't to condemn or speak condescendingly of another faith, but to clarify our differences to help us to engage people of other faiths as well as to grow in our faith.
Over the past few weeks, we've looked at the beliefs of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Catholicism - today/next week, I want us to turn our attention to (2) of the more influential cults in our community.
Definition: a cult refers to a non-orthodox religious group that has a devotion to a person, object, or set of new ideas often marked by a sense of exclusivity and secrecy. A couple of typical traits found in a cult are:
-A Newer Prophet - by some unique revelation, the founder has discovered a better way than that of orthodoxy - allowing the leader to claim to be sent by God to lead this new true religion.
-A Better Way - they claim they've been given a special revelation from God superior to the Bible and orthodoxy that explains what the Bible is really trying to say - and this writing always supersedes the Bible in authority.
WTM - today we're going to discuss Mormonism - also known as the Church of JC of Latter-Day Saints. Today is a challenging topic b/c most of us know someone who is a Mormon and we know them to be kind, conservative, God-fearing people - who often consider themselves to be Christians - yet their true core beliefs are far, far from Biblical Christianity.
I The BEGINNING of Mormonism
The saga of Mormonism began in 1820 when a 14-yr old boy, named Joseph Smith, Jr. purportedly had a vision in which (2) celestial beings appeared to him. In his exchange w/ these beings, he asked which Christian denomination he should join and they told him that all existing churches were ...
Series: The Elephant in the Room (5 of 6)
Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:3-4
Author: Dr. Joey Rodgers
If you're just joining us, we're in a series comparing the tenets of Christianity w/ those of the other 4,200 religions/cults. As I've stated from the start, this series isn't to condemn or speak condescendingly of another faith, but to clarify our differences to help us to engage people of other faiths as well as to grow in our faith.
Over the past few weeks, we've looked at the beliefs of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Catholicism - today/next week, I want us to turn our attention to (2) of the more influential cults in our community.
Definition: a cult refers to a non-orthodox religious group that has a devotion to a person, object, or set of new ideas often marked by a sense of exclusivity and secrecy. A couple of typical traits found in a cult are:
-A Newer Prophet - by some unique revelation, the founder has discovered a better way than that of orthodoxy - allowing the leader to claim to be sent by God to lead this new true religion.
-A Better Way - they claim they've been given a special revelation from God superior to the Bible and orthodoxy that explains what the Bible is really trying to say - and this writing always supersedes the Bible in authority.
WTM - today we're going to discuss Mormonism - also known as the Church of JC of Latter-Day Saints. Today is a challenging topic b/c most of us know someone who is a Mormon and we know them to be kind, conservative, God-fearing people - who often consider themselves to be Christians - yet their true core beliefs are far, far from Biblical Christianity.
I The BEGINNING of Mormonism
The saga of Mormonism began in 1820 when a 14-yr old boy, named Joseph Smith, Jr. purportedly had a vision in which (2) celestial beings appeared to him. In his exchange w/ these beings, he asked which Christian denomination he should join and they told him that all existing churches were ...
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