Church of Christ

my possible guesses for the meaning of this text. • it is a literal view of what it will be like before Jesus second coming of judgement. • It is about the hope of the coming of Christ • It is about the action needed before Christ coming again • It has something to do with eschatological theology and the idea of Christ coming to us again and again At this point I engaged others in the dialogue for help. First, I reached out to a mentor of mine with my eschatological idea. She affirmed my…

There are many ways a person could be driven to undertake a mission. Farah Ahmadi from The Other Side of the Sky was driven to undertake her mission because she wanted her and her mother to make it to Pakistan safely. Annie Johnson was driven to undertake her mission because she wanted to support her kids. Ernesto's from Barrio Boy was driven to undertake his mission because he was moved to America. Farah Ahmadi was driven to undertake her mission because she wanted her and her mother, the…

It was a typical warm and humid day in central Florida. There was a storm for-cast as usual, there was never a day without one. I sat there in my Mission President’s office waiting for my appointment with him. I had just gotten examined by the mission nurse and things were not looking good for my case of staying on my mission. My diagnosis was a severe case of Psoriasis, the most severe that the Missionary Department in Salt Lake City had ever seen in all the years of operation. Approximately…

I think that something a lot of ex-Mormons struggle with is realizing that yes, the LDS church can do some good. No organization is entirely good or entirely bad. And while I'm not going to be running to rejoin the church, its welfare model - which is community oriented and offers a strong sense of accountability - is worth looking at. Beyond that, a lot of what McArdle gets right are uncomfortable topics that people wish to avoid, as discussing them can get one labeled misogynist or racist. The…

One of the topics that was discussed in the chapter of Mormonism was polygamy. The founder of the Latter-day Saints is Joseph Smith, who was a polygamist himself. As a result, this influenced Mormons to become polygamist themselves because their founder was one as well. However, only men could take multiple wives whereas women could only have one husband. When the United States government threatened to take away the assets from Mormon churches the Latter-day Saints agreed to compromise with…

(Before I begin writing this essay, i just wanted to state that i do not know what the question exactly is, im going into this assuming that the question is, what drives people to undertake a mission.) What drives people to undertake a mission is the, determination. The recent events that happen will determine if a person will undertake a mission. For example, Farah Ahmedi had been determined to go on this mission to get out of Pakistan because of a man named Ghulam Ali. Before they had…

complexity of events, avoids matters that challenge or contradict Mormon myth, views the Mormons as good and their opponents as evil, and ignores the cultural context of the early church. One can see this exemplified in the discussions of the Nauvoo experience contained in the two leading modern histories of the church James B. Allen and Glen M. Leonard,…

wd been working at a service station for one year. When he was turned sixteen and obtained a driver's, license his grandfather decided to buy him a Plymouth 2. This gave him a way to go to his grocery store he worked at. When he was working at his job he was still able to take advanced classes that had overall helped him get into a good university. These classes include many different math courses such as algebra, algebra 2, advanced geometry, as well a physics. One of the biggest things that…

Growing up in a Southern Baptist home I didn’t hear much about plural marriages much until I got older and was able to read about it myself. In the last couple years it has just become an interest and I have always wanted to know more about it, not that I wanted to ever live by it. It just has always been interesting to me. How could one man keep up with so many women? In 1976 a young girl escaped the polygamous cult that was based in Utah. She grew up hiding her identity because polygamist was…

Introduction Polygamy is the act of having more than one spouse. Deviance is any behavior, belief or condition that violates significant social norms in the society or group in which it occurs (Kendall). It is most commonly practiced amongst Mormons in Utah, although it can happen elsewhere. There are different variations of the kinds of polygamist in America such as a family that does not conceal their status as a polygamist, compared to more secretive families who prefer more privacy.…