I am so grateful for the understanding of who I am, why I am here and my eternal potential. Mark, the article is well written, thank you.
There is a concern I have. I feel we should avoid comparing. "Us" versus "them" does not build bridges, but barriers.
Alma taught " will ye persist in supposing that ye are better one than another; yea, will ye persist in the persecution of your brethren"
We are not better. We have learned truth that we rejoice in sharing, We can share truth without condemning a lack of understanding,
My hope is, articles, like this one, would present truths we learned, how we learned it and the value it has in our lives. As soon as we compare, we create a competitive tone; it hard to teach when the message feels confrontational.
Truth can build bridges, it should not build walls.
Earl ChantrillOctober 29, 2017
I have heard non-LDS Christians singing "I Am a Child of God" as if it were a part of their own theology. I think that lay Christians generally are more ready to accept this idea than are their ministers or other theological leaders.
Stephen SmithOctober 26, 2017
As a Bible believing born again Christian and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I think that although this is a good article in that it explains to Latter-day Saints what we believe, it would be better at speaking to orthodox Christians if there were Bible references to verses such as John 20:17, Romans 8:17, Hebrews 12:9 and others. Also, we need to be able to communicate to those of other faiths that we really do believe the Bible as a real witness to the divinity of Jesus Christ. If they think modern-day revelation contradicts the Bible, look no further than the creeds of Christendom.
MaureenOctober 25, 2017
And if we know we are children of God...and so is every other person on earth...how differently we might behave with our brothers and sisters!
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Steven MooreNovember 5, 2017
I am so grateful for the understanding of who I am, why I am here and my eternal potential. Mark, the article is well written, thank you. There is a concern I have. I feel we should avoid comparing. "Us" versus "them" does not build bridges, but barriers. Alma taught " will ye persist in supposing that ye are better one than another; yea, will ye persist in the persecution of your brethren" We are not better. We have learned truth that we rejoice in sharing, We can share truth without condemning a lack of understanding, My hope is, articles, like this one, would present truths we learned, how we learned it and the value it has in our lives. As soon as we compare, we create a competitive tone; it hard to teach when the message feels confrontational. Truth can build bridges, it should not build walls.
Earl ChantrillOctober 29, 2017
I have heard non-LDS Christians singing "I Am a Child of God" as if it were a part of their own theology. I think that lay Christians generally are more ready to accept this idea than are their ministers or other theological leaders.
Stephen SmithOctober 26, 2017
As a Bible believing born again Christian and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I think that although this is a good article in that it explains to Latter-day Saints what we believe, it would be better at speaking to orthodox Christians if there were Bible references to verses such as John 20:17, Romans 8:17, Hebrews 12:9 and others. Also, we need to be able to communicate to those of other faiths that we really do believe the Bible as a real witness to the divinity of Jesus Christ. If they think modern-day revelation contradicts the Bible, look no further than the creeds of Christendom.
MaureenOctober 25, 2017
And if we know we are children of God...and so is every other person on earth...how differently we might behave with our brothers and sisters!
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