The Real Missionary Discussions

The LDS missionary discussions (of my mission) When I was a missionary, we had a series of six booklets, which we called the missionary discussions, which we had to memorize and then teach verbatim to our investigators, ideally over a period of three weeks, with one discussion given per visit. Each discussion came with a [...]

“Why do you call me a Christian when you believe in a Restoration?”

Tim, an evangelical Christian, recently asked this question in one of the comments of his blog, and it really struck me as pertinent. So, I ask any and all latter-day saints to offer your answer to this question: Why do we call them Christians when we believe in a restoration? While you mull over your [...]

Group worship in the church of Christ

Group worship prior to the resurrection of Jesus Christ: The pattern for communal/group worship of God before the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ was outlined in the law of Moses.  It was the system of offering sacrifices and burnt offering [Mosiah 2:3], called the “observances of the law”. It was expedient that these outward observances [...]