Latter Day Truths

By: LD Truths
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  • This blog is a record of my observations and resultant questions -- my SINCERE questions -- accompanying them. It is about the truth, "let it come from whence it may." Let the chips fall how they will.
    Copyright 2023 LD Truths
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Episodes
  • Episode 6: 2/6/22 -- Part 1 of a 3 part series -- Does “the one true church” have a membership recruitment/convert baptism problem?

    Episode 6: 2/6/22 -- Part 1 of a 3 part series -- Does “the one true church” have a membership recruitment/convert baptism problem?
    Feb 7 2022
    (As you listen to this podcast, I’d like you to imagine that you’re a manager, and you have a team of people who are assigned to work on a specific project. How is your team doing? If they’re struggling, why? For how long? Finally, what can be done to straighten out your team (with at least a modest sense of urgency)? I look forward to reading your observations in the comments.) “Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.” “preach my gospel unto every creature who has not received it” If ever there was a charge given to the church, it’s to go into the world and take the gospel to every creature. Pres. Oaks said, “To proclaim the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ is a fundamental principle of the Christian faith.” It’s also a responsibility which squarely rests upon the shoulders of the Twelve: “I give unto you my servant Brigham Young to be a president over the Twelve traveling council;Which Twelve hold the keys to open up the authority of my kingdom upon the four corners of the earth, and after that to send my word to every creature.” “The responsibility to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ to all the world is explicitly given to those who were called and ordained Apostles of the Lord.” In implementing this directive, the Lord charged His servants to “seek not the things of this world but seek ye first to build up the kingdom of God.” That means whatever pertains to this world – no matter what it is – doesn’t hold a candle to building God’s kingdom. That’s why Pres. Benson said, “Preaching the saving principles of the gospel has ever been a great responsibility of first importance.” So, how is that “Go ye into all the world,” “Preach the gospel to every creature” and baptize directive going?
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    12 mins
  • Episode 5: 1/31/22 -- How King Noah's Administration and today's church Brethren are reading off the same exact script

    Episode 5: 1/31/22 -- How King Noah's Administration and today's church Brethren are reading off the same exact script
    Feb 1 2022
    In May 2016, a blogger named "James" wrote a fascinating, well-written post. Entitled "kingnoahsnewsroom.org," this fictional/satire piece is a mock translation of a recently discovered Nephite metalwork containing the non-scriptural, yet officially sanctioned, writings of a spokesman for King Noah's court named Grima, carbon-dated to 150 BC. I've tried reaching James to see if I can re-post this here, but there's no way to reach him, and the blog has lain dormant for almost two years. What's interesting is that it brings a modern-day perspective into the story of Amulek and Alma. One of our weaknesses as a species is that we frequently fail to learn from the lessons of the past. Here's a story which will help you learn those lessons, and more importantly, help you spot their repetition in our day... (I have kept James's original text -- found here -- intact without change, except that I have broken up his paragraphs to make them a bit more readable).
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    12 mins
  • Episode 4: 1/27/22 -- Jan. 2022: When the Church of Russell M. Nelson of Latter-day Saints became more emboldened in its worship: Four examples in one month alone.

    Episode 4: 1/27/22 -- Jan. 2022: When the Church of Russell M. Nelson of Latter-day Saints became more emboldened in its worship: Four examples in one month alone.
    Jan 28 2022
    As I wondered in my last post, why is it that the Church isn't mentioning God, his gifts, powers and promises, in any of their mentions regarding Covid? Now you know: We have "a prophet" (which, parenthetically, has not prophesied one thing that I'm aware of). A prophet whose words outrank those of Joseph Smith's. When he points, it's with power. When he speaks, it's as if you are hearing Jesus Christ. And as long as he lives, you should follow him, not God. It's clear to me that Elder Nelson wants to be positioned to a status that's on-par with Jesus Christ. Otherwise, he would be condemning such exalted descriptions and examples of him. Here's what the Lord said about such people: "For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted." And what about those who follow -- and encourage others to follow -- such man-made gods? Here's the Lord again: "They seek not the Lord to establish his righteousness, but every man walketh in his own way, and after the image of his own god, whose image is in the likeness of the world, and whose substance is that of an idol, which waxeth old and shall perish in Babylon, even Babylon the great, which shall fall." And Nephi: "Cursed is he that putteth his trust in man, or maketh flesh his arm, or shall hearken unto the precepts of men, save their precepts shall be given by the power of the Holy Ghost." And Pres. Kimball: "Whatever thing a man sets his heart and his trust in most is his god; and if his god doesn't also happen to be the true and living God of Israel, that man is laboring in idolatry." January continues to be a month in which church members are celebrating the transcendence that is Russell M Nelson. Here are four examples of where the church's "prophet," even Russell Marion Nelson, allowed members to put him on a plane that supersedes Joseph Smith and is on-par with God.
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    10 mins

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