What Mormons Believe

Since few Christians understand Mormonism, I'll take this opportunity to educate us all about Mormon beliefs.

Mormon beliefs are formulated from five main sources:

1. The Book of Mormon
2. The Doctrine and Covenants
3. The Pearl of Great Price
4. The King James Bible (the average Mormon doesn't trust the Bible, but only Joseph Smith's "inspired" translation of it.)
5. Living Mormon apostles and prophets, especially the Mormon church president

As a Christian, my beliefs are based solely on the inerrant Word of God. (2 Timothy 3:16, Hebrews 4:12)

In Mormon theology, Jesus is not God incarnate, the eternal Creator, who was begotten by the Holy Spirit. Mormons deny the Trinity and believe that Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit are three separate gods.

Instead of teaching that Jesus is our immortal God who became man, the LDS church teaches Jesus is a mortal man who became a god and showed that all men can do the same.

This is not the Jesus of the Bible!

I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.

Galatians 1:6-9

This is exactly what Joseph Smith did. He said that an "angel" clothed in light that gave him "another testament".

(Reference: World Religions in a Nutshell by Ray Comfort)

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Can Girls Wear Faux Hawks?

I am not responsible for this look.

I didn't do it. No, really.
But I did laugh my head off at it.

And there's nothing wrong laughing at babies. No, really.

A New iPad (& More) Giveaway!

Remember this sweetie?
Well, I finally have good news! She is being adopted!

And this precious girlie is also being adopted!

But this adorable boy? He isn't being adopted. (Yet!) In fact, not a single inquiry has ever been made for him. This breaks my heart. I hope it breaks yours too. When our hearts are broken, we are motivated to act.

And act we must.

Patti, who hosted the big giveaway for Olga, which resulted in over $12,000 being donated to her adoption grant, is hosting another GIGANTIC giveaway. And I mean GIGANTIC! Look at all you can win by donating to these sweet children.

Which Is It?

1. I'm way too easily entertained.
2. This really is hilarious.

You choose.

My Boy & How He Breaks My Heart

I love to tease my Isaac. I walk up behind him, whip around him, and just start smooching all over his face. Embarrasses him, but he secretly loves it. I know this.

Yesterday, I made a joke and was totally cracking myself up. I said: Oh Isaac, you'll never meet a woman as funny as I am.

He raised his eyebrows and made a face like he wasn't so sure. Can you believe that? Then he leaned over to Maya and whispered something in her ear, laughing.

Maya, of course, never keeps his secrets (I think he knows this), so as soon as I ask: What did he say?!?, Isaac dashes out of the room laughing.

"He said he already has."

Naturally I was crushed. Surely I'm still the queen in his life and he was merely joking. Right?

For about a month, I was working out daily with Isaac. I loved it. Isaac loves anything that builds his muscles and I loved the time with him. One day I said: Isaac, you ready? Let's workout!

He acts like he's been keeping a secret from me and can't figure a way out. He shrugs his shoulders and nonchalantly says: Nah. I don't want to.

What?!?

No thanks, mom.

What's going on, Isaac? Why don't you want to work out with me?

He's stifling a grin now, but keeps quiet. (He's good at this.)

I won't belabor this, but this went on for a few minutes before I finally got him to tell me the truth:

"I don't need to lose weight!"

Oh man, I did not take that well. So I'm no longer funny and I'm a fatty.

It was too much for this old fuddy duddy.

I wept for days.

Book Review: Unplanned

I received this book from Tyndale House Publishers for my honest review.

I learned so much from this book and I couldn't put it down. I was totally enraptured learning how this girl raised in a pro-life family was persuaded to volunteer for Planned Parenthood and eventually worked her way up to clinic director. The whole time, Abby Johnson, tells her story from her perspective at the time. Because her parents were pro-life, but never talked much about it at home, she grew up not able to defend her supposed pro-life stance. Thus, she was easily talked into the volunteer position. She was told that Planned Parenthood's goal has always been to make abortions rare. Because she firmly believed what she was told, she never questioned the abortions that happened every week.

She truly believed that she was caring for and helping women. It's what made her so passionate about her job with Planned Parenthood for the eight years she worked there. She was deceived. And she deceived many women as a result.

It wasn't until the day she was asked to assist with a sonogram-guided abortion, that she realized the truth. That day, she left her clinic and went straight to the Coalition for Life, the pro-life group right down the street. She switched sides. Her eyes were opened to the awful truth of what she had participated in and she switched sides. Her story is amazing.

Just So You Know

I have writer's block. I sit down wanting to blog, and nothing. I have two books that I've read and need to review (and I even liked them both), but I'm not in the mood.

I've been completely consumed with reading adoption blogs lately. Several friends of mine are in the process of adopting and I've stumbled upon several amazing adoption blogs. Reading about children being redeemed from a life without hope absolutely makes my day. I love reading the stories of these children who are neglected and treated as worthless, being chosen and redeemed and loved.

It also reminds me of the first year with our adoptees. How many dumb mistakes I made. How ignorant I was. Oh how I wish I could rewind and just snuggle with them and read to them and call that school. Why was I in such a hurry to catch these kids up academically? They needed to know love. They needed to know family. They needed to know Jesus. Not history. Not science. Not math. All that could wait! They needed love.

I have learned so much since our adoption. The ransom we raised to redeem our precious Maya, Isaac, and Daniel, wasn't to free them from a life without schooling. We were freeing them from a life without hope!

If you have adopted, are in the process of adopting, or want to adopt in the future, please stay focused on the goal. The goal is to give these children hope, love, and a family.

Everything else is gravy.

Truly,