1Co 1:17* For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
1Co 1:18* For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
Ga 5:11* And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.
Ga 6:12* As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
Ga 6:14* But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
Eph 2:16* And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
Php 2:8* And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Php 3:18* (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
Col 1:20* And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
Col 2:14* Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
Heb 12:2* Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
The Apostle Paul celebrated the cross - mormons show us that they aren’t Christian by their rejection of the cross.
I had a Mormon co-worker who complained about Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” saying it was too bloody for her. I reminded her that the crucifixion was in reality quite gory. She responsed with something along the lines of “But they should never show that”. As I learned more about the teachings of Mormonism, her reaction seemed very true to her religion.
I wonder how Mormons explain:
“And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.”
Hebrews 9:22
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews%209:22&version=KJV