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Sacred records bear testimony of the Savior and lead us to Him. The holy scriptures are the word of God given to us for our salvation. The scriptures are essential in receiving a testimony of Jesus Christ and His gospel. The scriptures given to us by God in these latter days are the Old Testament, the New Testament, the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price. These sacred records bear testimony of the Savior and lead us to Him. That is why great prophets like Enos cried unto the Lord in faith to preserve...

The first step toward being able to go to a Mormon temple is an interview with the "ward bishop" (roughly equivalent to a parish priest). During this interview a Mormon is questioned by the bishop to see if he has been faithful in his commitment to the teachings and ordinances of the Mormon church. The questions cover a variety of subjects, including his tithing track record; use of alcohol, tobacco, or caffeine; sexual immorality; and any failures to adhere to church doctrines and disciplines. If the applicant has had difficulties in any of these areas, he will not receive a...

Who owns the past? More specifically, who owns the people of the past? That's what's at the root of a new worldwide policy of the Roman Catholic Church which forbids access to parish records to Mormons. What are parish records? They are the ledgers and histories of Catholic congregations which record such things as births, baptisms, marriages and deaths. In many countries and communities, they are the only records of who lived where when. In many countries, they are the only way to trace one's family tree and identify one's ancestors. They often are the only records which have been...

The Catholic Church has ordered dioceses across the globe not to give information in parish registers to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Vatican Congregation for Clergy issued a letter directing all Catholic bishops to keep LDS members from microfilming and digitizing information in registers, according to the Catholic News Service. CNS reported the Vatican had "grave reservations" about the LDS Church's practice of posthumous baptisms by proxy, a practice in which the names of the deceased are baptized into the LDS faith so that they may be united in the afterlife with LDS families,...

The Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints does not view the atonement of Christ in the biblical and historical Christian manner. Instead of the atonement occurring on the cross, Mormonism teaches that the atonement occurred primarily in the Garden of Gethsemane when Jesus shed His blood. Please consider the following quotes from a BYU professor and the Mormon apostle Bruce McConkie. BYU professor Robert J. Matthews, who on page 282 of his book, A Bible! A Bible!, wrote, “It was in Gethsemane, on the slopes of the Mount of Olives, that Jesus made his perfect atonement by the shedding...

At some point, they will examine this as a colossal failure of both law enforcement and journalism. The raid on the polygamist ranch in Texas. What we've learned thus far is that the rules no longer apply. The police no longer need probable cause and the reporters no longer need attribution and evidence. These people rape children, and 13-year-olds are bearing the children of men old enough to be their grandfathers. That is the story, and it is being repeated over and over without attribution or substantiation. It is accepted as fact – incendiary, provocative fact – without question or...

I know polygamists. They’re not devils. They’re Americans. Some of them are good, some of them are bad. But they’re all Americans. And Americans have rights. Even in Texas. But somehow that all went out the window yesterday as all-powerful social workers decided that every single child at the polygamist village in Eldorado was a ward of the state. All 401 have been taken out of their homes, away from their mothers and fathers, and are going to be farmed out across the state to foster homes. Little kids, who’ve lived and learned among their own, will be torn away...

Sorry, Barack, it doesn't wash. Your elderly white grandmother being afraid of black men who pass her on the street is not the moral equivalent of your pastor saying that black people should pray that God will “damn America.” Your claim that you winced when your white grandmother bought into racial stereotypes does not excuse you for spending your entire adult life in the pews of a man who claims that white people in the United States government invented AIDS to “genocide” black people. And the fact that your genealogy is racially diverse doesn't change the fact that since you...

Your are bidding on a .jpg file of the image shown. Thats right - I'll email it right to your emailbox. Use it was wallpaper or better yet, print it, laminate it and make placemats for the table and flop em under the kids soup. Makes a good teaching aid in the dangers of childhood obesity, public education, politics, and social welfare programs. As your family enjoys this low quality .jpg for years to come...share with them some interesting facts about the model. For years, he attended a small Church where I had the good fortune of being his pastor,...

The New Hampshire Republican Party announced Saturday that it will no longer support a Republican candidate’s forum scheduled for Sunday on FOX. Party officials decided to withdraw as co-sponsers after candidates California Rep. Duncan Hunter and Texas Rep. Ron Paulwere left uninvited. Hunter posted only tiny percentage in Iowa disqualifying him under the criteria set by FOX, but remains in the race. Having never received an initial invitation, Paul’s capture of 10% in Iowa Thursday, still did not convince organizers to allow his participation. New Hampshire Republican Party Chairman Fergus Cullen released a statement Saturday making the separation official. “The...

For 30 years they've been breaking into John O'Connor's place. They come in the night, when no one's around, and they steal parts and tools. Over the years, he figures, he's lost about a quarter of a million dollars. That's a lot of money when you're a mechanic making a living fixing people's cars and fishing usable parts out of a scrap yard. It's an awful lot of money. And it's an awful lot of lawlessness. John lives and does business in the hamlet of Honeoye, in the town of Richmond, in Ontario County, New York. It's a small place,...

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(Rochester, N.Y.) - A 49-year old man went into the Dollar Tree Store at South Clinton (knife in hand) to rob the store Friday. The clerk couldn’t open the register and a fight broke out between the clerk and the suspect. Several customers tried to help and chased the suspect down Clinton towards Karges Street. The suspect emerged at South Clinton and Goodman. Meantime, Rochester's mayor serendipitously pulled off 490 at Goodman, when Officer Bob Brady passed Mayor Duffy’s car, gun drawn, chasing the suspect. When Duffy saw the weapon, he broke out of his car and chased down the...

(Rochester, N.Y.) -- A woman’s account of a scene at the Greater Rochester International Airport has touched off a call for the Pentagon to change some policies. The woman, from Dansville, said she saw a soldier's casket come down a luggage belt, where it was loaded into a cart with other baggage. Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks has asked the federal Department of Defense to change the way the caskets of fallen soldiers are handled. “It was treated like a suitcase and we think that's unacceptable. We don't think any member of the military should be treated in that fashion,...

(Gates, N.Y.) An 80-year-old priest has been charged with sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl. The Rev. John Steger is a priest at St. Jude the Apostle Church on Lyell Road. He's charged with two counts of sexual abuse and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. Police said the alleged inappropriate touching happened at the church rectory, where the girl was doing chores. Police said the girl told her parents, who contacted police. The alleged abuse happened once at the end of April and once at the beginning of May. In a statement, the Roman Catholic Diocese of...

(Greece, NY) 11/07/05-- Over the weekend, vandals painted hate language on the outside of Lakeshore Community Church in Greece for the second time in less than six months. Associate Pastor Herb Lawrence said that the church serves as a polling place Tuesday, and Wednesday, the Red Cross is scheduled to hold a blood drive there. Strangers will enter the church and see the hate messages because there just isn't enough time to remove it. Facility Manager Bob Edwards was the first to find the hate paint early Sunday morning, when the paint was still wet. The church is a bit...

Monroe County District Attorney Michael Green is taking the extraordinary step of suing an Irondequoit town judge. The issue is whether the judge's ruling in a DWI case has the potential of letting drunken drivers off the hook. It happens every night. Police pull over a motorist suspected of drunk driving. Along with the officer's own observations, and field sobriety tests, police use a breathalyzer, a chemical breath test machine, to determine a person's blood alcohol level. But how accurate are they and how often are the machines recalibrated? Irondequoit town justice John DeMarco has ruled that documents put into...

I like big Bibles I can not lie, You Christian brothers can't deny, When a girl walks in with a KJV And a bookmark in proverbs, You get stoked. It got a name engraved, you know this girl has been saved It looks like one of those large ones, With plenty of space in the margins, Oh baby, I want to read it with you, Because your Bible has got pictures, My minister tried to console me, But the book you've got makes me so Holy.

I had a surreal moment this past weekend and kindly ask your prayers directed to the family mentioned. I didnt catch their names but Im confident that God in His infinite glory, knows them, as He knows all of His children.I had taken my 16 yr olds rock band to play at a "youth" show, at a Lake Ontario waterfront bar. There werent many kids there, and it was a lovely Saturday, so I thought that while he played, I would walk the pier. The Rochester waterfront is under a renovation of sorts and regardless of the politics, it is...

Prayers appreciated for my Mom - she's been battling diverticulitis for several weeks that finally absessed. Kidneys were failing now improving, White blood count slowly declining - second cat scan today, to determine if it has shrunk - if not, they will remove & colostomy or shunt & drain. Also a diabetic in denial - which is not helping She's a faithful old school Catholic, hard tempered, independent and stubbornPrayers for her comfort, pain & peace - most of all, The Fathers will be done.Thanks all Rev911