Category Archive

Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “ordinances”

Duality and Divinity

FireTag September 3, 2010community of christ, eternity, Holy Ghost, LDS, Mormon, ordinances, plan of salvation, religion, science, theology 23 Comments

In both theology and religion, there is a concept called “dualism”, which — to avoid confusion later — I’ll note now has nothing much to …

Baptism of Fire and the Holy Ghost

guest July 17, 2010baptism, Holy Ghost, ordinances 29 Comments

Guest Post by Jared The objective of all who are baptized by water should be to receive the baptism of the Spirit. Otherwise, our baptism …

Circumcision Rock & Roll

Bored in Vernal May 13, 2010LDS lessons, Mormon, ordinances, scripture, symbols 21 Comments

OT SS Lesson #18 The advantage of blogging the SS lessons instead of teaching them is that I get to cover the chapters that are totally skipped …

Pharisaical Observation

Jeff Spector May 11, 2010doctrine, Jews, Mormons, obedience, ordinances, orthodox, religion, righteousness, salvation, spiritual progression, theology, time management, Word of Wisdom 30 Comments

I wrote a post some time ago on whether they Pharisees were given a bad rap in the New Testament. It can be found here. …

After Action Report: The Community of Christ Did WHAT?

FireTag April 21, 2010apostles, baptism, christianity, church, community of christ, conference, feminism, gay, homosexuality, Jesus, marriage, Mormon, Mormons, ordinances, Priesthood, prophets, resolutions, restoration, revelation, RLDS, sacrament, sacrament meeting, sexuality, social justice, theology 29 Comments

Headline in the Independence Examiner for Thursday, April 15, 2010: “Delegation Takes No Action on Human Sexuality Issues: Church Will Continue Dialogue.” Headline by John …

Squaring the Circle, balance and ideals

Brian Johnston January 29, 2010doctrine, eternity, history, metaphor, Mormon, mormon, Mormons, mysticism, ordinances, religion, restoration, temple, theology, thought 34 Comments

A discussion of Squaring the Circle, a geometric puzzle.

CoC to tackle Major Issues at April Conference: Gay Marriage & Baptism

FireTag January 20, 2010christ, christianity, community of christ, doctrine, gay, homosexuality, inter-faith, Mormon, news, ordinances, prophets, revelation, RLDS, scripture 24 Comments

This is the second guest Post from FireTag, a member of the Community of Christ (formerly known as RLDS). As he mentioned in his previous …

Think for yourself or not – that is the question .Cognitive Dissonance 1

James January 9, 2010accountability, apostasy, apostles, Bloggernacle, book of mormon, Charity, Culture, curiosity, doctrine, doubt, faith, General Authorities, history, LDS, Leaders, Logic, Mormon, Mormons, obedience, ordinances, questioning, revelation, Scriptural translation, tesimony, thought 70 Comments

In the Shadow of the Temple by Guest

guest December 22, 2009apologetics, apostasy, apostles, baptism, Bloggernacle, book of mormon, burdens, christianity, church, cinema, Culture, curiosity, depression, Discrimination, doctrine, doubt, education, faith, families, Folklore, General Authorities, Happiness, historicity, LDS, Leaders, liberal, Logic, marriage, media, Mormon, mormon, obedience, ordinances, polygamy, questioning, resignation, righteousness, spiritual progression, temple, tesimony 283 Comments

A close friend of mine who wishes to remain anonymous recently saw in the shadow of the temple his story follows: In October, I was …

Brother Brigham Brother Young

James December 6, 2009abuse, adultery, Anti-Mormon, apostasy, apostles, baptism, blacks, burdens, Charity, christianity, church, Culture, curiosity, death, depression, Discrimination, doubt, eternity, excommunication, faith, historicity, LDS, Leaders, marriage, media, Mormon, Mormons, obedience, ordinances, polygamy, Priesthood, prophets, race, repentance, salvation, tesimony, thought, Utah, women 6 Comments

Recently I drove up Little Cottonwood Canyon with my brother and nephew. This is the canyon in which many of your ancestors pulled out the …

A Baptism for the Dead Dilemma

Jeff Spector October 28, 2009baptism, LDS, love, Mormon, ordinances, plan of salvation, religion, salvation, temple 41 Comments

Last January 2009, I wrote a piece “Stop Baptizing Our Dead.” I spoke about groups who objected to the LDS Church baptizing the dead that …

What Bothers Me, and Why I Still Believe

AdamF June 3, 2009book of mormon, doubt, faith, families, General Conference, God, historicity, Logic, marriage, mormon, ordinances, questioning, religion, sacrament, scripture, seminary, spirituality, temple, testimony, thought 120 Comments

I am an active member of the church, and a believer. I am well aware of most of the controversial issues (Book of Abraham, DNA, …

History of Baptism/Mikvah

Mormon Heretic April 24, 2009baptism, christ, christianity, church, history, ordinances, religion 20 Comments

Since my last post was quite speculative and controversial, I thought I’d go for a change of pace and talk about something we’re all familiar …

Consecrating our Illness

Arthur March 19, 2009faith, Mormon, ordinances, prayer, Priesthood, scripture 9 Comments

I was sick over the bitterest month of the winter. It was just one grueling, annoying, or depressing illness after another. First it was a …

Big Love -Big News

James March 10, 2009abuse, adultery, Anti-Mormon, apologetics, apostasy, baptism, Bloggernacle, book of mormon, burdens, Charity, children, christ, christianity, church, Culture, curiosity, Discrimination, diversity, doubt, education, faith, families, fear, FLDS, general, God, Happiness, history, inter-faith, Jesus, joseph, marriage, media, meetings, Mormon, Mormons, movies, news, obedience, ordinances, orthodox, polygamy, Priesthood, prophets, religion, resignation, RLDS, salvation, scripture, spirituality, television, temple, testimony, theology, thought, Utah, women 33 Comments

Baptism Rant

guest February 17, 2009Asides, baptism, children, christ, christianity, church, Culture, curiosity, doubt, faith, Jesus, LDS, mercy, Mormon, mormon, Mormons, obedience, ordinances, questioning, religion, repentance, scripture, theology, thought 29 Comments

Today’s post is by guest blogger The Teacher.