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Christ Centered Latter Day Saint • Dad • Defender of Zion
Apr 23 10 tweets 2 min read
Patterns of Personal Apostasy 🧵
President Dallin H. Oaks
April 2024 Leadership Training Image Apostasy refers to a person’s abandonment of the most fundamental, most basic religious beliefs such as belief in God or the restoration of priesthood authority.
Patterns of personal apostasy include the following:
Sep 14, 2022 14 tweets 3 min read
I am convinced that the reason the #cesletter is successful in getting people to leave the Church is not b/c of the arguments it makes, but instead because of something called "information overload". Information overload is a real phenomenon where information is presented in such a way that it outpaces the ability of an individual to process and handle the information.
Sep 13, 2022 5 tweets 2 min read
Isaiah 18
The Ensign must be raised, swift messengers sent, and Mount Zion established before the time of harvest and destruction of the wicked. So what are the Ensign, who are the swift messengers, and where is Mount Zion?
#ComeFollowMe The Ensign
D&C 45:9 identifies the Ensign as the everlasting covenant and the standard of God's people Israel. This covenant is the Abrahamic covenant. This is what both the Gentiles and Israel will seek and which will bless ALL the nations of the earth.
Aug 18, 2022 14 tweets 7 min read
The AP version of the Adams story is a clear case of media ignoring or burying relevant facts to present a narrative that gets clicks. Here is why the Church was right to call out the article for inaccurate reporting.
Long 🧵 The AP and Detective Edwards assumed that there was a preexisting counseling relationship and the confession came from that. In reality, Adams made a limited disclosure and then Bishop Herrod started the counseling him and his wife.