Roger Knecht » Latter-day Saint http://www.rogerknecht.com God, Family & Country Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:44:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Are the LDS leaving the faith? http://www.rogerknecht.com/2012/02/07/are-the-lds-leaving-the-faith/ http://www.rogerknecht.com/2012/02/07/are-the-lds-leaving-the-faith/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:30:54 +0000 rknecht http://www.rogerknecht.com/?p=18839

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Random House

On one hand, Mormons have long been respected for their work ethic, integrity and family values. They

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Neither White nor Black: http://signaturebookslibrary.org/?p=438

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LDS Media Library http://lds.org/media-library/images?lang=eng
LDS Newsroom http://newsroom.lds.org/
MLS Companion Database http://web.mac.com/marlo.steed/MemDbase/Welcome.html
Build Zion.com LDS Leadership items http://buildzion.com/index.php/LDS-Items
US Family Tree genealogy tools for descendancy surname research (9 generations for free or 15 with paid subscription) https://www.usfamilytree.com/
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Continue reading →]]> http://www.rogerknecht.com/2012/01/29/lds-resources-and-links/feed/ 0 John Whitmer left church, but kept testimony of Book of Mormon http://www.rogerknecht.com/2012/01/29/john-whitmer-left-church-but-kept-testimony-of-book-of-mormon/ http://www.rogerknecht.com/2012/01/29/john-whitmer-left-church-but-kept-testimony-of-book-of-mormon/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:16:30 +0000 rknecht http://www.rogerknecht.com/?p=18779 Daniel PetersonDefending the Faith

John Whitmer may be my favorite official witness to the Book of Mormon.

With the rest of the Eight Witnesses, he claimed to have “seen,” “handled” and “hefted” the golden plates in June 1829. Seven…

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Reprinted by permission from Temple and Cosmos, volume 12 in The Collected Works of Hugh Nibley (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book and FARMS, 1992), 1—41. – ORIGINAL POST

Recently in our family night, I was…

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Continue reading →]]> http://www.rogerknecht.com/2012/01/15/wolves-in-sheeps-clothing/feed/ 0 The Kolob Theorem http://www.rogerknecht.com/2012/01/08/the-kolob-theorem/ http://www.rogerknecht.com/2012/01/08/the-kolob-theorem/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:16:19 +0000 rknecht http://www.rogerknecht.com/?p=18449 The Kolob Theorem (PDF)
A Mormon’s View of God’s Starry Universe
Lynn M. Hilton, PhD, Author
With helpful additions by William M. Boushka, MD

TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND THE FUTURE GLORY OF MANKIND
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