Documenting the acts of all 104 modern day apostles. Thomas B Marsh to Clark G Gilbert. Currently working on Apostle #62 Spencer W Kimball
St George Utah
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I should probably introduce myself. And let people know where I stand in regards to the gospel of Jesus Christ. I want there to be no mistake.
I am Bryan Summers. I am 49 years old. I'll tell a little of my history and then bare my testimony. Below I'm on my favorite trail in the world. The Timberline Trail on Mt Hood.
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President Oaks is a true prophet. Studying his words invites the spirit of God. Taking his words seriously and studying them, even when I don't immediately agree, changes me for the better. It strengthens my resolve to love and obey God, and to love and serve my neighbor.
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So I have mentioned before how because of my CES friends I was privy to the effort the church made to build bridges with evangelicals and lower the temperature of the debate between us in the 90s and early 00s. Despite all the initial cautious optimism, the outcome was...disappointing let us say. It became clear that they didn't just disagree with us, they opposed us vigorously.
I have no inside information since then, but it seems to me we are seeing two results of that outcome. The first, a greater outreach to Catholics and religions that are less hostile to us, and second a greater emphasis on the freedom of religion.
On the first day of a 10-day ministry, Elder Ulisses Soares (@Ulisses__Soares) met on Monday with civic and global religious leaders in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Pope Leo XIV joined the gathering at San Martin Palace as part of his official papal visit to South America. Elder Soares, a native of Brazil, will also visit Paraguay.
Follow Church Newsroom for updates.
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I’m guessing the Elder was wondering is this a gift? Is the Salty Protestant showing me his own copy of the Bible?
That would account for the Elder’s question
The Salty Protestant assumed that meant he had never heard of the Bible before.
This is false. I know Mormons personally. When given a Bible, one of them asked me what it was. They had never seen one — and they were an elder in the church.
They do not believe the same gospel.
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LDS members including elders study the Bible as one of the four standard works of scripture. Seminary and Sunday School use a four-year rotating curriculum covering the Old and New Testaments.
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I wrote a letter to Oaks once. I learned that we were 3rd cousins so I wrote and asked if that was close enough to have him seal my wife and I in the Salt Lake Temple. 😂
He didn’t write back… he called me! He congratulated me on our engagement and upcoming marriage. He explained that as apostles the were asked to seal immediate family members only as they have sealers called to do this. He then chatted with me for about 15 minutes and asked what my career plans were, where I served a mission, etc. I love this man.
Hot take that is going to make some people mad.
Going My Way was absolutely the correct choice to win the 1944 Oscars. That film is a masterpiece. The academy made the correct choice.
Double Indemnity is good as well. One of the best. Just not better than Going My Way.
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My only real contribution to the Mormon discourse is this story
years ago I worked with a Mormon guy who came back from a few days off because his wife had a child
I asked what they named the lad
him: "Hinckley"
me: "like the guy who shot Reagan?"
Him: "wait, what"
and that's how we each learned the name of a famous Hinckley that day
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Unity wins…
“Friendship is one of the grand fundamental principles of ‘Mormonism’; [it is designed] to revolutionize and civilize the world, and cause wars and contentions to cease and men to become friends and brothers.”
Joseph Smith
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I am a BYU grad who married a Utah man who knows my love of flyovers. He just sent me this from the stadium before today’s BYU-Utah game. Might be the last time we communicate for a while 😆
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For the people calling for the murder and imprisonment of Latter-day Saints,
Don’t.
We may be Americas last hope.
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I have a sister-in-law at the MTC.
Elder Gong spoke at the devotional tonight.
He happened to walk past her, shook her hand, and she thanked him for speaking to (L.)
He said “that’s your sister?”
She said, “yeah!”
He said “tell her I said hi.”
She said, “I will.”
He said, “No. Make sure you tell her I said hi! She’s a special young lady.”
Now her bf - who he also spoke with before - is going to get baptized?!
Elder Gong, is about to be in our family lore for eternity 😂😂😂😂😂😂
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Sometimes, I wonder if Social Media itself is (one of the possible interpretations of) the great and spacious building.
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Bit of a touchy subject, but I think members should take this seriously. The church has made a point of bringing it up repeatedly. Elder Cook has been beating this drum since 2012. Yesterday's video is here: newsroom.churchofjesuschrist…
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Well, I've decided to change my X handle to my Christian name and us my actual photo in the profile picture.
If Elder Cook says it is wise to not be anonymous, I wanna follow him.
I do plan on starting up stories about the apostles soon.
