Sharing the Gospel

The July 2008 edition of the Ensign's cover story is titled, "Sharing the Gospel Using the Internet" It was a good article, and it made me want to do a blog post on my feelings about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

If you are a regular reader of my blog, you know that I claim to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. If you are not a member of the church, and you want to learn about the church, that's great! Latter-Day Saints are not only willing but eager to share their faith with you.

To find out more about the LDS church, you could go to church any Sunday; visitors are welcome to church services. If you like using the internet to research things, you should go to http://www.lds.org/, the Church's official webiste, or http://www.mormon.org/, another helpful website. Or, here's another option: you could get your hands on a Book of Mormon and start reading it.

Latter-day saints are not trying to be secretive, exclusive, or mysterious. We're trying to be open with our beliefs and our lifestyle. If you want to learn about the LDS church, there are plenty of good, accurate sources about it around. But there's also some biased and/or misinformed information out there, too.

I think the best thing to do to learn about the LDS church is to set aside a few hours to sit down in a queit place with the Book of Mormon and read it and think about it.

Let me tell you that I believe that the Book of Mormon is true and that it testifies of Jesus Christ. I believe that the Book of Mormon and the Bible work together to teach humankind about the meaning of life, eternity, God, the way we ought to live, and all those other important, ever-present subjects. The Church has helped me understand my relationship with Jesus Christ. The Church has given me the holy ordinances, like baptism and confirmation, I need to be saved in the kingdom of heaven.

Best of luck to you in your search for truth.

Sincerely,
Telemoonfa