Why Celebrate Christmas?

Title: Why Celebrate Christmas?

Text: Joshua 4:4-7, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, Romans 14:5-6

Time: December 25th, 2011

 

 

Today is Christmas and millions around the world are remembering the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem two thousand years ago. It’s a unique Sunday because Christmas falls on a Sunday. Some large churches have canceled services, while most are having the regular Sunday service, only maybe an abbreviated version, in order to let families visit and be together today. As we gather today for Christmas church let’s remember the reason why we celebrate Christmas. Not all Christians have deliberately celebrated the birth of Jesus with a special holiday. After all, if you remember, the Puritans – those first Christian settlers to North America – didn’t formally celebrate the Christmas season. They abstained from it for spiritual purposes, believe it or not. What was their problem with Christmas? To understand their logic you have to understand the scene in Europe at the time. Puritans were called “puritans” because they sought a pure form of biblical Christianity without all the traditional trappings the established church brought to the Christian faith. In other words, they were reformers of the Christian faith who felt it was important to limit Christianity to only what the Bible specifically taught, nothing more. In Europe at the time most of Christianity was operating under a state church system, meaning, that each country had it’s own official state Christian church. For example, in England there was the Anglican Church. In Spain, there was the Roman Catholic. In Norway, Sweden and other Northern European countries, Lutheranism was the official state church. And these state churches controlled the public expression of Christianity, including how Christmas was celebrated. The Puritans rejected these ideas.  For them, Christmas was a time, yes, to remember the birth of the Savior Jesus Christ, but in a simple, modest way. The feast days and holiday celebrations of the established churches had gotten out of hand, out of control in their revelry and indulgence. Now what true Christian today can’t sympathize with our Puritan forefathers in their criticism of overdoing Christmas celebrations? Don’t we see this happening all the time today, although in a new, modern way? The overly commercialization of Christmas, the extra secular trappings constantly added year-after-year, the strong link between Christmas gift-giving and materialism and consumerism, the emphasis on celebrating the celebration rather than the reason for the season, Jesus. Yes, if our Puritan forerunners were here today they’d probably vote all the more to pass on Christmas because of what it has become today, as well as their original reasons. But as Christians today, we must ask the question anew, “Is the condition of the modern celebration of Christmas so bad that we totally abstain from the holiday altogether, like the Puritans?” In answering this question, I conclude that the sad state of the Christmas holiday season, as bad as it is and as bad as it’s getting, still doesn’t give us reason for doing away with all of it. We are free to celebrate Christmas in any way we choose today, so we aren’t forced into one, established Christian or church expression that the Puritans faced. We are free to emphasize any aspect of Christmas that aligns with our biblical Christian convictions. But even though we are free to celebrate Christmas according to the biblical emphasis, that doesn’t mean we aren’t led astray by our mostly secular, pagan culture – we can be led astray and we often are led astray because of its strong influence today, especially with television. So we need to listen to the Puritans, even though we decide against their radical reaction to culture’s excessive holiday celebrations. Let’s look at a few reasons why we should celebrate Christmas using a number of passages from the Old and New Testaments of the Bible.

Modern Science Shows the Virgin Birth is Possible

Title: Science Shows the Virgin Birth is Possible

Text: Matthew 1:18-25

Time: December 19th, 2011

 

I just wrote another article for the local newspaper for publication during the Christmas week dealing with the possibility of the Virgin Birth in respect to modern science:

 

The Virgin Birth of Jesus Christ: Fact or Fiction?

In the PBS television documentary The Elegant Universe the argument was made for the strangeness of the universe – reality is a lot more mysterious than we ever imagined. As science learns more and more about the way things operate at a sub-atomic level, the more we find that the old Newtonian idea of a perfectly rational and ordered reality is not how things really work. For example, according to Quantum physics a particle might be in two locations at the same time or might arrive at a destination before it departed from its previous location, etc. Now the implication of all of this to the Christmas Nativity event is this – the virgin birth of Jesus Christ can’t be ruled out as scientifically impossible any more by skeptics because of the direction modern science has taken. According to quantum physics, the universe isn’t some closed system that’s locked into a naturalistic loop without any possibility of divine intervention. No. Now science is showing us that at a fundamental level, reality is very unpredictable and that we can’t rule out anything from happening at any time. How did God perform the miracle of the virgin birth? Under the old paradigm, skeptics, atheists and agnostics simply ruled it out as impossible according to the laws of science. But they can’t do so anymore, not with quantum physics and new developments in sub-atomic science, because at this fundamental level of reality the laws of science, as we know them, seemingly don’t apply. Working at the sub-atomic level, God Almighty could easily stir into the mix the recipe for a virgin birth without much disruption at all. Or he could simply stack the statistical odds of certain particles being in one place with a different value – and the result, a virgin conception in the womb of Mary. According to quantum physics when we examine things at the smallest level particles or energy can’t actually be observed but only predicted based on statistical averages. Applying this to the virgin conception in Mary, Jesus’ birth is not impossible, but only a very statistically rare event. But we already knew that, as everyone will agree. So the next time someone gives you the old, “The virgin birth of Jesus is impossible” argument, tell them about quantum physics. With God all things are possible.

How Was Jesus Conceived?

Title: How Was Jesus Conceived?

Text: Matthew 1:18-25

Time: December 18th, 2011

 

One of the great advantages of living in the modern 21^st century is our ability to think about age-old questions in light of new scientific discoveries. This can be an advantage or a disadvantage depending on how we think about things, or how we put together the new knowledge and the old historical, biblical accounts. A Christian will be careful to give God’s Word, the Bible, full credibility – while at the same time try to integrate what new knowledge that science can shed light on with the biblical truths. That’s what I intend to do today in tackling an important Christmas question, “How was Jesus conceived?” Now the account in the Book of Matthew simply states that Mary was “found to be with child through the Holy Spirit” and “what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit,” but it doesn’t go into details as to how this came about. Let’s read the whole passage on the birth of Jesus in Matthew 1:18-25 in order to get the context (read). Now we know that Jesus was conceived through the power of the Holy Spirit, but how did this actually come about? I raise the question because in light of new science and technology there are a number of different possibilities as to how God the Holy Spirit could have brought about a virgin birth. I’d like to look at a few of the more plausible options as to how God could have brought about a virgin conception. Of course, we don’t actually know for sure 100% how it came about because God hasn’t revealed that to us in his Word. It wasn’t his intention to reveal everything about everything in the Bible. Can you imagine how big the Bible would be if God went into detail about everything he revealed in his Word? The Bible is already a big book, although through the providence of God, it is a manageable book – we can actually pick up and carry around the complete and full revelation of God for mankind in one volume! But imagine how big the Bible would be if God stopped to explain how every miracle took place in detail. It would be unmanageable. So there aren’t many details that explain things in the Bible, and we actually don’t need these details to benefit from God’s written revelation. But as curious humans – made that way, by the way, in the image of God — we ask for more information. We think about things and come up with possible explanations. That’s what I’m doing in respect to the virgin birth of Jesus Christ. What better time of the year to ask such questions as Christmas? The world is celebrating the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem two thousands years ago, so let’s ask a few questions and consider a few possibilities about the virgin birth.

Did Joseph Really See an Angel?

Title: Did Joseph Really See an Angel?

Text: Matthew 1:18-25

Time: December 15th, 2011

One of the great benefits of the Christmas season is we can explore all the many different Nativity themes found in the Bible. I love the holiday season because it gives me an excuse to teach and preach about the birth of the Lord Jesus in Bethlehem two thousand years ago. There are some pastors, sadly, who actually don’t enjoy the Christmas season, because they claim they are expected to come up with fresh messages on the old familiar Nativity topic – which they find difficult to do. But I’m just the opposite. I love to dig around the Gospels of Matthew and Luke in order to find some different angle on Christmas, some theme that hasn’t been explored thoroughly, so that I might preach on that. So I rather enjoy digging in to the accounts of the birth of Jesus because there is so much there that needs to be mined for all the truth it contains. So from that perspective, let’s dig into another issue involving the first Christmas account found in the Gospel of Matthew, chapter one (read). I’d like to focus on one specific passage, Matthew 1:20-21, 24, “But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, ‘Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.’. . . When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife.” Now for the longest time I as a Christian I was under the impression that Joseph, husband of Mary and earthly, human father of Jesus, had encountered an angel – or had an angelic visitation that told him what to do. I later learned that the angel appeared to Joseph in a dream. Now my question is, is there a difference between really seeing an angel and simply dreaming you saw one? Or put another way, is there a difference between having an angel appear to you and having an angel in a dream appear to you? Well, clearly there is a difference. For example, if someone came up to me all excited and said, “I just had an angel appear to me and tell me something!” If I asked further and said, “Where did this angel appear to you?” And if they responded, “In my dream last night,” clearly, it would be less impressive than if an angel had really appeared to the person while he was awake. Why? Because all kinds of things pop into our heads during dreams, some pretty strange, bizarre and mysterious. But if we were to have something appear while we are fully awake, such as an angel, like, for example, what the shepherds in the fields outside of Bethlehem encountered with the angels in Luke 2 – that would be truly impressive and special. But for an angel to appear in a dream? That might seem a little under whelming. But is it? What really happened to Joseph? Let’s look at what happened to poor Joseph that night which convinced him to marry Mary. I’m not calling into question the reality of the vision, I’m just asking questions about it that might help us all understand our Christmas faith better.

Herod and the Baby Jesus

Title: Herod and the Baby Jesus

Text: Matthew 2:1-18

Time: December 11th, 2011

 

We’re only two weeks away from Christmas day, which happens to fall on a Sunday this year. I remember a few years back Christmas fell on a Sunday and I learned that a number of larger churches canceled Sunday church because they wanted families to spend time together on Christmas day. I’m not sure how I feel about that — canceling Sunday church in order to give families time together on Christmas Sunday. The rationale of the bigger, mega-churches is that since they have services on the Saturday before Christmas Sunday, people can simply come to church a day earlier and then have all day Sunday to spend with family celebrating Christmas. I understand the logic of it all, I’m just not comfortable with the idea of canceling Sunday church for any reason – family time or holiday – whatever. It may be a symptom of our age — that we bump God, church, prayer or the Bible, because of some agenda or plan we have in life. It may be a worldly practice that bows to the priorities of the modern world. On the other hand, we shouldn’t be legalistic about anything connected to the practice of Christianity. Just as the Apostle Paul says in Romans 14:5-6, “One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. He who regard on day as special, does so to the Lord.” So maybe it’s not so bad an idea, some churches not meeting on Christmas Sunday. I’m not comfortable with it, but that’s just me. Call me old fashioned. But anyway, we are again this week talking about the Christmas account in the New Testament. Last time I talked about the Holy Spirit in connection with the conception of Jesus, how the New Testament underscores the truth that Jesus’ conception was holy – as opposed to unholy, as some thought. Joseph at first thought that Mary was pregnant through some unholy means, but in the end he believed the angel who explained to him that it was the Holy Spirit’s doing – or as the literal Greek states, “the Spirit which is Holy.” This week I’d like to look at another familiar passage in the Book of Matthew, the section that describes Herod’s reaction to the announcement of the Magi that a baby king is born. Part of the fun of the Christmas holiday season is we can explore all these interesting themes that relate to the Nativity. Here’s an interesting verse, “When King Herod heard this (the announcement by the Magi that a king is to be born) he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him,” Matthew 2:3. I’ve always been interested in this verse. What does it mean that King Herod was disturbed when he heard a king was to be born? And what does it mean that the whole city of Jerusalem was disturbed also upon hearing the news? Come with me this morning as we explore this peculiar passage. Maybe we can learn a little more about that first Christmas –and maybe God can teach us something we can apply to our lives today in modern times.

Jesus Was Born of the Spirit Which is Holy

Title: Jesus Was Born of the Spirit Which is Holy

Text: Matthew 1:18-25

Time: December 4th, 2011

 

We’re only twenty-one days away from Christmas day, so I thought I’d speak on the birth of Jesus. This sermon was inspired by my reading in the Greek New Testament, which is my daily habit that I try to keep as often as I can. I bring up the fact that this message was inspired by reading the Christmas account in Matthew in the original Greek because of something I noticed that doesn’t come through in the English translations. I first learned Greek during my college days at Wheaton College in Illinois over twenty-five years ago. Ever since I’ve tried to keep up my Greek by reading from it almost every day in connection with my daily devotions. Well, I was reading through both the Christmas account in Matthew and Luke, when something jumped out of the passage that drew attention to a point I’d never noticed before. Now usually the Bible translators do a really good job of translating the Greek into English for us whose main language is English, so we don’t have to worry that we are missing anything. But sometimes they simply overlook something that may or may not be important in their translation of Greek into English. For example, here’s what Matthew 20-21 says in the NIV, “But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, ‘Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.’” We are all familiar with this passage because it’s the angel’s announcement to Joseph through a dream that it’s ok to marry Mary. But what caught my eye in the original Greek language of the New Testament is this – the verse actually says something more than what is translated. Here’s what I mean. Here is the original, literal translation of the last part of verse twenty, “Because what is conceived in her is from the Spirit that is Holy,” or “the Spirit which is Holy.” Most translations translate it, “Because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.” The King James Version, the Living Bible, Today’s English Version, Phillips Modern English, the Revised Standard Version, the Jerusalem Bible and New English Bible all translate it, “Holy Spirit,” also. And after all, “the Spirit of Holiness” or “the Spirit that is Holy” means “Holy Spirit” anyway. So all these translations are correct, but I think they miss something important that is being made in the text. If it weren’t for the context of the verse, there’d be no point to be made in me bringing up this slight detail. But because there is a very clear and important context for the use of the phrase, “the Spirit which is Holy,” I think that we are missing something when we simply translate the passage using merely, “Holy Spirit.” Let me explain. We are now in the Christmas season so let’s talk about the Christmas account of the birth of Jesus. Today, let’s look at a detail of that account from Luke 1:18-25 (read).

The Three Most Shocking Beliefs of Atheists

Title: The Three Most Shocking Beliefs of Atheists

Text: Psalm 14:1, Ecclesiastes 1:2, 13, 16-18, Isaiah 5:20

Time: November 11th, 2011

 

I’ve noticed that atheism is gaining ground in our society lately as I’ve watched television, listened to radio, read the newspapers and surfed the Internet. Atheism is no longer confined to a few individuals or even one person in every town – the “village” atheist. Today, on college campuses across the country there are more than a few outright atheists on the faculty and still others who are practically atheists in their worldview. Atheists appear on television documentaries as “experts” on a wide range of topics. So the general population is being exposed to a lot of atheist thinking today whether they know it or not. But what isn’t so widely known in the general public is just what atheists actually believe. Sure, atheism is disbelief in God – but it goes a lot further than that. The implications of atheism are shocking when we examine them. Most ordinary people never go any further with atheism than it’s a belief that excludes God, but it’s a lot more than that. The implications of atheism are not only shocking — they are outright depressing. It’s one thing for an atheist to appear on television as a cool intellectual who thinks he can explain everything without God; it’s another thing to actually map out what he’s saying and explore the radical implications to his beliefs.  If we take the time to really think through what an atheist is saying we’ll find that his view is dark and depressing and essentially nihilistic. Nihilism is the outlook of purposeless meaninglessness. Having studied philosophy at Wheaton College under one of the finest philosophers in the country, Arthur Holmes, I think I grasp most of the essential implications of atheism. I’m alarmed to see how warm and welcoming our society is to atheistic ideas today, whereas, only a few decades ago, most atheists would have been rejected automatically. But today, when television documentaries and news reporters turn to a scientific expert to explain something, more and more they turn to atheists. And more and more the general public is being tutored by atheistic thinking without even understanding the implications of atheism. So today, we’ll be examining the three most shocking beliefs of atheists. I’m sort of in a series entitled, “Three most shocking beliefs of . . .” It started when a newspaper published an article of mine on the three most shocking beliefs of Mormons. I then wrote sermons based on that article explaining the three most shocking beliefs of Jehovah’s Witnesses, the three most shocking beliefs of Christian Science – and today, I’m exposing the three most shocking beliefs of atheism. I plan to extend the series to include major world religions, such as Hinduism, Islam and others. As Christians we need to know what people are believing in our society, and more importantly, we need to know what the implications are of these different – and as we understand from the Bible – false beliefs. How can we share the gospel with people if we don’t know where they are coming from? We need to become like missionaries today and understand the culture we seek to influence for the Lord. Psalm 14:1 says, “The fool in his heart says there is no God.” That’s not the best way to enter a dialogue with an atheist, quoting this biblical passage, but it’s where the Bible begins with the philosophy of atheism. Let’s examine some other passages and examine atheism in closer detail.

The Three Most Shocking Beliefs of Christian Science

Title: The Three Most Shocking Beliefs of Christian Science

Text: Galatians 5:16-21

Time: October 23rd, 2011

 

I’ve presented the three most shocking beliefs of Mormons and Jehovah’s Witnesses, and so today I’d like to round out the trio of infamous cults by presenting the three most shocking beliefs of Christian Science. To begin with, the name “Christian Science” is very misleading, because there is nothing Christian or scientific about what this church believes or practices. In fact, quite the contrary. Christian Science is a cult based on philosophical idealism, which is the belief that the only thing that exists is mind or thought. It has nothing to do with real science, which is based on careful empirical observation and testing. No. Christian Science has nothing to do with observation and testing — and everything to do with pure philosophical speculation. Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science, was an armchair theologian, or in other words, she converted the philosophical school of absolute idealism into a theological system for use in her new church, the cult of Christian Science. There existed at the time a popular philosophy called idealism, which explained reality as simply mind or thought. The world exists as a reality only because we think it exists. The material world exists because we believe the idea that matter and energy exists, and so forth. Philosophers such as George Berkeley believed that everything existed in the Mind of God. Within God’s Mind we have our existence — and everything else exists also only as thoughts in the Mind of God. There is no matter, only the idea of matter. Everything is mind and mind is everything. Now from a strictly philosophical point of view, this school of thought has never been very popular because most people intuitively believe that what they experience as the real, physical world really is the real, physical world. Although, on purely philosophical grounds, absolute idealism is pretty hard to refute. In other words, if someone wants to take the position and hold to it stubbornly that everything is really only idea, not material, what can you do? A famous philosopher was once asked if he could refute the absolute idealism argument. At once he kicked a stone and said, “Thus, I refute it.” But as far as a rational, logical refutation, it’s hard to come by because someone can always claim, for example, against the stone-kicking argument, the stone only appears or is perceived to be hard; it’s only the very strong idea of hardness. It’s very difficult to go any further against such arguments. But what Mary Baker Eddy did was take the philosophy of absolute idealism and apply it to theology, Christianity and the Bible. Starting from the assumption that only Mind and ideas exist, she then reinterpreted all of the Bible and Christianity to fit this philosophy of idealism. But not only that, she used the occasion to alter the orthodox, biblical, historic Christian faith to fit her personal preferences as well. Because, after all, there were legitimate Christians who tried to apply idealism to the biblical faith in a more orthodox, traditional and biblical way during the same period. But Mary Baker Eddy’s system achieved the most notoriety, unfortunately, with all her departures from true, biblical Christianity. So what are the three most shocking beliefs of Christian Science? Let me explain.

The Three Most Shocking Beliefs of Jehovah’s Witness

Title: The Three Most Shocking Beliefs of Jehovah’s Witness

Text: Galatians 5:16-21

Time: October 16, 2011

 

Last week I wrote a newspaper article on why Mitt Romney’s Mormon religion is a cult, although that shouldn’t be permitted to stop him from running for president. The Jackson-Citizen Patriot ran my article, although they omitted my last point, how Mormons teach that Jesus and Lucifer are spirit brothers. I guess having the paper print two out of three shocking Mormon beliefs isn’t bad. I guess the last point was too shocking for the newspaper, or they thought it would be too shocking for the readers. But I’m glad God gave me a voice in the local newspaper in order to teach his Word among the people. Today, however, I’d like to shift from examining Mormon beliefs to putting Jehovah’s Witness beliefs under the microscope. Like the Mormon’s the Jehovah’s Witness religion is a false cult also – and they like the Mormons have shocking beliefs. Today I’ll outline three of the most shocking beliefs of the Jehovah’s Witness cult. They are: one, that Jesus is a creature; two, that JW’s believe their church speaks for God even after repeated false predictions of Christ’s Second Coming; three, that Jesus didn’t raise from the dead. Now most or all of these shocking beliefs are things you’ll never hear about at your doorstep with a visit from a member of the Jehovah’s Witness church; they keep these beliefs pretty well hidden until you are fully indoctrinated into their religious cult community. But it’s important that people know, understand and beware of these false teachings because for all the joking and making fun of Jehovah’s Witnesses’ evangelism techniques, they are indeed recruiting followers going door-to-door. Most of these new recruits are led astray through ignorance, deception and lies. If people really knew what Jehovah Witnesses believed, they’d be more cautious and careful about listening to church members present their teachings. What Jehovah Witnesses believe is shocking. Just like what the Mormons believe is shocking. In a few weeks I’m also going to give an outline of the three most shocking beliefs of the Christian Science church, because like the Mormons and the Jehovah’s Witnesses, this is a cult as well. It’s not as popular these days, it’s not growing rapidly, it might even be dying as an organization, but it still has influence in society today through such things as the Christian Science Monitor newspaper and radio broadcasts. But I’ll save that critique until next week; this week I’d like to focus on the three most shocking beliefs of the Jehovah’s Witnesses. This is a group that is out and active in most communities. Every Saturday you’ll see two or three persons walking down the sidewalk carrying a briefcase and looking like they might be businessmen or women; but they aren’t, they’re JWs trying to recruit for their church. They’ll give a friendly, reasonable presentation on your doorstep, but what do they really believe? That’s what I’d like to explain today.

The Three Most Shocking Beliefs of Mormonism

Title: The Three Most Shocking Beliefs of Mormonism

Text: Galatians 5:16-21

Time: October 10, 2011

 

I recently read in the newspaper that presidential candidate Mitt Romney was criticized by a pastor from Texas for being a member of a false cult because of his affiliation with the Mormon church. It stirred up a controversy in the media, but I really don’t know why because Christians have been calling Mormons a cult since Joseph Smith founded the religion in the 19^th century.  I felt led to contribute an editorial article in the local newspaper, which reads as follows:

 

Mormonism is a cult, but in politics it shouldn’t matter.

The pastor in Texas who called Mitt Romney’s Mormon Church a cult is absolutely correct, but it shouldn’t matter in terms of electing public officials to political office in our democratic system. Let me explain. First, Mormonism – or the religion founded by Joseph Smith in the 19^th century – really is a cult, here’s why. One, Mormons believe that God started out like us, a human, but worked his way up to become God through faith and righteous works. Mormons also believe that God has a higher God, and God’s God also has a higher God, and so on and so on. Historic Christianity believes God has always been God, has always existed as God, that there is no “God beyond God.” That’s why he’s called God Almighty. Two, Mormons teach we can all become God, just like God became God, through faith and pious works. If a Mormon is careful to follow his church’s teachings he might one day become God of a planet of beings who pray and worship him, just like God is prayed to and worshipped by humans on earth. Historic Christianity teaches that we’ll never become God or god, but we’ll always be God’s children. Salvation is possible through Jesus Christ and we’ll live with God in heaven forever. Nobody starts their own planet, becomes its god, rules, receives prayer and worship from its inhabitants. Any church that teaches this, is a cult, which is why Mormonism is a cult. Three, Mormons believe that Jesus and Satan are spiritual brothers. Historic Christianity teaches no such thing, which is why there can be no doubt that Mormonism is a cult. But even though Mormonism is a religious cult, this shouldn’t particularly matter in politics because supposedly we aren’t electing a spiritual or religious leader, we’re electing a public official. In principle, there isn’t any reason why someone who holds public office couldn’t be a member of a religious cult, like Mormon or Jehovah’s Witness or Christian Science, Hare Krishna, or whatever, just as long as they do their job. Now voters may have questions about the character or spiritual wisdom of a cult member, but that’s a different issue. Here’s the bottom line — Mormonism is a cult, but that, in and of itself, shouldn’t disqualify Mitt Romney from being president.

 

From this controversy we learn that most people don’t know anything about Mormonism except maybe that they read from the Book of Mormon. But that isn’t the most shocking thing. People need to know about the three shocking beliefs I outline above. If more people knew about these three shocking Mormon beliefs, they’d understand why it’s properly labeled a cult. So let me talk further about these three false doctrines taught by Mormons so that we can all understand that it’s a false religious cult, regardless of whether Romney becomes president or not.