by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Aug 5, 2013 | Mormonism
For many Latter-day Saints (“Mormons”), serving a Mormon mission as a young adult is a rite of passage, but it is far more than just that. “Mormon “is a nickname sometimes mistakenly used to describe members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Although...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jul 24, 2013 | Mormon
When I was a teenager, a friend invited me to attend a camp out the teens in his church were going on. He said they’d raised more money than they needed and the leaders had asked if anyone knew someone who might like to come along. They had chosen me. I was the new...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jul 24, 2013 | Mormonism
People who are not Mormon frequently focus on the rules of Mormonism without fully understanding the reason Mormons have rules which in the religious world are called commandments. It is often mistakenly thought that Mormons believe they can save themselves without...
by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Jun 14, 2013 | Mormonism
From the beginnings of time, God set up a plan to make sure everyone would understand what was true and what was not. He knew that if everyone was left to make his or her own choices on the subject, there would be chaos, because people would simply make what they...