by Terrie Lynn Bittner | Sep 24, 2011 | Jesus Christ, Teen Life
I’m reading a popular book for older kids and teens right now to review and it’s a great book except that the author uses God’s sacred name as a swear word over and over again. It isn’t essential to the story or even the character. She could just as easily use another...
by | May 11, 2011 | Agency, Blog, Friends, Jesus Christ, Mormonism, Teen Life, Youth
Sometimes, teenagers who have been taught that God expects us to live by high standards and to condemn sins wonder how they should react to people who live in different ways. What about tolerance? Mormon leaders have talked about this a lot. Mormon is an informal...
by | Apr 11, 2011 | Blog, Jesus Christ, Mormon, Mormonism, Teen Life, Teens Making a Difference, Understanding Your Mormon Friend
There are a lot of people trying to convince Mormons the Book of Mormon Musical on Broadway is actually very nice to Mormons and very sweet. If you’ve read any reviews, you probably realized that is not true. Not only is it not nice to Mormons, it is also not nice to...
by | Mar 30, 2011 | Blog, Jesus Christ, Teen Life
The other day we talked about the thirteenth Article of Faith. This is one of thirteen things Mormons believe. The list was written by Joseph Smith, the first Mormon prophet. Here is the entire thirteenth Article of Faith: “We believe in being honest, true, chaste,...
by | Dec 20, 2010 | Blog, Finding Truth, Jesus Christ, Scripture Stories
Last post, we talked about a teenager named Joseph Smith, who prayed to find out which church to join and to know what was true. He got a rather unexpected response—God and Jesus came in person to answer his prayer. The Bible promises us that if we ask God for wisdom,...
by | Dec 16, 2010 | Blog, Famous Mormon Teens, famous Mormons, Finding Truth, Jesus Christ, Mormon, Mormonism, Scripture Stories, Teens Making a Difference
In the last article we pretended we had a chance to enter a game show that assigned you a special quest. You could guess the quest or you could be told what it was and how to solve it but the prize was the same. Obviously, you’d want to be told what to do. Finding a...
