"Writing about the speech given by George Wood, Superintendent of the Assemblies of God, to hundreds of Mormons, including Jeffrey Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Brigham Young University's newspaper said that 'God is playing a role in all religions and Christians are more united than they sometimes think.' The question is, united around what? Around which God? The eternal Christ that Christians worship, or the created being whose brother is Lucifer [that Mormons worship]? The report gives the appearance that the AOG Superintendent is joining hands to find common ground with top Mormon leaders at BYU. The report said, 'Wood spoke of an experience he had two years earlier with Elder Holland at a conference in Utah. In response to a question from Wood, Elder Holland expressed that his greatest worry about the young generation was that they would grow coarse to the values and principles taught by Jesus Christ. "His response immediately bonded my heart to him," Wood said. "Any Assembly of God preacher could say the same thing. We just absolutely share that in common. ... The whole aspect of the Christian faith, and my personal faith, rests upon whether or not Jesus Christ rose again from the dead," Wood said' (BYU newspaper). ... Yes, Mormonism does teach that Jesus rose from the dead, but it's important to understand that Mormonism and Christianity are two vastly different faiths, even though Mormons do study the Bible." ("BYU Newspaper Reports Interfaith Discussion," Stand Up for the Truth, Oct. 2013) Comments are closed.
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