January 15, 2007
Well, good letter!
President Shumway is a good guy. He would give some devotionals at the school every so often.
Im bummed that Brother Lang got released from the High Council. I was thinking id be lucky enough to score some jell-o at the break-the-fasts when i got home.
Im glad that thigns are working out for the Jones' i love that family. Brother Jones had a huge role in me deciding to go on a mission, and i dont remember if i ever told him that.
i cant believe nick and jamie have been married for 3 years already!!! thats crazy how fast the time goes.
Ah yes, born agains. I dont get why they feel so much animosity towards mormons. Its so frustrating. "Love thy enemies", not "love having enemies".
Archaeological evidence, eh? why not the spirit? what kind of evidence of the bible is there? tents? not really. show me proof of noah's ark, moses parting the red sea, the exodus, elisha's floating axe head, Jonah in the giant fish, Baalsams talking donkey etc. thats much more "far-out" than burried plates of gold (which they actually have discrovered many, not to mention those with the Dead Sea Scrolls etc), and angels. The Moabite stone, thats archaelogical evidence of the proof that sacrifice of children works!! KJV likens it unto the Latin? except we READ it. the thing i like most about the KJV of the LDS is the lack of commentary, i run into so many people that think they are reading the bible and getting their belief from the bible, but just are reading the commentary!!! i could go on for days about the hypocrisy of the born-agains against the mormons... all it really comes down to is this: if they dont believe the book of mormon on grounds of archaeology and evidence, then its probably because thats why the DO believe in the Bible. However, they claim they believe the bible to be the unerrorable word of God (ps, compare teh two contradicting stories of Paul's conversion found in acts, or the two of Judas' death in matthew and acts), but it deosnt seem like that in review. Its really a double standard. faithless imho. but i guess its because im talking abou tthe hardest of hard core born agains that i have met with. I debated with a born again who had 2 masters in divinity... the conclusion after 2 hours is that he admited he doesnt know for sure if the bible is the true word of God, and he admittted that only through sincere prayer is anything known to be from God... he refused to read the Book of Mormon because he was scared of an answer... sad.
Well, this week went great. New comp, love him to death. he is awesome. We asked Tony to be baptized, and he said no, but said that its only because after fasting the answer was "be patient". but he is making great steps in faith!! i true miracle!!
well, thats about it for now. More later!
love ya, ttyl!
Elder Onken
President Shumway is a good guy. He would give some devotionals at the school every so often.
Im bummed that Brother Lang got released from the High Council. I was thinking id be lucky enough to score some jell-o at the break-the-fasts when i got home.
Im glad that thigns are working out for the Jones' i love that family. Brother Jones had a huge role in me deciding to go on a mission, and i dont remember if i ever told him that.
i cant believe nick and jamie have been married for 3 years already!!! thats crazy how fast the time goes.
Ah yes, born agains. I dont get why they feel so much animosity towards mormons. Its so frustrating. "Love thy enemies", not "love having enemies".
Archaeological evidence, eh? why not the spirit? what kind of evidence of the bible is there? tents? not really. show me proof of noah's ark, moses parting the red sea, the exodus, elisha's floating axe head, Jonah in the giant fish, Baalsams talking donkey etc. thats much more "far-out" than burried plates of gold (which they actually have discrovered many, not to mention those with the Dead Sea Scrolls etc), and angels. The Moabite stone, thats archaelogical evidence of the proof that sacrifice of children works!! KJV likens it unto the Latin? except we READ it. the thing i like most about the KJV of the LDS is the lack of commentary, i run into so many people that think they are reading the bible and getting their belief from the bible, but just are reading the commentary!!! i could go on for days about the hypocrisy of the born-agains against the mormons... all it really comes down to is this: if they dont believe the book of mormon on grounds of archaeology and evidence, then its probably because thats why the DO believe in the Bible. However, they claim they believe the bible to be the unerrorable word of God (ps, compare teh two contradicting stories of Paul's conversion found in acts, or the two of Judas' death in matthew and acts), but it deosnt seem like that in review. Its really a double standard. faithless imho. but i guess its because im talking abou tthe hardest of hard core born agains that i have met with. I debated with a born again who had 2 masters in divinity... the conclusion after 2 hours is that he admited he doesnt know for sure if the bible is the true word of God, and he admittted that only through sincere prayer is anything known to be from God... he refused to read the Book of Mormon because he was scared of an answer... sad.
Well, this week went great. New comp, love him to death. he is awesome. We asked Tony to be baptized, and he said no, but said that its only because after fasting the answer was "be patient". but he is making great steps in faith!! i true miracle!!
well, thats about it for now. More later!
love ya, ttyl!
Elder Onken
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