
EVANGELIST TO SPEAK IN TABERNACLE
Almost 10,000 tickets to hear Christian philosopher and author Ravi Zacharias speak in Utah have already been distributed, and local evangelical and LDS representatives hope to see the Tabernacle on Temple Square packed during the evangelist's Nov. 14 appearance.
Ref. https://deseretnews.com/dn/view/1%2C1249%2C...03352%2C00.html
When President Hinckley announced some time ago that other Churches would use the Tabernacle I thought it was pretty weird but at the same time I have seen the Church trying to help to build other Churches and I think is a great way to show how much we care about the freedom of worshipping, after all, it is one of our Articles of Faith.
Well, I hope he doesn't stand in the LDS Tabernacle and tell all those in attendance how wrong "the Mormons" are in their beliefs.
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Well, I hope he doesn't stand in the LDS Tabernacle and tell all those in attendance how wrong "the Mormons" are in their beliefs. |
Here is a review and report about the event in the tabernacle.
https://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,595105580,00.html
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With Evangelicals and Latter-day Saints sitting together in the Salt Lake Tabernacle for an "Evening of Friendship," internationally renowned Christian philosopher Ravi Zacharias told them Sunday night that Jesus Christ's unique claim upon humanity is that he embodied truth and sacrificed himself for a world that often does not recognize him. But what many Utahns may remember most distinctly is the sermon that came before it. Taking the pulpit to speak of the event's historic nature, Fuller Theological Seminary President Richard Mouw addressed a capacity crowd of several thousand, offering a stunningly candid apology to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and noting that "friendship has not come easily between our communities." He dubbed the evening "historic" and apologized that Evangelicals "have often misrepresented the faith and beliefs of the Latter-day Saints." "Let me state it clearly. We evangelicals have sinned against you," he said, adding both camps have tended to marginalize and simplify the others' beliefs. |
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"Let me state it clearly. We evangelicals have sinned against you," he said, adding both camps have tended to marginalize and simplify the others' beliefs. |
Perhaps it is as simple as a recognition that with the social fabric of the world getting more and more degenerate, that the evangelicals and the Mormons have more in common with each other than we have in opposition.