A recent Mormon youth concert is being promoted as a means to worship Jesus Christ through music. But what on earth are Mormons doing worshiping Jesus? RFM takes us on a journey to his own youth , when Mormon apostle Bruce are McConkie laid down the law that Mormons are not supposed to worship Jesus! Then RFM goes behind the story of that speech by Elder McConkie to reveal the emotional trauma inflicted on one particular family because of that speech.
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Didn’t you just post this like a week ago?
As a Bruce R wanna be in the 70’z it was fun to hear his voice again. I think that perhaps he didn’t know (or probably did) that he was worshipped by many of us Mormon boys and as a role model for righteousness. I started memorizing scriptures on 3×5 cards I carried on my mission (75-77) and wanted to know the doctrines like he did. I did become a little famous for knowing so many scriptures which made me feel that I might really be getting ready fo some big roles in the church later on. Pure hubris on my part!
I think that BruceR was probably the teacher for a younger and equally full of himself RussellM. How else might we explain how calling us Mormons is a victory for satann? BruceR used the word heresy a lot and RussellM talks of victories for satan! Cut from the same cloth, indeed!
I loved these two Bruce R episodes. Thank you. He truly is one of the great pricks of Mormonism.
Yes, the text from his “I Believe in Christ” poem appeared in hymn form in the 1985 hymnal. He first shared that poem in his April 1972 address, “The Testimony of Jesus.” “I’ll worship Him with all my might, He is the source of truth and light.” In 1991, “Hymns of Faith” was an alum released by the Tabernacle Choir. One of the tracks was “I Believe in Christ” and they included McConkie reciting verses two and three. Verse three contains the worshipping Christ line. Contradictions abound.