GIBI Course- Mormonism – Culture Within A Culture Instructor:

Karrie Browning

WEEK 1- HOMEWORK
INTRODUCTION TO MORMONISM - THE LDS PLAN OF SALVATION

1. Why do I use the CULTURAL APPROACH?

2. What are the characteristics of a CULTURE that describe Mormonism?

3. The LDS Church continues on a quietly deceptive campaign to convince families

that it is just another Christian sect. What are some of the methods of this?

4. Describe some of the LDS Church’s PR tactics.

5. What happens when LDS leave the church?

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GIBI Course- Mormonism – Culture Within A Culture Instructor:
Karrie Browning

6. How long is the “recovery process” from Mormonism?

7. Fill in the quip that describes the LDS Plan of Salvation:

“As ________ is, _________ once was: As _______ is, _________ may
become.” - LDS Prophet Lorenzo Snow

8. What are the three questions that the LDS church poses and answers for
investigators and members?

9. What were the main events of The Pre-Existence?

10. Fill in the name that applies to the “being” according to Mormonism.

11. What reference to Heavenly Father do the LDS use to try to explain that they are
monotheistic?

12. According to Mormonism, why are we here?

13. What is different about the nature of the Jesus Christ in Mormonism from the
Jesus Christ of Christianity?

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GIBI Course- Mormonism – Culture Within A Culture Instructor:
Karrie Browning

14. What kinds of “Works and Ordinances” are done for the dead in LDS temples?

15. What is the main requirement to make it to the top kingdom of the LDS heavens?
(Celestial Kingdom)

ESSAY: Why is The Cross an offense to Mormons?

What scripture reference would you like to use when speaking to Mormons, and why?