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Mormon Insights
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Are You with Me: Uniting Christianity
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In our day, in which many Christians are fighting each other over doctrine (among other things),
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland calls for peace and unity.
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Christian values are currently under attack in the political arena and in the world in general. As
Christ said, a house divided will not stand (Mark 3:25). In his address given to Christian leaders
on March 10, 2011, Standing Together for the Cause of Christ
[http://rsc.byu.edu/archived/volume-13-number-1-2012/standing-together-cause-christ], Elder
Jeffrey R. Holland [https://www.lds.org/prophets-and-apostles/what-are-prophets/bio/jeffrey-rholland?lang=eng] urged unity among Christian faiths. Elder Holland pointed out that all of the
Christian faiths face the same challenges: sin and moral decay, pornography, poverty, abuse,
abortion, illicit sexual transgression, and more.
Christian faiths have not always seen eye to eye, and there is a history of hostility between the
various faiths. Despite differences, each agrees on one thingthat Jesus is the Christ. When
faiths look at the commonalities and the goals that they all wish to achieve, they can find
unifying forces.

Courtney Shepard 5/15/15 10:03 PM

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Courtney Shepard 5/15/15 9:59 PM

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Courtney Shepard 5/15/15 10:01 PM

Comment [1]: This is a bit of a dangling
modifier. Right after the comma, I expected to read
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, but then read the name of
the title instead. Is there another way we could word
this?

Courtney Shepard 5/15/15 10:03 PM

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Courtney Shepard 5/15/15 10:06 PM

Unity on some fronts does not mean all of the Christian faiths need to be doctrinally the same.
Requiring each faith to make concessions about their doctrines in order to find fellowship would
be morally repugnant and unacceptable to any faith. However, by opening a dialogue and finding
common ground, united Christian faiths can hold back the tide of sin and demand more morality
from the media.

Comment [2]: This reads a little bit awkwardly. I

think its because when I see the word faiths I
think of it as a collective noun, but they can find
and they all wish is plural, so its throwing me off.
I know that society is moving toward they as a
singular pronoun, and we are targeting millennial, so
its probably fine as is, but its just something to
consider. This is totally stylistic and the choice is
yours!

If individuals follow Elder Hollands example, they can find a pattern for how to find common
ground with members of other Christian faiths. By finding common ground we can all put our
shoulders to the collective wheel and move the world to goodness.

Courtney Shepard 5/15/15 10:07 PM

Read Elder Hollands article here. [http://rsc.byu.edu/archived/volume-13-number-12012/standing-together-cause-christ]

Hyperlink to the URL of the article
http://rsc.byu.edu/archived/volume-13-number-1-2012/standing-together-cause-christ
Source: [hyperlink the title of the source publication or website]
http://rsc.byu.edu

Comment [3]: The previous paragraph takes a

much more informal tone, while this paragraph reads
sort of academically.

Courtney Shepard 5/15/15 10:09 PM

Comment [4]: This is just a little repetitive. We
could say, by finding commonalities or something
like that just to mix it up.