Hi, I'm Bill

I love the outdoors, and I'm a Mormon.

About Me

I enjoy spending time with my wife and four children, three boys and a girl. I live in Louisiana and love to go back to my home state of Tennessee to hunt and fish. I enjoy growing a garden every year and like to share the fresh vegetables with family, friends and neighbors.

Why I am a Mormon

I was raised a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and I have come to know for myself the truthfulness of the Gospel and His Church. The Spirit has bore witness to me on several occasions of the restoration of the Gospel through the Prophet, Joseph Smith, and of a living prophet today. This is the restored church of Jesus Christ, it is pattered after the church that He organized when He walked the earth. He leads this church through a living prophet and 12 apostles.

How I live my faith

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is a church of service. I try to live my life in a way to help others and show respect to all people.

What is the priesthood?

Bill answered...

The priesthood is the power that God gives to man to serve in his name.
Ethan answered...

I like to approach questions by looking at the words of things

"priest" has reference to either the concept of one who leads, one who is elder, or one who is holy I like to remember that the words 'holy' and 'whole' are linked by a common ancestry. When something is 'holy' it's essentially saying that it's complete, that it's healthy..

And "-hood" makes reference to the state of being, and not just any state of being but a state of being that's worthy or correct for it's placement. That is, that it's done properly.

So one could say the priesthood is leadership or a point of reference that's completely suited to the position in which it's been placed.

Another way to look at it is to say it's God's perfect order. That is, it's God's perfect arrangement.

In our Church we often give a definition of priesthood as being "the authority to act in God's name" and that's exactly what it means to be a part of God's perfect order. If God commands something to be done by you, and you do it, then you are acting under, and with that portion of God's authority that he's permitted you to exercise within his perfect order.

Just as with any instance where someone tries to act in the name of someone else there are bound to be those who try and do so falsely. That's why God has things ordered in such a way that one can know for certain if someone has His God's authority, or not.

Are Mormons Christians?

Chad answered...

In the truest sense of the word, most certainly yes!
The main belief of the mormon church is that of Christ and His Atonement for mankind. We believe that anybody who wants to can be saved through Christ's Sacrifice for us.
Without Christ, our church would be meaningless, void, and pointless. He is the core of this church. In fact, He is the leader and head of this church.
Some people say we don't believe in Christ, but I wholeheartedly disagree; Christ is everything to us - He rescues us from sin and fear, He is the reason for our being.
We celebrate and rejoice in His life and works and know that He lives today! Christ is risen and is ready to help us in our lives.