Bridge of Reason

Watching a documentary entitled Heaven: Beyond the Grave on demand… After about 40 minutes, the question comes up: Who gets to go to heaven? To give the documentary credit, Jesus is given pole position on the subject, and they quote: John 3:3 – “Verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” and John 14:6 – “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” Then three talking heads follow. Randy Alcorn : Is it exclusive to say that one can only be saved through Jesus? And I would say, absolutely it is. It is Jesus who said, “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No man comes to the Father but by me.” So I think we have to look at Jesus and say, Was that unloving and narrow of him to do? Well, certainly it isn’t unloving, because the very Jesus who said that, we’re told actually went to the Cross to die for the sins of the whole world. Father Michael Manning : I believe that Jesus’ love is much more expansive than...

As if my list of books to read was not long enough I have a new one to add to it, the Book of Jeranek, this is the first book of scripture produced by the Prophet Matthew Gill in the Latter Day Church of Jesus Christ. This group that has started in Derbyshire in 2006 claims to be the restoration of true Mormonism. They claim that after the death of Joseph Smith God's church ceased to be on the earth up until Matthew Gill (pictured) has come and restored the truth of the Mormon Gospel. They accept the original 1830 book of Mormon and the Bible (as far as it is translated correctly) and the Book of Jeranek to be scripture as well as believing other books of scripture will be coming. The Book of Jeranek comes from a revelation from the angel Moroni to Matthew Gill as a child, showing him some golden plates and telling him one day He will do a great work. Then later in 2005 the angel Raphael came and gave him the brass plates that formed the book of Jeranek. Interestingly Matthew Gill ...