In the past couple of months I have been given reason to ponder the question of excommunication, I mean, "removal of membership" as it pertains to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. For a bit of history, I recommend reading my post "A Court of Love... it may not be what you think..." From September 29, 2024, as a prerequisite to this blog post. In it, I briefly highlight the process of the church disciplinary councils for people that it deems as somehow not living up to the standards of the Church in such a manner as to make them worthy of no longer being welcome to participate in full membership in the Church or its activities. Since that time, I have wondered, just who exactly would Jesus Christ excommunicate IF He were really at the head of the Church as the leaders claim. We should, of course, begin with an overview of Jesus, Yeshua's roots as a member of Judaism. Yes, Yeshua was an Israelite, a Jew (if you will). As such, he would have been ...

I would like to begin this post by apologizing for its lateness. I have been busy with things in life this past week and do not believe that it will lighten up in the immediate future. Furthermore, I will attempt to make, at the very least, a reblog of things I find useful during the week that I read. I began writing an article on love, specifically the love of God, and how it is supposed to be a large part of our lives as children of Hashem. I am unapologetically a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a Messianic Jew. Likewise, I have been a Rabbi for many years and seek only in my teachings to bring people to the never-ending, ever-reaching love of our Elohim. I listen to and follow many podcasters and bloggers who are coming from positions of being both current active members who are True Blue Members (TBM) all the way to those who are antagonistically ex-members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I have friends who have been excommunicated ...