Does Scripture Support a Christian Church Joining in Worship Services with an LDS Church?

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Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 6 February 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Questions about whether there’s Scripture to support a Christian church joining in worship services with an LDS church, whether it’s a genetic fallacy to say we shouldn’t sing any songs created by bands from NAR churches, and whether it’s a sin not to fast.

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0:00.0	Welcome. You are listening to Stand to Reason's hashtag STRask podcast with Amy Hall and Greg Cole.
0:18.0	Hey, Amy.
0:18.7	Hey, Greg.
0:19.3	We've got a bunch of practical questions about mostly church-related things here today.
0:25.3	Okay.
0:25.8	And this first one comes from Sandy Barton.
0:28.3	Is there any scripture that would support a Christian church joining in worship services with an LDS church?
0:34.3	How would you handle this situation if it were happening in your small community?
0:37.7	LDS, like L.D.S. Like Latter-day Saints. Yeah. All right. Yeah, it was scripture. It's in
0:45.1	2 Corinthians. I'm going to go to it. Now, of course, this scripture applies based on a certain
0:51.7	understanding of the theology of the LDS Church. Okay. Here's what it says
0:58.9	in verse 14 of chapter 6. And most people understand this verse in a different context or a different
1:06.5	kind of application. But it certainly applies here. Do not be bound together with unbelievers.
1:12.9	For what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness,
1:20.4	or what harmony has Christ with Belial, like the devil, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever, or what agreement
1:29.4	has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said,
1:35.2	I will dwell in them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
1:40.2	Therefore, come out from their midst and be separate, says the Lord, and do not touch what is
1:46.8	unclean, and I will welcome you, and I will be a father to you, and you shall be sons and daughters
1:52.1	of me, says the Lord Almighty.
1:54.8	14 to 18 of chapter 6.
1:56.9	Now, that sounds, wow, that's a pretty heavy language in there.
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