Weblog: Ravi Zacharias, Rich Mouw Speak in Mormon Tabernacle
Plus: Couple attempts to sacrifice children at church altar, the new head of the Catholic bishops' conference, a focus on Dobson, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Compiled by Ted Olsen | posted 11/01/2004 12:00AM
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One more note: Several news outlets, including an earlier Christianity Today Weblog, have noted that Zacharias is apparently the first evangelical to speak at the Tabernacle since Dwight L. Moody. After Weblog's previous posting on this subject, we received more information from Ronald V. Huggins, assistant professor of historical and theological studies at Salt Lake Theological Seminary:
D.L. Moody's 1871 appearance in the Salt Lake Tabernacle is mentioned in the Salt Lake Deseret Evening News (Sat. June 3, 1871, p. 3 and Mon., June 5, 1871, p. 3), which has Moody appearing there with the singer Philip Phillips and Dr. J.H. Vincent, editor of the Teacher's Journal.
Moody preached a sermon entitled "Salvation for All." A dual correction is called for in relation to Weblog's statement: "Ravi Zacharias has reportedly become the first evangelical invited to speak in the Mormon Tabernacle since Brigham Young extended an invitation to Dwight L. Moody in 1871."
First, the claim that Brigham Young extended an invitation to Moody is an unsubstantiated embellishment that has arisen in the process of circulating the story about Ravi's coming to Salt Lake. No evidence is known to exist suggesting that he invited Moody.
Second, Moody's 1871 visit cannot be the last time an evangelical spoke in the Mormon Tabernacle. Moody himself spoke there again on Sunday, April 2, 1899 (See Deseret Evening News, Mon. Apr. 3, 1899, p. 8).
The account of Moody and Sankey's 1880 visit to Salt Lake City in Ira Sankey's Life and the Story of the Gospel Hymns (p. 78-79), with its inaccurate statement that afterward "Mr. Moody never visited Salt Lake City again," has naturally given rise to confusion.
Update The “unnamed pastor” in The Deseret Morning News was actually Craig Hazen, Director of the M.A. Program in Christian Apologetics at Biola University. And the “bigger place right across the street” he was referring to was apparently a 21,000-seat conference center, not the Mormon Temple. Sorry for the confusion.
Couple arrested after church workers fear child sacrifice | A Farmington woman who allegedly said she wanted to "sacrifice" at least one of her children in a local church on Wednesday is scheduled to face child endangerment charges in court today, along with her boyfriend (The Union Leader, Manchester, N.H.)
Couple accused in plot to sacrifice kids | A woman and her boyfriend are accused of plotting to sacrifice the woman's three children on a church altar (Associated Press)
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