Are Mormons Christians?

I recent commenter on my blog named Brian Scott wrote a great post on his blog called What Matters titled Faith Friday: Are Mormons Christians?

If you are thinking about joining the LDS church or want to learn more about how we are Christians take a peek at his post.

Christmas Ideas Centered Around Christ

Here are a few ideas to help keep your Christmas centered around Christ:

1 - Watch The Nativity video:

2 - Participate in this Scriptural 12 Days of Christmas or any other scripture plan to center your readings around the Savior the remainder of this month.
By Sister Slade found on Sugardoodle

Day 1--Luke 1 26-38 (Start reading on December 12)
Day 2--3 Nephi 1:4-9
Day3--Luke 1:39-45
Day 4--2 Nephi 9:19-22
Day 5--Matthew 1:18-25
Day 6--3 Nephi 1:12-21
Day 7--Matthew 2:1-12
Day 8--Helaman 14:2-6
Day 9--Luke 2: 1-7
Day10--Isaiah 9:6-7
Day 11--Luke 2:8-20
Day 12--Isaiah 7:14 (Finish reading on 24 December)

3 - Find opportunities for you and your children to serve.

-Visit someone who is lonely (in your ward, a local nursing home, or a hospital) and visit them.
- Serve one another and leave an ornament or other object behind and continue passing the service along with the ornament.
-Place a basket of ornaments under the tree and everytime a kind act or deed is done add another ornament to the tree.
- Help make and serve food at a local soup kitchen.
- Find an Angel tree or Giving tree and select one or more individuals to help this Christmas season.
-Just like President Monson said in my post below, "the opportunities are limitless."

4 - Act out the Navtivity Scene or create it using these cutouts found on lds.about.com.

5 - Give a Gift to the Savior
Ever since I was little on Christmas Eve we always give a gift to Christ. We each get a notecard and write down something that we are going to work on for that year - something that will help us to become better or be more obedient. After we write our gifts to the Savior we fold them up and put them either in a wrapped box or a stocking specifically for Jesus. As each year passes we pull out our last year's gift and see how we did. It is a great reminder of what Christmas is all about and it is a great reminder that the greatest gift we can give to the Savior is how we live our lives. He said, "If ye love me, keep my commandments."

I hope that we all have a wonderful Christmas and that we remember to keep Christ in the center of it all.

Are we Christians?

Elder Holland
But even as we invite one and all to examine closely the marvel of it, there is one thing we would not like anyone to wonder about—that is whether or not we are “Christians.”

2 Nephi 25:23,26
For we labor diligently to write, to persuade our children, and also our brethren, to believe in Christ...and we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ.

This talk by Elder Holland perfectly expresses

our love for the Savior and our belief in Him.

The Only True God and Jesus Christ Whom He Hath Sent
Elder Jeffrey R. Holland Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

I Believe in Christ

What a perfect song to express our belief and testimony in the Savior.

I do believe in Christ. I know that He is our Savior and our Redeemer. I know that He is the Son of God. He is our perfect example and He is the only Way to follow. He is at the head of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and we worship Him as well as the Father. We are Christians.