I Toured an LDS Temple: Here's Why Mormonism Isn't Just Another Denomination

I Toured an LDS Temple: Here's Why Mormonism Isn't Just Another Denomination

From Core Christianity by Adriel Sanchez

July 17, 2026 · 31 min

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Pastor Adriel Sanchez reflects on his visit to the San Diego California Temple and discusses the differences between LDS theology and historic Christianity.

For the first time since its opening in 1993, the San Diego California Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is open to the public. And our team got to take a tour. While most Christians have met members of the LDS Church, many wonder what Mormons actually believe? Pastor Adriel Sanchez reflects on his recent temple visit and compares LDS theology with historic Christianity. GET YOUR FREE SOLA NEWSPAPER A quarterly print publication featuring articles on theology, the historic creeds and confessions, and reflections for the Christian life, delivered straight to your mailbox. For free. FOLLOW US YouTube | Instagram | X/Twitter | Facebook | Newsletter WHO WE ARE Sola Media serves today's global church by producing resources for reformation grounded in the historic Christian faith. For over thirty-five years, Sola has walked alongside Christians in their faith, pointing away from novelty and ourselves, and toward Christ and his gospel as proclaimed in the Scriptures, articulated in the ancient Christian Creeds, and summarized in the confessions of the Protestant Reformation. Learn more: https://solamedia.org/

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Organizations: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sola Media

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