Mormonism is one of the 19th Century American religious inventions that departs from the historic Christian faith in all major doctrines. To speak with a Mormon can lead many Christians to believe they are a Christian denomination. This is a case of the Mormons using the same terms Christians use, but defined from a different dictionary.
Basics of Mormonism: Falling Upward
In his book, A New Witness for the Articles of Faith, (NWAF) one of Mormonism’s foremost modern apostles, Bruce R. McConkie, expends three chapters explaining the meaning of the Mormon church’s second Article of Faith: “We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam’s transgression.”
A Mormon Absurdity
Mormons believe we all existed before this life as ‘spirit children’ of a heavenly father and one of his goddess wives.
Testing The Book of Mormon By Moroni 10:4
Mormons love to say that they are not trying to convert others to their religion; that the Holy Ghost does that.
Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, And Extraterrestrial Quakers!
According to Oliver B. Huntington, Joseph Smith taught that “The inhabitants of the moon are more of a uniform size than the inhabitants of the earth, being about 6 feet in height.
Curious Mormon Quotes: Joseph Smith’s Certificate
Brigham Young said that “no man or woman in this dispensation will ever enter into the celestial kingdom of God without the consent of Joseph Smith” (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 7, page 289).
Free to Think for Yourself
Apostle Orson Pratt probably rolled over in his grave when he heard of an article in the Mormon Church News about “free agency.”
Questioning the Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon is the central pillar of Mormon claims to being the ‘restored gospel’ and the ‘one true church’. If the Book of Mormon is discredited then Mormonism and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is also discredited.
Ezekiel 37:15-17 and The Two Sticks
“The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, “Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all...
Define Your Terms
When a Christian talks about his faith with a Mormon or Jehovah’s Witness it is very important to define one’s terms. Otherwise it will be quite possible for the Christian to conclude that a Mormon or a Witness believes a lot of the same things we believe.
Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, and Extraterrestrial Quakers
On July 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon. What did they find? Was there life on the moon?
Witnessing With the Book of Mormon
To arrive at the place where the Mormon is open to the gospel, credibility must cease being given to Mormon authority.
John 17:5 and the Diety of Jesus
Our discussion of this passage will take two directions. First, how the Latter-day Saints use this text, and second, how it shows the deity of Christ to a Jehovah’s Witness.
Questions To Ask A Mormon
There was a scene from a Star Trek episode in which Captain Kirk addresses a computer that is determined to exterminate the carbon-based life forms under discussion. Kirk poses a question that the computer cannot resolve. Finally, the computer begins repeating the phrase, “More data please. It does not compute. It does not compute….”
Witnessing to the Cults
Every week hundreds of thousands of Christians encounter hundreds of thousands of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons, and other cultists. The Christian witness given to these people is frequently uninformed or misinformed.
Comparing Mormonism And Islam
What happened on 9/11 that both Islam and Mormonism have in common?
Five Reasons Why I Cannot Be A Mormon
One might choose to join the Mormon church because some Mormons live good, clean, moral lives. However, so do many Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians and others…
Salvation, Mormon Style! Or, The Law of Eternal Progression
We must understand what they mean when Mormons talk of being saved. At the same time we must understand what Christians mean by salvation. When we compare the two, we will see vast differences.
Patterns in the Cults
In every religious group there are certain doctrines or practices that define the public’s knowledge of them. However, when discerning whether any group is orthodox or heterodox there are certain criteria that must be considered…