Author: Aaron Shafovaloff
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Testimony of a Former Polygamist: Out of Polygamy, Into Christ
I was born and raised in one of many groups of people who practice polygamy as their way to heaven and to eternal exaltation. All my life I was taught that the "god with whom we have to do" was a tyrant, with a celestial whip, ready and anxious to punish, hurt and humiliate those…
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Testimony of Dave Smith
As a young man growing up in the 50’s, I would have considered my life as normal. I played ball, chased girls, and attended a mainline church with my family. At age 16 I attended a Billy Graham Crusade, went forward and accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Savior. When I shared this with my…
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Testimony of Carolyn Sexauer: My Testimony of the Gospel of the Grace of God
Since that wonderful day when I gave up tying to reconcile the teachings of Mormonism with the Word of God, as found in the Bible, and was "born again" of the Spirit, I have been happier than ever before in my life, and have known in full measure "the peace of God that passeth all…
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Testimony of Betty McGill: Mormonism Could Not Save Me
I write this for one reason and no other – and that is to tell you just what my experience has been. May I say that mine is not an unusual or isolated experience, but it has been the experience of millions who have trusted Christ for their salvation, and who believe that the Bible…
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Testimony of Gail Clark – Challenged by a Christian Colleague
As a child I never had religion in the home my parents were never interested in anything to do with religion. Between the ages of 10-11 I attended Sunday school at a local Anglican Church. I found the church very boring and by the time I was twelve I decided the Church was dead. In…
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Testimony of Art Budvarson – Founder of Utah Christian Tract Society
I was a member of the Mormon Church until one day I appeared at a Bishop’s Court and requested that my name as a member be removed from the records of the Church. Approximately eight years before this time, I was discussing the Bible with a friend who was a Christian. I told him that…
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Testimony of Loren Franck – Former Missionary
Why did I leave the Mormon church? After all, Mormons seem so clean-cut, sincere and hardworking. A convert to Mormonism, I renounced the church 11 years after joining because it’s not what it claims to be. Masquerading as the only true Church of Jesus Christ, it’s merely another man-made religion. And while Mormons often mean…
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Michael J. Barrett – Excommunicated for Publicly Confirming LDS Teaching
[Introduction: The following testimony was published in the May 22, 1994 edition of the Arizona Republic newspaper. Mr. Barrett has kindly granted his permission for MRM to reprint it. Even though his story may seem by some to be dated, there is much we can learn from it today. His story refutes the myth that…
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Oration Delivered by Sidney Rigdon On the 4th of July, 1838
Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri Friends and Fellow Citizens;
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Painesville Telegraph – Friday, December 21, 1832
Introduction Many members of the LDS Church have looked to Doctrine and Covenants 87 as one of many proofs for the divine calling of Joseph Smith as a latter-day prophet. This section, said to be given to Joseph Smith on Christmas Day in 1832, seemingly prophesies the coming War Between the States; a war that…
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Joseph Smith’s First Vision: Fact or Fiction?
By Wesley Walters
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Fooling the Prophet with the Kinderhook Plates
By Bill McKeever and Aaron Shafovaloff
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History of Wayne County – How the Locals Viewed Joseph Smith and His Family
The History of Wayne County New York (1789-1877) gives both a “historical and descriptive” look at the area where Joseph Smith lived as a young man and where Mormonism began. As the title implies, it is a look at the history of the entire county and is not at all intended to elaborate on the…
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Nephite Synagogues: Where Did They Originate?
By Edward Mellott It is not unusual to encounter, in literary works, details that are out of place as to their time. Those are called ‘anachronisms’ which are placed by the writer in a time before the objects existed. An example of this is the mention of a clock in the play Julius Caesar by…
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Can Christians be Assured of their Salvation?
By Edward Mellott “These things have I written unto you that believe in the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God” (1 John 5:13).
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Heaven and Hell
By Bill McKeever & Eric Johnson Christianity has historically taught that there is only one of two possible destinations awaiting mankind after death: heaven or hell. To those who have been justified by faith and received the righteousness of Christ applied to their account, there awaits a glorious eternity in heaven. To the rest who…
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"One Door to Salvation"
By Charles H. Spurgeon.
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The Law of Sacrifice as Opposed to Christ’s Perfect Sacrifice
Many scriptures remind us that our salvation has been purchased by the final, perfect sacrifice of Christ. However, in the article The Law of Sacrifice (Ensign, Oct 1998, pp. 6-13) LDS Apostle M. Russell Ballard reflects a different point of view – one more in keeping with the view that salvation must be earned. To…