Author: Bill McKeever
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Movie Review: The Other Side of Heaven
Reviewed by Bill McKeever There is no doubt that many people will be caught off guard when they sit down to watch the Hollywood film “The Other Side of Heaven.” Several media outlets have touted this as good Christian entertainment. However, it should be known that this is a Mormon film based on the memoirs…
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Movie Review: The Passion of the Christ
Review by Bill McKeever With all of the publicity surrounding Mel Gibson’s film depicting the last 12 hours of the life of Christ, it was absolutely necessary that I see for myself if all of the accusations (and accolades) were warranted.
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Movie Review: Saints and Soldiers
Reviewed by Bill McKeever War history has always intrigued me. Although I have never been so unfortunate as to be involved in any wartime conflict, I have tried to use my feeble imagination to comprehend the horror, confusion, and irony that often takes place during wartime situations.
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Book Review: Grace Works: After All We Can Do
By Dr. Robert Millet Reviewed by Bill McKeever The front jacket reads, “As Latter-day Saints we sing and speak of the redeeming love of Jesus Christ, but do we take those words of praise and worship to heart? In whom do we really trust? Upon whom do we really rely? What does it mean to…
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Book Review: The Miracle of Forgiveness
By Spencer W. Kimball. Reviewed by Bill McKeever In my opinion, one of the best books written by an LDS general authority that clearly exposes Mormonism’s as non Christian is The Miracle of Forgiveness. This book, which was written by 12th President Spencer W. Kimball, contains some of the most horrendous teachings imaginable including:
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Book Review: Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found my Faith
By Martha Nibley Beck. Reviewed by Bill McKeever Hugh Nibley has been extolled by many Latter-day Saints as the foremost scholar and apologist in LDS Church history. During his eulogy (he died on February 24, 2005 at the age of 94), it was mentioned that “he will be long remembered for his scholarly research and…
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Movie Review: Mobsters and Mormons
Reviewed by Bill McKeever If our oversensitive culture has robbed you of being able to laugh at typically funny stereotypes, then Mobsters and Mormons may be a film you may want to bypass. If you don’t fall into that category, have a good sense of humor, and are somewhat familiar with both the Mormon and…
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Book Review: A Different Jesus? The Christ of the Latter-day Saints
By Robert L. Millet. Reviewed by Bill McKeever
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Movie Review: The Work and the Glory
Reviewed by Bill McKeever
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Movie Review: Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration
Reviewed by Bill McKeever Despite the fact that Article 13 in the LDS Articles of Faith states that Mormons are to be honest, the LDS Church refuses to be completely truthful when it comes to its history, especially when the subject is Joseph Smith. As part of its celebration of the 200th anniversary of the…
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Bruce McConkie’s Letter of Rebuke to Professor Eugene England
Introduction The following is a letter written by LDS Apostle Bruce R. McConkie and sent to a BYU Professor by the name of Eugene England. The purpose of McConkie’s letter was to let Dr. England know that he was very displeased with certain ideas he was espousing publicly. These included teachings taught in the past…
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The King Follett Discourse
Introduction The King Follett Discourse was a funeral sermon preached by Joseph Smith on behalf of Elder King Follett, an early convert to Mormonism, who, on March 9, 1844, was crushed to death when a bucket of rocks fell on him as he was walling up a well. According to the “Documentary History of the…
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Bruce McConkie’s Seven Deadly Heresies Speech (Unedited)
Introduction Bill McKeever
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The Mountain Meadows Massacre
In 1857, tensions escalated between Mormons and the government, culminating in the Mountain Meadows Massacre where local Mormons, fearing federal troops, secretly orchestrated a brutal attack on an emigrant wagon train, resulting in significant fatalities.
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Violence in Early Mormonism – Was It All Unjust Persecution?
By Bill McKeever Members of the LDS Church often make a big issue of the fact that their ancestors faced terrible persecutions during the early years of the LDS movement. To most people, Missourian sites like Independence, Liberty, Far West, and Caldwell County mean very little. Yet to the faithful Latter-day Saint, these places carry…
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The Missouri Debacle of the 1830s
By Bill McKeever
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Was There a "Miracle" of the Seagulls?
Located east of the Assembly Hall on Temple Square is a golden monument recognizing the 1848 “miracle of the seagulls.” LDS tradition tells how tens of thousands of seagulls miraculously appeared to devour millions of crickets that were attempting to destroy the crops of the Mormon pioneers who had arrived a year before. However, because…
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Were Mormons Poisoned at the Liberty Jail?
By Bill McKeever
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Is J.R.R. Tolkien Also Among the Prophets?
By Bill McKeever Among the many “proofs” Mormons like to use to authenticate the Book of Mormon is to point out that Joseph Smith was far too young to dream up the theme found in the Book of Mormon. They also point out that this book contains many unique words and that Joseph Smith could…