Author: Bill McKeever
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The Clever Joseph Smith
Note: The following was originally printed in the May/June 2022 edition of Mormonism Researched. To request a free subscription, please visit here. The best of con men try their best to come up with stories that are difficult to falsify. In this area I give credit to Joseph Smith. Have you ever noticed how Smith was able…
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Why Are LDS Members Applauded for Being Deceptive?
Posted 4/28/22 Note: The following was originally printed in the March/April 2022 edition of Mormonism Researched. To request a free subscription, please visit here. Seventeenth President Nelson announced on August 16, 2018 how the Lord “impressed on my mind the importance of the name he has revealed for his church.” Speaking in general conference a few months…
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The “Gift” of Salvation is Not Free
Note: The following was originally printed in the January/February 2022 edition of Mormonism Researched. To request a free subscription, please visit here. Discussing the topic of salvation with a Latter-day Saint can sometimes be confusing since the word salvation is given two distinct definitions in Mormonism. General salvation, or resurrection from the dead, is something all humans will…
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Worthiness and Flawlessness: A Look at Bradley Wilcox’s October 2021 GC Message
Bradley R. Wilcox is a popular speaker with Latter-day Saints. According to the counter on YouTube, his June 12, 2011 devotional talk titled “His Grace is Sufficient” at LDS Church-owned Brigham Young University has topped 1 million views. Although Wilcox is not a general authority in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he…
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Does Temple Participation Offer “Assurance”?
Posted October 7, 2021 Note: The following was originally printed in the September/October 2021 edition of the Mormonism Researched, a bimonthly periodical of MRM that is free upon request. To request a free subscription to Mormonism Researched, please visit here. Speaking at general conference on April 3, 2021, Henry B. Eyring, second counselor to 17th President Russell…
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Are Baptists Christian?
Note: The following was originally printed in the July/August 2021 edition of the Mormonism Researched, a bimonthly periodical of MRM that is free upon request. To request a free subscription to Mormonism Researched, please visit here. Challenging the “Christianity” of Latter-day Saints is often met with a quick rebuttal or perhaps just outright distain. The reason…
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Why Do Latter-day Saints Fold Their Arms When they Pray?
Typically members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints pray with folded arms. There is nothing found in the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, or Pearl of Great Price that commands or even suggests such a position when offering prayer. For that matter, there is nothing in the Bible that commands Christians…
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Ruining a Beautiful Hymn of Comfort and Hope
Note: The following was originally printed in the January/February 2021 edition of Mormonism Researched. To request a free subscription, please visit here. Many of the hymns Christians sing have not only a deep doctrinal connection to our faith, but many also come with an historical background that give the words special meaning to us as believers.…
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Abraham 1:26 and the Priesthood Ban
Note: The following was originally printed in the November/December 2020 edition of Mormonism Researched. To request a free subscription, please visit here. In his book The Church and the Negro, LDS author Dr. John Lewis Lund cited a letter written by ninth LDS President David O. McKay. Dated November 3, 1947, McKay gave a lengthy response to…
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The Elijah Able History Essay
Note: The following was originally printed in the April 2020 edition of MRM Update. This is sent out 6 times a year to our financial supporters. To request a free subscription to our bimonthly publication Mormonism Researched, please visit here. Saints: The Standard of Truth, an official history book published in 2018 by The Church of…
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That Polygamy Doctrine that Just Will Not Go Away
Note: The following was originally printed in the January/February 2020 edition of Mormonism Researched. To request a free subscription, please visit here. By Bill McKeever The topic of “eternal polygamy,” the doctrine stating that a faithful Latter-day male can be sealed to two or more faithful LDS women, came up in the October 2019 general conference. Dallin…
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Joseph Smith’s Polygamy and Jacob 2:30
Note: The following was originally printed in the July/August 2019 edition of our bimonthly newsletter. To request a free subscription to Mormonism Researched, please visit here. The Foundation for Apologetics Information and Research (FAIR) is an apologetics organization dedicated to defending the truth claims of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. On its official…
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Do Latter-Day Saints Earn the “Blessing” of Eternal Life?
Note: The following was originally printed in the May/June 2019 edition of Mormonism Researched. To request a free subscription, please visit here. Blessings received by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are described in a number of ways. For example, eternal life in the celestial kingdom of God has been explained as a…
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Choosing the “Easier” Commandments
Note: The following was originally printed in the November/December 2018 edition of Mormonism Researched. To request a free subscription, please visit here. If you were to ask any Latter-day Saint if they are keeping all of the commandments or have repented of all their sins, the answer you are likely to hear is, “I’m doing my best” or…
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If Mormonism Is True, Heaven Could Be Very Disappointing
Note: The following was originally printed in the May/June 2018 edition of Mormonism Researched. To request a free subscription, please visit here. Ask just about any New Testament Christian what they look forward to after this brief life is over, and they will tell you of the anticipation of being in the presence of a personal savior who…
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Paying Allegiance to Joseph Smith
The dictionary defines “allegiance” as “loyalty or commitment of a subordinate to a superior or of an individual to a group or cause.” Mormons are often quick to deny that members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints worship their founder, Joseph Smith. Technically, this is true if the definition of worship is…
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Sin, Trespass, and Transgression
Writing to the Christian church in Rome, the apostle Paul notes that “sin came into the world through one man” (5:12). The context clearly shows that the “man” Paul had in mind was Adam (5:14). This event, known as the fall, is described by Paul as a negative event in humankind’s history. Writing for the…