Author: Bill McKeever
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Book of Mormon and Doctrine and Covenants Redi-Reference Sheet
This is a great resource in your evangelism. Print these out and put them into your Standard Works as references to remember.
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Do Temple Garments Protect the Faithful Mormon?
Do Temple Garments Protect the Faithful Mormon?By Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson In the temple pre-endowment instructions, patrons are told that their obedience to the covenants they are to make, along with their wearing the temple garments, will protect them. They are instructed:
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Titus 3:5
Titus 3:5 This verse is often used by those who believe that the “washing of regeneration,” or water baptism, qualifies a person for heaven. The immediate context needs to be considered. Paul is explaining the importance of good works. He began in verses 1-2 by showing how Christians should not fight but rather be kind…
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Algunas Preguntas Para Nuestros Amigos SUD
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The Priesthood Ban: Intended To Be Enforced Until the Resurrection?
On December 6, 2013, the LDS Church published an article (“Race and Priesthood”) that contradicted the facts from earlier church history. Was the banning of blacks holding the priesthood originated by Brigham Young and perpetuated for more than a century? Or was this teaching truly a “doctrine” originated by Joseph Smith as claimed by a number of…
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Encountering the Mormon Missionaries – 15 Things They May Be Reluctant to Tell You
Today the number of full-time missionaries sent out by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) numbers in the tens of thousands. Most of these are young men and women in their late teens or early twenties, but the LDS Church also has within its ranks retired people serving as full-time missionaries.…
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La Ley Celestial
La Ley Celestial Por Bill McKeever Históricamente, el cristianismo siempre ha enseñado que el ser humano es destinado a uno de dos lugares después de morir: el cielo o el infierno. El Mormonismo, en cambio, afirma que lo que una persona cree y hace en esta vida resultará en situarlo en uno de los tres…
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Book Review: Talking with Mormons: An Invitation to Evangelicals
Richard Mouw is the outgoing president of Fuller Theological Seminary. He is a keyevangelical figure in the realm of interfaith dialogue and has spent the better part of the last decade engaged in discussions with Latter-day Saint scholars and some LDS church officials. His role has afforded him some high profile encounters typified by his role…
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"The Land of Jerusalem" and the Dead Sea Scrolls
By Bill McKeeverIn an article titled “Mounting Evidence for the Book of Mormon,” Dr. Daniel Peterson from BYU states, “Alma 7:10 predicts that Jesus ‘shall be born of Mary, at Jerusalem which is the land of our forefathers.’ Is this a mistake? Everyone knows that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, not in Jerusalem.
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1 Peter 3:21: Are we saved by water baptism?
“Baptism is an essential principle,” President Lorenzo Snow said. “Some deem it wrong to number baptism among the essential principles ordained of God, to be attended to in obtaining remission of sins. In reply, we say that the Savior and Apostles have done so before us, therefore we feel obligated to follow their example.” (Williams, The…
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The Importance of History
The first sin ever recorded was historical revisionism. Satan said, “Did God really say that?” The serpent took advantage of a very important principle: What people believe in the present is largely shaped by what they think about the past. Unfortunately, Mormonism has been less than forthright about its history, sanitizing its founding events and…
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Problems with the Gold Plates in the Book of Mormon
Just what exactly were the gold plates made from. In this article that first appeared in Christian Research Journal, volume 34, number 02 (2011), Bill McKeever considers the possibilites and shows why it is impossible that Joseph Smith was given plates made of real gold.
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EMNR Statement on Richard Mouw
In April 2013, the leaders at the Evangelical Ministries to New Religions (EMNR) put together an offiical statement regarding the former president of Fuller Seminary, Richard Mouw. The statement is located here along with the official link.
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The Mormon View of Salvation: A Gospel that is Truly Impossible (Witnessing with Six Verses)
The following article was printed in the Christian Research Journal, Vol. 34, No. 04, 2011, 6-7A doorstep encounter with missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) may allow only a brief moment to hopefully make a lasting impression, so we must weigh our words carefully. Too many Christians make the mistake…
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Testimony of Artie Garner
I was “adopted” into the LDS faith. My biological mother was an unwed young woman at 16 years of age when I was born. She faced a very difficult decision to give me up for adoption, and decided to let me be adopted by her aunt and uncle… who were converts to the LDS faith.…
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Testimony of Pam Miller
Pam Miller: A Princess of the KING! I am a seventh-generation Mormon. My ancestors go back to the days of Joseph Smith; one was his personal body guard. Many Latter-day Saints think that anyone that leaves the Church must have had a bad experience, or want to sin–otherwise why would anyone leave? I left when…
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Though He Insists It Isn’t, Richard Mouw’s Definition of a Cult Fits the LDS Church
In an interview printed in Christianity Today titled “Rich Mouw on Why Evangelicals Need to Be Quick to Listen to Mormons,” Dr. Richard Mouw, the outgoing president of Fuller Seminary (yes, the same Dr. Mouw that continues to accuse evangelicals of bearing false witness when it comes to the teachings of Mormonism) insists that the word cult should…
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Should Christians Support a Mormon Running for President?
By Bill McKeever The fact that two members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have aspired to become President of the United States in the 2012 elections, has caused many to wonder whether or not a Christian should support such a person for the highest office in our land. Let me begin by…
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When the Constitution “Hangs by a Thread” – The White Horse Prophecy in Modern Mormonism
By Bill McKeeverFollowing the Mormon expulsion from Missouri in 1838, Joseph Smith made a trip to Washington, D.C. “to present to the National Congress the petition of the Saints for a redress of their grievances, suffered in Missouri” (History of the Church 4:xxvi). Arriving in November 1839, Smith met with several powerful politicians of that day, including President…
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Surviving Apostles?
By Bill McKeeverB.H. Roberts, an LDS Seventy and LDS Church historian, in his introduction to the History of the Church, stated that the LDS Church is founded upon this very premise. He wrote, “Nothing less than a complete apostasy from the Christian religion would warrant the establishment of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day…