Author: Eric Johnson
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Reviews of “Come, Follow Me” New Testament 2023
A series titled “Come, Follow Me,” originated in 2018 when the church put together weekly studies for members of all ages, continues in 2023 as the New Testament is covered. During the past four years, these were the organized topics: 2019: New Testament 2020: The Book of Mormon 2021: Doctrine and Covenants 2022: Old Testament There…
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MRM’s Official Statement About the Christian Research Journal
December 1, 2022 (Updated 12/14/22) Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson have been contributing writers of the bimonthly Christian Research Journal (under the auspices of Christian Research Institute) since the late 1990s. Over the past two-plus decades, they have written more than two dozen articles featured in the magazine that was led by its now-deceased editor-in-chief…
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A PR Nightmare? The LDS Church and Its Support of a “Marriage Bill”
Listen to a three-episode Viewpoint on Mormonism series titled The LDS Church and the Respect for Marriage Act Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 that aired November 28-30, 2022. On November 15, 2022, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints decided to publicly support a “marriage” bill that includes those involved in same-sex unions.…
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Review: For the Strength of Youth
In December 2011, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints updated its 44-page booklet titled For the Strength of Youth approved by the First Presidency that is aimed “to address the issues youth face today.” A review of this booklet is available on MRM’s website here. At the October 2022 general conference, another version…
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How Jesus and Lucifer Are Related to Humans
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS/Mormon) teaches unique doctrines contrary to biblical Christianity. One such belief is that Jesus, Lucifer, and all humans are literally spirit brothers and sisters from a previous existence. To understand the teaching, we must consider what a variety of LDS teachers have said throughout the years. The…
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Did Jesus forgive the adulterous woman?
Note: The following was originally printed in the September/October 2022 edition of Mormonism Researched. To request a free subscription, please visit here. The story of Jesus and the adulterous woman recorded in John 7:53-8:11 is well-known by many Bible readers because it exemplifies the essence of the Savior. If you remember, a woman who had been caught…
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Viewpoint on Mormonism Archives
Hint: To find a show on a particular topic, click “Control F” and put the word in (i.e. Mountain Meadows Massacre) you would like to hear. Note: MRM has been broadcasting Viewpoint on Mormonism, a 14-minute daily show, since July 2011. You can download these to your MP3 or iPod devices as well as your…
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President Nelson speaks on “The Everlasting Covenant”: A Review of Liahona 10/2022
For a 5-part Viewpoint on Mormonism podcast series on “Russell M. Nelson and the Everlasting Gospel” that aired October 3-7, 2022, click Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Posted 9/30/22 In the October 2022 Liahona–the official magazine for English-speaking adults of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints–an article from President Russell M. Nelson…
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Photos from the 2022 MRM tour to LDS Historical Sites
See an article written by Bill McKeever titled “Oftentimes, it’s what they don’t say.“ In October and November 2022, MRM’s Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson spent three and a half weeks discussing their July 2022 trip to Nauvoo, Kirtland, Palmyra, and other LDS historical places on the daily podcast Viewpoint on Mormonism. Below are some…
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Review of “We Each Have a Story” by Apostle Gerrit W. Gong (April 2022)
By Mike Rabus Posted 7/5/2022 Review of “We Each Have a Story” by Apostle Gerrit W. Gong In the Saturday afternoon session of the April 2022 general conference, Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles gave a talk titled “We Each Have a Story” in which he encouraged his listeners to work on…
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Review: Lighthouse (Ronald V. Huggins)
Review of Lighthouse: Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Despised and Beloved Critics of Mormonism Authored by Ronald V. Huggins Posted June 28, 2022 For Viewpoint on Mormonism podcasts done with the author Ron Huggins and Sandra Tanner that aired June 27-July 5, 2022, click these links: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5…
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“The Covenant Path: The Way to Eternal Life” (Adeyinka A. Ojediran, April 2022)
Posted June 9, 2022 For a series of Viewpoint on Mormonism podcasts that aired June 20-25, 2022, click the following links: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Seventy Adeyinka A. Ojediran (pronounced “oh-head-er-an”) gave a Sunday afternoon talk in general conference titled “The Covenant Path: The Way to Eternal Life”; it was recorded…
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“Divine Love in the Father’s Plan” (Dallin H. Oaks, April 2022)
Posted May 24, 2022 For a 2-part Viewpoint on Mormonism review of this talk that aired June 16-17, 2022, click Part 1 Part 2 Leading off the Sunday afternoon session (April 3, 2022) of general conference, Dallin H. Oaks–the first counselor in the First Presidency–delivered a talk titled “Divine Love in the Father’s Plan.” It was…
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“The Power of Spiritual Momentum” (Russell M. Nelson, April 2022): Review
Posted June 6, 2022 For a 3-part Viewpoint on Mormonism review of this talk that aired June 13-15-2022, click these: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 In a general conference filled with commands by the leadership for the membership to keep their covenants to God, seventeenth President Russell M. Nelson spoke on Sunday morning, April 3, 2022…
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“Covenants with God” (Jean B. Bingham, April 2022): Review
Posted June 6, 2022 Listen to Viewpoint on Mormonism form June 9-10, 2022 on this review: Part 1 Part 2 In the Saturday evening “women’s session,” Jean B. Bingham, the Relief Society General President, gave a talk titled “Covenants with God Strengthen, Protect, and Prepare Us for Eternal Glory.” The talk, printed in the May 2022 Liahona…
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The “Covenant Path”–The Same Old Same Old
Posted May 24, 2022 Many have argued that the views of Mormonism’s leaders are inching closer to an Evangelical perspective that teaches how salvation comes by grace and not by works. Sometimes general conference talks given by leaders have seemed to encourage individual Latter-day Saints to think this way, including: However, in the past few…
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What Dallas Jenkins—Producer of the Chosen—Misses
The Chosen is a crowdfunded television/video series about the life of Jesus. It has proven to be wildly successful in raising money in order to produce two seasons worth of videos that provide a unique look at the Gospels while especially focusing on the interactions between Jesus and His disciples. The producer of the series…
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Review of “Relief Society President Toshiko Yanagida” (March 2022, Liahona)
By Mike Rabus Posted 5/17/2022 What blessings should a member of the LDS Church expect to receive from tithing? In the March 2022 issue of the Liahona magazine, a short article was written about Relief Society President Toshiko Yanagida from Nagoya, Japan in 1950. The article is an excerpt from volume 3 of Saints, which is…
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LDS Pamphlet Compares Mormonism With Islam
Note: The following was originally printed in the March/April 2022 edition of Mormonism Researched. To request a free subscription, please visit here. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints produced a 35-page online pamphlet in late January that compares Mormonism with Islam. The pamphlet—titled “Muslims and Latter-day Saints: Beliefs, Values, and Lifestyles”—was written with…