Author: Eric Johnson
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Book Review: Mormon America: The Power and the Promise
Reviewed by Eric Johnson The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) has received plenty of publicity during the 1990s, most of which was positive. From the affable President Gordon B. Hinckley to the many positive media reports generated by the media, there has probably never been a time in history where Mormonism has…
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Book Review: Early Mormonism and the Magic World View
Author: D. Michael Quinn Signature Books, 1998 Reviewer: Eric Johnson Introduction
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Book Review: One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church
Reviewed by Eric Johnson
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Book Review: The New Mormon Challenge: Responding to the Latest Defenses of a Fast-Growing Movement
Edited by Francis Beckwith, Carl Mosser, and Paul Owen. By Eric Johnson
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Book Review: Quest for the Gold Plates: Thomas Stuart Ferguson’s Archaeological Search for The Book of Mormon
By Stan Larson Reviewed By Eric Johnson
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Book Review: What is Mormonism All About: Answers to the 150 Most Commonly Asked Questions about the (LDS) Church
Answers to the 150 Most Commonly Asked Questions about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints By W.F. Walker Johanson By Eric Johnson The title of this book is catchy…if you have a little time to wade through all the words. Yet according to the front cover, W.F. Walker Johanson promises to give LDS…
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Movie Review: Get the Fire: Young Mormon Missionaries Abroad
By Eric Johnson "Get the Fire"—a one-hour documentary that observed several Mormon missionaries during their two years of church service—was aired during Christmastime 2003 on many PBS stations. Although the response from a number of Mormon viewers was negative, the film is truly an honest and objective portrayal of the hopes and fears that a…
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Movie Review: The Restoration
Produced by the LDS Church. Reviewed by Eric Johnson
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Is It Fair to Compare Joseph Smith with the Prophet Jonah?
By Eric Johnson We at Mormonism Research Ministry and other like-minded groups have adamantly maintained that Joseph Smith was a false prophet based on his prophecies which did not take place as he said they would. One common LDS response which we have repeatedly hear is: “If Joseph Smith was a false prophet, then the…
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Is Judging Always Wrong? A Closer Look at Matthew 7:1
By Eric Johnson Are making judgment calls always wrong? If not, is it wrong to critique what Christians believe to be doctrinal error? A common proof text used by Mormons who insist that their church is above criticism is Matthew 7:1, which says, “Judge not, that ye be not judged.” “Why do you judge?” is…
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Mark 12:25 and Marriage in Heaven
By Eric Johnson “For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.” Mark 12:25
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Singlehood in Mormonism
By Eric Johnson In the January 2005 Ensign, an official monthly LDS Church magazine, LDS Seventy Clate W. Mask Jr. referred to Doctrine and Covenants 14:7 where Jesus supposedly told Joseph Smith, “If you keep my commandments and endure to the end you shall have eternal life, which gift is the greatest of all the…
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Temple "Worthiness" and the Bible
The following is an excerpt from the book “Questions to Ask Your Mormon Friend” by Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson. Tenth LDS President Joseph Fielding Smith stated:
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Prominent People Mormons Have Baptized by Proxy
According to Collected Discourses, Vol.3, Appendix, Wilford Woodruff, December 13, 1893, the following men were baptized by proxy in the St. George Temple on August 21, 1877: All the Signers of the Declaration of Independence except John Hancock and William Floyd.
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Supporting the Work of MRM
Were you looking for an ex-Mormon support group in your area? Ministries such as MRM depend a great deal on support from generous Christians who agree with both our mission objectives and the method in which we achieve those objectives. If you have benefited from the efforts of this work and feel others could benefit…
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Applying Pascal’s Wager to Mormonism
Is the Latter-day Saint willing to gamble with their eternal life that they are right?When dealing with staunch believers in Mormonism, including Mormon missionaries, I have presented a number of different apologetic arguments in a hope to find a chink in their theological armor and penetrate their innermost beings.As it is known by many fellow…
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Leaving Mormonism
By Eric Johnson Listen
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The Name of God’s Church
Most Mormons believe their church (the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS)) should be considered Christian since it has Jesus’ name in its official title. In his book written in 1991, LDS author Stephen E. Robinson summed up this idea when he asserted: “…Is not the name of our church The Church of…