Category: Evangelism
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Latter-Day Saints: Would You Be Willing To Take the Romans Challenge?
Everyone has presuppositions. There are many ways we have been influenced, including our culture and the people in our surroundings. Even our religious faith might be something we garnered from our community. Since it is not possible that all paths lead to God, we would like to challenge you to read the book of Romans…
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Common Bible Prooftexts Used by Latter-day Saints Index
Sometimes Mormons will use a Bible verse or passage to support their religious view. Here is a place for you to look and see answers that help you.
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RM (Defined)
RM: Short for “returned missionary.” See missionary.
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I Love Talking To Ex-Mormon Atheists
I did not expect to meet so many atheists when I moved to Utah seven years ago. But I should have known better: America as a whole is secularizing, and Mormonism itself has a “scorched earth policy.” My Mormon girlfriend in high school once essentially said, “If the LDS Church isn’t true, I don’t know…
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Should Evangelism Always Suit a 21st Century Culture?
On Ash Wednesday, several Episcopalian priests from the San Diego, CA area went onto local street corners, putting ashes onto the heads of pedestrians. According to the article I read, this event was created so people who were too busy to go to church could participate in this rite. Some even stuck their heads out…
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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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Missionary Training Center (Defined)
Missionary Training Center. Also known as the MTC. It is here the Mormon missionary learns doctrine and procedure that will be used during his/her missionary service. Time spent at the MTC varies from 3-13 weeks. The LDS Church operates 11 total centers around the world: in Brazil, Congo, England, Ghana, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, the…
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Missionary (Defined)
Missionary. Young men (ages 18 to 25) serve for two years, young women (minimum age 19) serve for eighteen months, and retired couples serve from six months to three years. Locations assigned by leaders. Before October 2012, the ages were 19 for boys and 21 for girls, but this was lowered in an annoucement at…
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Missionary Lessons (Defined)
Missionary Lessons. A series of lessons taught by LDS missionaries to potential converts, the basis of which is found in the missionary manual Preach My Gospel. Return to dictionary here.
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Investigator (Defined)
Investigator. A person who is being visited by the Mormon missionaries and is considering the LDS religion. Typically potential converts are asked to read the Book of Mormon and pray according to the fashion of Mornoi 10:4.
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Golden Contact (Defined)
Golden Contact. A person who knows little or nothing about Mormonism but is eager to learn and may possibly join the LDS Church.
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Why Can’t They See?
If you are like me, one of the most frustrating things in sharing your Christian faith is having the message rejected, sometimes even “in your face.” Recently I had a pair of Mormon missionaries come over to my house, unannounced. We had a very good one-hour conversation. The elder who had been on the field…
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Answering Mormons’ Questions Leader’s Guide
Answering Mormons’ Questions (Kregel, October 2012) by Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson deals with 36 common questions that Mormons ask Christians about faith. In this book, which is scheduled to be released in the middle of October, we provide material–including hundreds of original quotes from LDS sources and plenty of stories from our own experiences–…
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The Bridge or the Beehive? Mormon Apologetics in a Postmodern Age
Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson Since the time Joseph Smith, Jr., founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter‐day Saints (Mormon or LDS) in 1830, Christians have recognized this organization as a heretical religion that does not represent biblical teachings. Not long after Smith’s death in 1844, Brigham Young led his followers into the Salt…
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Patience and Evanjellyfish
A Mormon writes, I am a Mormon. I found your video regarding stereotyping of Mormons interesting. It is true that we don`t all agree. We are a very intellectual body. Our Sunday services are more like intellectual discussions or seminars than a long sermon. I am the type of Mormon who is generally true-blue; but…
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Is Mormonism Research Ministry "Anti-Mormon"?
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10 Things Christians Can Learn from the Mormons
By Eric JohnsonListen Over the years that I have studied world religions, I have found it fascinating to dialogue with the adherents of these faiths. So many times I come away with a better appreciation of each one and, in turn, find ways to better practice what I believe to be true.
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Inordinate Accusations of Hatred as a Means of Insulation
We received an e-mail from “Wes” in January that came off rather strong: “Oh, bye the way, aren’t you just a bunch of ignorant biased, hateful, anti-christ, jealous, bigots who have nothing better to do than to persecute mormons who never did anything to you? I’ll answer the question for you: Yes.” Not knowing his…