Category: God
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Who Supplied the Y-Chromosome in Jesus’ Conception?
Christianity: The Spirit created it by an effortless, touchless, omnipotent act. “That which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 1:20; cf. Luke 1:35) 100% of the DNA was mortal, and none of the DNA was transferred from any divine being. 20th century Mormonism: Heavenly Father (Adam’s spirit father) did via natural…
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What Child Is This? The LDS Christmas Story
It was long ago, two thousand years, when sweet baby Jesus was born. Although every baby is cherished by his parents and grandparents and siblings and cousins, this little boy was precious to all the world. The story began in Nazareth… The Old Testament patriarch Noah, who had died long ago and been resurrected as…
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The God of Isaiah vs. Gods of Mormonism
Isaiah 55:8-9 reads: For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. Here are some reasons why, in the context of the book, I don’t…
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Gospel Topics Essay: Mother in Heaven
To see an introduction to the Gospel Topics essays, click here. The entire essay is printed below, underlined, with my commentary included throughout. Because I will try to be short and to the point as much as possible, a number of sites (many from MRM) to support my disagreement are included. I encourage interested readers to consider…
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Jesus Wasn’t Married in Cana
Updated on March 12, 2018 Mormon leaders Orson Hyde and Joseph F. Smith taught that Jesus was married at the “wedding at Cana in Galilee” in John 2.1 This is a foolish interpretation for at least ten reasons: 1. John introduces the wedding with a kind of “there happened to be” kind of attitude: “On the…
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Why Does the Mormon Church Ignore Jesus’ Role as Prophet of God’s Church?
Check out a week-long Viewpoint on Mormonism series on The Role of Revelation that aired from September 9-13, 2019 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Mormon Apostle James Talmage once wrote: … the Church holds itself in readiness to receive additional light and knowledge “pertaining to the Kingdom of God” through divine revelation…. We rely…
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Does Lorenzo Snow’s Famous Couplet No Longer Have a Functioning Place in LDS Theology?
“It is a ‘Mormon’ truism that is current among us and we all accept it, that as man is God once was and as God is man may become.” Apostle Melvin J. Ballard General Conference, April 1921 “From President Snow’s understanding of the teachings of the Prophet on this doctrinal point, he coined the familiar…
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Mormonism:
Jesus Is the Literal “Bodily Offspring” of God the FatherI was just paging through an old book I found at a used bookstore. It’s titled Principles of the Gospel, published in 1961 by the Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and contains an opening note to “Brethren” of the armed services from the First Presidency (David O.…
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Who Is the One Mormons Call Elohim?
For centuries Christians have professed their belief in a God who is God alone (Is. 44:8), self-existent (Is. 43:10; 48:12), transcendent (Num. 23:19; Ps. 50:21), immutable (Ps. 102:27; Is. 46:10; Mal. 3:6), eternal (Ps. 90:2; 93:2), omnipresent (1 Kings 8:27; Prov. 15:3; Is. 66:1; Jer. 23: 23, 24), and incorporeal (John 4:24; Col. 1:15; 1…
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Mormonism’s “Different Jesus”
On Monday I blogged about my disagreement with Mormon bishop Nate Sharp’s implication that because there is “one and only one Jesus Christ” the idea that Mormons believe in a “different Jesus” is a myth. Today I want to look again at his blog article and very briefly examine a few of the attributes Dr. Sharp…
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Is It Wrong Say Mormonism Embraces a “Different Jesus”?
Mormon bishop Nate Sharp wrote a blog article aimed at “Dispelling 5 More Myths About Mormons.” I want to take a look at the first ”myth” he tackled: “Myth #1: Mormons believe in a ‘different Jesus.’ “One myth about Mormons is the notion that we believe in a ‘different Jesus.’ In reality, of course, there…
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He is Risen! A message from the Garden Tomb
The most important holiday for Christians all over the world comes this Sunday. MRM’s Eric Johnson shares what this holy-day means for him.
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The Lorenzo Snow Couplet’s Subordination & Dependence Dilemma for Mormons
Given both halves of the Lorenzo Snow couplet: “As man now is, God once was. As God now is, man may be.” (a) If we will forever be dependent on and subordinate to our God, then it stands to reason that God himself remains dependent on and subordinate to his own God (our Heavenly Grandfather).…
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Is the LDS Jesus Different From What Is Taught in the Bible?
A Mormon writes us to say that the Jesus of Mormonism is the same Jesus of the Bible. How accurate is this? We respond with three reasons why this is not true.
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10 Reasons to Support the Story of the Resurrection
10 Reasons why the Resurrection is true1. The empty tomb.2. The transformed lives of the disciples.3. The testimonies given in the Gospel accounts.
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10 Reasons Why God Exists
10 Reasons Why God ExistsNote: By themselves, these arguments don’t prove God. In fact, nothing can “prove” God in an empirical sense. However, when we put everything together, the idea that there is a God seems more logical and sensible than the idea that no God exists. As one book puts it, “I Don’t Have…
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Only Jesus did his best
What do people mean when they say, “their best”? “I did my best to make it on time.” “I did my best to get good grades.” “I do my best to be a good person.” Normally, this functions as hyperbole or socially acceptable exaggeration. It is often feel-good language for moral failure. When pressed, people…
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Is God Still Learning?
Is God still learning? By Bill McKeever The following was originally printed in the May-June 2010 edition of Mormonism Researched. To request a free subscription, please visit here.
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Why Christians Glory in the Cross
Why Christians glory in the cross By Bill McKeever The following was originally printed in the May-June 2005 edition of Mormonism Researched. To request a free subscription, please visit here. https://mrm.org/newsletter
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Why Not Gethsemane?
Why Not Gethsemane? By Bill McKeever Editor’s note: This article first appeared in Mormonism Researched, May-June 2005. Where Christ actually took upon Himself the sins of mankind has been a bone of contention between Mormons and Christians for decades. In their book Third Nephi 9-30: This Is My Gospel, Mormon authors Monte S. Nyman and…