Category: Mormon Theology
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Confusion over Gethsemane and the Atonement
Posted 7/2021 Traditionally most LDS leaders have stressed the importance of what took place in the Garden of Gethsemane for the atonement. Some leaders in recent years are attempting to include what took place at the cross as part of the narrative. This issue was discussed in the April 2021 Liahona magazine, an official LDS…
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Evangelical Dissertations and Theses on Mormonism
These are often available on TREN, ProQuest, or WorldCat. Created June 30, 2021 Last updated July 1, 2021 Baker, Kirk. “Living By The Rule Of Ones: An Evangelism Training Manual For Highly Mormon Populated Communities.” D.Min., Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2012. Bass, Justin W. “A Different Jesus: Contemporary Mormon And New Testament Understandings Of Christ…
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The Testimonies of Two Apostles – New Testament vs. LDS
28 June 2021 The New Testament apostle Paul told the Corinthians, “And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.” (1 Corinthians 2:1-2) Paul’s faith and testimony…
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The Book of Mormon and Three Degrees of Glory
By Bill McKeever Note: The following was originally printed in the September/October 2020 edition of Mormonism Researched. To request a free subscription, please visit here. A criticism that I share with many Christians is the lack of unique Mormon doctrine in the Book of Mormon. If Nephites really existed, why is it we do not see them believing…
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Who is Korihor? And do we fit his characteristics?
By Eric Johnson Note: The following was originally printed in the September/October 2020 edition of Mormonism Researched. To request a free subscription, please visit here. As you can imagine, sometimes we at MRM receive angry emails from members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. For example, the following asked us several different questions:…
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Introducing Christianity to Mormons: Chapter 8
Return to Introducing Christianity main menu Chapter 8: Justification: Forgiveness of Sins by Faith Alone Chapter Preview: Christianity is all about the complete forgiveness of sins, which the Bible says is available only through faith alone in the work accomplished by Jesus on the cross. This is a different concept than having to perform certain…
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Heavenly Mother: “A Cherished and Distinctive Belief Among Latter-day Saints”
To coincide with Mother’s Day, on 8 May (2021) The Salt Lake Tribune published an article by journalist Peggy Fletcher Stack titled, “Latter-day Saints are talking more about Heavenly Mother, and that’s where the debates and divisions begin.” Because The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints doesn’t have a systematic theology that includes detailed…
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Mormonism’s Confusion Over Christ’s Atonement for Sin
In the April 2021 issue of Liahona magazine, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints explains in its “Gospel Basics” column that “Jesus Christ Saved Us from Sin and Death.” “We refer to Jesus Christ as our Savior. That is because He paid the price for our sins and overcame the power of death.…
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The Garden? Calvary? Tomb? Just Where Did the LDS Atonement Take Place?
Viewpoint on Mormonism shows on this article aired March 31-April 2, 2021. Listen to them here: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Over the years, leaders from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have stressed the importance of the Garden of Gethsemane as the place where Jesus atoned for sins. In earlier times, Gethsemane…
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The Torment of Mormonism’s Uncertainties
The November (2020) issue of Ensign, an official magazine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, contains the church’s October General Conference addresses. One address, given by LDS apostle Dale Renlund, caught my attention. In “Do Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly with God,” Mr. Renlund explains what it is to be Christlike,…
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Why Don’t Latter-Day Saints Pray to Jesus?
Latter-day Saints are taught to pray to God the Father (Elohim or Heavenly Father) and not to Jesus. Beth T. Spackman, a seminary teacher in Midnapore, Alberta, said Jesus should not be prayed to in her answer to a question in the June 1988 Ensign magazine. She wrote, In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus…
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The Unbiblical Heart of Mormonism is Alive and Well
31 July 2020 The August 2020 issue of Ensign magazine includes two back-to-back articles that reference the LDS doctrine of human beings becoming like God. An apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is quoted in “Seeing Yourself in the Great Plan of Happiness” by Seventy Brian K. Taylor: “Our entire perspective…
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Doesn’t the Apostle Paul Say There Were Three Degrees of Glory?
The following is from chapter 30 in Answering Mormons’ Questions (Kregel, 2013). To get additional help in answering LDS questions, we recommend purchasing the book. Click here to see more. The three heavens described in Doctrine and Covenants section 76 are called the celestial, terrestrial, and telestial kingdoms. First Corinthians 15:40–41 is used to support…
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Doesn’t the book of James say that “faith without works is dead”?
The following is from chapter 19 in Answering Mormons’ Questions (Kregel, 2013). To get additional help in answering LDS questions, we recommend purchasing the book. Click here to see more. Leaders from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint throughout the years have stressed the importance of good works in order to become exalted and…
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How Can You Believe in a God Who Would Send His Children to an Eternal Hell?
The following is from chapter 18 in Answering Mormons’ Questions (Kregel, 2013). To get additional help in answering LDS questions, we recommend purchasing the book. Click here to see more. The traditional view of eternal punishment in hell is rejected in Mormon theology. Apostle John A. Widtsoe said, “In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,…
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Brigham Young’s Eternal Predicament
On June 1st (2020) the prophet/president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Russell M. Nelson, posted remarks on his social media page(s) that addressed racism and its atrocities. Many Latter-day Saints noted that President Nelson’s words calmed them, brought them comfort, and gave them feelings of peace. I’m fairly certain that the…
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The Elijah Able History Essay
Note: The following was originally printed in the April 2020 edition of MRM Update. This is sent out 6 times a year to our financial supporters. To request a free subscription to our bimonthly publication Mormonism Researched, please visit here. Saints: The Standard of Truth, an official history book published in 2018 by The Church of…
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Book Review: The Divine Gift of Forgiveness by Apostle Neil L. Andersen
The Divine Gift of Forgiveness and The Miracle of Forgiveness: Changing Mormon Theology? Or Just More of the Same? A closer look at two books written by two LDS apostles five decades apart Reviewed by Eric Johnson Article Summary Over the years some Latter-day Saints have expressed their disapproval with The Miracle of Forgiveness–one of…
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The Door to Eternal Life According to Spencer W. Kimball
Note: The following was originally printed in the January/February 2020 edition of Mormonism Researched. To request a free subscription, please visit here. Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hope for eternal life. Christians also hope for eternal life. And while Mormonism and Christianity define eternal life differently, there is one aspect that is…
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10 Reasons Why the Jesus of Mormonism is Not the Same as the Jesus of the Bible
In 2 Corinthians 11:4, the apostle Paul declared that it was possible for a religion to have a “different Jesus” than the Jesus of the Bible. He explained, For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel,…
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