Category: Rebuttals and Rejoinders
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Mormonism 201 (Heaven and Hell): Response to Marc A. Schindler
To visit the list of rejoinders, go here. Response to Marc A. SchindlerRejoinder by Eric Johnson In order to make this review easier to read, all original quotes from the Mormonism 201 rebuttal are boldfaced and italicized to separate these from the rest of the rejoinder. In his rebuttal’s concluding words, Marc A. Shindler writes: “Not…
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Mormonism 201 (Grace and Works): Response to Kevin Graham
To visit the list of rejoinders, go here. Editor’s Note: In order to make this review easier to read, all original quotes used from the Mormonism 201 rebuttal are boldfaced and italicized to separate these from the rest of the rejoinder. Review by Kevin Graham Rejoinder by Eric Johnson Though Kevin Graham writes one of the…
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Mormonism 201 (Atonement): Response to Edward T. Jones
To visit the list of rejoinders, go here. Response to Edward T. JonesRejoinder by Mike Thomas In order to make this review easier to read, all original quotes from the Mormonism 201 rebuttal are boldfaced and italicized to separate these from the rest of the rejoinder. Some preliminary observations really should be made before moving…
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Mormonism 201 (Book of Mormon): Response to Michael Ash
To visit the list of rejoinders, go here. Response to Michael AshRejoinder by Lane A. Thuet In order to make this review easier to read, all original quotes from the Mormonism 201 rebuttal are boldfaced and italicized to separate these from the rest of the rejoinder. Introduction In his review of the eighth chapter of Mormonism…
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Mormonism 201 (Bible): Response to Benjamin McGuire
To visit the list of rejoinders, go here. Response to Benjamin McGuireRejoinder by By Eric Johnson In order to make this review easier to read, all original quotes from the Mormonism 201 rebuttal are boldfaced and italicized to separate these from the rest of the rejoinder. The Bible is considered to be the most authoritative book for…
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Mormonism 201 (The Bible): Response to Kevin Graham
To visit the list of rejoinders, go here. Response to Kevin GrahamRejoinder by Eric Johnson In order to make this review easier to read, all original quotes from the Mormonism 201 rebuttal are boldfaced and italicized to separate these from the rest of the rejoinder. In a rambling style that really does not stay focused because…
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Mormonism 201 (Apostasy): Response to Barry R. Bickmore
To visit the list of rejoinders, go here. In order to make this review easier to read, all original quotes from the Mormonism 201 rebuttal are boldfaced and italicized to separate these from the rest of the rejoinder. Joseph Smith, the first Mormon prophet, said, I have more to boast of than ever any man…
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Mormonism 201 (The Fall): Response to Kevin Graham
John Divito critiques Kevin Graham’s response regarding the Fall in Mormon doctrine versus Christian theology.
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Mormonism 201 (Preexistence): Response to Allen Wyatt
John Divito critiques Allen Wyatt’s defense of Mormon doctrines on preexistence.
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Mormonism 201 (Trinity): Response to René Alexander Krywult
John Divito responds to René Alexander Krywult on the Trinity.
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Mormonism 201 (Jesus): Response to Steve Danderson
To visit the list of rejoinders, go here. Response to Steve DandersonRejoinder by Brent Hardaway In order to make this review easier to read, all original quotes from the Mormonism 201 rebuttal are boldfaced and italicized to separate these from the rest of the rejoinder. Not all Mormon apologists are created equal. There are those…
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Mormonism 201 (God the Father): Response to Richard Hopkins
To visit the list of rejoinders, go here. Response to Richard HopkinsRejoinder by Keith Walker In order to make this review easier to read, all original quotes from the Mormonism 201 rebuttal are boldfaced and italicized to separate these from the rest of the rejoinder. Through the years that I have known Bill McKeever and…
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Mormonism 201 (God the Father): Response to Steve Danderson
To visit the list of rejoinders, go here. Response to Steve DandersonRejoinder by Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson Editor’s Note: In order to make this review easier to read, all original quotes from the Mormonism 201 rebuttal are boldfaced and italicized to separate these from the rest of the rejoinder. In what may be the most interesting chapter…
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Mormonism 201 (Introduction): Response to David Waltz
To visit the list of rejoinders, go here. Written by David WaltzRejoinder by By Eric Johnson David Waltz claims to be “a Catholic Christian” who has studied Mormonism since 1987 and has “accumulated more than 1,700 books on Mormonism, including more than 150 anti-Mormon books. Add to this my collection of BYU Studies, Dialogue, Sunstone, and the vast majority…
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Rejoinder to the Mormonism 201 Introduction (Schindler)
To visit the list of rejoinders, go here. The article by Schindler is word for word from the article posted in May 2003 and is both bold faced as well as italicized. When students enroll in a class called “101” they expect a comprehensive and sympathetic introduction to the subject at hand. For example, if…
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Introduction to Rejoinders to Mormonism 201
To visit the list of rejoinders, go here. By Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson In May 2000, Baker Books one of the largest and most respected publishers of evangelical Christian materials, published Mormonism 101. There were many reasons why we were very excited about the publication of this book. For one, we believed that we were successful in…
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Mormonism 201: Chapter 16 Response to Michael W. Fordham
To visit the list of rejoinders, go here. Response to Michael W. FordhamRejoinder by Richard Abanes In 2000, Mormonism 101 (Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson) was published by Baker Books. Within a few years, a group of Mormon apologists provided a rebuttal to the chapters in the book. We decided to respond to many of the…
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Book Review: Blacks and the Mormon Priesthood: Setting the Record Straight
By Marcus H. Martins, Ph.D. Note: The month of June 2015 marks the 38th anniversary of Spencer W. Kimball and the members of the First Presidency deciding to allow those with black skin to begin receiving the priesthood. Let’s take a look at a book written with the intention of “setting the record straight.” For a…
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Book Review: The Plan of Salvation: Understanding our Divine Origin and Destiny
By Matthew B. Brown Covenant Communications 2007 Reviewed by Eric Johnson The topic of the plan of salvation is a favorite with LDS missionaries all over the world. Where did we come from? Why are we here? And where are we going? Which Mormon missionary hasn’t asked these questions over and over again on a…
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Does Mormonism Really offer a "Gift of Grace"? A review of Dieter F. Uchtdorf’s talk on Easter Sunday 2015
For a 5-part Viewpoint on Mormonism podcast series reviewing this talk, go to “Utctdorf’s Gift of Grace (Is Mormonism coming Biblical Christianity’s Way?)” Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 In what may be the most quoted sermon at a General Conference in recent years, “The Gift of Grace” as delivered by Dieter F. Uchtdorf, the second…