Category: Reviews of LDS Media
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“Covenants with God” (Jean B. Bingham, April 2022): Review
Posted June 6, 2022 Listen to Viewpoint on Mormonism form June 9-10, 2022 on this review: Part 1 Part 2 In the Saturday evening “women’s session,” Jean B. Bingham, the Relief Society General President, gave a talk titled “Covenants with God Strengthen, Protect, and Prepare Us for Eternal Glory.” The talk, printed in the May 2022 Liahona…
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The “Covenant Path”–The Same Old Same Old
Posted May 24, 2022 Many have argued that the views of Mormonism’s leaders are inching closer to an Evangelical perspective that teaches how salvation comes by grace and not by works. Sometimes general conference talks given by leaders have seemed to encourage individual Latter-day Saints to think this way, including: However, in the past few…
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Review of “Relief Society President Toshiko Yanagida” (March 2022, Liahona)
By Mike Rabus Posted 5/17/2022 What blessings should a member of the LDS Church expect to receive from tithing? In the March 2022 issue of the Liahona magazine, a short article was written about Relief Society President Toshiko Yanagida from Nagoya, Japan in 1950. The article is an excerpt from volume 3 of Saints, which is…
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LDS Pamphlet Compares Mormonism With Islam
Note: The following was originally printed in the March/April 2022 edition of Mormonism Researched. To request a free subscription, please visit here. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints produced a 35-page online pamphlet in late January that compares Mormonism with Islam. The pamphlet—titled “Muslims and Latter-day Saints: Beliefs, Values, and Lifestyles”—was written with…
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Review of “Finding Jesus Christ in the Old Testament” (Marissa Widdison, January 2022 Liahona)
By Mike Rabus Posted 4/28/22 The January 2022 issue of the Liahona magazine contains an article titled “Finding Jesus Christ in the Old Testament” written by Marisssa Widdison of Church Magazines. A quick Internet search shows that Widdison is currently the assistant managing editor of the Gospel Living App and has a history of working as…
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Heavenly Mother: Apostle Renlund Wishes He “Knew More” About This Basic LDS Tenet
In a general conference address given at the women’s session on Saturday evening April 2, 2022, Apostle Dale Renlund discussed the doctrine of Heavenly Mother, one that is rarely ever addressed by the all-male general authority members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Renlund pointed to the church’s short 627-word Gospel Topics…
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Review of “Gospel Basics” (December 2021 Liahona)
By Mike Rabus Posted March 21, 2022 A recurring column in the Liahona magazine called “Gospel Basics” usually follows the first article written in that month’s edition. The topics in this section are usually covered by just a few paragraphs of text from unidentified writers, providing very simple explanations for some of the unique doctrinal beliefs…
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Worthiness and Flawlessness: A Look at Bradley Wilcox’s October 2021 GC Message
Bradley R. Wilcox is a popular speaker with Latter-day Saints. According to the counter on YouTube, his June 12, 2011 devotional talk titled “His Grace is Sufficient” at LDS Church-owned Brigham Young University has topped 1 million views. Although Wilcox is not a general authority in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, he…
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Review of “Daily Restoration” (Apostle Dieter F. Utchdorf, Oct. 2021 General Conference)
By Mike Rabus Posted February 11, 2022 What does the evangelical-produced New International Version of the Bible (NIV) and the book/movie Jurassic Park have in common? They were both referenced by Dieter F. Uchtdorf in the talk “Daily Restoration” at the October 2021 General Conference! Those who listened to the talk by Uchtdorf live wouldn’t be…
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Review of “The Greatest Gift of Christmas” (Apostle Dieter F. Utchdorf, Dec. 2021 Liahona)
By Mike Rabus Posted February 7, 2022 In the December 2021 issue of the Liahona magazine, Apostle Dieter F. Uchtdorf wrote an article encouraging church members to renew their focus on Jesus Christ. A few questions I have based on the topics he discussed include: Uchtdorf starts the article by recounting some faith-promoting Christmas memories. On…
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Review of “The Love of God” (Apostle D. Todd Christofferson, Oct. 2021 General Conference)
By Mike Rabus Posted February 4, 2022 For a three-part Viewpoint on Mormonism podcast series on this talk that aired November 22-24, 2021, visit Part 1 Part 2 Part 3. Delivered by Apostle D. Todd Christofferson, the talk “The Love of God” delivered at the October 2021 general conference covers many of the doctrinal topics that come up…
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Review of “The Greatest Possession” (Apostle Jeffrey R. Holland, Oct. 2021 General Conference)
By Mike Rabus Posted January 17, 2022 Apostle Jeffrey R. Holland gave a talk at the October 2021 General Conference titled “The Greatest Possession” that was published in the November 2021 Liahona magazine. There are two main points that I’d like to share with you from this talk: Holland opened the talk with a reference to…
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Review of “Pure Truth, Pure Doctrine, and Pure Revelation” (President Russell M. Nelson, October 2021 General Conference)
By Mike Rabus Posted January 10, 2022 The first talk given in the October 2021 General Conference was delivered by 17th President Russell M. Nelson, which is published in the November 2021 issue of the church magazine known as the Liahona. Although it was a brief talk, there are two truth claims made by Nelson…
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Review: Crossing the Divide: From Baptist to Latter-day Saint
Review: Crossing the Divide: From Baptist to Latter-day Saint (2021) Authored by Bryan Ready Posted October 29, 2021 Several books have been written during the past few years by authors who make a claim of being Christian pastors before converting to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In fact, I have previously reviewed…
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Apostle Provides the Old “Bait and Switch”
Posted October 7, 2021 Note: The following was originally printed in the September/October 2021 edition of the Mormonism Researched, a bimonthly periodical of MRM that is free upon request. To request a free subscription to Mormonism Researched, please visit here. For many years, the bait and switch scam—advertising a product at an incredible bargain price but…
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LDS Church Vacillates On a Matter of Eternal Significance
The first full article in the print issue of July’s Liahona magazine is headlined, “Our Heavenly Father Wants Us to Be Happy.” This “Gospel Basics” article presents an overview of the plan of happiness (aka the plan of salvation) according to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In the sub-section titled “Death Isn’t…
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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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Movie review: Witnesses
The 2021 film by the Interpreter Foundation portrays the three witnesses to the Book of Mormon—David Whitmer, Oliver Cowdery, and Martin Harris—as steadfast in their visionary testimony of the gold plates despite their later excommunication, conflicts with Joseph Smith, and involvement with other religions.
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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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