Category: Book Reviews
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Book Review: What is Mormonism All About: Answers to the 150 Most Commonly Asked Questions about the (LDS) Church
Answers to the 150 Most Commonly Asked Questions about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints By W.F. Walker Johanson By Eric Johnson The title of this book is catchy…if you have a little time to wade through all the words. Yet according to the front cover, W.F. Walker Johanson promises to give LDS…
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Book Review: Grace Works: After All We Can Do
By Dr. Robert Millet Reviewed by Bill McKeever The front jacket reads, “As Latter-day Saints we sing and speak of the redeeming love of Jesus Christ, but do we take those words of praise and worship to heart? In whom do we really trust? Upon whom do we really rely? What does it mean to…
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Book Review: The Miracle of Forgiveness
By Spencer W. Kimball. Reviewed by Bill McKeever In my opinion, one of the best books written by an LDS general authority that clearly exposes Mormonism’s as non Christian is The Miracle of Forgiveness. This book, which was written by 12th President Spencer W. Kimball, contains some of the most horrendous teachings imaginable including:
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Book Review: Leaving the Saints: How I Lost the Mormons and Found my Faith
By Martha Nibley Beck. Reviewed by Bill McKeever Hugh Nibley has been extolled by many Latter-day Saints as the foremost scholar and apologist in LDS Church history. During his eulogy (he died on February 24, 2005 at the age of 94), it was mentioned that “he will be long remembered for his scholarly research and…
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Book Review: A Different Jesus? The Christ of the Latter-day Saints
By Robert L. Millet. Reviewed by Bill McKeever
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Book Review: Jesus & Joseph: Parallel Lives
By Rodney Turner. Reviewed by Sharon Lindbloom
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Book Review: I ♥ Mormons: A New Way to Share Christ with Latter-day Saints
I ♥ Mormons: A New Way to Share Christ with Latter-day Saints (Baker Books, 2005) By David Rowe Reviewed by Bill McKeever and Eric JohnsonDavid Rowe has pooled his experiences into a “how to” manual for Christians interested in sharing their faith with members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS, Mormon).
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Mormonism and Murder
In October a new book hit the shelves: The Open Curtain by Brian Evenson. Dubbed a thriller by Publishers Weekly, The Open Curtain is a story about Mormonism and murder. Evenson (Altmann’s Tongue) explores some controversial Mormon history in this thoughtful thriller rooted in an actual century-old murder case. When Rudd, a disaffected, fatherless Mormon…