Showing posts with label Mormonism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mormonism. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 02, 2019

TV Tropes in the Book of Mormon

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One of the more interesting and unexpected by-products of the tech boom is how much more technically aware people have become in their...
Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Talking with Mormons (podcast)

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Mormonism boasts over 12 million adherents, and it's still growing. What should we say when Mormon missionaries come to our door? H...
Thursday, September 22, 2016

What Do We Mean When We Say the Word "Cult"? (video)

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Say the word "cult" and what comes to mind? Perhaps hooded figures keeping people against their will or a maniacal preacher fi...
Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Identifying Impostor Christianity (podcast)

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What really defines Christianity? Mormons claim that they are Christians, simply another denomination. So do others who differ on Jesus&...
Saturday, September 26, 2015

Who Counts as a Christian? (video)

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Mormons claim to be Christians as do Jehovah's Witnesses. But each belief system contradicts the other as to what kind of being Chri...
Friday, September 18, 2015

Talking with Mormons: When Beliefs Contradict Themselves

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Yesterday, I had two LDS missionaries come to my door. These sisters have visited me before; they came to the door a couple of weeks ag...
Sunday, November 30, 2014

Modern Heresies and the Christian Response

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Heresies — those deviations from essential Christian doctrine — were painstakingly refuted in the early years of the church. But today,...
Saturday, November 29, 2014

Defending the Trinity Against World Religions (video)

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The Trinity and the Atonement are the doctrines that most differentiate Christianity from all other faiths. It's no surprise then that i...
Monday, November 17, 2014

How Not to Show You Have Truth...

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In Utah, I was able to speak to several sister missionaries, some young and some old. After watching "Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the...
Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Mormonism, Hell, and God's Holiness

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This year, I took a group of students to Manti, Utah where they had the chance to talk with many people who were raised in the Church of J...
Saturday, September 27, 2014

The Heresies of Mormonism

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What is a heresy? Any belief that denies those Christians have historically recognized as essential to the faith; such beliefs include t...
Monday, July 07, 2014

Why is a Common Thread of Perfectionism Inherent in the LDS Community?

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Note: All textual references within this article strictly correspond to the LDS standard works and LDS-authorized literature. ...
Thursday, July 03, 2014

Are Mormons Christians, too?

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Last week, I had the opportunity to speak with a lot of Mormons during my trip to Utah. When we visited Temple Square, I spoke with a co...
Saturday, June 28, 2014

Afghanistan Across the Street

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Missions work can be exciting and exotic. Visiting foreign lands and experiencing different cultures emphasizes some of the differences...
Thursday, June 26, 2014

Mormon Testimonies and the Feedback Loop

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Yesterday, on our Apologetics Missions trip , I took the team to Salt Lake City to visit Temple Square. We talked with a couple of Mormo...
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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Of Pageants and Propaganda

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Yesterday, we arrived in Manti for the first night of our Apologetics Missions Trip. Each year for two weeks in June, the LDS Church hosts...
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Changing Lives Through Apologetics Missions Trips

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As you're reading this, I will have already hit the road, leading a group of students from Harvest Christian Fellowship to Utah for ...
Thursday, May 15, 2014

A Christian Must Believe There is One God

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Yesterday, I began a series talking about what beliefs someone must hold to be considered a Christian. While there are many different Chri...
Wednesday, May 14, 2014

What Disqualifies Someone from Being a Christian?

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Christianity is an evangelical faith. What I mean by that is that ever since its founding, Christians have tried to spread their faith thr...
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Sunday, May 04, 2014

Why does Lehi disobey direct commandments of God?

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All Jeremiah references are taken from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints King James Version (LDS KJV). Lehi is the first di...
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