Apologetics to the Glory of God

Category: Mormonism

  • Peripatetic 29 – Theological Inclusivism

    On the perils of such beliefs, and examples thereof; to include C.S. Lewis, Kurt Jaros, Chris Date, William Lane Craig, and others.…

  • Peripatetic 24 – Resume Inflation

    Christmas, Apostasy, and Resume Inflation.…

  • Peripatetic 21 – Response to Brett Gallaher

    (Subtitle: What 3/4 of an MA in theology at Asbury buys)

    A response to his article, reposted here at the Huffington Post.

    Edit: For some reason, during an edit of this post, I inserted “Brian”, instead of “Brett” Gallaher. My apologies.…

  • In the Vein of “Everything you ever learned was wrong”

    There are the Jehovah’s Witness claims that the entire Christian church has always been wrong about, well, almost everything. Except for those few ECFs they could massage into some sort of superficial agreement, of course. Mormonism likewise asserts that all churches ceased to be true churches rather quickly following Christ’s ascension. Islam, with it’s idea of scriptural supercessionism and their revisionist version of what the Scriptures actually are, or taught, have a similar view of Christianity as a whole. It’s much the same with any other warmed-over historical error – be they large, as the wholesale replacement religions seen above …

  • Extremely helpful introduction to LDS Doctrine

    Mormonism 101 – by Dr. James White

    I recommend it highly, as I do his published works on Mormonism – “Is the Mormon my Brother?” and “Letters to a Mormon Elder“.

    Also, as a bonus – here is his teaching on the LDS doctrine of “Eternal Law of Progression,” also a vitally important issue with the LDS.

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  • Further evidence of the importance of Divine Simplicity

    “I know that God is a being with body, parts and passions. . . . Man was born of woman; Christ, the Savior, was born of woman; and God, the Father was born of woman”

    – Joseph F. Smith, (Church News, 19 Sept.1936, p.2)

    There is but one only living and true God, who is infinite in being and perfection, a most pure spirit, invisible, without body, parts, or passions; immutable, immense, eternal, incomprehensible, almighty, most wise, most holy, most free, most absolute, working all things according to the counsel of His own immutable and most righteous will, for

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  • Which sect is right – according to Joseph Smith

    18 My object in going to inquire of the Lord was to know which of all the sects was right, that I might know which to join. No sooner, therefore, did I get possession of myself, so as to be able to speak, than I asked the Personages who stood above me in the light, which of all the sects was right (for at this time it had never entered into my heart that all were wrong)—and which I should join.

    19 I was answered that I must join none of them, for they were all wrong; and the Personage

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  • Answering Seven Reasons: Christ is Head of (the) Mormon Church?

    Continuing the series I started with in my prior post, we’re examining the About.com article “Seven Reasons Why Mormons are Christian”, by Rachel Bruner. In our prior post, recall that we examined 1) The remarks of their elder statesmen on this topic, 2) The distinct tendency on the part of the LDS to “redefine” terms in the Christian lexicon, and 3) The necessity for a transcendental argument to settle the question.

    In this installment, we will examine the first reason we are given for believing that Mormons are Christian.

    1. Christ is Head of (the) Mormon Church

    I’ve …

  • Seven Reasons Why Mormons are Christian?

    In About.com‘s article “Seven Reasons Why Mormons are Christian“, Rachel Bruner offers us some interesting claims to examine.

    Her Seven Reasons are as follows:
    1. Christ is Head of Mormon Church
    2. Faith in Jesus Christ
    3. Prophets Preach of Christ
    4. Scriptures Witness of Christ
    5. Mormons Act in the Name of Christ
    6. Holy Ghost Testifies of Christ
    7. Mormons Believe in Atonement of Christ

    In this series, we’ll examine each of her claims. In this post, we’ll examine some presuppositional issues, and provide some introductory comments. For reasons not given by the author, it …