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- Individuals are highlighted, below, in alphabetical order. ...books and materials. Many of the books sold by Utah Christian Publications are written by the other people listed in the credits of this DVD.19 KB (2,864 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- <metadesc>Jesus Christ/Joseph Smith Search for the Truth DVD Good News for Mormons</metadesc> CAUTION: This video is to be viewed by CHRISTIANS ONLY until AFTER the nation-wide distribution which is scheduled for March5 KB (781 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- <metadesc>Jesus Christ/Joseph Smith Search for the Truth DVD Good News for Mormons</metadesc> CAUTION: This video is to be viewed by CHRISTIANS ONLY until AFTER the nation-wide distribution which is scheduled for March14 KB (2,363 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- Latter-day Saints are not surprised that other Christians find tremendous joy in prayer and experiencing a personal relationship with ...rt of man is wicked. Our feelings betray us all the time. That's why there are so many cults and so many [inaudible] and differences in the gospel of Jesu31 KB (5,234 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...lly really good!" She was impressed. She had found it on her own. You guys are great. ...our devotion and worship. All prayers are given in his name, and all talks are closed with his name. The sacrament is administered in every regular Sunday34 KB (5,834 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- <metadesc>Jesus Christ/Joseph Smith Search for the Truth DVD Good News for Mormons</metadesc> ...rue Christianity and that all other churches professing the name of Christ are part of a "Great Apostasy," that has incorporated corrupt doctrine and prac10 KB (1,680 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...not reject the Biblical witness—it is partly ''because'' the creeds are not Biblical that the LDS do not use them. President Hinckley elsewhere made it clear that we differ with other Christians over the creeds, not over the scriptural witness:27 KB (4,448 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Why are "hot drinks" forbidden by the Word of Wisdom?== ===Members of the Church keep the Word of Wisdom because they are obedient to the commandments of God===13 KB (2,096 words) - 15:37, 13 April 2024
- |L=Question: Do Mormons believe in the "rapture"? |H=Question: Do Mormons believe in the "rapture"?12 KB (2,015 words) - 23:11, 1 May 2024
- |H=Mormons, polytheism and the Nicene Creed ...polytheists because we don't believe the Nicene Creed. Others say Mormons are polytheists because they believe humans can become gods. Is this an accurat3 KB (530 words) - 13:07, 27 April 2024
- |L=Countercult ministries/Tower to Truth Ministries/50 Questions to Ask Mormons |H=Answers to "50 Questions to Ask Mormons"13 KB (2,209 words) - 14:10, 13 April 2024
- |L2=Response to claim: "trillions of planets" are "ruled by countless gods who were once human like us" |L19=Response to claim: Latter-day Saints are claimed to "expect to become polygamous gods in the Celestial kingdom, rule13 KB (2,150 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- ...d by some of Protestant denominations. Some contain a kernel of truth, but are distorted so as to be virtually unrecognizable to a Latter-day Saint. Other attacks or claims made by critics are simply false.21 KB (3,648 words) - 15:00, 13 April 2024
- ...tians, and find it extremely offensive to be told that they are not "real" Christians or that they don't believe in Jesus Christ's divinity. The Church is neith ..." We—meaning the membership and the prophet—learn only what we are able to apply in our lives. Free agency also plays a big role and everyone4 KB (696 words) - 15:00, 13 April 2024
- ...ons really believe and practice.<br><br> — ''The National Council of Christians and Jews (see [http://www.fairlds.org/The_God_Makers/tagm35.html fulltext])2 KB (339 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- ...at face value—they "know" their film can't be bad, so it must be the Mormons' fault. But, non-LDS observers and film critics simply recognize the film ...ed the massacre, and its uncritical reliance on the account of John D. Lee are grave flaws.32 KB (4,917 words) - 15:20, 13 April 2024
- ...is, or human deification, implies more than one "god," which means Mormons are "polytheists," and that the Mormon concept of "human deification" is a paga |subject=Quotations about deification/theosis from non-LDS Christians.1 KB (205 words) - 15:55, 13 April 2024
- |subject=Do Mormons worship a "different Jesus"? ...orship "a different Jesus" and so are not entitled to consider themselves "Christians."299 bytes (42 words) - 15:55, 13 April 2024
- ...all nations, in bringing about his covenant and his gospel, unto those who are of the house of Israel. Wherefore, he will bring them again out of captivit ...emble, and quake; they are those who must be brought low in the dust; they are those who must be consumed as stubble; and this is according to the words o73 KB (12,947 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- ...s—to which the producers and contributors apparently subscribe—are the proper (and only) interpretation of the Bible. Mormons believe in the Biblical Jesus. There is a great contrast, however, between22 KB (3,514 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...of hell—all of them, kit and kaboodle. All the huge vast people that are on that broad road that leads to hell the Bible tells us about—all of ...works will be judged by Christ. He and only He will determine if our works are righteous or evil. We must remember that not everyone who saith, Lord, Lord27 KB (4,758 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...DS interpretation of scriptural passages in the Bible, often claiming that Mormons have misinterpreted the scriptures and that they require "deeper study." In |L9=Response to claims made in Becoming Gods, "Chapter 8: Ye Are Gods"6 KB (974 words) - 14:11, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Do Christians Believe in Three Gods |H=Response to "Do Christians Believe in Three Gods?10 KB (1,526 words) - 14:12, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Do Christians Believe in Three Gods/Origins of Nicene Trinitarianism |T=[[../|Do Christians Believe in Three Gods?]]17 KB (2,754 words) - 14:12, 13 April 2024
- |L8=Response to claims made in Mormon America "Chapter 7: Mormons, Inc." ...ade in Mormon America "Chapter 19: Are Mormons Christians? Are Non-Mormons Christians?"8 KB (1,152 words) - 14:13, 13 April 2024
- |L1=Question: Did early Mormon leaders consider themselves Christians? |L2=Question: Did LDS leaders claim that Christians were no longer present on the earth after the apostasy?1 KB (208 words) - 16:18, 30 April 2024
- ...ts position. Voting choices by Latter-day Saints, like all other people, are influenced by their own unique experiences and circumstances. As we move f ...constitution defining marriage as being between "a man and a woman." There are 29 states which currently have such a definition of marriage in their const45 KB (6,810 words) - 16:27, 30 April 2024
- ...prominent Mormons who gave money to pass it, as well as other Mormons who are only tangentially associated with the cause; some have even called for a bo ...lessons you refer to, and are you proposing to apply those lessons again? Are you suggesting that Mormon’s need your permission to participate in the p39 KB (5,785 words) - 15:02, 13 April 2024
- ...stingly, the rhetoric underlying the theology may have resulted from 1830s Mormons trying to convince their neighbors in the slave state of Missouri that they |claim=The Mormons' Prophet had told them about the kingdom they would be called to administer58 KB (8,618 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- ...early days of the Church was at the hands of people who called themselves "Christians." {{:Question: Did early Mormon leaders consider themselves Christians?}}16 KB (2,387 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- |L15=Response to claim: 289, 578n51 (HB) 576n51 (PB) - "many "'influential' Mormons and LDS religion teachers still saw women as mere 'birth machines'" ...igham Young said that "the only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy"34 KB (5,154 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...ong-held Mormon notion that Latter-day Saints are innately better than non-Mormons" ...se to claim: 377, 600n11-14 (PB) - Did LDS leaders spend 150 years calling Christians "derogatory names" and insulting them?22 KB (3,213 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- |L4=Response to claim: 403 - Baptisms for the dead are incompatible with Christianity ...aints are supposed to only rely on the "burning in the bosom" even if they are "faced with irrefutable facts that undermine the LDS church"36 KB (5,451 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- |L1=Response to claim: 104 - "Mormons, who commonly rejected analytical thought in favor of supernatural experien ...ter-day Saint periodical The Evening and the Morning Star "haranguing" non-Mormons by threatening them with "imminent destruction" if they did not repent?21 KB (3,131 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...ith their talents before coming to earth. Consequently, they...are born as Mormons in America" ...ot equal with other races where the receipt of certain spiritual blessings are concerned"28 KB (4,263 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...phet, John Cleveland nevertheless became 'more and more bitter towards the Mormons'" |L11=Response to claim: 106 - other polyandrous husbands are claimed to have become more bitter against the Church49 KB (7,241 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- ...iscussed in this section. The following claims (highlighted in '''bold''') are simply absurd. ||"LDS documents are '''strangely silent''' about their prophet's activities during the three ye14 KB (2,213 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...ave around 50,000 "missionaries" active today|Response to claim: 179 - the Mormons have around 50,000 "missionaries" active today]] ...Coca-Cola"|Response to claim: 180 - The book claims that Latter-day Saints are cautioned against the use of "caffeine-bearing drinks, such as Coca-Cola"]]118 KB (18,356 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- ...hout looking up the "rest of the story" in the endnote. Some examples this are provided in the following sections. |claim=The author claims that "'''"LDS apologists and BYU professors are advocating''' a new ''unofficial'' opinion that Lehi and his people represe24 KB (3,862 words) - 14:11, 13 April 2024
- |H=Do Mormons believe that Christianity is "satanic"? ...1=Did early LDS leaders denounce Christianity?|l2=Latter-day Saints aren't Christians?}}19 KB (3,188 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- |L2=Response to claim: 438 - "More than a few Mormons, although they had never actually read my book, declared without hesitation ...ponse to claim: 442, n14 - "Some of the harshest criticism I received from Mormons came from those who were irate over my depiction of Brigham Young"15 KB (2,332 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...e, on trial, when news of the battle reached town. It was stated, that the Mormons had killed twenty of the mob, and had gone to Wilson's and shot his son. In ...ried the experiment with success; and it is believed that some few of them are living there in peace, to this day.66 KB (11,727 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- |H=Are the Church of Jesus Christ, its leaders, and theology racist? ...ng or misunderstanding LDS teachings on this matter. LDS views and sources are portrayed in the most hostile, prejudicial light possible.16 KB (2,472 words) - 16:54, 30 April 2024
- ...arried to Joseph, and yet bore a child that was not his, but God's. There are only two options—one can, as the "infidels" do, assert that Jesus was {{:Question: Do Mormons believe that Mary was still a virgin when Jesus was born?}}6 KB (1,092 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...ve made them—unless I choose to reveal them. If I do not, then they are secret and sacred no matter what others may say or do. Anyone who would rev ...sufficient to attract notice. Yet Latter-day Saints – sometimes known as Mormons - still wonder whether and how they should respond when news or entertainme22 KB (3,739 words) - 15:02, 13 April 2024
- ...hich actuates those who engage in such plans to put down the truth, yet we are assured that in the providence of God they will ultimately tend to the glor He also informs us, that every thing but God and the saints are combined together, and raging against the truth with one mighty struggle, a31 KB (4,585 words) - 12:04, 27 April 2024
- Biblical Keys for Discerning True and False Prophets/Considering Joseph Smith/Jesus and Joseph Smith...esus and the reconstructed context/model: how the context and social model are understood determines how Jesus is understood. ‘Determines’ is not too ...ir choice of emphasis, what counts as primary data, which heuristic models are used.9 KB (1,554 words) - 14:01, 13 April 2024
- |L=Evangelical witnessing to Mormons/Craig Blomberg - Jesus to the Mormons |H=Response to "Dr. Craig Blomberg's 'Top Ten Things Jesus Would Say to Mormons'"16 KB (2,615 words) - 14:22, 13 April 2024
- ...y trying to prove, however, is a little narrower. He promises to show "why Christians believe that their concept of God better captures the data of Scripture tha7 KB (1,153 words) - 14:17, 13 April 2024
- *'''Argument''': "All the Mormons I've met have never had a good response to the polygamy issue. Therefore, ...a false conclusion about a group because the members of the group studied are not typical of the group as a whole.19 KB (2,906 words) - 17:43, 13 April 2024