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Mormonism 101: Examining the Religion of the Latter-Day Saints by Bill McKeever, Eric Johnson
weswalker423's review
5.0
When I was a freshman in high school, I was in a class with a few other homeschoolers. We were presenting papers on a certain topic and one of the girls in my class said, "Don't worry, this week I made sure the only holy book I used was the Bible." In an immature aside, I blurted out, "Well, what other 'holy book' could you use?" To which the answer was, "The Book of Mormon."
As a student at Liberty University, I had the (unfortunate) task of listening to Glenn Beck, a Mormon, at one of our convocations. He gave his "testimony" which was a strange amalgamation of Christianese with Mormon principles all intermingled with strong nationalistic ideals. Liberty is not the only traditionally Evangelical institution to have Beck do this. Fellowship Church (an SBC Church pastored by Ed Young) invited him for their "Freedom Experience" and the results weren't much better.
One of the things that makes a lot of sense abut Beck being invited to speak at places like these is that he gets to use phrases like, "We are a Christian nation. Period." As a means to pander to conservative Evangelicals. But what he means and what the Christian right mean are two different things (albeit, equally wrong). Conservative Christians tend to mean that the Founding Fathers were mostly devout Christians and established our nation around biblical values. Glenn Beck might agree with that but he also believes God and George Washington cut some strange covenant that established America as God's chosen people.
It's not just the boisterous voices like Beck that are putting Mormonism in the spotlight. As of 2013, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints claimed to have 15 million members around the world. There are many prominent members of American society who are Mormons, 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney being one of the most significant in recent memory.
Thankfully, orthodox Christians aren't left without resources to research Mormonism and test the claims of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. That's where the book Mormonism 101 by Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson comes in handy. The authors both work for the Mormonism Research Ministry in El Cajon, California and have done phenomenal of research to make the issues at hand clear. The version of the book I got is the revised and expanded one. I'm not sure what the previous editions were like but this one explained different areas of LDS theology and then compared it to orthodox Christian teachings.
This is a great book. I recommend it for all orthodox, American Christians so that they can be better informed. Mormonism isn't going away and Christians need to understand what it is so they can better articulate an answer to it. Of course, it's also necessary for one's library as one doesn't know when a tool like this will be useful.
As a student at Liberty University, I had the (unfortunate) task of listening to Glenn Beck, a Mormon, at one of our convocations. He gave his "testimony" which was a strange amalgamation of Christianese with Mormon principles all intermingled with strong nationalistic ideals. Liberty is not the only traditionally Evangelical institution to have Beck do this. Fellowship Church (an SBC Church pastored by Ed Young) invited him for their "Freedom Experience" and the results weren't much better.
One of the things that makes a lot of sense abut Beck being invited to speak at places like these is that he gets to use phrases like, "We are a Christian nation. Period." As a means to pander to conservative Evangelicals. But what he means and what the Christian right mean are two different things (albeit, equally wrong). Conservative Christians tend to mean that the Founding Fathers were mostly devout Christians and established our nation around biblical values. Glenn Beck might agree with that but he also believes God and George Washington cut some strange covenant that established America as God's chosen people.
It's not just the boisterous voices like Beck that are putting Mormonism in the spotlight. As of 2013, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints claimed to have 15 million members around the world. There are many prominent members of American society who are Mormons, 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney being one of the most significant in recent memory.
Thankfully, orthodox Christians aren't left without resources to research Mormonism and test the claims of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. That's where the book Mormonism 101 by Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson comes in handy. The authors both work for the Mormonism Research Ministry in El Cajon, California and have done phenomenal of research to make the issues at hand clear. The version of the book I got is the revised and expanded one. I'm not sure what the previous editions were like but this one explained different areas of LDS theology and then compared it to orthodox Christian teachings.
This is a great book. I recommend it for all orthodox, American Christians so that they can be better informed. Mormonism isn't going away and Christians need to understand what it is so they can better articulate an answer to it. Of course, it's also necessary for one's library as one doesn't know when a tool like this will be useful.
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