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If you try telling a Mormon that their gospel is impossible or their sins condemn them they’ll shrug their shoulders and laugh it off. In their minds, they have millennia to become perfect. So it doesn’t matter if all their sins have been repented of in mortality. Perhaps the biggest proponent of this heresy isContinue reading “Be Ye Therefore Perfect Vicariously: Examining the Gospel Preached by Elder Holland”

“And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.” (Matthew 12:7 ESV) I was born and raised in the LDS Church, and in early 2015 I began a serious study on the topic of grace. One of the first videos I watched wasContinue reading “Understanding Grace, Misunderstanding Mormonism: A Critique of Brad Wilcox’s “His Grace Is Sufficient.””

“The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.” Romans 8:16-17 ESV Romans 8:16-17 always topped my list of favorite Bible passages. WhenContinue reading “Baptism: Symbol of Faith or Endowment of Birthright?”

“For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.” — 2 CorinthiansContinue reading “Nelson’s Mormon Metamorphosis: A Major Victory for Satan”

“In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.” (EphesiansContinue reading “Eternal Security and the Dichotomy of Peter and Judas”

As a Latter-day Saint I believed Christ’s church fell into apostasy after the deaths of the apostles because there was no one left to hold priesthood keys or receive revelation for the organization. Without their leadership, damnable heresies entered the Church and corrupted it completely. In my book, I approached this topic by examining theContinue reading “Apologist vs Apologist: Was There A Great Apostasy?”

In 2012 I published a book called, “A Biblical Defense of Mormonism”. Four years later I embraced Evangelical Christianity. So what enticed me, a Mormon apologist, to abandon my faith in the LDS church? This article is part of a recurring series, where I explain why, by refuting my past self. “Are you saying we’reContinue reading “Apologist v. Apologist: Are Mormons Christians?”

In 2012 I published a book called, “A Biblical Defense of Mormonism”. Four years later I embraced Evangelical Christianity. So what enticed me, a Mormon apologist, to abandon my faith in the LDS church? This article is part of a recurring series, where I explain why, by refuting my past self. In my book, “AContinue reading “Apologist v. Apologist: Was Joseph Smith a True Prophet?”

Mormonism has a unique view of God and the universe. Many of its adherents believe God the Father was once a man like us, and was deified by obeying the commandments of his Father. Prior to that, he was formed from an eternal amorphous substance called intelligence. Or he was something called an intelligence thatContinue reading “Eternal Law: The Most High God of Mormonism”

We believe in the gift of tongues, prophecy, revelation, visions, healing, interpretation of tongues, and so forth. The 7th LDS Article of Faith A prophecy in Malachi 4:5-6 promised that Elijah would come before the great and dreadful day of the Lord. Due to this prophecy, the Jews didn’t recognize Christ when He came. They wereContinue reading “Waiting on Elijah: How the Spirit led me out of Mormonism”