Bill Pratt | May 12, 2011
Post Author: Bill Pratt Re-post from Jan 2009 God, people, and things. That is the proper order of importance. If you look at those three, I think that our ability to exhaustively know each one decreases from God to people to things. Our knowledge of an infinite God is very small compared to all that [...]
Bill Pratt | December 29, 2010
Post Author: Bill Pratt The Bible clearly teaches that God is morally perfect and holy, that he hates sin. Habakkuk 1:13 says that God is too pure to look on evil. Christians often say that God cannot allow any sin in his presence. But, this is not the whole story. There are also several instances [...]
Darrell | December 13, 2010
Post Author: Darrell I recently spent some time on a Christian Facebook page that ministers to Mormons. It is mostly made up of ex-Mormon Christians who feel very strongly about their faith and want to reach out to Mormons. They write articles explaining the differences between Traditional Christianity and Mormonism and the problems with Mormon Theology [...]
Darrell | June 9, 2010
Post Author: Darrell The formal name of the Mormon Church is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Many people believe that because the name of the church includes the words Jesus Christ, Mormons worship the Christ of the Bible. However, a closer analysis reveals several startling differences between the Jesus of Mormonism and [...]
Darrell | June 5, 2010
Post Author: Darrell From a biblical perspective, there are several issues with the Mormon view of God the Father as described in the previous post. First, contrary to Mormon teachings, the Bible says very clearly that God is not, nor has He ever been, a man. Num. 23:19 says, “God is not man [emphasis mine], [...]
Darrell | June 3, 2010
Post Author: Darrell Historically there have been a variety of Mormon views regarding the nature of God the Father. The purpose of this post is not to address every single strain of LDS thought that exists in this area, nor do I contend that all Mormons hold the beliefs to which I will speak. Instead, I [...]
Darrell | June 1, 2010
Post Author: Darrell As discussed in the last post, the Mormon Church teaches that God the Father has a body of flesh and bone. Unfortunately for Mormons, there are biblical problems with this teaching. John 4:24 says, “God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” This verse has long been held as [...]
Darrell | May 30, 2010
Post Author: Darrell The nature of the Mormon Godhead bears some similarity to the Arian heresy of the early Christian church. Arius taught that God the Father and Jesus Christ are two separate beings distinct in nature, with Christ being a subordinate God. In similar respects, Mormonism teaches that God the Father, Jesus Christ, and [...]
Darrell | May 28, 2010
Post Author: Darrell In its short 180 year life, the Mormon Church has had a curious relationship with traditional Christianity. A quick look through Mormon history will demonstrate that the LDS Church has a long history of degrading Christian teachings. As a result, it is somewhat odd to find modern day LDS leaders referring to their [...]
Bill Pratt | February 5, 2010
Post Author: Bill Pratt As Christians we all agree that we want to follow God’s will for our lives, but there are two general approaches to following God’s will that I’ve seen in evangelicalism. The first approach operates under the premise that God has a specific will for each and every one of our actions [...]
