On September 29, 2023, two friends of mine and I attended the LDS General Conference. This is put on by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), also known as the Mormons. We went there to evangelize. Now, you must understand that it was not a typical...
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Mormonism
Mormon Apostle Accidently Refutes the Mormon “Testimony” Experience
Mormonism is ultimately built on the authority of an inner, spiritual experience or "testimony." Mormon missionaries instruct people to pray about whether or not the Book of Mormon is a true revelation of God. They are to pray about whether the Mormon church is true...
John 10:16, Are the “other sheep” the people of the book of Mormon?
In John 10, Jesus speaks of himself as the "good shepherd" and mentions "other sheep, which are not of this fold." Mormons often appeal to this passage, claiming that this is a reference to the people of the Book of Mormon (an alleged group of Israelites that...
Mormon temples and the gospel
Mormonism teaches that certain sacred ordinances performed in temples are absolutely necessary to have eternal life in the presence of God the Father forever. They build temples all over the world to ensure that these rituals can be carried out and even perform these...
Did God ever desire the building of multiple temples?
The LDS (or Mormon) Church builds temples throughout the world, claiming that these buildings are a continuation of Biblical temple worship. Leaving aside, for the moment, the fact that temple worship is already fulfilled in Christ, having been an Old Covenant type...
Do we need temples today?
Mormonism teaches that certain sacred ordinances carried out in temples are necessary for eternal life. To this end, the LDS church builds temples all over the world where these rites and rituals can be performed. Biblically, however, God never commanded the building...
Outreach at the Mormon Temple open house in Pocatello, ID
During the week of Oct. 11-15, 2021, CARM Apologist and Utah missionary Luke Wayne teamed up with pastor and evangelist Bradley Campbell from the Christian ministry GodLovesMormons.com to engage in gospel outreach outside the LDS temple open house event in Pocatello,...
Is Amos 8:11-12 a prediction of the Great Apostasy?
One of the Mormon religion's central doctrines is their teaching that the New Testament church fell into absolute, universal apostasy shortly after the death of the Apostles. This is the doctrine that justifies their claim of the need for a "restoration" of the "true...
Does John 9:2 imply that we pre-existed in heaven before birth?
Mormonism teaches that every one of us existed as spirit bodies in heaven before we were born here on earth. One common verse to which they often appeal is John 9:2. In this passage, Jesus and His disciples pass by a man who is blind from birth, and we read: "And His...
Did John see God the Father in the Book of Revelation?
A central claim in the Mormon religion is that their founder, Joseph Smith, saw Jesus Christ and also God the Father in visible, human form when both allegedly appeared to him and called him to "restore the Church." The plain, biblical truth, however, is that no one...