Mormons often point to the length of the Book of Mormon and claim that no man could have written it without God's help. In particular, they say that Joseph Smith's lack of formal education meant he couldn't write such a book. There are several reasons why this is not...
In the formative years of the LDS Church, any revelation received by church members was only considered valid if it was approved by Joseph Smith, because any revelation that contradicted Joseph”‘s just couldn”‘t be true. It pains me to think...
Photo by Mantas Hesthaven on Unsplash Mormonism Rejects Imputed Righteousness by Michael Flournoy I was a Mormon apologist. I wrote a book entitled, “A Biblical Defense of Mormonism”, and most of my time was spent debating Christians in online forums. I...
At First Glance The flowers adorning her pale cotton church dress shown through the clear water of the sacrament cup. At first glance, one could not tell if the small plastic vessel was empty or full. It was empty. The puffy white clouds moved by the wind's hand...
Not the Jesus of Joseph I forever cut my ties with Mormonism after I discovered the Jesus of the Bible and the Jesus of Mormonism were not the same person. Jesus was never an elder brother who had the most valiant plan in the pre-existence during a Council in...