Questions to Ask Your Mormon Friend: Effective Ways to Challenge a Mormon's Arguments Without Being Offensive

by Bill McKeever, Eric Johnson, Eric Johnson

Fifteen Effective Questions to Help a Mormon Seriously Examine His FaithIn 1853 the Mormon Apostle Orson Pratt issued the challenge: " - convince us of our errors of doctrine, if we have any, by... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556614551
• ISBN13: 9781556614552
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Best Book Ever

I was very happy to see actually Christians standing up for our Christian Jesus . I have a brother that is a Mormon and was a Catholic. All he does is defend the Mormons . He is so far in the sect that I have asked Jesus to pull him and his family back to the Catholic Faith. Please pray for him and his family. Thank you again .

Hearing but never percieving...

I would recommend this book along with Mormonism 101 by Mckeever and Johnson for a good intro to mormon theology. It seems that every time I look up a book on Mormonism that doesn't praise it, I find reviews from angry mormons. I can understand not agreeing with the authors viewpoints and his conclusions and presenting those of your own; but they write reviews doing the same thing they accuse others of doing. The authors of this book present facts on mormonism, being sure to include references from approved mormon sources. They should be answered in turn, with references to refute those claims. Instead, they shout, "biased!", "close-minded!", "spiteful" just because they don't agree with what you have been taught. I think the questions raised should be answered in turn. Also, it seems odd to me that these mormon reviewers make it clear that they are "NOT A CULT!" and are Christians. Why then do they not adhere to Christian doctrine? They equivicate over key terms such as Jesus Christ, God the Father, Holy Spirit/Ghost, Trinity, virgin birth, baptism and salvation. And they add terms such as pre-existence, co-eternality, eternal progression, "other scriptures", celestial marriage and so on. The mormon Jesus isn't the christian jesus. That is why the christian church does not call mormons christians. And why this recent push to be called christian anyway? Wasn't the reason that Joseph Smith asked God for direction is because their were so many "sects"? Didn't God the Father say that they were all wrong and not to be a part of them? Isn't the christian church apostate and therefore in need of Joseph's reformation? Please, enough knee-jerk book bashing. Back up your claims with evidence like the authors of this book.

I'm not sure I would like this book if....

I'm not sure I would like this book if it were written in a vindictive way. But, thankfully Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson did it lovingly and with respect! This is a challenging book that questions the assumption that the Latter Day Saint Church has every spiritual answer. It details some of the problems that are seen within the Latter Day Saints very own history. Some of the problems detailed are: the "First Vision" of Joseph Smith Jr. and if the Mormon person has "Ever Sinned the Same Sin Twice," which of course relates to LDS doctrine. I not only recommend this book to any Protestant Christians but also have a hard time retaining a copy for myself. This book and Answering Mormons Question (another book by McKeever) are given out as loners but seldom return home.

Great Questions, Great Logic

This book contains 15 great questions for opening conversation between Mormons and non-Mormons. For example, the first chapter, "If I Accept You as a Christian, Will You Accept Me as a Mormon?" addresses one of the most common objections Mormons articulate to their critics ("Mormons are Christians!") and does so in a very sensible manner. Chapter 2, "Which First Vision Account Should We Believe?" takes a look at the very foundation of the LDS Church and reasonably raises questions regarding the differing stories Joseph Smith told about his supposed encounter with the Gods. Chapter 4, "What If the Bible Is Translated Correctly After All?" seeks to encourage discussion about the unsupportable Mormon position that the Bible is unreliable and cannot be trusted. Many people, from all sorts of faith backgrounds, never really think about their beliefs. Anything that causes people to examine what they believe, study issues they may not have considered before, bring about sincere dialogue between friends, and help us to better understand another's viewpoint is a rare and valuable treasure. McKeever and Johnson's book does all these things -- with grace. If there are objections to this book's content, I can only think it is because the authors have done such a fine job of logically addressing the issues raised that some may feel threatened by the mere asking of the question. And if so, perhaps the objector will go home and think about it.

A thought-provoking book, stimulating for conversation.

I've used the questions in this book with some of my Mormon friends, and I must say the answers given in return seem to be quite confused. I'm not sure if many Mormons have ever thought through their faith, but this book does a good job to ask a good question and begin a topic of conversation that does not jump around from issue to issue. I especially like the wonderful appendix where terms are defined. The word "Jesus" even has different meanings between Christianity and Mormonism.

Excellent!

I found this book to be an excellent resource for information when dealing with my LDS friends. A must for any Christian's library.