Pastor John Scripture Reference: Acts 16 – 19

by Mike Licona EDITORS’ NOTE: The following information, adapted from the North American Mission Board’s www.4truth.net apologetics website, is the third of six parts to be carried by Baptist Press. The initial article appeared in Baptist Press Mon., Dec. 10. ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)–In the last part of this series, we saw some of the problems Mormonism faces with the Book of Mormon and archaeology. Now we will examine another book of the Mormon scriptures called the Book of Abraham. The problems encountered here are devastating to the credibility of Mormonism.

by Mike Licona EDITORS’ NOTE: The following information, adapted from the North American Mission Board’s www.4truth.net apologetics website, is the third of six parts to be carried by Baptist Press. The initial article appeared in Baptist Press Mon., Dec. 10.ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)–In the last part in this series, we saw that the Bible is reliable, being textually pure and verifiably accurate in many places. Therefore, the Mormon can have confidence that the Bible is the Word of God and that it can be accurately translated. In this chapter we will examine the Book of Mormon to see how it holds […]

Pastor John Scripture Reference: Acts 15:1-29

by Mike Licona EDITORS’ NOTE: The following information, adapted from the North American Mission Board’s www.4truth.net apologetics website, is the second of six parts to be carried by Baptist Press. The initial article appeared in Baptist Press Mon., Dec. 10. ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)–If you ask a Mormon if he believes the Bible, he will refer to a Mormon document, The Articles of Faith, verse 8, which says, “We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.”

by Mike Licona EDITORS’ NOTE: The following information, adapted from the North American Mission Board’s www.4truth.net apologetics website, is the first of six parts to be carried by Baptist Press. ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)–1. Who are the Mormons? A. History. Mormonism started in 1830 with 24-year-old year old Joseph Smith Jr. According to Smith, he had several experiences, during which God, Jesus, and the angel Moroni gave him instructions. Part of the instructions was to dig up some gold plates buried by the angel Moroni around A.D. 400 on a hill just outside of Smith’s town of Palmyra, New York. Smith […]