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Share Ware--Book Recommendations |
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Share Ware is a catalog of resources for those who want to sharpen their understanding of classic LDS and/or evangelical doctrine and current issues of debate. The plethora of information that is available on the market and Internet today is overwhelming. For this reason Mike Ghiglia has included the resources he has found to be particularly valuable in his ministry to Latter-day Saints.
Reasoning from the Scriptures with the Mormons (1995)
Authors: Dr. Ron Rhodes and Marian Bodine
Comment: This resource is well suited for the reader who desires a more concrete comparison and analysis of primary LDS and evangelical doctrines as represented in biblical Scripture. It prompts Evangelicals to ask specific leading questions of Latter-day Saints and anticipates "possible comebacks." As with all of the volumes in Dr. Rhodes' Reasoning from the Scriptures series, it is written for the express purpose of witnessing.
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Table of Contents:
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Where did Mormonism Come From?
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Witnessing to Mormons.
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The Mormon Church: The Restored Church?
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Mormon Leaders: The True Prophets of God?
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The Book of Mormon-Part 1: Is It Another Testament of Jesus Christ?
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The Book of Mormon-Part 2: Insurmountable Problems.
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What Mormons Say About the Bible.
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The Inspiration, Inerrancy, and Authority of the Bible.
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Manuscript Support for the Bible's Reliability.
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Rightly Interpreting the Bible.
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The Alleged Migration to Ancient America.
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The "Restoration" of the Aaronic and Melchizedek Priesthoods.
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The Mormon Doctrine of God-Part 1: Does God Have a Human-like Body?
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The Mormon Doctrine of God-Part 2: The Plurality of Gods.
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The Person of Jesus Christ in Mormonism.
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The Mormon Doctrine of Man: Were Humans Premortal Spirits?
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Salvation in Mormonism-Part 1: Understanding Mormon Terminology.
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Salvation in Mormonism-Part 2: Premortality, Mortality, and Postmortality.
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Salvation in Mormonism-Part 3: Sin, Atonement, and Forgiveness.
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Salvation in Mormonism-Part 4: The Three Kingdoms.
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Evangelism Among Mormons.
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Fast Facts on Mormonism (2003)
Authors: Dr. John Ankerberg and Dr. John Weldon
Comment: This resource is targeted at the layperson who desires a Reader's Digest version of Mormonism, Evangelicalism, and current issues of debate.
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Table of Contents:
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Why is Mormonism Important?
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How Influential is Mormonism?
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How Did Mormonism Begin?
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Was the Book of Mormon Produced by Occult Methods?
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Do Human Sources in the Book of Mormon Disqualify Its Claims to Divine Revelation?
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Does the Science of Archaeology Support the Book of Mormon?
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How Credible is the Manuscript Evidence for the Book of Mormon?
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Does the Book of Mormon Teach Mormon Doctrines?
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Are There Contradictions in Mormon Doctrine?
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Are There Contradictions Between the Bible's Teachings and Mormon Doctrine?
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Was Joseph Smith a True Prophet of God?
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Does Mormonism Believe in One God?
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What Does Mormonism Believe About the Biblical Trinity?
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Was God Once a Man?
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What Does Mormonism Teach About Jesus Christ?
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What Does Mormonism Teach About Salvation by Grace?
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What Does the Bible Teach About Salvation by Grace?
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What Does Mormonism Teach About the Atonement of Christ?
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Is Mormonism an Occult Religion?
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Is the Mormon Claim to Be Christian an Unintentional Misinforming?
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What Have Others Said About Mormonism Being a Christian Religion?
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What are the Real Mormon Beliefs About Christianity?
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What are Some Helps on Talking with Mormons?
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What is the Fruit of Mormonism?
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What is FARMS?
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Do the New LDS Scholarship, Evangelical Responses, and LDS/Evangelical Dialogue Need Work?
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How Credible is LDS Scholarship?
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Who Defines LDS Faith?
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| Is the Mormon My Brother? (1997)
Author: Dr. James R. White
Comment: This resource is particularly suited for the reader whose primary interest is a comparison of the LDS and evangelical doctrines of God. Dr. White also intends this volume to serve as his response to some of the arguments set forth by LDS scholar, Dr. Stephen Robinson, in How Wide the Divide (1997). If you are looking for a wealth of the hard-to-find teachings of LDS General Authorities on this topic, then look no further.
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Table of Contents:
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What is a Mormon?
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What Do Mormons Believe?
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Christian Orthodoxy.
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The Mormon Doctrine of God: First Level Statements.
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The Mormon Doctrine of God: Second Level Statements.
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The Mormon Doctrine of God: Third Level Statements.
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The Mormon Doctrine of God: Fourth Level Statements.
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The God Christians Worship.
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Answers to Commonly Cited Passages.
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The Divide is Very Wide.
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How Wide the Divide?
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A Mormon Doctrine or Mere Speculation?
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The New Mormon Challenge (2002)
Editors: Dr. Francis Beckwith, Carl Mosser, and Dr. Paul Owen
Comment: This resource is written for the theologian, apologist, or philosopher. The strength of this volume lies in its interaction with LDS scholars whose world views have essentially gone unchallenged by Evangelicals. Its examination of the Book of Mormon on the scientific grounds of ancient history and translation is not to be overlooked.
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Table of Contents:
- The Apologetic Impulse in Early Mormonism: The Historical Roots of the New Mormon Challenge.
- And the Saints Go Marching on: The New Challenge for World Missions, Apologetics, and Theology.
- Craftsman or Creator? An Examination of the Mormon Doctrine of Creation and a Defense of Creatio ex Nihilo.
- The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Joseph Smith? God, Creation, and Humanity in the Old Testament and Mormonism.
- A Tale of Two Theisms: The Philosophical Usefulness of the Classical Christian and Mormon Concepts of God.
- Moral Law, the Mormon Universe, and the Nature of the Right We Ought to Choose.
- The Absurdities of Mormon Materialism: A Reply to the Neglected Orson Pratt.
- Monotheism, Mormonism, and the New Testament Witness.
- Is Mormonism Christian?
- Does the Book of Mormon Reflect an Ancient Near East Background?
- Rendering Fiction: Translation, Pseudotranslation, and the Book of Mormon.
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Creation ex Nihilo or ex Materia? (2005)
Author: Dr. Paul Copan
Published by: The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY
Comment: This resource is helpful for the theologian, apologist, or philosopher. Presented in PDF format on The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology website (Vol. 9, No. 2, Summer 2005, p. 32), Dr. Copan expands on his co-effort with Dr. William Lane Craig in The New Mormon Challenge (2002) by fleshing out the evangelical and LDS doctrines of creation from an evangelical point of view. Of paramount importance is the realization that both doctrines are critically and inextricably linked to the nature of God.
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Where Does It Say That?
Compiled by: Bob Witte
Comment: This resource is quite useful because in most instances it provides photocopies of the original documents it cites. Therefore, the reader may better establish the context in which a given quote was made and adduce evidence that it was reliably recorded.
Purchase from: Utah Lighthouse Ministry
Table of Contents:
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Adam-god Doctrine.
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False Prophecies.
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Changes in LDS "Scriptures."
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Mormon Godhead Doctrines.
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Individual Blood Atonement.
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First Vision.
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Claims of Mormonism.
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Authority in Mormonism.
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Some Contradictions.
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Polygamy.
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Strange Teachings.
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14 Fundamentals Speech.
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Definition of Mormon Terms.
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Speakers and Sources Cited.
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Topical and Reference Index.
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In Their Own Words - A Collection of Mormon Quotations (2009)
Compiled by: Bill McKeever
Comment: This resource is now my "go-to" book to find the most clear and authoritative explanations and interpretations of LDS terms and doctrines. The topics are listed in alphabetical order and the subheadings are arranged beginning with the Standard Works, the prophets/presidents of the Church, the First Presidency, the Twelve Apostles, the Seventies, church manuals and "other sources." McKeever notes: "I offer no personal commentary on any quotation." In Their Own Words is indispensable when it comes to demonstrating the disparity between what many Latter-day Saints believe today and what LDS Church leaders actually teach and have taught.
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Joseph Smith's "New Translation" of the Bible (1970)
Edited by: Paul Wellington
Comment: This resource is particularly suited for those who are interested in Joseph Smith's Inspired Version of the Holy Scriptures, also referred to as the Joseph Smith Translation (JST) of the Bible. This volume provides a complete parallel column comparison of the Inspired Version of the Holy Scriptures and the King James Authorized Version (KJV). The value of this format is the ease with which the reader may identify Joseph's alterations of and additions to the KJV. The Introduction, which was written by a former member of the First Presidency of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (RLDS), provides a valuable historical background to the JST.
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Joseph Smith Begins His Work - Vol. 1 (1958)
Author: Wilford C. Wood
Comment: This is a valuable resource for anyone studying the changes that have been made to the Book of Mormon. In this first of two volumes, Wilford Wood reproduces "from uncut sheets" the first edition of the Book of Mormon published in 1830.
Purchase from: Utah Lighthouse Ministry
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Reinventing Jesus–How Contemporary Skeptics Miss the Real Jesus and Mislead Popular Culture (2006)
Authors: J. Ed Komoszewski, Dr. M. James Sawyer and Dr. Daniel B. Wallace
Comment: This resource is targeted at the theologian, pastor and apologist. Mormonism's fierce discrediting of God's Word in the Bible and orthodox Christology in many ways parallels the arguments marshaled by postmodern critics the likes of The Jesus Seminar, Dan Brown (author of The Da Vinci Code) and Dr. Bart Ehrman (author of The Orthodox Corruption of Scripture and Misquoting Jesus). The evidence and rebuttals presented by Komoszewski, Dr. Sawyer and Dr. Wallace ably answer biblical critics of all stripes.
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Table of Contents:
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The Gospel Behind the Gospels.
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Oral Tradition and a Memorizing Culture.
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An Eccentric Jesus and the Criteria of Authenticity.
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Can We Trust the New Testament? The Quantity and Quality of Textual Variants.
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Myths About Manuscripts.
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An Embarrassment of Riches: Recovering the Wording of the Original New Testament Text, Part 1.
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The Methods of Textual Criticism: Recovering the Wording of the Original New Testament Text, Part 2.
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Is What We Have Now What They Wrote Then?
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The Range of the Canon.
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What Did the Ancient Church Think of Forgeries?
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What Did the Ancient Forgers Think of Christ?
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Divine Portraits: Jesus in the Gospels.
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Supreme Devotion: Jesus in the Larger New Testament.
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From the Pens of Fathers and Foes: Jesus Outside the New Testament.
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Simply Divine? The Real Issue at Nicea.
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Parallelomania: Supposed Links Between Christianity and Pagan Religions.
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The Virgin Birth of Alexander the Great?
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Osiris, Frankenstein, and Jesus Christ.
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Arminian Theology: Myths and Realities (2006)
Author: Dr. Roger E. Olson
Comment: This resource is particularly helpful for Evangelicals who are interested in gaining a more accurate understanding of Classical or Reformed Arminianism from an historical perspective. Roger Olson, a renowned expert on the writings of the Dutch Reformed theologian, Jacobus Arminius, sets the muddied record straight by clearing up common Calvinist misconceptions and misrepresentations of Classical Arminian doctrine. Dr. Olson also touches on the controversial topics of Middle Knowledge and Open Theism.
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Table of Contents:
MYTH 1: Arminian Theology Is the Opposite of Calvinist/Reformed Theology
MYTH 2: A Hybrid of Calvinism and Arminianism Is Possible
MYTH 3: Arminianism Is Not an Orthodox Evangelical Option
MYTH 4: The Heart of Arminianism Is Belief in Free Will
MYTH 5: Arminian Theology Denies the Sovereignty of God
MYTH 6: Arminianism Is a Human-Centered Theology
MYTH 7: Arminianism Is Not a Theology of Grace
MYTH 8: Arminians Do Not Believe in Predestination
MYTH 9: Arminian Theology Denies Justification by Grace Alone Through Faith Alone
MYTH 10: All Arminians Believe in the Governmental Theory of the Atonement
Conclusion: Rules of Engagement for Evangelical Calvanists and Arminian |
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Grace, Faith, Free Will (2002)
Author: Dr. Robert E. Picirilli
Comment: This resource is particularly helpful for Evangelicals who may be struggling with the enigmatic biblical doctrines of election and predestination and their relation to God's sovereignty and love and man's depravity and responsibility. Dr. Picirilli defends Classical or Reformed Arminianism (the view currently held by Mike Ghiglia). As an aside, Latter-day Saints generally reject Calvinism, a view which is widely held by Evangelicals. Classical Arminianism poses no such doctrinal obstacles and therefore makes for a relatively clearer path to discussions on gospel doctrine.
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Table of Contents:
Part One: Historical Setting
Chapter 1: Arminius and the Revolt against Calvinism
Part Two: The Plan of Salvation
Chapter 2: The Classical Calvinistic Doctrine of Predestination
Chapter 3: The Classical Arminian Doctrine of Predestination
Excursus: Foreknowledge, Freedom and the Future
Chapter 4: Predestination in the New Testament
Part Three: The Provision of Salvation
Chapter 5: Calvinistic Arguments for a Limited Atonement
Chapter 6: Arminian Arguments for a Universal Atonement
Chapter 7: New Testament Evidence for Universal Atonement
Part Four: The Application of Salvation
Chapter 8: Calvinism and the Administration of Salvation
Chapter 9: Salvation Applied in the Arminian View
Chapter 10: The New Testament and Salvation by Faith
Part Five: Perseverance in Salvation
Chapter 11: Calvinism’s Argument for Necessary Perseverance
Chapter 12: Arminianism and Conditional Perseverance
Chapter 13: Hebrews, Second Peter and the Possibility of Apostasy |
Only Perfect People Go to Heaven (2010)
Author: Pastor Mick Catron of Calvary Chapel of Blythe, CA.
Comment: Because this pamphlet focuses on perhaps the most significant stress point for Latter-day Saints, namely, the requirement for perfection, and because it does so from a strictly biblical perspective without any references to the LDS Church, it is particularly well-suited for ministry to LDS. Pastor Mick ably demonstrates how our faith in Christ's "work" alone renders us free from the yoke of law and bondage to sin so that we might be found perfect in Him.
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The Prodigal God (2008)
Author: Pastor Timothy Keller of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, NY.
Comment: This compact, 133-page resource may prove to be one of the most effective books Evangelicals can share with Latter-day Saints with hopes of manifesting the prodigality (i.e. "recklessly extravagant") love of God and exposing the lostness that results from "religious moralism." Using Jesus' parable of the prodigal son in Luke 15 as the launching point, Pastor Tim brilliantly redefines lostness by helping readers to understand that Jesus was primarily addressing "the Pharisees and the teachers of the law" (NIV) and associating their lostness NOT with the prodigal son, but with "the older brother"! All spiritual and doctrinal implications are derived strictly from a biblical perspective without any reference to the LDS Church, which makes it particularly well-suited for ministry to LDS.
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Table of Contents:
1. The People Around Jesus
“All gathering around to hear Him.”
Two Kinds of People
Why People Like Jesus but Not the Church
2. The Two Lost Sons:
“There was a man who had two sons.”
The Lost Younger Brother
The Younger Brother’s Plan
The Lost Elder Brother
3. Redefining Sin
“All these years I’ve been slaving for you.”
Two Ways to Find Happiness
Two Lost Sons
A Deeper Understanding of Sin
Both Wrong; Both Loved
4. Redefining Lostness:
“The older brother became angry and refused to go in.”
Anger and Superiority
Slavishness and Emptiness
Who Needs to Know This?
5. The True Elder Brother:
“My son, everything I have is yours.”
What We Need
Who We Need
6. Redefining Hope:
“He set off for a far country.”
Our Longing for Home
The Difficulty of Return
The Feast at the End of History
7. The Feast of the Father:
”He heard music and dancing.”
Salvation is Experiential
Salvation is Material
Salvation is Individual
Salvation is Communal
Babette's Feast |
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