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:

1. Where did Mormonism Come From?
2. Witnessing to Mormons.
3. The Mormon Church: The Restored Church?
4. Mormon Leaders: The True Prophets of God?
5. The Book of Mormon-Part 1: Is It Another Testament of Jesus Christ?
6. The Book of Mormon-Part 2: Insurmountable Problems.
7. What Mormons Say About the Bible.
8. The Inspiration, Inerrancy, and Authority of the Bible.
9. Manuscript Support for the Bible's Reliability.
10. Rightly Interpreting the Bible.
11. The Alleged Migration to Ancient America.
12. The "Restoration" of the Aaronic and Melchizedek Priesthoods.
13. The Mormon Doctrine of God-Part 1: Does God Have a Human-like Body?
14. The Mormon Doctrine of God-Part 2: The Plurality of Gods.
15. The Person of Jesus Christ in Mormonism.
16. The Mormon Doctrine of Man: Were Humans Premortal Spirits?
17. Salvation in Mormonism-Part 1: Understanding Mormon Terminology.
18. Salvation in Mormonism-Part 2: Premortality, Mortality, and Postmortality.
19. Salvation in Mormonism-Part 3: Sin, Atonement, and Forgiveness.
20. Salvation in Mormonism-Part 4: The Three Kingdoms.
21. Evangelism Among Mormons. 

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:  

1. The Apologetic Impulse in Early Mormonism: The Historical Roots of the New Mormon Challenge.
2. And the Saints Go Marching on: The New Challenge for World Missions, Apologetics, and Theology.
3. Craftsman or Creator?  An Examination of the Mormon Doctrine of Creation and a Defense of Creatio ex Nihilo.
4. The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Joseph Smith?  God, Creation, and Humanity in the Old Testament and Mormonism.
5. A Tale of Two Theisms: The Philosophical Usefulness of the Classical Christian and Mormon Concepts of God.
6. Moral Law, the Mormon Universe, and the Nature of the Right We Ought to Choose.
7. The Absurdities of Mormon Materialism: A Reply to the Neglected Orson Pratt.
8. Monotheism, Mormonism, and the New Testament Witness.
9. Is Mormonism Christian?
10. Does the Book of Mormon Reflect an Ancient Near East Background?
11. Rendering Fiction: Translation, Pseudotranslation, and the Book of Mormon.

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.

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Table of Contents:

1. Adam-god Doctrine.
2. False Prophecies.
3. Changes in LDS "Scriptures."
4. Mormon Godhead Doctrines.
5. Individual Blood Atonement.
6. First Vision.
7. Claims of Mormonism.
8. Authority in Mormonism.
9. Some Contradictions.
10. Polygamy.
11. Strange Teachings.
12. 14 Fundamentals Speech.
13. Definition of Mormon Terms.
14. Speakers and Sources Cited.
15. Topical and Reference Index. 

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.

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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:

1. The Gospel Behind the Gospels.
2. Oral Tradition and a Memorizing Culture.
3. An Eccentric Jesus and the Criteria of Authenticity.
4. Can We Trust the New Testament?  The Quantity and Quality of Textual Variants.
5. Myths About Manuscripts.
6. An Embarrassment of Riches:  Recovering the Wording of the Original New Testament Text, Part 1.
7. The Methods of Textual Criticism:  Recovering the Wording of the Original New Testament Text, Part 2.
8. Is What We Have Now What They Wrote Then?
9. The Range of the Canon.
10. What Did the Ancient Church Think of Forgeries?
11. What Did the Ancient Forgers Think of Christ?
12. Divine Portraits:  Jesus in the Gospels.
13. Supreme Devotion:  Jesus in the Larger New Testament.
14. From the Pens of Fathers and Foes:  Jesus Outside the New Testament.
15. Simply Divine?  The Real Issue at Nicea.
16. Parallelomania:  Supposed Links Between Christianity and Pagan Religions.
17. The Virgin Birth of Alexander the Great?
18. Osiris, Frankenstein, and Jesus Christ.

Chosen But Free–A Balanced View of Divine Election (2001) 

Author:  Dr. Norman L. Geisler

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 man's responsibility.  World-class Christian philosopher, Dr. Norman Geisler, defends the moderate Calvinist view (also held by Mike Ghiglia), which recognizes that (1) God's grace IS resistible, (2) man's free will (agency) DOES NOT rob God of His divine sovereignty and (3) the true believer IS eternally secure.  On a side note "Extreme Calvinism" (as referred to by Dr. Geisler) teaches that God elects and predestines man INDEPENDENT of his will.  This is a doctrine held by many Evangelicals and one that all LDS leaders vehemently reject!  Moderate Calvinism poses no such doctrinal obstacle and therefore makes for a relatively clearer path to discussions on gospel doctrine.

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Table of Contents:

1. Who Is in Charge?
2. Why Blame Me?
3. Viewing the Alternatives.
4. Avoiding Extreme Calvinism.
5. Avoiding Extreme Calvinism (continued).
6. Avoiding Extreme Arminianism.
7. A Plea For Moderation.
8. What Difference Does It Make?