By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2009 How and why did an article that was an appendix in the Doctrine and Covenants become a revelation? Did these “revelations” contradict other teachings from…
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2009 Four articles first appeared in the Appendix of the 1835 edition of the Doctrine and Covenants. Two of those articles were deleted entirely from the…
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2009 In the January 2009 Ensign, the LDS Sunday school General Presidency said “The Doctrine and Covenants (is) a marvelous book of revelation that was written…
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2009 Joseph F. Smith, the sixth LDS Prophet, claimed he had a vision about the redemption of the dead on October 3, 1918. But his vision…
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2009 Mormons teach that one of the signs of the true church is that it will have prophets who provide current revelation. Since LDS claim to…
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2009 Joseph Smith, Mormonism’s founder, said he received Doctrine and Covenants 132 as a revelation from God commanding him and other Mormons to have a plurality…
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2009 Before June 1978, black males of African descent could join the LDS Church, but couldn’t hold any office in either LDS priesthood, nor could they…
I recently entered into a conversation on a blog regarding whether Mormons worship the same Jesus as Christians. I was surprised to discover a few Evangelicals who expressed the belief they do. Being a…
By: Marvin W. Cowan; ©2009 Mormonism has four books of scripture, but the only one they express reservations about is the Bible. The eighth LDS Article of Faith says, “We…
By: Darrell Boan; ©2009 These points show that the Mormon teaching on the nature of God does not match the teachings of the Bible. Mormonism teaches “another Jesus” and is…
