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Today is Resurrection Sunday! As a follow-up to my article yesterday on the authenticity of Jesus' burial in a rock tomb, here is an excerpt from The Incarnate Christ and His Critics: A Biblical Defense (p. 635-36) on the role … Continue reading →

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In observance of Holy Saturday, here is an excerpt from The Incarnate Christ and His Critics: A Biblical Defense (p. 634), which I co-authored with Ed Komoszewski, on the location of Jesus' tomb. The evidence summarized here shows that the … Continue reading →

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We saw in the first article in this series, “Mormons and the Old Testament Canon,” that the LDS Church accepts the same books in the Old Testament that are in the Jewish canon of Scripture and in the Protestant Old … Continue reading →

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  We continue our series on Mormons and the Old Testament by discussing the King James Version (KJV) in Mormonism. The Standard LDS Position Joseph Fielding Smith was the grandson of Hyrum Smith (Joseph Smith’s brother) and the tenth LDS … Continue reading →

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Amazon’s ranking of book reviews may be a mystery to many readers. I know it was for me. Take, for example, its ranking of “top reviews” of the infamous book Pigs in the Parlor, which teaches that every Christian has … Continue reading →

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We saw in the first article in this series that the LDS Church accepts the same books in the Old Testament that are in the Jewish canon of Scripture and in the Protestant Old Testament. Yet they deny the inspiration … Continue reading →

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This article is the first in a projected series on Mormonism and the Old Testament. Throughout this year (2026), the LDS Church’s official curriculum Come, Follow Me takes members through the Old Testament.[1] These articles offer an evangelical Christian perspective … Continue reading →

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