Questions to Ask Your Mormon Friend: Effective Ways to Challenge a Mormon's Arguments Without Being Offensive [Paperback]

Bill McKeever (Author), Eric Johnson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1994

Fifteen Effective Questions to Help a Mormon Seriously Examine His Faith

In 1853 the Mormon Apostle Orson Pratt issued the challenge: " - convince us of our errors of doctrine, if we have any, by reason, by logical arguments, or by the word of God, and we will be ever grateful for the information."

Many Christians have stated that they would challenge Mormon acquaintances about their theology if they knew what to say. From their in-depth research of Mormonism, Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson have compiled fifteen questions that Christians can ask latter-day Saints to help them seriously examine their faith. In a user-friendly manner, it provides simple, straightforward arguments that lay-Christians can easily access.

Also included is a dictionary of the Mormon language. This helps the reader better understand Mormon terminology and shows how it is different from similar words used by Christians.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers (May 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556614551
• ISBN-13: 978-1556614552
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #725,186 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm not sure I would like this book if...., September 10, 2001

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Harpergirl (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Questions to Ask Your Mormon Friend: Effective Ways to Challenge a Mormon's Arguments Without Being Offensive (Paperback)

I'm not sure I would like this book if it were written in a vindictive way. But, thankfully Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson did it lovingly and with respect! This is a challenging book that questions the assumption that the Latter Day Saint Church has every spiritual answer. It details some of the problems that are seen within the Latter Day Saints very own history. Some of the problems detailed are: the "First Vision" of Joseph Smith Jr. and if the Mormon person has "Ever Sinned the Same Sin Twice," which of course relates to LDS doctrine.

I not only recommend this book to any Protestant Christians but also have a hard time retaining a copy for myself. This book and Answering Mormons Question (another book by McKeever) are given out as loners but seldom return home.

27 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Questions, Great Logic, April 25, 2001

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S. Lindbloom (Eden Prairie, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Questions to Ask Your Mormon Friend: Effective Ways to Challenge a Mormon's Arguments Without Being Offensive (Paperback)

This book contains 15 great questions for opening conversation between Mormons and non-Mormons. For example, the first chapter, "If I Accept You as a Christian, Will You Accept Me as a Mormon?" addresses one of the most common objections Mormons articulate to their critics ("Mormons are Christians!") and does so in a very sensible manner. Chapter 2, "Which First Vision Account Should We Believe?" takes a look at the very foundation of the LDS Church and reasonably raises questions regarding the differing stories Joseph Smith told about his supposed encounter with the Gods. Chapter 4, "What If the Bible Is Translated Correctly After All?" seeks to encourage discussion about the unsupportable Mormon position that the Bible is unreliable and cannot be trusted. Many people, from all sorts of faith backgrounds, never really think about their beliefs. Anything that causes people to examine what they believe, study issues they may not have considered before, bring about sincere dialogue between friends, and help us to better understand another's viewpoint is a rare and valuable treasure. McKeever and Johnson's book does all these things -- with grace. If there are objections to this book's content, I can only think it is because the authors have done such a fine job of logically addressing the issues raised that some may feel threatened by the mere asking of the question. And if so, perhaps the objector will go home and think about it.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars BE CAREFUL!!!, March 17, 1998

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This review is from: Questions to Ask Your Mormon Friend: Effective Ways to Challenge a Mormon's Arguments Without Being Offensive (Paperback)

Bill McKeever's book contains some interesting questions, but if you happen to talk with a knowledgable Mormon about these issues, you may end up looking rather ignorant. He puts forth questions, but assumes there is no answers.