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Ask this question:

 

"If I was a follower of the Book of Mormon, would my walk with Christ change?"

 

Most Christians are unaware of the fact that not a single "Mormon Doctrine" is contained in the Book of Mormon.

 

Next, ask this question - "Do I beleive in a God of miracles?"

 

"You can't believe in the Book of Mormon if you don't believe in miracles."

 

By miracles we mean the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Do you believe in the raising of the dead, prophecy, the speaking in tongues, the interpretation of tongues, dreams, visions, being slain in the Spirit, etc.? If the answer is no, then how could we expect you to believe in the miracle of the Book of Mormon?

 

Ask this:

 

"Do I believe God will answer my prayer regarding the Book of Mormon."

 

There is a promise in the Book of Mormon guaranteeing that if you read and ask, God will answer. For many people it was this act of asking that first brought them a divine encounter.

 


 

Mormons have been using the Book of Mormon these many years to do one thing - gain converts. It is now time for Christians to claim the Book  of Mormon as their own, and use the converting power it contains FOR CHRIST, and not for a church or doctrine it does not contain.

 

Here are Mormon quotes admitting this is the case:

 

From the religion book review editor at Publishers Weekly, LDS author Jana Reiss wrote in the SkyLight Illuminations Series, The Book of Mormon - Selections Annotated and Explained:

 

Early Mormons rarely quoted from the book in their speeches and writings; in one nineteenth-century LDS periodical, Elders' Journal, the Bible was cited forty times more often than the Book of Mormon. Although early Mormons believed that the book was an authentically ancient record and that its miraculous appearance signaled that they were living in the "latter days," they didn't strongly emphasize its teachings. When the book was cited, it was usually to support the belief that the LDS Church was the restoration of Israel. It wasn't until 1961 that a year-long course in the Book of Mormon became required for freshman students at Brigham Young University, and it was the 1980's before the Book of Mormon was cited regularly in General Conference talks by church leaders. (2005, p. xiii)


LDS Professor Grant Hardy said:


Joseph Smith did not refer to passages from the book in his writings or sermons, nor was it cited very often by early church leaders. (Grant Hardy in Royal Skousen ed., The Book of Mormon, the Earliest Text, Yale University Press, 2009, p. xxii)

 

LDS Professor Philip R. Kunz:

As a young missionary in the 1950s, before the standardized missionary plan was prepared, we had a discussion on the Book of Mormon, in which we told the people about the book and invited them to put Moroni's promise to the test. We did not teach from the Book of Mormon, nor did we really refer to it after that. (Phillip R. Kunz, "Moroni's Promise: The Converting Power of the Book of Mormon," FARMS Review: vol. 8, no. 2, 1996, p 32)

 

LDS Professor Terryl L. Givens in his popular book put out by Oxford University Press entitled By the Hand of Mormon said:

 

It has often been pointed out, however, that those beliefs most commonly associated with Mormonism are nowhere to be found in that text. Those expecting an exposition of peculiarly Mormon doctrine will be disappointed. (2002, p. 186)

 

LDS Professor Richard L. Bushman:

 

Despite the effort that went into the translation, Joseph Smith did not make the book the foundation of the church. (Joseph Smith and the Beginnings of Mormonism, 1984, p. 142)

 

Book of Mormon Scholar J.N. Washburn:

 

The book under consideration bears no necessary relation to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They could exist quite independently of each other. The book is not the product of the Church, for it was in existence before the Church was. (The Contents, Structure and Authorship of the Book of Mormon, 1954, p.10)

 

LDS Professor Kenneth Godfrey:

Mormonism would not have endured had its leaders relied solely on the Book of Mormon. ("David Whitmer and the Shaping of Latter-day Saint History" by Kenneth Godfrey in The Disciple as Witness: Essays on Latter-day Saint History and Doctrine in Honor of Richard Lloyd Anderson, FARMS, 2000.)

The Book of Mormon belongs to the body of Christ. Christians can start using non-denominational copies right now (Visit www.bookmormon.com ), or a denominational edition for free (just go to a congregation and ask), from a public library, or read online.

 

The best tool that a Christian can use to convert a Mormon to Christ IS the the Book of Mormon.

 

As we have stated clearly on this site, the Book of Mormon adds nothing new to the Bible, it merely clarifies baptism, and communion; and confirms the birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

 

It contains some of the most powerful Preaching on Christ you can find anywhere.

 


Have you ever wondered why the Mormon Church is one of the fastest growing churches in America?

 

Answer - the Book of Mormon.

 


Do you know why 50% - 75% of all those converts leave their church?

 

Because the Spirit they found in the Book of Mormon is not in their church.

 


Do you need some converting power in your church? Then use the Book of Mormon!

 

Do you want to grow your church?

 

Then start a small group for ex-Mormon, Book of Mormon believers.

 


More people believe in the Book of Mormon outside of the Mormon Church than in it. Now that's worth looking into.

 

As can be seen on this site, the Book of Mormon contains no unusual Mormon doctrine - not one.

 

 
 
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