Lifting The Veil

There’s something deeply appealing about the idea that we lived with God before we were born—that we were trained, assigned roles, and sent here with a mission already in hand. It gives people a sense of identity and significance. It tells us we were chosen because of who we already were. But that idea, however meaningful it may feel, isn’t what the Bible actually teaches. Scripture does say that God knew us before we were born. In Book of Jeremiah 1:5, God tells Jeremiah, “Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee.” That’s often taken as proof of a premortal life. But read carefully—God is not describing Jeremiah’s past experience. He’s describing His own knowledge. An eternal God doesn’t need us to exist beforehand in order to know us fully. That distinction matters. The Bible consistently presents God as the one who plans, calls, and appoints—not based on what we did before birth, but based on His own will. In Epistle to the Ephesians 1:4, it says we were chosen “before the foun...

There is a school of thought that promotes teachings from the Mormon religion as though they have relevance to Christian doctrine. But this is a profound and dangerous error. As a Christian, I must strongly rebuke the assertion that so-called Melchizedek Priesthood holders within the LDS Church trace their authority to Jesus Christ, or that angels restored a lost gospel due to some alleged “Great Apostasy.” These ideas are not only unscriptural—they are deceptive and lead people away from the true Gospel of Jesus Christ into spiritual destruction. Mormonism, like every other false religion, offers a counterfeit gospel. It takes fragments of truth, wraps them in religious language, and replaces the sufficiency of Christ’s sacrifice with a system of works, ordinances, priesthood hierarchies, and temples. The Bible does not point us to secret lineages of priesthood authority, nor does it tell us that angels were sent to restore the Gospel. Quite the opposite—it warns us against such decep...

I’m a Bible-believing Christian and was recently challenged by a dyed-in-the-wool Mormon to prove some things about the Book of Mormon to him. I accepted his challenge, and here are the results of my research. When it comes to eternal matters—who Jesus is, how salvation works, and whether God’s Word can be trusted—we need to be willing to examine what we believe and why. The conversation began with a simple but serious challenge: Show that the Book of Mormon teaches a different Jesus, promotes exaltation to godhood, and emphasizes salvation through works. I took each point in turn, matching the Book of Mormon and LDS doctrine with what the Bible clearly teaches. And, as the great entertainer, Jackie Gleason used to say, "And away we go!" 1. “Show me a different Jesus in the Book of Mormon.” The Jesus of the Bible is eternal, uncreated, and fully God (John 1:1; Colossians 1:15–19). He has always existed, coequal with the Father and the Holy Spirit. The Book of Mormon refers of...

It’s one thing to have religious differences—it’s another to stake your soul on teachings that contradict the very Word of God. As someone deeply committed to biblical Christianity, I believe it’s time we stop tiptoeing around the hard questions when it comes to the claims of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). Behind the clean-cut missionaries and wholesome family image lies a theology that diverges from the gospel of Jesus Christ in dangerous, damning ways. Here are ten questions every Mormon—and every Christian being courted by Mormon doctrine—should confront honestly and biblically: 1. If Scripture warns not to add to God’s Word (Revelation 22:18–19), why did Joseph Smith claim new scripture like the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price? God’s Word is sufficient. Yet Mormonism builds its entire theology on revelations given over a thousand years after Christ. That’s not restoration—that’s reinvention. 2. Jesus said God is spirit (J...

In recent years, many have been drawn in by the friendly, family-oriented appeal of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. But beneath the polished image and wholesome branding lies a theology that strikes at the very heart of biblical truth—starting with the outrageous claim that Jesus Christ and Lucifer are spirit brothers. This isn’t a fringe belief. It’s fundamental LDS doctrine: that God the Father created both Jesus and Lucifer as His spirit children in a premortal realm. Jesus chose obedience and became the Savior; Lucifer rebelled and became Satan. On the surface, this may sound like a dramatic morality tale of agency and consequence. But in reality, it’s a theological train wreck—and a direct assault on the gospel of Jesus Christ. The Bible tells us plainly that Jesus is not a created being. He is eternal. “In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1, NLT). He didn’t become God—He is God. Co-eternal with the Fathe...

The Bible makes it clear from the very first pages: God created life by His word, not by a long, uncertain process. Genesis 1 doesn't describe a gradual unfolding of life through natural laws—it describes God speaking, and creation obeying. That is not compatible with evolutionary theory, whether dressed up in science or Mormon scripture. The LDS claim that “the Gods” organized life over time undermines both the authority of Scripture and the nature of God Himself. There is one God—not many—and He did not need evolution to form the world. He created instantly, fully, and purposefully. The Bible says, “By the word of the Lord the heavens were made… For He spoke, and it came to be” (Psalm 33:6, 9). God did not evolve man from lesser creatures. He formed man from the dust and breathed life into him. Humans are not upgraded animals—we are the image-bearers of God. That’s not an interpretation. It’s what the Bible plainly says. To argue that “we don’t know” how man was made, or that it ...

To justify the racist priesthood ban in the LDS Church by appealing to the Levitical priesthood or the hardness of men's hearts is not only theologically flawed—it is a direct insult to the nature and character of God, who shows no partiality (Acts 10:34–35). The argument attempts to whitewash decades of racial discrimination under the banner of supposed divine patience, while ignoring the unbiblical foundations of the ban altogether. The Levitical priesthood, as outlined in the Old Testament, was never based on race. It was based on tribal assignment, not skin color. And even then, it was part of a temporary covenant fulfilled in Christ (Hebrews 7:11–12). Once Jesus inaugurated the New Covenant, the priesthood was made spiritually accessible to all who are in Him—male, female, Jew, Gentile, Black, or white (Galatians 3:28). To compare this to the LDS priesthood ban, which was based on race, is to misapply the biblical text in a dangerous way. Jesus never established or endorsed an...

It’s not uncommon to hear Latter-day Saints say they don’t base their testimony on emotions—that the Holy Ghost reveals truth through a witness to the mind, not just a burning in the bosom. Yet when we examine the foundational instructions given in Moroni 10:3–5, the experience described is inherently subjective. You are encouraged to read, ponder, and ask, with the promise that a spiritual manifestation will follow. But Scripture warns us that not all spiritual manifestations come from God (1 John 4:1). So the question becomes: what standard are we using to discern truth? In Christianity, we don't test truth by feelings, intuition, or internal impressions. We test it by the Word of God—objective, eternal, and unchanging. The Bible declares, “The heart is deceitful above all things” (Jeremiah 17:9). That includes emotions that may feel holy. Even when two disciples on the road to Emmaus said their “hearts burned within them” (Luke 24:32), their confidence was not in the burning, bu...

The Latter-day Saint claim that spiritual truth is not based on emotion, even as they cite Moroni 10:3–5 and emphasize an internal witness by the Holy Ghost, is misleading and fundamentally flawed. The idea that feelings of peace or joy are merely byproducts of spiritual truth—rather than the measure of it—is contradicted by the very scriptures and testimonies Mormons use to defend their faith. They assert that “the Holy Ghost provides truth to the minds of men” and then quickly follow this with passages emphasizing the burning of the heart and emotional recognition of truth. This creates a logical contradiction: either truth is independently revealed, or it’s measured by emotional response—but it cannot be both simultaneously. What makes this even more problematic is the closed-loop reasoning it promotes. Moroni 10 doesn't invite you to objectively examine the Book of Mormon; it conditions your conclusion on an expected emotional outcome. You read the Book of Mormon, pray about it...

The Doctrine of “Christ Alone” Is Not Up for Negotiation The LDS Apologetics attempt to engage with the doctrine of Sola Christus is not merely a misunderstanding of Reformation theology—it is a distortion of the Gospel itself. In their treatment of Sola Christus, they affirm Christ in name while subtly eroding the sufficiency and exclusivity of His work. What we are dealing with is not a mere theological difference; it is a different gospel (Galatians 1:6–9). At the heart of Sola Christus—“Christ alone”—is the biblical truth that salvation is through Christ and Christ alone, with no mediator, prophet, ordinance, or priesthood standing between God and man. As Paul writes in 1 Timothy 2:5 (NLT), “There is one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus.” This is a crystal-clear statement. Not one of many mediators. Not a mediating priesthood. Not a prophet with new keys. One mediator—Jesus Christ. The LDS article attempts to affirm Christ’s atonement, bu...

Mormons teach that Jesus Christ “had to learn who He was” after His birth and progressively became divine, a view that directly contradicts clear biblical teaching and historic Christian doctrine. The Bible opens with the profound declaration in John 1:1 (NIV): “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” This Word is Jesus Christ, fully God, co-eternal with the Father, and the Creator of all things (John 1:3). To suggest that Jesus was a man who only later “progressed” to deity denies His eternal, uncreated nature as affirmed in Colossians 2:9: “For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form.” Hebrews 4:15 tells us Jesus was “tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.” While Jesus experienced genuine human temptation and suffering, the idea that He had to “learn obedience” because He was initially ignorant of His divine mission (Hebrews 5:8) misunderstands the text. His learning reflects His genuine humanity living u...

In conversations with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I have encountered arguments that reveal deep misunderstandings and dangerous distortions of biblical truth. Mormonism, far from being aligned with biblical Christianity, is a man-made religion rooted in false prophecy and unbiblical doctrines that threaten the foundation of the gospel. One commonly stated Mormon teaching is that only “a few” face eternal punishment while most receive some degree of glory, even if imperfectly. This teaching fundamentally misrepresents Scripture. Jesus plainly teaches that “many are called, but few are chosen” (Matthew 22:14, NLT) and warns, “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it” (Matthew 7:13-14). Furthermore, Revelation 20:10 describes the eternal torment of Satan, the beast, and the false prophet in the lake of fire, but it does not give Mormon-style “degrees of glory” or soften et...

When someone says, “We do not rely on written words in a book to come to know all truth,” it may sound spiritual—but it is deeply dangerous. That kind of thinking unravels the very foundation of Christianity and rejects how God has clearly revealed Himself through His Word. It’s not humility—it’s rebellion cloaked in religious rhetoric. The Bible is not just ink on paper; it is the Word of the living God. “All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives” (2 Timothy 3:16, NLT). To claim that we don’t need Scripture to know truth is to reject the very Spirit of God who authored the Scriptures. The Holy Spirit doesn’t bypass the Bible—He works through it. “No prophecy in Scripture ever came from the prophet’s own understanding, or from human initiative. No, those prophets were moved by the Holy Spirit, and they spoke from God” (2 Peter 1:20–21, NLT). The accusation that Christians twist Scripture like the Pharisees ...

Many lifelong Latter-day Saints have grown up hearing comforting references to “Heavenly Parents.” For years, the idea floated quietly, wrapped in poetic hymns and soft teachings. But recent statements by LDS apostle Dallin H. Oaks have removed any ambiguity. While speaking in Belgium, he plainly declared: “We are children of heavenly parents.” Not metaphorical. Not symbolic. Plural. And if LDS leaders truly speak by the Holy Spirit—as Mormon doctrine claims—then this is not merely a cultural teaching. It’s doctrine. The implications are staggering. If there is more than one heavenly mother, then according to Mormon theology, God is a polygamist. This is not a fringe interpretation. The foundation was laid by Joseph Smith, who claimed to restore “eternal truths” that had supposedly been lost. Among them was polygamy, or “plural marriage,” codified in Doctrine and Covenants 132, which states that God gave multiple wives to Abraham, David, and others as a model (Doctrine and Covenants 13...

The gospel of Jesus Christ is too precious, too essential, and too clear in the Bible to allow it to be confused with the teachings of the Book of Mormon. The gospel is not just any message; it is the power of God for salvation. It is not something to be tampered with, reinvented, or diluted by new revelations or works-based theology. And yet that is exactly what Mormonism does—subtly at times, but undeniably. At its core, the biblical gospel proclaims that salvation is by grace through faith, and not by works. Ephesians 2:8–9 spells this out plainly: “God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God.” This message is consistent throughout the New Testament—whether in Romans 5:1, Galatians 2:16, or the words of Jesus Himself in John 3:16. Salvation is not something we earn by doing all we can; it is something we receive by trusting in what Christ has already done. The Book of Mormon, however, offers a different version. In 2 Nephi ...