Boasting in Christ Alone

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  • What Is Lost When Latter-day Saints Begin the Old Testament with Moses 1?

    On January 1st, millions of Christians around the world began their annual Bible reading plans with Genesis 1. This year, Latter-day Saints also began their Old Testament study as part of the Come, Follow Me curriculum—but they didn’t start with Genesis. Instead, they began with Moses 1 and Abraham 3, chapters drawn from purported revelations…

  • Was Abraham Called by Grace or Already a Follower of Righteousness? And Why it Matters

    Abraham and Grace: Chosen, not Earned Should Abraham be seen as a model of religious striving, or a recipient of God’s sovereign grace? Abraham is one of the most important figures for Jews, Christians and Muslims. He is seen as the Father of the Faithful who trusted in God and developed a deep covenantal relationship…

  • God is our Savior: Why the Trinity Really Matters

    I’ve been having a lot of conversations with Latter-day Saints on social media this week both pushing back against some of the unfair criticisms against the Church and also trying to explain why orthodox Christians sees the issues that divide us as particularly important. As I’ve done so, I’ve repeatedly receive a variation of this…

  • Would a Lost or Rejected Book Destroy Sola Scriptura?

    I recently had a conversation with a Latter-day on Twitter who insisted that Jesus Christ was endorsing the apochryphal Book of Tobit in Matthew 22:23-33. I found his argument extremely unpersuasive. I then asked him why he thought this mattered. He responded that he thought this was the death knell of sola scriptura. This is…

  • Echoes of the Trinity: A Call to Worship (Conclusion)

    “Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!”—Romans 11:33 (ESV) The Trinity is a doctrine that is simultaneously relatable and yet beyond our comprehension. It is beautiful and yet mysterious. It reveals a God that is infinitely worthy of our worship.…

  • Echoes of the Trinity: Further Echoes from Nature (Part 6)

    We’ve already looked at a variety of Biblical images that reveal aspects of the Trinity and push us to imagine our great God with awe and reverence. We’ve looked at father-son imagery, marriage, the body of Christ, and Angelic beings. In this post, I want to look briefly at two non-scriptural examples that help me…

  • Echoes of the Trinity: The Father and the Son, A Profound Image of the Trinity (Part 2)

    For the introduction to this series go here. A Revealed Relationship: Father and Son One of the best places to begin contemplating the divine mystery of the Trinity is with the most concrete and tangible imagery God gives us: the titles Father and Son, which describe the relationship between the members of the Godhead. This…

  • Echoes of the Trinity: Reflections of Divine Mystery in Creation and Scripture (Part 1)

    Posts in this Series Introduction (this post) Echo 1: The Father and Son Echo 2: Marriage Echo 3: The Body of Christ Echo 4: The Angelic Hosts Echo 5: Echoes in Nature Conclusion The Trinity has been at the center of Christian doctrine and Christian worship for centuries. At its heart, the Trinity is a…

  • Don’t Cut the Branch You’re Sitting On: A Plea to My LDS Friends to Defend the Bible

    I’ve noticed a curious pattern in the way some Latter-day Saint apologists engage with the Bible. When it comes to the Pentateuch—the first five books of the Bible—many are quick to embrace the conclusions of the documentary hypothesis or historical-critical methods. They seem more than comfortable suggesting that Moses didn’t write the Torah, that Deuteronomy…