Sunday, July 16, 2006

Meeting With Mormon Missionaries

Hey everybody, I know it's been forever, but life has been just going crazy lately. I need all of you and others, maybe you can pass this along to friends to pray for myself and my 3 teammates tommorow night at 7pm Mountain Time. We are meeting with the Mormon Missionaries in town, who we met briefly last week, but they are coming over for an extended "talk" Monday night. We know they are trying to convert us, but we can't wait to ask some very interesting questions to them. My team and I have done some extensive research in the past week on the teachings of the Mormon Church and have found, as we knew before that there are multiple questions and contradictions contained within Mormon doctrine and teaching. THe book of Mormon, along with another document called the Doctrines and Covanents, both of which Mormons consider equal with the Bible, contradict the Bible in many, many places, and even contradict each other in several places. We can't wait to get some of our questions about these contradictions explained tommorow night. Pray for us as we talk to these Mormon Missionaries that they will attempt to answer our questions and that they won't be able to explain what they believe because of all the contradictions. Also pray that we can explain the truth of the Bible and the biblical Jesus to them, as we anticipate them asking us tough questions in return for us asking them hard questions. Thanks in advance for your prayers and I'll update you Tuesday or Wed. about how it goes.

6 comments:

Alma Allred said...

You probably won't get far asking them hard questions. They're not out there to bash, and may not even be interested in what you see as problematic. LDS missionaries often have an understanding of the basic elements of the gospel: Faith in Christ, repentance, baptism and the fact that God answers sincere prayer. They generally don't spend much time in apologetic pursuits because they don’t have the time to do so.

However, if you’re interested in finding out if Mormons have answers to what you think are hard questions, you’ll be disappointed in this meeting. If you think there aren’t very good answers to the questions you have, you’re also bound to be disappointed if you give Mormonism a fair hearing. I’d be interested to hear what you think is the biggest problem with Mormonism. There’s generally a lot more involved than a slam dunk question or two that appears to have no answer.

Jonathan said...

Alma,

If the missionaries aren't the ones to answer the tough questions, who should I ask. I'm interested in talking to people about what I things that I have read in the Book of Mormon and the Doctrines and Covenants that I would consider to be difficult questions. I'm open to suggestions as to who to ask about these things.

Alma Allred said...

If you'd like to send me a question, I'd be happy to suggest a possible answer on my blog. Although it has had mostly a political focus, I deleted most of that a couple of weeks ago started posting entries dealing with Mormonism. It might be fun to take a couple of questions and work through them. As I suggested above, why don't you pick the question that you think is most problematic for Mormonism and send it to me either as a comment on my blog or through my email address posted at my blog?

Michael How said...

Alma,
What is the #1 question you are asked on Mormonism and what is your response to that question?

Anonymous said...

Jonathan:

First, I love the title of your blog. Second, congratulations on your engagement! I, too, got engaged while in Seminary...long ago in another Southern Baptist Seminary far away...(actually, it was the year AFTER "Star Wars" came out, but that's somewhat irrelevant!).
Third, let me congratulate you on engaging the Mormons in theological discussions/witnessing. Far too many Baptists (and believers in general) just say "NO" and never share their faith. If half of the Baptists visited by Mormon missionaries spent five minutes each time they were visited in sharing the true Gospel, what a difference that would make!

Fyrnewood Books and Music said...

If you'd like answers, check out the book "A Mormon Answers the Hard Questions Posed by Anti-Mormons." It's available at www.fyrnewood.com.