Mike Licona

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--In yesterday's column I ended by saying we can come to terms with Jesus' claims to being the only way to salvation by answering three rudimentary questions.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--A June report by the Pew Research Center revealed some interesting stats: 57 percent of the evangelical surveyed reported believing that "many religions can lead to eternal life."

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--There is no need to be defensive or hostile to Mormon missionaries who come to your door.

EDITORS’ NOTE: The following information, adapted from the North American Mission Board’s www.4truth.net apologetics website, is the fifth of six parts to be carried by Baptist Press this week. The initial article appeared in Baptist Press Mon., Dec. 10. ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)–So, what evidence is there that Mormonism is true? While Mormon scholars admit valid […]

EDITORS’ NOTE: The following information, adapted from the North American Mission Board’s www.4truth.net apologetics website, is the third of six parts to be carried by Baptist Press this week. The initial article appeared in Baptist Press Mon., Dec. 10. ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)–In the last part of this series, we saw some of the problems Mormonism […]

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--In the last part in this series, we saw that the Bible is reliable, being textually pure and verifiably accurate in many places. Therefore, the Mormon can have confidence that the Bible is the Word of God and that it can be accurately translated.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--If you ask a Mormon if he believes the Bible, he will refer to a Mormon document, The Articles of Faith, verse 8, which says, "We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God."

EDITORS’ NOTE: The following information, adapted from the North American Mission Board’s www.4truth.net apologetics website, is the first of six parts to be carried by Baptist Press this week. ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)–1. Who are the Mormons? A. History. Mormonism started in 1830 with 24-year-old year old Joseph Smith Jr. According to Smith, he had several […]

[QUOTE@left@140="Mormonism is a theological cult, since the Mormon church holds doctrines that differ fundamentally from Christian orthodoxy."
-- Mike Licona]ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--In the past two days we have taken a look at the basic history and beliefs of the Mormon church as well as the nightmarish problems it faces when the claims of its prophet Joseph Smith are checked against the facts.

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--In the 1990s I had a friend who was a former bishop in a local ward of the Mormon church. He and his wife were wonderful people and I still regard them as personal friends.