Dialogue with Latter-day Saints
Dear Latter-day Saint friends,
We commend your faith community for the exceptional piety, strong family values, and loving kindness that it is known for. We would like to extend our special regards to the elder and sister missionaries who leave their homes, families, careers, and education plans behind for eighteen months or two years of non-stop ministry. Embarking on your mission right out of high school speaks volumes about your devotion.
Despite the many virtues the LDS community is known for, affiliation with the faith is often accompanied by social stigma and even scorn. Rest assured, you will not find such treatment within the pages of this pamphlet and the resources we provide. (See “Dialogue Guidelines” online or printed as available) We invite you into a conversation about the life and teachings of Jesus Christ and to consider a life of freedom and truth found in following the Triune God.
We have constructed this pamphlet to present LDS theology accurately and charitably, share our reasons for respectfully disagreeing with it, and present Traditional Christian (TC) theology. While it is certainly not easy, we pray that you will have the intellectual courage and integrity to read and consider this pamphlet with an open mind and heart. Whatever your thoughts are after reading this, we hope you can walk away with a deeper understanding of the beliefs of your TC neighbors.
In Christ,
-Brennon and Connor
The Apostasy & Restoration: What Does the Bible Say? - PDF Pamphlet
Version 1.4
Have Mormon Missionaries ever knocked on your door and you didn't know what to say? Well now you can know! Created for you is a Traditional Christian - Latter-day Saint Dialogue Pamphlet, themed after the first pamphlet that missionaries passout regarding the Apostasy and Restoration. This is non-contentionous, respectful dialogue between these two similar and different belief systems. God bless you in this journey.
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- Make sure the document display is at 100%
- There are no margins
- For double sided printing, you may need to flip the edge it is printing on
- We recommend printing a couple pages to make sure your settings are right before printing all 7
- Please contact us if you have any questions
What this pamphlet is and is not:
1. This pamphlet is a helpful response to the teaching pamphlet: “The Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ”.
2. It is a general guideline to structure the conversation, but not to dictate every point of discussion. Let the conversation flow naturally, and discuss the content of the pamphlet as the circumstances allow for it. Don’t feel pressured to discuss every page of a respective pamphlet in a given conversation.
3. It is for guiding in-person conversations between TCs and LDS, as well as for personal study and reflection.
4. It is NOT meant to be used as tools to win arguments or humiliate LDS members, but rather to serve as tools for sparking meaningful and friendly dialogue about the Gospel.
Trinity (tri-unity, three-in-oneness) - PDF
Have you ever wondered how to describe the Trinity?
Now you can easily unpack many verses highlighting some of the details in Scripture pointing to the unique myserty of who God is.