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Jacob Hansen’s False Version of Joseph Smith’s First Vision
Jacob Hansen is a Latter-day Saint apologist who appeared on Allie Beth Stuckey’s “Relatable” podcast on April 27, 2026. The episode was put on YouTube with the title “Are Mormons Christians? LDS Apologist vs. Evangelical Christian.” Hansen on the First … Continue reading
Posted in apologetics, Mormonism
Tagged Allie Beth Stuckey, First Vision, Jacob Hansen
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Women as Witnesses to the Empty Tomb
Today is Resurrection Sunday! As a follow-up to my article yesterday on the authenticity of Jesus' burial in a rock tomb, here is an excerpt from The Incarnate Christ and His Critics: A Biblical Defense (p. 635-36) on the role … Continue reading
Posted in apologetics, Biblical Studies, Jesus and Christology
Tagged empty tomb, Mary Magdalene, resurrection
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We Know Where Jesus Was Buried
In observance of Holy Saturday, here is an excerpt from The Incarnate Christ and His Critics: A Biblical Defense (p. 634), which I co-authored with Ed Komoszewski, on the location of Jesus' tomb. The evidence summarized here shows that the … Continue reading
Posted in apologetics, Biblical Studies
Tagged Church of the Holy Sepulchre, empty tomb, resurrection
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Reliability of the Text: Mormons and the Old Testament #4
We saw in the first article in this series, “Mormons and the Old Testament Canon,” that the LDS Church accepts the same books in the Old Testament that are in the Jewish canon of Scripture and in the Protestant Old … Continue reading
The KJV and Other Bibles: Mormons and the Old Testament #3
We continue our series on Mormons and the Old Testament by discussing the King James Version (KJV) in Mormonism. The Standard LDS Position Joseph Fielding Smith was the grandson of Hyrum Smith (Joseph Smith’s brother) and the tenth LDS … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical Studies, Mormonism
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Pigs in the Parlor: An Amazon Reviews Mystery
Amazon’s ranking of book reviews may be a mystery to many readers. I know it was for me. Take, for example, its ranking of “top reviews” of the infamous book Pigs in the Parlor, which teaches that every Christian has … Continue reading
Lost Books? Mormons and the Old Testament #2
We saw in the first article in this series that the LDS Church accepts the same books in the Old Testament that are in the Jewish canon of Scripture and in the Protestant Old Testament. Yet they deny the inspiration … Continue reading
Mormons and the Old Testament Canon: Mormons and the Old Testament #1
This article is the first in a projected series on Mormonism and the Old Testament. Throughout this year (2026), the LDS Church’s official curriculum Come, Follow Me takes members through the Old Testament.[1] These articles offer an evangelical Christian perspective … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical Studies, Mormonism
Tagged Bruce McConkie, canon, Mormons and the Old Testament
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A Deep Dive in Alma 5 as a Core Sample in the Book of Mormon
In 2024, I began research on Alma 5:3–62, a speech that the Book of Mormon attributes to a first-century BC Israelite prophet in the Americas named Alma. This research investigates proposed evidence for and against the speech's antiquity. I’m pleased … Continue reading