Remember that we are not to argue over doctrine or Scripture. The authority of Joseph Smith as a “prophet” of God is the real issue.
Establish the following points:
Step No. 1: Joseph Smith was only one of many 19th century “prophets.” There was nothing unique about his claims.
Step No. 2: He was a part of a [...]

Dr. Morey was interviewed by B.K. Campbell of The Christian Thinker.
The interview can be read here, and discussed here.

The following is a summary of some of the questions which have been posed to us. They represent the sincere questions of people who come from a humanistic or religious pacifist background.
Honest questions deserve an honest answer. Therefore, we will attempt to answer them without offending anyone. Given the emotional nature of some of the [...]

The early church’s beliefs about war have become a source of heated debate. Pacifists have dogmatically stated that all the Christian leaders before Constantine rejected war as immoral and renounced the military as an occupation for any Christian. For example, Roland Bainton in Christian Attitudes Toward War and Peace stated, “All of the outstanding writers [...]

It would be difficult to overstate the importance of the Gospels. In the pages of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John we find the matchless words and life of the Lord Jesus. No literature, ancient or modern, can ever excel the beauty and depth of the words of Jesus, who spoke as no other man has [...]

The New Catholic Catechism in Part One, Section 847, states that non-Catholics who “seek God with a sincere heart” and “try in their actions to do his will as they know it through the dictates of their conscience,” will “achieve eternal salvation.”
The Roman Catholic Church has publicly stated that this means that sincere people from [...]

I. Romanism’s view of religious authority is usually based on the fallacy of circular reasoning.
They appeal to their church’s authority to prove their church’s authority! This is like rowing with one oar. All you do is go around in circles.
Romanist: The “Church” is the ultimate authority. Protestant: Who says so? Romanist: The “Church” says so.
Protestant: [...]

We can use logic as a tool without being a rationalist because logic itself finds its ontological basis in the nature of the Creator of all things. In term of its nature, a particular principle of human logic is valid if it reflects the Mind of God as revealed in Scripture. Logic thus has an [...]

The present popular Western concepts of reincarnation are actually refinements of the ancient theory of transmigration. This theory states that all human “souls” are involved in a cyclic series of rebirths in which the soul is eventually purged of evil by suffering, administered through the Law of Karma.
In the Indian Vedas, the word “Karma” originally [...]

One assumption underlying modern atheism is the philosophical system called materialism. Essential to the atheist’s world view, this belief forms his basic attitude toward man and his place in the universe.
The word “materialism” is used in various ways. Its most popular usage refers to people guilty of greed and avarice, a “materialist” being someone whose [...]