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Summary: I Now Understand
Review: Donna Morley's book is wonderful! I once was confused about Mormonism, but Donna Morley has taken away the confusion. She has also provided for me the Mormon mindset--why they think and believe the way they do. What I love most about this book is the fact sheet. I have always wanted to share Christ with my Mormon friends, and the missionaries at the door but I had many fears. My fears stemmed from my weakness of not being able to memorize scripture. How could I share with a Mormon if I can't even direct them to the right scripture verse in the Bible? Well, I don't have to worry any more. With the use of the fact sheet, I no longer have to try to memorize verses. Donna Morley has provided the scripture I need, and other points I can share with my Mormon friends and missionaries. For instance, Mormon missionaries will share that the Bible commands us to baptize the dead, and that we can become gods. They will even direct you to Bible verses to prove their point. Donna Morley shows us in her book how the Mormons are misinterpreting the scripture verses. As well, she guides us along--with the use of the fact sheet--helping us step by step and point by point--the scriptural truth we can give to our Mormon friend or missionary. While the entire book is a treasure, the book is worth buying if only the fact sheet was offered.
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Summary: I Now Understand
Review: Donna Morley's book is wonderful! I once was confused about Mormonism, but Donna Morley has taken away the confusion. She has also provided for me the Mormon mindset--why they think and believe the way they do. What I love most about this book is the fact sheet. I have always wanted to share Christ with my Mormon friends, and the missionaries at the door but I had many fears. My fears stemmed from my weakness of not being able to memorize scripture. How could I share with a Mormon if I can't even direct them to the right scripture verse in the Bible? Well, I don't have to worry any more. With the use of the fact sheet, I no longer have to try to memorize verses. Donna Morley has provided the scripture I need, and other points I can share with my Mormon friends and missionaries. For instance, Mormon missionaries will share that the Bible commands us to baptize the dead, and that we can become gods. They will even direct you to Bible verses to prove their point. Donna Morley shows us in her book how the Mormons are misinterpreting the scripture verses. As well, she guides us along--with the use of the fact sheet--helping us step by step and point by point--the scriptural truth we can give to our Mormon friend or missionary. While the entire book is a treasure, the book is worth buying if only the fact sheet was offered.
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Summary: If you want to UNDERSTAND Mormonism, LOOK ELSEWHERE!
Review: I believe this book to be a fair and just look at the differences between Mormonism and mainstream Christianity. Within this book one will find information in arguement and defense of both sides. This book is very well written and quite an easy read. I very much enjoyed this book. Donna Morley stays on track and does not stray from the point of the book. The purpose of this book is to allow the reader to view information that they may then go and look up in its entirety with the provided verses in both the mormon books and The Bible and then be able to fairly form an opinion.
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Summary: Explains the belief system
Review: I loved this book because it clearly explained doctrine that the Mormon church adheres to from a caring perspective. Morley encourages readers to open up the doors to their Mormon friends and missionaries and better understand where they are coming from.
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Summary: Thoroughly documented, yet "readable" with gentle questions!
Review: I started recommending A Christian Woman's Guide to Understanding Mormonism before I finished reading it! (The disadvantage of doing it was that my friends wanted to take my copy immediately!) I really like the style. It feels like "light" reading, yet is as thoroughly documented as a research paper. It is a wonderful balance of suggestions for asking "gentle" questions of my Mormon friends and visitors, as well as the theological essentials with Bible references. The appendices could be published on their own! "A Comparison Between Mormonism and the Bible" is wonderfully concise, yet understandable. I am cutting out the "Mormonism Fact Sheet" so I can put it in my Bible!
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Summary: This woman doesn't know what she is talking about!!!!
Review: I was very offended by this book. The author says that Mormons aren't christian. This couldn't be further from the truth. The correct name of the church is not Mormon....but The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. How could a church that is named after Christ not believe in Christ and be Christian!! The member of this church are not members of a cult as the author would have us believe. I definitely would not recommend reading this book.
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Summary: Respectfully disagree with G. Jetson's review
Review: Nowhere in Donna Morley's book does she blatantly say that "Mormons aren't Christians." This is what she does say: "...because a clear and correct understanding of the Bible and the gospel message can mean the difference between eternal life and eternal separation from God, we need to ask: 'Are there truly differences between Mormonism and biblical Christianity? Are Mormons really Christians? Are their doctrines really biblical? While they use the same words as we do, such as "born again", are their underlying definitions truly biblical?"....." Donna Morley goes on to say that A Christian Woman's Guide to Understanding Mormonism is not "in any way, shape, or form intended to be an attack on Mormons, to belittle Mormons, or to communicate an anti-Mormon attitude. Rather it's a book about loving the Mormons--loving them as we take the time to understand what they believe and how we can effectively reach out to them." I must not only respectfully disagree with G. Jetson that Mrs. Morley "doesn't know what she's talking about" but I have to question if G. Jetson really read her book. If he did he would have noticed the loving and sensitive approach Mrs. Morley takes towards key issues in Mormonism. G. Jetson would have also noticed that everthing Mrs. Morley covers, such as Mormon history, and Mormon doctrine, is backed up by original Mormon sources such as Mormon documents, Mormon diaries, Mormon scripture and Mormon theology books. Again, she used ALL original sources. In my opinion, Donna Morley has researched this field well. Anyone, including Mormons, who may not fully understand Mormon history or doctrines would benefit greatly from reading this book. I highly recommend it!
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Summary: HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK!
Review: Thoroughly researched and documented book; easy to read; written in a loving manner; practical helps (the fact sheet is fantastic!); and the illustrations bring life to the subject matter. Once you pick up the book, you CANNOT put it down. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is not only interested in Mormonism--its history and its doctrines--but moreso--to anyone who desires to plant the seed of truth for Christ.
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Summary: If you want to UNDERSTAND Mormonism, LOOK ELSEWHERE!
Review: What you'll find in this book is that this extremely biased book was put together from many sources by Donna Morley quite well...to take much of the Mormon history out of context and paint a beautiful Christian religion in a horrible light! Those of you who are closed-minded Mormon-bashers would love this as you could make it "fuel for your fire." In a world full of books with misconceptions about the religion, this is just another one of those books! In the book you will find much time spent trying to make the first prophet, Joseph Smith, into a monster. There are many references to Biblical "contradictions"...some of which I suppose could be if you've chosen to read them that way. What it comes down to is this: Why is this one religion so persecuted? All that is taught, all that is done is for the good of every single person out there! A Christian is one who follows the teachings of Christ or one showing the qualities of Christ's teachings...the definition includes faithful Mormons! All I can say is stop HATING and JUDGING! Read Matthew 5:10 and please know that we have love for all religions and all people...and don't believe you will "understand" anything by reading this book! We are not "fallen", "mislead", "blindfolded", etc. We are blessed with a testimony of Jesus Christ and the gift of wanting to better ourselves and share the happiness we have.
-Karen Helms-
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Summary: L.B.
Review: While the author is by no means the first to point out that mormons are not Christians, she handles the issue with sensitivity and offers practical ways for Christians to help their mormon friends understand the differences. Just like there are many who cloak themselves in the general category of Christians when they are not truly surrendered to the will of Jesus Christ, the mormons, too, need most of all to understand that just because you call yourself the King of France doesn't make it so. I think this is a must read for all mormons.
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