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This Gospel Coalition booklet examines essential elements of the Christian eschatological hope to show that it is a confident expectation rooted in the historical reality of Christ's death and resurrection.
Drawing on both Christian and Latter-day Saint documents, Robert Millet clearly explains the many beliefs that Mormons hold in common with traditional Christians and also highlights differences where they exist.
I have come to greatly prefer the Jesus of the Gospels over the Jesus of Mormonism. This book is an exploration of the foundations of my journey, and what I have chosen to believe, what I hope others might consider. I write on Christianity and I write on Mormonism, with the hope that struggling Latter-day Saints can find a way forward with Christ as their foundation. Looking at both Christianity and Mormonism, my intent is to lift the baby from the bathwater, to restore the Savior, with no desire to save the Jesus of Mormonism. Joseph Smith's Restoration has grave problems. He went astray in my view, because he went beyond the footprint of Jesus' teachings--committing the same mistake he claimed others had made. I suppose this book is a Restoration-type endeav∨ an effort to rediscover what is most basic, most important. How ironic to seek to restore the Christ of the Gospels from Mormonism! So what does a Latter-day Saint do when they discover that the church narrative they were taught all their life has fallen apart? For me, the "revelations" of Mormon Jesus and their practice by Joseph Smith--as especially seen in chapters 9, 17-19--is radically different from the behavior, character and personality of Jesus of Nazareth. For example, Smith produced "scriptures" which depended on nineteenth-century sources, claiming them to be ancient. He initiated a secret "spiritual wife system" which included concubines and slandered women who resisted his sexual advances. He married young teenagers and other men's wives. He cursed his enemies and set up a secret organization, had himself ordained king and sought to violently overthrow the Nation. Comparing the two portraits has been the single most cathartic event since my crisis of faith. I find the Jesus of the Gospels to better reflect God's nature and love, and thus how to clearly respond to others as a disciple.
The purpose of this book on the Restoration of the Gospel is not to provide a comprehensive history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but rather to give an overview of the Restoration itself. It assumes that something has been restored and tells the story of how this restoration came about. When preaching abroad, missionaries of the Church have often encountered two questions: what was restored and how was it restored? These chapters attempt to provide partial answers to these questions. They focus on the restoration of the necessary priesthood and authorities to perform divine duties, as well as the organization of the Church, its priesthood quorums, auxiliary associations, and community and family life. Essentially, the chapters describe the restoration of divine authority and correct organization. Once these were restored, it was necessary to correct the world's understanding of God and the duties of man in relation to God's kingdom.