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Mormonism is a uniquely American religion. Most of us look at it and we think it's kind of

quirky, not dangerous, but there's something in its theology in the way that it views

man, sin, grace, faith, salvation, and Jesus himself, that makes it not only dangerous,

because it does not lead to salvation, but also in this life soul-crushing.

Welcome back to Issues et cetera, coming to you live from the studios of Lutheran Public Radio

in Collinsville, Illinois. We're going to be talking about witnessing to Mormons. Pastor John

Leach joins us. He's president of Truth in Love Ministry, based in Nampa, Idaho. Truth in Love

has produced a new booklet called A Biblical Response to Mormonism. Pastor Leach, welcome.

Thanks for having me, Tat. What's the appeal of Mormonism? Mormonism often carries sort of an

American spirit. If we think about the idea of if you just pull up your bootstraps, you can achieve

anything if you're willing to try hard enough. Well, that is in a spiritual sense the appeal of

Mormonism I can determine what my final destination will be. What we often see too, many people are

surprised by that, is when the culture has shifted in such a significant way away from Biblical

Christian morals, Mormonism often stands up because they are so focused on family, on morality,

they look very clean-cut. As a result, many people who are searching or many people who are,

maybe have some loose, but not very clear-rooted, Biblical Christian background are often pulled in.

Why should we see Mormonism as a culture? Many times people would think about Mormonism as a cult,

and you know what, it certainly meets all of those concerning theological definitions.

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