Robert M. Bowman Jr.

Joseph Smith’s Heavenly Visitations and Visions
Gospel Principles and the Bible: An Introduction
Mormon Belief: The Doctrine of the LDS Church
The Biblical Basis of the Doctrine of the Trinity
Knowing Heavenly Father: Scripture as Our Guide
Manti Pageant Review: The Mormon Myth, Not the Mormon Miracle
Preexistence: Did We Live in Heaven before We Were Born?
Peter Jennings, Jesus, and Paul
Jesus, Lucifer, and the Sons of God
Mitt Romney’s Mormonism
Agency: Human Responsibility, Bondage to Sin, and Freedom in Christ
God and Creation: The Bible and Joseph Smith’s Changing Doctrine
Does Yoga Conflict With Christianity?
Adam, Michael, and God: Who Was Adam?
Did the Young Joseph Smith Study the Bible?
The Fall of Adam and Eve: Noble or Sinful?
Mormon Doctrine and the Trinity
Mormonism and the Holy Ghost
Prayer, the Trinity, and the Nature of God
What the LDS Church Says about Traditional Christianity
Prophets Today? Prophets in the Bible and in the LDS Church
The Book of Mormon and the Bible
Doctrine & Covenants: An Introduction
Pearl of Great Price: An Introduction
Mormonism and Jesus Christ
Mormonism, the Garden, the Cross, and the Atonement
Salvation, Immortality, and Eternal Life in Mormon Belief
Mormon Priesthood: Do Mormons Alone Have the Power?
Mormon Priesthood Offices and the Bible
The Origin of the Mormon Priesthoods
Jesus, Melchizedek, and the Priesthood
Mormonism, Abraham, and the New Covenant
LDS Church Organization and Offices
The Great Apostasy: Did the Church Disappear?
The LDS Church: Not the Restored Church
Restored Truths? Top Ten Mormon Claims Examined
Faith in Christ and the Mormon Gospel
Repentance: Some Mormon Misunderstandings
Baptism, Salvation, and the Celestial Kingdom
Baptism: For All Mormon Eight-Year-Olds?
Baptism, the Priesthood, and Non-Mormon Christians
The Gift of the Holy Ghost and the Mormon Religion
Mormonism and Spiritual Gifts: Real or Imitation?
The LDS Sacrament: Mormons and the Lord’s Supper
Days of Obligation: Mormonism, the Sabbath, and Fasting
Sacrificing Everything for the Mormon Religion
The Word of Wisdom: Is It Divine Revelation?
Love, Honesty, and the Defense of the Faith
Is Tithing Fire Insurance? Mormonism and the Tithe
Mormon Missionaries: The Movement and Their Message
Judged by Works? How the Mormon Gospel Misses Salvation by Grace
Mormons, Evangelicals, and the Family
Eternal Marriage and the Bible
Eternal Marriage and Mormon Polygamy
Mormon Temples and the Bible
Mormon Ordinances for the Dead
Baptism for the Dead in 1 Corinthians 15:29
Spirits and the Mormon Worldview
Mormonism, Salvation, and the Spirit World
Joseph Smith, William Miller, and Prophetic Speculation
Mormonism: Signs of the Restoration?
Mormonism and the Millennium
Judgment, Gospel, and Salvation in Mormonism
Three Kingdoms of Glory: Joseph Smith, 1 Corinthians 15, and Doctrine & Covenants 76
From Monotheism to Eternal Progression: The Evolution of the Mormon Doctrine of Exaltation
Can Human Beings Become Gods? Answers to Mormon Arguments from the Bible
The Book of Mormon
Joseph Smith: The Founder of Mormonism
If the Book of Mormon and the Book of Abraham are not true, doesn’t this call into question the Bible as well?
There are so many different kinds of Christianity. How can I know which of them is right?
LDS View of Salvation
I Didn't Know He Said That!
How Well-Trod the Divide: A Review Article*
Joseph Smith’s Missouri Temple Prophecy
The Biblical Basis of the Doctrine of the Trinity - Part Eight
The Biblical Basis of the Doctrine of the Trinity - Part Seven
The Biblical Basis of the Doctrine of the Trinity - Part Six
The Biblical Basis of the Doctrine of the Trinity - Part Five
The Biblical Basis of the Doctrine of the Trinity - Part Four
The Biblical Basis of the Doctrine of the Trinity - Part Three
The Biblical Basis of the Doctrine of the Trinity - Introduction
The Biblical Basis of the Doctrine of the Trinity - Part Two
If Mormonism Is Not True…

Resources on Polygamy

Why Are We Still Talking about Polygamy?

The Joseph Smith Translation

The Book of Hebrews and the Joseph Smith Translation
The Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible

Mormonism and the Bible

Does Belief in a Closed Canon Elevate the Bible above God?

Book of Mormon Text

America, Gathering Israel to Zion, and the Book of Mormon

Doctrine

The God-or-Devil Dilemma Argument for the Book of Mormon

Biblical Topics

Hebrews 12:9 - Did God literally procreate our spirits?
Acts 17:28-29 - Are human beings literally the offspring of God?
Jeremiah 1:5 - Did Jeremiah exist before he was born?
Job 38:7 - Were the preexistent spirits of human beings among the "sons of God" who witnessed creation?
Genesis 1:1 - Doesn’t the Hebrew word elohim in Genesis 1:1 mean that many gods made the world?

Questions About Mormonism

Does the LDS Church teach that Jesus and Lucifer are brothers?
Do the scriptures support the idea that we have a literal Heavenly Mother?
Did we choose to follow Jesus Christ before we were born?
Are all human beings the literal offspring or children of God existing in heaven before our human lives?

Scripture

A Tale of Two Scrolls: Jeremiah’s Replacement Scroll and Mormon “Restoration” of Scripture

The Restoration

Amos 8:11-12 and the LDS Doctrines of Apostasy and Restoration

Alleged Early References to the First Vision

A Fredonia Censor 1832 Article and the First Vision
"Truly Manifested" - Does D&C 20:5 Refer to the First Vision?
The First Rumor: The 1831 Palmyra Reflector and the First Vision
An 1829 Reference to the First Vision?

LDS Testimony

Mormons and the "Burning in the Bosom" (D&C 9:8)
“Did Not Our Heart Burn within Us?” Luke 24:32 and the Mormon Testimony