Gospel Principles and the Bible: A Study Guide to Mormon Doctrine

A comprehensive study of Mormon belief based on a chapter-by-chapter analysis of the LDS doctrinal curriculum manual Gospel Principles

Gospel Principles and the Bible: An Introduction

Baptism, Salvation, and the Celestial Kingdom (ch. 20A)

Knowing Heavenly Father: Scripture as Our Guide (ch. 1)

Baptism: For All Mormon Eight-Year-Olds? (ch. 20B)

Preexistence: Did We Live in Heaven before We Were Born? (ch. 2)

Baptism, the Priesthood, and Non-Mormon Christians (ch. 20C)

Jesus, Lucifer, and the Sons of God (ch. 3)

The Gift of the Holy Ghost and the Mormon Religion (ch. 21)

Agency: Human Responsibility, Bondage to Sin, and Freedom in Christ (ch. 4)

Mormonism and Spiritual Gifts: Real or Imitation? (ch. 22)

God and Creation: The Bible and Joseph Smith’s Changing Doctrine (ch. 5)

The LDS Sacrament: Mormons and the Lord’s Supper (ch. 23)

Adam, Michael, and God: Who Was Adam? (ch. 6A)

Days of Obligation: Mormonism, the Sabbath, and Fasting (ch. 24-25)

The Fall of Adam and Eve: Noble or Sinful? (ch. 6B)

Sacrificing Everything for the Mormon Religion (ch. 26-28)

Mormon Doctrine and the Trinity (ch. 7A)

The Word of Wisdom: Is It Divine Revelation? (ch. 29)

Mormonism and the Holy Ghost (ch. 7B)

Love, Honesty, and the Defense of the Faith (ch. 30-31)

Prayer, the Trinity, and the Nature of God (ch. 8)

Is Tithing Fire Insurance? Mormonism and the Tithe (ch. 32)

Prophets Today? Prophets in the Bible and in the LDS Church (ch. 9)

Mormon Missionaries: The Movement and Their Message (ch. 33)

The Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible (ch. 10A)

Judged by Works? How the Mormon Gospel Misses Salvation by Grace (ch. 34-35)

The Book of Mormon and the Bible (ch. 10B)

Mormons, Evangelicals, and the Family (ch. 36-37, 39)

Doctrine & Covenants: An Introduction (ch. 10C)

Eternal Marriage and the Bible (ch. 38A)

Pearl of Great Price: An Introduction (ch. 10D)

Eternal Marriage and Mormon Polygamy (ch. 38B)

Mormonism and Jesus Christ (ch. 11)

Mormon Temples and the Bible (ch. 40A)

Mormonism, the Garden, the Cross, and the Atonement (ch. 12A)

Mormon Ordinances for the Dead (ch. 40B)

Salvation, Immortality, and Eternal Life in Mormon Belief (ch. 12B)

Baptism for the Dead in 1 Corinthians 15:29 (ch. 40C)

Mormon Priesthood: Do Mormons Alone Have the Power? (ch. 13)

Spirits and the Mormon Worldview (ch. 41A)

Mormon Priesthood Offices and the Bible (ch. 14A)

Mormonism, Salvation, and the Spirit World (ch. 41B)

The Origin of the Mormon Priesthoods (ch. 14B)

America, Gathering Israel to Zion, and the Book of Mormon (ch. 42)

Jesus, Melchizedek, and the Priesthood (ch. 14C)

Joseph Smith, William Miller, and Prophetic Speculation (ch. 43A)

Mormonism, Abraham, and the New Covenant (ch. 15)

Mormonism: Signs of the Restoration? (ch. 43B)

LDS Church Organization and Offices (ch. 16A)

Mormonism and the Millennium (ch. 44-45)

The Great Apostasy: Did the Church Disappear? (ch. 16B)

Judgment, Gospel, and Salvation in Mormonism (ch. 46A)

The LDS Church: Not the Restored Church (ch. 17A)

Three Kingdoms of Glory: Joseph Smith, 1 Corinthians 15, and Doctrine & Covenants 76 (ch. 46B)

Restored Truths? Top Ten Mormon Claims Examined (ch. 17B)

From Monotheism to Eternal Progression: The Evolution of the Mormon Doctrine of Exaltation (ch. 47A)

Faith in Christ and the Mormon Gospel (ch. 18)

Can Human Beings Become Gods? Answers to Mormon Arguments from the Bible (ch. 47B)

Repentance: Some Mormon Misunderstandings (ch. 19)