Evangelical scholar Richard Mouw continues to argue that Mormonism is moving toward orthodox Christian doctrine, especially with regard to the question of whether God is an exalted man. This article explains why no such movement toward orthodoxy is taking place.
In 1997, LDS President Gordon Hinckley told Time magazine that he “didn’t know” that his religion taught or emphasized the idea that God was once a man. Evangelical scholar Richard Mouw claims this mean the LDS Church is abandoning the doctrine of eternal progression. But what has the LDS Church actually been teaching for the past twenty years?
Dr. Ron Huggins sheds light on the issue and the accusations by explaining Mormon teaching on the subject of Jesus and Satan as spirit brothers. He shows that in LDS theology, Jesus and Lucifer were spirit brothers who both desired to be savior of the human race.