Guide advises Evangelicals how to talk to Mormons

Mouw arrives at what could be seen by many Evangelicals as a radical idea: He recognizes “the positive workings of God beyond the borders of orthodox Christiainity.”

Such respect, he believes, is the beginning of a “careful engagement with other religious perspectives.”

Now where have I heard that before? Oh yeah, it was from Cwald.

Mouw arrives at what could be seen by many Evangelicals as a radical idea: He recognizes “the positive workings of God beyond the borders of orthodox Christiainity.”

Such respect, he believes, is the beginning of a “careful engagement with other religious perspectives.”

Now where have I heard that before? Oh yeah, it was from Cwald.

Well hell, maybe I’m not the only normal person left on the planet after all.

How about a guide to help Mormons talk to Mormons….?

We actually talked about a guide for how to talk to disengaged members of our Church for traditional believers. The feeling was that a podcast on it would be worthwhile, but that it would have to be hosted by a traditional believer with a TR to have credibility with the mainstream membership.

Funny — right before I read Roy’s post, I had cut the exact words from the article, with the intent to paste them here.

To me, Roy’s quote from the article is the core of its meaning for me — that and the statement that this Evangelical sees, in Mormonism, God working beyond the borders of Christianity. While a bit of slap against us a Christians, I see it as at least acknowledging that we are part of God’s flock too.

Hip hip hooray for this Evangelical.

I don’t even see it as a slap. Mormons self-identify as Christians, but when have we ever claimed to be orthodox Christians? We’re proud of our differences with mainstream Christianity.