T2H Episode 13: Interview with Corey Miller - Responding to the Mormon Missionary Message: Asking Questions

Should Bible-believing Christians spend time with missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, allowing the LDS missionaries to walk through their “Preach My Gospel” lesson plans aimed at converting non-Mormons?

Many New Testament Christians would emphatically say, No.

Citing New Testament passages like 2 John 1:7 and Romans 16:17, many Christians would choose to turn away LDS missionaries who come knocking on their door. Other Christians might prayerfully take another tack. They might invite the LDS missionaries into their homes, and listen attentively (not just politely) to the lesson plans. Not necessarily with the intent to forcibly argue with every point of doctrine or Biblica interpretation, but, instead, to ask good questions. Knowledgeable, well-placed questions that can often lead to the opportunity to explore the truth claims of Jesus Christ and the Bible. Questions that might help the LDS missionaries sort out the LDS truth claims when they eventually (inevitably?) begin to experience their own faith crisis.

For those Christians who consider the arrival of LDS missionaries to be an opportunity to provide answers for the true hope within us (1 Peter 3:15), knowledgeable, well-placed questions might seem difficult to construct or articulate.

Not to worry. The book Responding to the Mormon Missionary Message: Confident Conversations with Mormon Missionaries (and Other Latter-day Saints) serves as an invaluable resource for Christians who want to have friendly-but-firm conversations with the young men or women who have left their homes to bring their message to your door. Everything the LDS missionaries will try to teach is provided … along with excellent suggestions for insightful questions that can lead to Christ-honoring conversations. Corey Miller is an editor and one of the lead authors of Responding to the Mormon Missionary Message.

It is our privilege to have a short conversation with Dr. Miller in this Transition to Hope interview.