If this is honestly the best anti-LDS can come up, the game is over for them.
In a blatant
example of anti-Mormon chest-thumping, one unpleasant Evangelical apologist
wrote the following, affirming that Evangelical Protestant criticisms of LDS
theology and Scripture are becoming more and more sophisticated:
[T]he false scriptures, doctrines, and rites
of the LDS religion will not be safe from scrutiny. Evangelical work in this
field is in fact getting even better, as one can see from the publication
earlier this year of Sharing the Good News with Mormons, a collection of essays
offering practical, informative strategies for doing just what the title
indicates. (source; one wonders if he still thinks his "Temple of Solomon" 'argument' falls under this category)
Elsewhere, the same author wrote:
To see why this is laughable, and that the book he endorses, Eric Johnson and Sean McDowell, eds. Sharing the Good News with Mormons (Eugene, Oreg.: Harvest House Publishers, 2018) is a joke, see my refutation of the chapter addressing imputed righteousness by John Kauer, “Are You Considered as Good as Jesus? The Imputation Approach” (pp. 273-81, 339):
Johnson, Eric, and Sean McDowell, eds. Sharing the Good News with Mormons: Practical Strategies for Getting the Conversation Started. Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 2018. Not only is this one of the very best Christian books on Mormonism, it presents many excellent ways of defending Christian faith applicable in other contexts. Intended for general readers. (source)
To see why this is laughable, and that the book he endorses, Eric Johnson and Sean McDowell, eds. Sharing the Good News with Mormons (Eugene, Oreg.: Harvest House Publishers, 2018) is a joke, see my refutation of the chapter addressing imputed righteousness by John Kauer, “Are You Considered as Good as Jesus? The Imputation Approach” (pp. 273-81, 339):
To see some silly arguments from Johnson, see:
For other essays that are relevant, see, for e.g.: