Monday, April 6, 2020

Jeffrey R. Holland, James White, and Calvinism

In the April 2020 General Conference, Jeffrey R. Holland gave a talk that, in part, critiqued predestination:

Jeffrey R. Holland (General Conference April 2020)




This did not go down well with some anti-Mormons. For instance, in a recent episode of The Dividing Line, James White spent some time on "Mormonism," using Holland's recent comments as a springboard to discuss some other aspects of LDS theology:

Dividing Line (6 April 2020)



Of course, White's comments, and his own Reformed theology, is anti-biblical (not just blasphemous) to its core, including his acceptance of monergism and imputed righteousness:

An Examination and Critique of the Theological Presuppositions Underlying Reformed Theology

Response to a Recent Attempt to Defend Imputed Righteousness

On the "number" of God and Sola Scriptura, see, for e.g.:

Refuting Jeff Durbin on "Mormonism"

Latter-day Saints have Chosen the True, Biblical Jesus

C.J. Labuschagne on the language of "incomparability" in the Old Testament and Literature of Surrounding Cultures

Not By Scripture Alone: A Latter-day Saint Refutation of Sola Scriptura