Is Mormonism Christian?

There has been a lot of news coverage this week about Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's speech about the role his faith will and will and will not play in his administration, if he is elected. Romney is a Mormon seeking to overcome concern from many, especially evangelicals, about whether they should vote for a Mormon for president. Many comparisons have been made to John F. Kennedy's speech after receiving the Democrat nomination, about why his Catholicism should not be an issue.

I personally like the fact that Romney is a devout Mormon. The Mormons have a reputation for sharing many of the same values that evangelical Christians do, and in some cases actually living out those values more faithfully than we do. They teach, preach, and live family values, and the sanctity of human life. Just as Joe Lieberman's Jewish faith was not an issue for me in the last election, Mitt Romney's is not an issue for me in this election. I think both men share what we have come to call Judeo/Christian values. Most Mormons I have known personally have been kind decent people. However, just because we share many of the same values does not mean we share the same doctrines.

The teachings of the Mormon church are very different than those of historical Christianity. In the last couple of days Baptist Press has published a series of articles addressing those beliefs. If you think Mormons are just another Christian denomination, worshiping the same God and the same Jesus you do, you need to read up.

Is Mormonism Christian? (Part I)

Is Mormonism Christian? (Part II)

Is Mormonism Christian? (Part III)

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