✝️ A Baptist Minister’s Testimony of the Book of Mormon
✝️ A Baptist Minister’s Testimony of the Book of Mormon
When the Witness of Christ Breaks Down Walls
📜 A Voice from Outside the Fold
When Dr. Lynn Reidenhauer—a Southern Baptist minister and literature professor—stood in the historic Stone Church in Independence, Missouri, the room was already a tapestry of faith traditions. Hosted by the Book of Mormon Roundtable and the Hilt Gomorrah Expedition Team, his message was not one of debate or conversion. It was something purer: a testimony of Jesus Christ.
But here’s the twist—his testimony came through the Book of Mormon.
💡 The Common Ground Few See
Dr. Reidenhauer spoke as one who had removed his “Baptist glasses” long enough to see the same Jesus he had always worshiped—shining on every page.
The born-again experience of Alma 5 matches the spiritual heartbeat of John 3.
Repentance, grace, the covenant, and the remission of sins are not foreign LDS terms—they’re the language of heaven.
Statistically, the Book of Mormon mentions Christ more often than the New Testament itself—once every 1.7 verses on average.
“This is the most non-sectarian book I’ve ever read,” he said.
“It belongs to Catholics, Presbyterians, Pentecostals, Baptists… all who love the Lord.”
❤️ Fourth Nephi — Heaven’s Ideal
Reidenhauer lingered on a scene in Fourth Nephi:
A people without contention.
A people bound together in the love of God.
No rich. No poor. No divisions.
Just Zion.
This wasn’t theory—it was lived Christianity. It was a model every believer could long for without tripping over denominational fences.
📖 Moroni 10 — The Capstone of Christ’s Invitation
He closed with Moroni 10—and seven themes that unite every true follower of Jesus:
Come unto Christ
God’s grace
The shed blood of Christ
The power of God
Sanctification in Christ
The covenant with the Father
The remission of sins
These aren’t Mormon themes or Baptist themes—they are Christian themes. Eternal themes.
🕊️ Taking Off Our Glasses
The challenge he left us with is worth sitting on:
What “glasses” do you wear?
What traditions or church filters keep you from hearing Christ’s voice when He speaks through unexpected messengers?
The Book of Mormon itself pleads:
“Come unto Christ, and be perfected in him… then is his grace sufficient for you.” (Moroni 10:32)
The Nemenhah Records echo the same:
“He who listens for My voice shall hear it, and he who hears shall be filled with light; and his heart shall no more contend with any man.”
🔥 Why This Matters Now
In a world divided by denominations, politics, and pride, we don’t need more walls—we need more bridges. The Book of Mormon was never meant to be a Mormon-only book. It is a witness of Christ to all the world, and when read without bias, it calls every soul to kneel at the same cross.
Maybe it’s time we stop defending our camps and start seeking our King.
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