Utah Lighthouse Ministry receives many letters from those who read our publications. While most are favorable, we do receive some that are critical. Below are extracts from some of the letters.

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I appreciated receiving the slanted and false information concerning the Mormon Church. I do like your title, but it should be changed to more directly represent you. The new name should be Utah Lighthouse for the Blind because you certainly try to blind people from the truth.

Please keep me on the mailing list and let me know what other material you have available because I can read it in lieu of the funny papers and get a better laugh which is very healthful.

(Letter from Texas)

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Thank-you for having sent me your book while I was in Japan. It was instrumental in helping a girl who got saved out of the Church clear up some lingering doubts as well as help another Mormon girl come to Christ on August 11. Both are friends of mine and are Japanese.

The first girl . . . was saved in December. She needed to clear some things up before requesting to be excommunicated. The book was so overwhelming because its so thoroughly documented and that’s what’s needed. She used it to help write a witnessing letter that she sent out to over 50 of her friends telling why she left the Church.

_____ and I met with her friend_____ to tell her why ____ was leaving the Church and so we could witness to her. . . . After our 3rd meeting she renounced the Church and accepted Christ. Now _____ and _____ are happily rejoicing together now that they are sisters in the Lord.

I thank the Lord for having helped you do your excellent research in your books. It definitely is bringing forth fruit. John 4:36 . . . Please send me another copy of Mormonism—Shadow or Reality? . . .
(Letter from Japan)

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Every now and then I recieve [sic] literature from you in the mail and I want it to stop!

I believe in Mormonism with every fiber of my being and I know for a fact that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the only true church on the face of this earth! . . . Your book real[l]y strengthened my testimony!

All I can say to you now is that I don’t want any more of your literature to arrive in my mail box again. I do not want the literature from the Sons and Daughters of Perdition in my house. There is a law against those who repedely [sic] keep sending mail to someone who dosen’t [sic] want it. And I won’t hesitate one second to take you to court. You may have been in contact with Mormons that won’t fight. Well I’m not that way and you’re no match for me! I can make you regret the day you ever heard of Mormonism and I won’t hesitate to prove it. Consider yourself warned!

(Letter from Arizona)

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I was raised a mormon all my life and three ago I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior.

I first became acquainted with your writings in an article in the Moody Monthly (June 1980). I noticed the magazine at a friend’s house and the cover caught my eye . . . the Lord blessed me with a christian neighbor. . . . I started attending a Bible Study class and for the first time in my life I heard “God’s Word.” . . . when I saw the Moody Monthly and read your article and others who had been mormons just like myself I knew what I had to do.

I got down on my knees and prayed to receive Jesus into my heart. Such peace and joy I had never known.

(Letter from California)

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I was saved because of your ministry. I have a deep love for you both. I hope to support you more in the future.

(Letter from Wyoming)

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I’m 18 years old and technically a Mormon, though I havn’t believed in it for about 4 years now. I was raised in a very active Mormon family . . . I was lucky enough to be born with a some what open mind and began to slowly realise the falsity of the Mormon church. Though I am attending Brigham Young University, it is for academic reasons, not religious.

I stumbled upon your book, “Mormonism— Shadow or Reality,” and it was the answer to my prayers. At last a comprehensive, scholarly debunking of Mormonism . . . Thank-you for writing it, . . .
(Letter from Utah)

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Please send . . . “Mormonism: Shadow or Reality.” . . . Being in Cedar City—so largely Mormon, and being Mormon myself, I have found it necessary to research both sides of Mormonism. Thus far, your indepth research is so overwhelming! It has changed my life.

(Letter from Utah)

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We wish we had a Million to send you. We are so greatful for all your efforts. You have done and are doing more than anyone to reach our Mormon friends. We do pray for your safety & efforts.

(Letter from Utah)

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I am always delighted to read your newsletter— Your material was partly responsible for my total emotional detachment from Mormonism, after I was saved. . . . Thank you for pointing it out for what it really was. I hope this small gift will help your cause in the lawsuit. . . . I look forward to hearing all about your court victories in a future newsletter.

(Letter from Arkansas)

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I want you to know that your ministry has been a major influence on my life! All for the better. Praise God and thank you. My father is on the high counsel and my whole family is Mormon. . . . I saw Sandra on John Ankerburg—What an impact. I love you guys you helped set me free! free indeed! We ordered Mormonism—Shadow or Reality? WOW. Then after reading some of that we ordered seven more in faith for my family. You have such an important ministry, . . . You sell those books so cheap and I wanted to be a small part of your ministry with this offering . . . and a big part with prayer. . . . we are now in the process of selling our possessions and preparing ourselves to be full-time missionaries. . . . We feel you are a part of our lives and ministry. You are a big part of why we’re going. . . . we love you.

(Letter from Colorado)

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I very very rarely correspond with publishers, editors, etc. concerning their work, but in your case I felt it was quite necessary not only to commend your work but to encourage its furtherance. . . . In an effort to learn more about the Mormon church in order to effectively share Jesus with my wife’s friend, we began searching for sources in the University of Arizona Library, . . . and came across some fascinating materials. One such item was your Mormon Scriptures and the Bible, . . . Last week I read your Mormonism Like Watergate? Not only have these books opened my eyes to many facts about the Mormon church I did not know, but my own faith in the reality of Jesus has been strengthened.

One evening several weeks ago my wife . . . came home with your names as the definitive authorities on Mormon doctrine. I shared with her that I had been reading some of your work and was so impressed that I felt we should give a copy of one of your books to her Mormon friend. My wife said that she had met someone who had given her the name of a book which she felt would be better to give to a Mormon. To my amazement the book my wife had been referred to was Mormonism—Shadow or Reality? the same book I was recommending . . . Anyway, we have been so blessed and educated by your works that we would like to add as many as possible to our own resource library . . . you are in our prayers as we know the Mormon people are in yours. Be encouraged as you carry on with what God has called you to.

(Letter from Arizona)

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I read your book [Mormonism—Shadow or Reality?] . . . and “astonishment” is the only word I can find to describe what I felt. My astonishment was due to a very simple reason: I had never read such an excellent work about Mormonism and I didn’t even suspect that such a thing could have been written. . . .

Some characteristics of your book caused me a very strong impression:

1. the avalanche of documents you quote and reproduce to prove your point;
2. the hability [sic] you show in dealing with all this material;
3. the scholarly way you treat every subject;
4. the honesty, rightness and inescapability of your conclusions;
5. the exegetical skill in the use of biblical texts to demonstrate, beyond any reasonable doubt, the fallacy of Mormon doctrines and claims;
6. the total absence, throughout the whole book, of defamatory and abusive language, imprecation, cursing and the like so commonly found in works of this sort.

The result, I tell you without any favour or flattering intention, is “a marvelous work and a wonder.”. . . It is to be lamented that a book like “Mormonism—Shadow or Reality” cannot be found in Portuguese. . . . What possibilities do you see of having one of your books translated into Portuguese? (I offer my services as a translator without charges, fees or costs of any kind).

(Letter from Brazil)

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