From the Back Cover:
Grant Palmer is one of the most important voices of 21st century Mormonism.
When he writes, I pay attention. To me, Restoring Christ is important
because so many post-Mormons abandon God and Christ when they abandon
Mormonism. With Restoring Christ, Grant thoughtfully challenges
post-Mormons to give God and Christ a second chance. If you value Grant
Palmer's contributions to Mormonism, you will definitely value this book.
Palmer's genius lies in his ability to: 1) figure out what stories and issues
are most important regarding Mormon/Christian origins, and 2) convey
and explore these issues in a concise, thoughtful, and respectful manner.
Restoring Christ is a very worthy companion to his groundbreaking book,
An Insider's View of Mormon Origins. You will not be disappointed.
John Dehlin, Ph.D. -- Host of Mormon Stories Podcast
It was the prophetic impulse that drove Jeremiah, Hosea, and Jesus to
teach, call and focus others to return to the covenant, to honor God's
sacred community and the most vulnerable among us. As such, I assert
that Grant Palmer is in good company, a prophetic voice calling to make
crooked paths straight and build a highway out of the wilderness of doubt
and poverty straight into the peace and justice of the City of God. Prophetic
voices can be harsh to hear. Hosea compared Israel--God's people--to a
prostitute. Even if it's hard to read Palmer's critique at times, this book
ought to be read and considered by every believing Mormon--as a way
of focusing on Christ and Christ's mission, on what matters most for the
journey ahead.
Anonymous General Church Official -- Community of Christ
Grant Palmer has always maintained, "Only the truth is good enough for
the Latter-day Saints." So he has stubbornly pursued the truth in all his
writings. But truth based on tradition or authority takes a back seat to
relying instead on logic and textual analysis both biblical and historical.
He believes that whenever religion claims to have a truth, logic must apply
with as much force as anywhere else where we talk about truth. To claim,
as some religions do, that logic is irrelevant to spiritual truth is to claim
for those things a status other than truth. His discovered truth is not always
pleasant though some of us still decide what is true by how good we
feel when we believe it. Palmer has given us 20 true takes on the Mormon
movement's view of Jesus and the restoration.
Richard Russell -- Retired LDS Institute Instructor
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