Michael R. Ash is the owner and operator of MormonFortress.com and is on the management team for the Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research (FAIRLDS.org). He has been published in Sunstone, Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, the Maxwell Institute’s FARMS Review, and is the author of Shaken Faith Syndrome: Strengthening One’s Testimony in the Face of Criticism and Doubt. He and his wife live in Ogden, Utah, and have three daughters and four grandchildren.

 

ABC’s of the Book of Abraham, The" (with Kevin L. Barney)

April 6 as Christ's Birthday

Archaeological Evidence and the Book of Mormon

Archaeology and the Book of Mormon

Archaeology 'Proves' the Bible but Not the Book of Mormon

Are LDS Prone to Problems?

Armor in the Book of Mormon

Baptism in the Book of Mormon

Barley in the Book of Mormon

Bees in the Book of Mormon

Bible is Complete

Bible is Infallible

Book of Abraham 201: Papyri, Revelation, and Modern Egyptology

Book of Mormon Anachronisms Part 1: Fauna, Animals

Book of Mormon Anachronisms Part 2: Flora and Textiles

Book of Mormon Anachronisms Part 3: Warfare

Book of Mormon Anachronisms Part 4: Metals and Metallurgy

Book of Mormon Anachronisms Part 5: Christianity in the Pre-Christian Book of Mormon

Book of Mormon Anachronisms Part 6: Compass, Coins, and Other Miscellaneous

Book of Mormon Plagiarized from the Bible

Book of Mormon Witnesses Part 1: Motives

Book of Mormon Witnesses Part 2: Oliver Cowdery

Book of Mormon Witnesses Part 3: Martin Harris

Book of Mormon Witnesses Part 4: David Whitmer

Can Temple Ceremonies Change?

Cattle in the Book of Mormon

Changes to the Book of Mormon

“Coins” in the Book of Mormon

Compass in the Book of Mormon, The

Cureloms and Cumoms in the Book of Mormon

David Whitmer

Declaring the “Word of God”

Degrees of Glory

Dee J. Nelson

Does Mormonism Attack Christianity?

Dogs in the Book of Mormon

Elephants in the Book of Mormon

Fiery Serpents, The

First Vision, The (1)

First Vision, The (2)

Glass in the Book of Mormon

Hard Questions and Keeping the Faith

Highways and Cement in the Book of Mormon

Horses in the Book of Mormon (1)

Horses in the Book of Mormon (2)

Iron in the Book of Mormon

Is an Historical Book of Mormon Compatible with DNA Science?

Is Roman Catholicism the 'Great and Abominable Church?

Is the Bible Complete?

Jesus, Brother to Lucifer

Joseph Smith as a Martyr

Joseph Smith Died in a Gunfight

Journal of Discourses, The

King James Bible and the Book of Mormon, The King James Bible Language in the Book of Mormon

Linen in the Book of Mormon

Martin Harris

Metal Plates and Stone Boxes

Miracles

Mormonism 201: The Book of Mormon

No Scriptures to Be Added

Occultism, Seer Stones, Divining, and Money-Digging

Oliver Cowdery

Oxen in the Book of Mormon

Pre-Mortal Existence

Silk in the Book of Mormon

Solomon Spaulding and the Book of Mormon

Swine in the Book of Mormon

Tents in the Book of Mormon

The Impact of Mormon Critics on LDS Scholarship

The Use of “Generation” in the Doctrine and Covenants

Three Witnesses, The

Up in Smoke: A Response to the Tanner’s Criticism of the Word of Wisdom

Warfare in the Book of Mormon

Weight of the Golden Plates

Were the Lehites Alone in the Americas?

What is Official LDS Doctrine?

Wheat in the Book of Mormon

Wheel in the Book of Mormon, The

Where Did Book of Mormon Events Take Place?

Who are the Lamanites?

Zelph the “White” Lamanite and Book of Mormon Geography

 

Periodical/Journal Articles

“Lehi of Africa,” FARMS Review (2001) 13:2 (available on-line).

“The Mormon Myth of Evil Evolution,” Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought (2002) 35:4 (available on-line ).

“The Sin ‘Next to Murder’: An Alternative Interpretation” (also includes the insert, “Information Inoculation: Helpful or Harmful”), Sunstone (Nov. 2006) (available on-line).

 

Books

Of Faith and Reason: 80 Evidences Supporting the Prophet Joseph Smith see the website.

Shaken Faith Syndrome: Strengthening One’s Testimony in the Face of Criticism and Doubt see the website.

 

Multimedia Presentations

Internet Mormons vs. Chapel Mormons, 2004 Sunstone Symposium Session by Jason Gallentine. Respondants include: Scot Denhalter, Kristine Haglund, and Michael Ash. Available as a FREE MP3 download from Sunstone.

 

Did Joseph Smith Use The Bible As A Rosetta Stone To Translate The Golden Plates? 2005 Sunstone Symposium Session by Terry Terman. Respondant: Michael Ash. Available as a FREE MP3 download from Sunstone.

 

Inoculating the Saints: The Pros and Cons of Proactively Teaching Church Members About Difficult Mormon Issues, 2007 Sunstone Symposium Session by Charles Randall Paul, Blake Ostler, Kevin Barney, and Michael Ash. Available for purchase in MP3 format from Sunstone.

 

Author Meets Critics. Shaken Faith Syndrome: Strengthening One's Testimony in the Face of Criticism and Doubt, 2008 Sunstone Symposium Session with Jake Zollinger, John-Charles Duffy, Roy Schmidt, and John Dehlin. Respondant: Michael Ash. Available for purchase in MP3 format from Sunstone.

 

The Impact of Mormon Critics on LDS Scholarship, 2002 FAIR Conference Presentation by Michael Ash. Available in video format on YouTube.

 

LDS Apologetics 101, 2003 FAIR Conference Presentation by Michael Ash and Kevin Barney. Available in video format on YouTube.

 

The Book of Abraham for Dummies, 2004 FAIR Conference Presentation by Michael Ash and Kevin Barney. Available in video format on YouTube.

 

The Book of Abrham 201: Papyri, Revelation, and Modern Egyptology, 2006 FAIR Conference Presentation by Michael Ash. Available in video format on YouTube.

 

The Book of Mormon and New World DNA, a FAIR video production which includes interviews with several LDS scholars and researchers including Michael Ash. Available in video format on YouTube.

 

Back Yark Professor Interview with Dr. Daniel Peterson and Michael Ash, filmed during a break at the 2008 FAIR Conference. Available in video format on YouTube.