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The purpose of this podcast is to help Latter-Day Saints better understand their history and increase their faith. The podcast hosted by Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat, associate professor of Church History and Doctrine at BYU.
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Thursday Feb 16, 2023
Thursday Feb 16, 2023
In this episode, we respond to a listener’s inquiry about a woman who tragically died during her baptism in England in 1843. We discuss the various accounts (they got this from a game they were playing) surrounding the incident and Latter-day Saint persecution in England at the time.
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Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Thursday Feb 02, 2023
Thursday Feb 02, 2023
In this episode we start by responding to a missionary’s question about the Illuminati’s involvement in the temple ceremony…spoiler alert, there wasn’t any involvement by the Illuminati on the temple ceremony. Or at least that is what they would have us believe.
We answer a question about the documents surrounding the restoration of the Melchizedek Priesthood.
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Thursday Jan 26, 2023
Thursday Jan 26, 2023
We respond to a listener’s inquiry about the identity of the two prophets whose deaths in Jerusalem are prophesied of in Revelation. They ask a question about a talk from our favorite speaker and theologian, Truman Madsen. We provide sources from Joseph Smith and even read another non-canonical early Christian gospel to explain where the ideas come from.
Truman G. Madsen’s talk on Elijah’s Mission: https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/truman-g-madsen/elijahs-mission/
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Thursday Jan 19, 2023
Thursday Jan 19, 2023
In this episode we discuss the relationship between Brigham Young and John Taylor. We read an email from a descendant of John Taylor who shares a story from her family history that the two of them were never friends.
Link to Sunstone Conference discussion mentioned by Gerrit: https://sunstone.org/never-friends-brigham-young-and-john-taylor/
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Thursday Jan 12, 2023
Thursday Jan 12, 2023
A recent internet post about the mother of Mary and a question about whether or not Jesus had brothers and sisters led to a discussion that examined early Christian noncanonical gospels and Catholic tradition.
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Thursday Jan 05, 2023
Thursday Jan 05, 2023
Welcome to Season 3 of the Standard of Truth Podcast. In this episode we continue our discussion on the nature of God, the Trinity, and the question “Are Mormon’s Christian?”. We do a deeper theological dive into the nature of Jesus and try to find common ground on the idea of salvation ultimately coming through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
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Thursday Dec 29, 2022
Thursday Dec 29, 2022
We wrap up our foray into early Christian theology (for now) and discuss some of the unique aspects of Latter-day Saint theology that are different from traditional Christians. Again, we apologize for the poor audio quality.
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Friday Dec 23, 2022
Thursday Dec 22, 2022
Thursday Dec 22, 2022
The discussion about Latter-day Saint beliefs about Christ and early Christian history continues from the previous week. Because we were traveling outside of our “studio” but wanted to deliver a podcast, the audio quality is poor on this and the next episode. We apologize for that. The content is the same level of quality you get every week; we will let you determine what that is.
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