Gospel Tangents Podcast

Gospel Tangents Podcast


Latest Episodes

Changes in Revelations (David Hocking 3 of 4)
June 12, 2025

We'll discuss changes in revelations for the Doctrine & Covenants and JST. Joseph Smith got a revelation to get a Canadian copyright for the Book of Mormon. It didn't succeed. Is this a failed revela

Zelph Revelation (David Hocking 2 of 4)
June 09, 2025

We'll discuss the revelations from 1834-1838 including the uncanonized Zelph Revelation. In 1834, Joseph Smith changed the name of the church from Church of Christ to Church of the Latter Day Saints.

New Doctrine & Covenants (sort of) David Hocking 1 of 4
June 06, 2025

David Hocking has put together several Annotated Scriptures. We'll discuss his latest book, which is sort of an Annotated Doctrine & Covenants. It is called "The Revelations of Joseph Smith." We'll al

Temple Lot Worship Services (Part 7 of 7)
June 05, 2025

Here's a throwback episode with historian Jean Addams. We discussed similarities and differences between LDS and Church of Christ (Temple Lot) worship services back in 2020. I stopped by and saw them

Historic Vote! Stassi Cramm 1st Female Prophet-Pres of CoC!
June 04, 2025

History was made Sunday night in Independence, Missouri. The Community of Christ gathered for the election and ordination of the 1st female prophet president in Community of Christ. It was a a momento

Are William Clayton Journals Forged? (Clair Barrus 4 of 4)
May 30, 2025

In our final conversation with Clair Barrus, we'll discuss polygamy skeptics and William Clayton Journals. They are some of the most important pieces of contemporary evidence of polygamy, so skeptics

JFS-Architect of Controversial LDS Orthodoxy (Bowman 4 of 4)
May 29, 2025

Joseph Fielding Smith is the architect of controversial LDS orthodoxy. He has some controversial writings about Blacks and Ezra Taft Benson. We'll also delve into his role with Lowell Bennion, a BYU p

Joseph Fielding Smith: History, Bias, & Shaping Mormon Thought (Bowman 3 of 4)
May 27, 2025

Joseph Fielding Smith, a towering figure in the 20th-century Latter-day Saint landscape, is often remembered as a theologian and Church leader. But his long tenure as Church Historian also positioned

Joseph Fielding Smith Evolution
May 25, 2025

Joseph Fielding Smith: evolution was not something he thought highly of. The son of Joseph F. Smith and grandson of Hyrum Smith, was a prominent figure in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of

Newest Biography of Joseph Fielding Smith
May 23, 2025

Dr. Matthew Bowman has just released a new biography on Joseph Fielding Smith. Bowman is the Howard W. Hunter Chair of Mormon Studies at Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California. The Mor