Gospel Tangents Podcast

Gospel Tangents Podcast


Latest Episodes

Peculiar Mormon Fundamentalist Schisms 1950s (Jacob Vidrine 6 of 8)
November 25, 2025

1950s were a tumultuous time for Mormon polygamists. Not only did police jail many for polygamy, but there were Mormon Fundamentalist Schisms. Many groups including Joseph Musser and the LeBaron families split apart. Jacob Vidrine of the Church of the Fir

Only Polygamy in Heaven? (Jacob Vidrine 5 of 8)
November 22, 2025

Will there be polygamy in heaven? We're diving into Ross LeBaron story with Jacob Vidrine of the Church of the Firstborn. I'll also ask Jacob if polygamy a requirement for the Celestial Kingdom. Will it be monogamy or polygamy in heaven? His answer surpri

LeBaron Succession (Jacob Vidrine 4 of 4)
November 19, 2025

Jacob Vidrine discusses LeBaron succession! You may have heard of Ervil, Joel, and Ross LeBaron. Who took charge after Alma Dayer LeBaron died? Check out our conversation....https://youtu.be/6NckTz7ateADont miss our other conversations with Jacob:ht

Benjamin F Johnson (Jacob Vidrine 3 of 4)
November 16, 2025

Jacob Vidrine tells how authority transferred from Benjamin F Johnson in Nauvoo to Alma Dayer LeBaron and the LeBaron groups. Check out our conversation...The LeBaron authority line, originating from Benjamin F. Johnson, is like a secret royal charter g

Council of 50 Connection: Secret Priesthood & LeBaron Legacy (Jacob Vidrine 2 of 4)
November 13, 2025

Lets look into the unique authority claims of the Church of the Firstborn, also often referred to by the term Ross LeBaron-ite. They claim authority through the Council of 50 in Nauvoo! This group represents an interesting fundamentalist branch because i

Jacob Vidrine – Church of the Firstborn (1 of 4)
November 10, 2025

I'm excited to introduce Jacob Vidrine, a member of Church of the Firstborn. This is a group that is part of the LeBaron fundamentalist group. Jacob is a human encyclopedia of Mormn fundamentalism, an

JFS-Architect of Controversial LDS Orthodoxy (Bowman 4 of 4)
November 06, 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

How Wes Walters’ Revival Research Forced Mormon Historians to Confront the 1820 Story (Sandra Tanner 5 of 5)
November 02, 2025

A key figure who accelerated the historical crisis for both the Tanners (who left the group in 1962) and Paulines church was Wes Walters, a Presbyterian minister from Marissa, Illinois.Walters was asked to write an article on Mormons for Christianity T

Jerald & Sandra Tanner’s Apostolic Scolding (4 of 5)
October 31, 2025

Jerald and Sandra Tanner received an apostolic scolding by LeGrand Richards over the First Vision! By the early 1960s, Sandra and Jerald Tanner were deep into critical analysis of Mormon history, havi

Missing 1832 First Vision Account (Sandra Tanner 3 of 6)
October 27, 2025

Sandra Tanner discusses one of the most intriguing episodes in Mormon history: her early inquiry into the missing 1832 First Vision account. (She didn't know it was missing at the time. The account wa