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 professor who was fired. Was JFS responsible or wa

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 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

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 was allegedly ripped out of the Joseph Smith journa

Will there be murderers in Celestial Kingdom? An Institute Teacher's answer challenged Sandra Tanner's faith back in the 1950s. We'll talk about this unusual case and how it contributed to Sandra join

Before Stassi Cramm became the first woman to lead the Community of Christ, Pauline Hancock led the Church of Christ. Sandra Tanner was baptized in about 1960 into Pauline Hancock's Church of Christ.

This is a throwback episode from 2018. Sandra & Jerald Tanner were the first to identify a Hofmann forgery. They were the first to claim the Salamander Letter was a forgery but they didn't know it was

A presentation titled Pregnant Possibilities was given by Mark Tensmeyer, Joseph Stanford, Amanda Hendrix-Komoto, John Kidd, & myself (Rick Bennett.) This was similar to a presentation at Sunstone & J

Today is Peggy Fletcher Stack's 40th wedding anniversary. A few months ago, I asked Peggy Fletcher Stack's opinions. Central to Peggy's thirty-plus-year career is her unwavering commitment to journali

Community of Christ (CoC) President Stassi Cramm, the church's first female prophet, addressed pointed questions regarding the role of the Book of Mormon, the pursuit of consensus and faithful disagre