Gospel Tangents Podcast

Gospel Tangents Podcast


Latest Episodes

Osmonds Lead Baptist Pastor to LDS Church (Bryan Ready 1 of 4)
August 30, 2023

This is my 3rd interview with a Baptist Pastor this year, but this time I'm excited to introduce a convert. Bryan Ready is the author of "Crossing the Divide," a book about his conversion to the LDS C

Internet Temple Worship (Part 4 of 4)
August 29, 2023

Have you ever wanted to do internet temple worship? It turns out David & Kristine Ferriman of the Church of Jesus Christ in Christian Fellowship have their own internet temple worship. https://youtu.b

Why Book of Mormon Translation Matters! (Lucas/Neville 5 of 6)
August 25, 2023

Does Book of Mormon translation method matter? Many people don't care whether Joseph used a seer stone or a Urim & Thummim to translate the Book of Mormon. Why does it matter so much to Jim Lucas & Jo

Is Oliver Cowdery Best Witness Against Seer Stones? (Lucas/Neville 4 of 6)
August 24, 2023

Oliver Cowdery is famous for trying to translate the Book of Mormon in D&C 8 and 9. Did he try to use a dowsing rod to do so, or is there another explanation? Jonathan Neville & Jim Lucas are co-autho

Why Emma Smith Isn’t Reliable? (Lucas/Neville 3 of 6)
August 23, 2023

Emma Smith served as Joseph Smith's scribe for most of the Lost 116 pages and likely knew how Joseph translated better than almost anyone. Yet Jim Lucas and Jonathan Neville discount Emma Smith's test

Picturing Translation (Tight vs Loose – Jim Lucas/Jonathan Neville 2 of 6)
August 22, 2023

Have you ever tried picturing translation of the Book of Mormon? Did Joseph Smith read the words off the stone or Urim & Thummim directly (tight translation), or was he shown scenes in the Book of Mor

Is David Whitmer a Hostile Witness? (Lucas/Neville 1 of 6)
August 21, 2023

David Whitmer says Joseph used a seer stone to translate the Book of Mormon. LDS Historians believe Joseph Smith used a seer stone to translate the Book of Mormon, but authors Jim Lucas and Jonathan N

Get Peer Reviewed! (Part 10 of 10)
August 18, 2023

Polygamy skeptics complain that their work isnt taken seriously. Im going to issue a challenge to them to get peer reviewed. Well also talk about the charge that some people complain that saying

Blood Atonement’s Role in MMM (Barbara Brown/Rick Turley 3 of 4)
August 16, 2023

Blood Atonement has long been attributed as a reason a hundred Arkansas immigrants were killed in the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Did it play a role in the atrocity? Richard Turley & Barbara Jones Brow

What Juanita Brooks & Will Bagley Got Wrong? (Barbara Brown/Rick Turley 2 of 4)
August 15, 2023

"Vengeance is Mine" is the sequel to "Massacre at Mountain Meadows." Rick Turley & Barbara Jones Brown discuss what Juanita Brooks and Will Bagley got wrong in their previous Mountain Meadows book. Ba