Gospel Tangents Podcast
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Osmonds Lead Baptist Pastor to LDS Church (Bryan Ready 1 of 4)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
"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