Gospel Tangents Podcast

Gospel Tangents Podcast


Latest Episodes

Nephite Temple Near Nauvoo? (Jay Mackley 2 of 2)
July 13, 2023

There is a claim that there is a Nephite Temple across the Mississippi River from Nauvoo. Does Jay Mackley think there is evidence? In our final conversation with Limited Heartland Geographer Jay Mack

Limited Geography Heartland (Jay Mackley 1 of 2)
July 10, 2023

I'm excited to have Jay Mackley on the show. You probably didn't know there is more than 1 Heartland Theory out there. A lot of people think that the current models cover too much area, but Jay has a

Great & Abominable Church? (Part 4 of 4 Cristina Rosetti)
July 06, 2023

Bruce R McConkie is fomous for advocating that the Catholic Church is the "Great & Abominable Church" mentioned in the Book of Mormon. Is that offensive to Cristina Rosetti, a Catholic? She'll respond

Intro to Mormon Polygamists (Part 3 of 4 Cristina Rosetti)
July 03, 2023

How did Catholic scholar Cristina Rosetti get interested in Mormon polygamists? Did she really attend an LDS Young Single Adult Ward? We'll find out more about her background, as well as the TLC Churc

How Mormon Studies Converted to Catholicism (2 of 4 Cristina Rosetti)
June 29, 2023

How did a Born Again Christian converted to Catholicism while studying Mormonism? Dr Cristina Rosetti answers. Check out our conversation... - https://youtu.be/GOBnPmGGRjw - transcript to follow - Cop

Cristina’s Born Again Faith Crisis (1 of 4)
June 26, 2023

Dr Cristina Rosetti grew up pretty uninterested in religion. Yet she converted both to the Pentecostal Church and then Catholicism, while finding great joy studying not just Mormonism but Mormon Funda

Satan is Fruit of Tree of Knowledge? (3 of 3 Val Larsen)
June 22, 2023

Is Satan the Fruit of Tree of Knowledge? Is Divine Mother in the Temple ceremonies? We'll talk about these and other issues like why Christ was baptized, and why Dr Val Larsen thinks Moral Influence i

Temple is Great & Spacious Building? (2 of 3 Val Larsen)
June 19, 2023

Is the Jerusalem Temple the Great & Spacious Building mentioned in the Book of Mormon? Is Divine Mother, theosis/exaltation in the Book of Mormon? Dr Val Larsen says "Yes!" He also thinks Laman & Lemu

Was Lehi a Polytheist? (Val Larsen 1 of 3)
June 15, 2023

Dr Val Larsen thinks Lehi was a polytheist! That's quite a statement! Val holds two Ph.D. 's, one in English and the other in Marketing. He teaches at James Madison University. He shares how he thinks

Pros/Cons of Delmarva Theory (Laura Hathaway 2 of 2)
June 07, 2023

Last time we discussed the pros of the Delmarva Theory of the Book of Mormon. This time we'll dive into the skeptics questions. How does Laura Hathaway handle iron swords, horses, silk, DNA, 3 days of