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Standard of Truth Standard of Truth Premium
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The purpose of this podcast is to help Latter-Day Saints better understand their history and increase their faith. The podcast hosted by Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat, associate professor of Church History and Doctrine at BYU.
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The Visions of Lucy Mack Smith and Joseph Smith Sr. (premium JSR)
In this episode, we continue our discussion of Lucy Mack. We talk about how $3,000 to $5,000 in ginseng was stolen from Joseph Smith Sr. and put the Smith family in an impossible financial situation. We also share visions had by Lucy and Joseph Smith Sr. Richard asks a question about how antagonists would view the visions and Gerrit goes off on Doctor Philastus Hurlbut and the Solomon Spaulding Manuscript. Also, the hymn we were thinking of was God of Our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand.
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The Kirtland temple is under new management. See it with us the first week of June. We have ordered a larger bus, and 4 spots are still available. https://standardoftruth.com/tour-baltimore-gettysburg-harmony-fayette-palmyra-kirtland-cleveland/
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Lesser Known Heroes from Church History - Eliza Dana Gibbs Part 1
We begin this episode, like most episodes, with a discussion of the faith crisis of a 19th-century 20-year-old woman with consumption (tuberculosis). She has a miraculous experience and seven years later is introduced to the gospel. She believes the message immediately and despite the opposition she faced by her family she joins the Church.
Images mentioned on the podcast: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13hmR2rOTiVKUWRZblFsmG9hTwIu7R_oU?usp=share_link
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We had a couple of cancelations and have a couple of spots available on the Palmyra/Kirtland tour and 2 spots available on the Missouri/Nauvoo tour. https://standardoftruth.com/tours/
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The Angel Raphael and Other Ninja Turtles
In this episode, Gerrit discusses D&C 128 and the identity of the Angel Raphael. We start with what we know from modern revelation and then bring in the Apocrypha. We talk about the Book of Tobit, written by Tobit, where Raphael is discussed but his identity is not disclosed. Gerrit also discusses the Book of Jude and the Book of Enoch. The Book of Enoch is not in the Apocrypha but was mentioned in the Book of Jude and was in circulation at the time of Jesus.
Photo of Raphael binding a demon: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1beqKOIU_S3NeP4uQJw8olnCqOPMXiD1K/view?usp=share_link
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The Kirtland temple is under new management. See it with us the first week of June. We have ordered a larger bus, and a few spots are still available. https://standardoftruth.com/tour-baltimore-gettysburg-harmony-fayette-palmyra-kirtland-cleveland/
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Lucy Mack Smith (premium JSR)
As we move ever closer to the life of Joseph Smith we discuss the conversion of Lucy Mack Smith. We also talk about an incredible miracle that saves Lucy’s life.
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The Kirtland temple is under new management. See it with us the first week of June. We have ordered a larger bus, and 10 spots are still available. https://standardoftruth.com/tour-baltimore-gettysburg-harmony-fayette-palmyra-kirtland-cleveland/
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Bonus 5 – Thoughts on Following the Prophet After Conference
Gerrit shares some of his thoughts about the responses to several talks during General Conference. He compares the responses of General Conference to the responses to “The Vision”. We read a letter from Joseph Smith discussing the response to “The Vision”.
We also had a very kind anonymous donor offer to pay for the Standard of Truth Tour for six people. We are calling it the Dirk Moss Scholarship. The gift is for the Palmyra/Kirtland tour and people would still be responsible for booking their airfare and paying for about half of their meals. The transportation, hotels, tickets to sites and roughly half of the food costs would be covered. If you know someone that would be interested, please nominate them and share their story with us at our email questions@standardoftruthpodcast.com.
We had a couple of cancelations and have a couple spots available on the Palmyra/Kirtland tour and 2 spots available on the Missouri/Nauvoo tour. https://standardoftruth.com/tours/ -
British Triumphs and American Debacles (premium CTRI)
We begin the episode where we should begin every episode and that is with a discussion of Banastre Tarleton. What’s that, who cares about Banastre Tarleton? How dare you. After the brutal defeat in Charleston, British forces continue to beat the Colonists in South Carolina. 1780 is the year of disaster for the American Army.
Image of Banastre Tarleton: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Sir_Banastre_Tarleton_%281754-1833%29_1927_v4.jpg
Nate Bargatze George Washington: https://youtu.be/JYqfVE-fykk?si=K8nGJdhG0zPieK9l
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We had a couple of cancelations and have spots available on the Palmyra/Kirtland tour and 2 spots on the Missouri/Nauvoo tour. https://standardoftruth.com/tours/
If you have any questions or possible topics of discussion for upcoming podcasts, please email us at: questions@standardoftruthpodcast.com
Customer Reviews
Great history
Really enjoy the presentation of history sprinkled with humour.