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Cardon Ellis

We delight in truth. We Denounce Deception. We Have Fun! We talk anything and everything tangential to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints! DISCLAIMER: The Opinions expressed in this podcast are the opinions of the radio hosts themselves and do not represent official positions of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. We are not apologists, we are just radio hosts who call it how we see it :) #Mormon #LDS #christian #cardonellis #midnightmormons #exmormon #jesus #God #thechurchofjesuschristoflatterdayssaints

  1. 1d ago

    Joseph Smith's ACTUAL Signature! Oh, And IF He Weren’t a Murderer, Hofmann Would Be So Cool.

    A real Joseph Smith signature still exists — on a piece of paper closer to tissue than a dollar bill.**Kirtland Safety Society.** January 1837. Anti-banking notes. Joseph and Sidney. $15,000 forty years ago. North of $500,000 now.This episode is a live comparison:- Early notes: almost always Joseph’s own hand- Later notes: secretarial — big S, too slow, too pretty- Same paper. Different hand.- Hofmann didn’t fake the notes. He *added* Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, and Newel K. Whitney and tripled the price- Purple haze under UV: iron-gall ink he aged too fast- PMG has authenticated Hofmann- A Hoffman forgery can be worth more than the real thing (salamander letter: $40k then, a million now in some rooms)- He started at 12 — fake mint marks on coins- Salt Lake Police evidence bags from the bomb in his own trunk, Feb 20, 1986- He practiced 65 signatures in prison. Bad Emily Dickinson. Dry ice to pop fake mint marksForty years later people still ask: is this a Hofmann?#MarkHofmann #JosephSmith #Kirtland #WardRadio### Chapter Markers0:00 – $15,000 then. Half a million now. 2:10 – Kirtland note: Joseph and Sidney 3:30 – Real signature vs. secretarial 5:15 – Anti-bank: the ones Joseph actually signed 7:20 – Live test: “too big” 8:20 – Hofmann added Brigham to triple it 10:00 – Purple haze under UV 11:50 – If he weren’t a murderer 12:40 – Evidence bags from the trunk bomb 16:20 – 65 signatures in his cell 17:40 – What Netflix cutBecome a member of this channel to get early access to videos and members only content:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnmsAFGrFuGe0obW6tkEY6w/joinSupport the channel by purchasing equipment to help make content through our Amazon Wish List (please write a limerick in the "gist notes" and we will read it on the show!): https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1AQLMTSMBM4DC?ref_=wl_shareTo order Ward Radio Branded "merch", please visit: https://www.wardradio.com/category/all-products For this and more, please visit: WardRadio.comNow go do your ministering! (Home Teaching)⚡For more information on Go And Do Travel, please visit https://www.goanddotravel.com/1126wavemakersWe would also like to thank the following generous sponsors:⚡For more information on scripture notes please visit: https://scripturenotes.com/?via=wardradio⚡For more information on the Angel Studios Guild , please visit Angel.comFollow us at:Instagram:@WardRadioWorldwideFacebook: @WardRadioWorldwideTwitter: WardRadioShowTikTok: WardRadioWorldwideTo subscribe to "The Women of Ward Radio" Youtube Channel, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbu-wpRztV-8TYXClhUZhhwTo Subscribe to Cardon Ellis' Adventure Channel, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/@CardonEllisAdventures

  2. 3d ago

    Joseph Smith's Sealing to 17 Year Old Girl WASN'T What You Think!

    27 July 1842. Joseph Smith dictates a revelation to Newel K. Whitney. Those are the words Whitney uses to seal his daughter **Sarah Ann** to the Prophet.It’s on the Joseph Smith Papers. Typed later. Verified by the Whitneys. In the Church History Library.This episode reads the ceremony out loud — then follows her life:- Parents in the room. Not a barn.- “So long as you both shall live” *and* throughout all eternity- Line of authority: Melchizedek, **Jethro**, the holy fathers- A year later: Joseph C. Kingsbury as a “pretended” cover husband- After Carthage: sealed to Heber C. Kimball for time — seven children- No children with Joseph that we can show- Why Jethro is in a Nauvoo sealing (D&C 84)- Priesthood that never all went to Goshen- Ether, Abraham, Shem the great high priest (D&C 138:41)- Ordinances as experiential testimonyMessy history. Still a pattern.#JosephSmithPapers #Sealing #WardRadioChapter Markers:0:00 – A ceremony Joseph dictated 2:00 – Why the Whitneys said yes 6:00 – The words of the 1842 sealing 10:40 – A year later: the cover husband 13:40 – Then Heber C. Kimball 16:00 – Why Jethro is in the ceremony 18:40 – D&C 84: priesthood that never all went to Egypt 23:00 – Ether before Abraham 27:00 – Ordinances as testimony 28:10 – Grover’s mosquitoes and the tower 34:30 – Shem, the great high priestBecome a member of this channel to get early access to videos and members only content:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnmsAFGrFuGe0obW6tkEY6w/joinSupport the channel by purchasing equipment to help make content through our Amazon Wish List (please write a limerick in the "gist notes" and we will read it on the show!): https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1AQLMTSMBM4DC?ref_=wl_shareTo order Ward Radio Branded "merch", please visit: https://www.wardradio.com/category/all-products For this and more, please visit: WardRadio.comNow go do your ministering! (Home Teaching)⚡For more information on Go And Do Travel, please visit https://www.goanddotravel.com/1126wavemakersWe would also like to thank the following generous sponsors:⚡For more information on scripture notes please visit: https://scripturenotes.com/?via=wardradio⚡For more information on the Angel Studios Guild , please visit Angel.comFollow us at:Instagram:@WardRadioWorldwideFacebook: @WardRadioWorldwideTwitter: WardRadioShowTikTok: WardRadioWorldwideTo subscribe to "The Women of Ward Radio" Youtube Channel, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbu-wpRztV-8TYXClhUZhhwTo Subscribe to Cardon Ellis' Adventure Channel, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/@CardonEllisAdventures

  3. Sep 30

    New Theory: Joseph Used BOTH Stones in the Hat!

    Jerry Grover walks in with a theory meant to end the shouting match.Joseph and Oliver said they used the **interpreters** the whole time. Emma, David Whitmer, and others talk about the **brown seer stone** after the 116 pages. Historians pick a side. Jerry’s riff: **maybe both were in the hat.**In this episode with Chris Blythe and Brad Whitbeck:- Interpreters first, curtain first — then the hat- Why the switch may have come from the lost 116 pages (skins over the face)- One interpreter stone + Joseph’s own stone- “Gift and power of God” covers both tools- What **Gazalem** might actually name- The brown stone is banded iron formation — not dinosaur gizzard- How a Wyoming-looking rock ended up 25 feet down in New York- Provenance: Oliver → Phineas Young fight → Brigham → the Church- Is *this* the stone, or one from the donated box?- Don Bradley and Jerry hunting the white seer stone in a developed hot spring- Why seminary “lied to me” is usually human error, not a conspiracyIf this kind of speculation shakes you, the episode says it out loud: **your faith was never supposed to live in the geology of one rock.**#SeerStone #BookOfMormon #JosephSmith #WardRadioGot it. Fewer chapters from here on.Chapter markers0:00 – Intro 1:14 – The contradiction: interpreters vs. seer stone 4:40 – Why he switched to the hat 8:10 – What the primary sources actually say 11:00 – Both stones in the hat 16:00 – What the brown stone even is 21:10 – Is this the right stone? 32:10 – If this shakes you 34:20 – Chris and the white-stone hunt 38:00 – Context vs. “the Church lied” 43:30 – OutroBecome a member of this channel to get early access to videos and members only content:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnmsAFGrFuGe0obW6tkEY6w/joinSupport the channel by purchasing equipment to help make content through our Amazon Wish List (please write a limerick in the "gist notes" and we will read it on the show!): https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1AQLMTSMBM4DC?ref_=wl_shareTo order Ward Radio Branded "merch", please visit: https://www.wardradio.com/category/all-products For this and more, please visit: WardRadio.comNow go do your ministering! (Home Teaching)🍿For more information on the October 2nd, 2026 Event, please visit https://www.wardradio.com/event-details/ward-radio-pre-screening-of-brother-joseph-again⚡For more information on Go And Do Travel, please visit https://www.goanddotravel.com/1126wavemakersWe would also like to thank the following generous sponsors:⚡For more information on scripture notes please visit: https://scripturenotes.com/?via=wardradio⚡For more information on the Angel Studios Guild , please visit Angel.comFollow us at:Instagram:@WardRadioWorldwideFacebook: @WardRadioWorldwideTwitter: WardRadioShowTikTok: WardRadioWorldwideTo subscribe to "The Women of Ward Radio" Youtube Channel, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbu-wpRztV-8TYXClhUZhhwTo Subscribe to Cardon Ellis' Adventure Channel, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/@CardonEllisAdventures

  4. Sep 28

    Joseph Smith Wrote In The Adamic Language... To HIDE Things!

    Ryan Wood read the Joseph Smith Papers as they came out. Buried in the Revelation Books — the same books printers used for the Doctrine and Covenants — is a song given by the gift of tongues in the **Adamic / “pure” language**, then translated into English.With **Dr. Christopher Blythe** (Joseph Smith Papers), Brad Whitbeck, Adam Whitbeck, and Kwaku:- The 1833 “Song by the Gift of Tongues”- Why it never made the published D&C (it’s basically a psalm)- David W. Patten sang it. Sidney Rigdon interpreted it.- Enoch, the city of God, hands struck with Enoch of old- A working read of **Adam-ondi-Ahman**: *the place where many meet God*- **Ahman** as a name for God, **Son Ahman** as Christ (D&C 78)- Why this language looks relationship-heavy- W.W. Phelps, the Egyptian alphabet, and the same era as the papyri- Cipher / code-name theory vs. “bad translation”- 19th-century insults from the Papers- Walk by faith: even Joseph was still revisingThis is restoration history at ground level — raw documents, not the cleaned-up handbook version.#JosephSmithPapers #AdamondiAhman #LatterDaySaints #WardRadio### Chapter Markers0:00 – Intro: printers, Revelation Books, Adamic gems 1:20 – Guests: Blythe, Brad, Adam, Kwaku 3:20 – Why Documents 7, 9, and 12 hit different 3:50 – “Song by the Gift of Tongues and Translated” 5:10 – Why it never made the published D&C 6:10 – What’s in the song: hosanna, Enoch, the city of God 7:45 – Sponsor: Brother Joseph screening 8:05 – Does this explain Adam-ondi-Ahman? 8:40 – David W. Patten sang it; Sidney Rigdon interpreted it 10:20 – Sung… or a poem? 11:10 – They revised it — so they took it seriously 12:00 – Swear words vs. 19th-century insults 13:15 – Sample of the “pure language” 13:50 – What “Amen / Ahman” means 14:30 – Adam = many? A title, not just a name 15:20 – Adam-ondi-Ahman: where many meet God 16:10 – Son Ahman, sons Ahman, angels 17:20 – Adamic as a relationship language 18:00 – Phelps, Egyptian, and the same project 19:20 – Samuel Brown and the “chain of belonging” 20:10 – Ahman as an early “keyword” 21:20 – Egypt, “om,” Amenhotep 22:00 – Grammar and Egyptian alphabet 24:00 – Facsimile 2 / hypocephalus 25:00 – Deseret alphabet 26:00 – Translation… or a cipher to protect temple things? 27:20 – Code names in the Revelation Books 28:20 – Walk by faith. They didn’t have every answer either.Become a member of this channel to get early access to videos and members only content:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnmsAFGrFuGe0obW6tkEY6w/joinSupport the channel by purchasing equipment to help make content through our Amazon Wish List (please write a limerick in the "gist notes" and we will read it on the show!): https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1AQLMTSMBM4DC?ref_=wl_shareTo order Ward Radio Branded "merch", please visit: https://www.wardradio.com/category/all-products For this and more, please visit: WardRadio.comNow go do your ministering! (Home Teaching)🍿For more information on the October 2nd, 2026 Event, please visit https://www.wardradio.com/event-details/ward-radio-pre-screening-of-brother-joseph-again⚡For more information on Go And Do Travel, please visit https://www.goanddotravel.com/1126wavemakersWe would also like to thank the following generous sponsors:⚡For more information on scripture notes please visit: https://scripturenotes.com/?via=wardradio⚡For more information on the Angel Studios Guild , please visit Angel.comFollow us at:Instagram:@WardRadioWorldwideFacebook: @WardRadioWorldwideTwitter: WardRadioShowTikTok: WardRadioWorldwideTo subscribe to "The Women of Ward Radio" Youtube Channel, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbu-wpRztV-8TYXClhUZhhwTo Subscribe to Cardon Ellis' Adventure Channel, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/@CardonEllisAdventures

  5. Sep 25

    Tony Robbins and Patrick Bet-David just said WHAT?! About Latter-Day Saints?

    Patrick Bet-David and Tony Robbins sat down to talk about America’s future — and walked straight into Mormon missions.Robbins: a **belief is a poor substitute for an experience.** PBD: send the kids out so they stop taking America for granted.This reaction episode is about why that only works when it’s undergirded by faith.- Not a weekend orphanage trip. Two years. Local currency. Local food. Local buses.- Language in six weeks — the clip even nods at how the FBI noticed- Why a secular “national service” still won’t do what Jews and Mormons do- Meaning in every relationship: premortal, mortal, eternal- Forgiveness as the thing that actually repairs a country- Stop acting like the underdog. The people building things keep saying the same line: *those Mormons figured it out.*Be loud. Be proud. They already want what you have.Original PBD / Robbins clip linked in the description.#TonyRobbins #PatrickBetDavid #LDSMission #WardRadioChapter Markers0:00 – PBD and Robbins: Mormons figured this out 2:20 – Missions, languages, and Nick Shirley 4:50 – “Belief is a poor substitute for experience” 8:35 – Why America can’t copy Jews and Mormons 11:30 – Meaning in every relationship 14:20 – Made to give, not just get 17:15 – Stop playing the underdog 20:30 – Sponsors + Brother Joseph Again screeningBecome a member of this channel to get early access to videos and members only content:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnmsAFGrFuGe0obW6tkEY6w/joinSupport the channel by purchasing equipment to help make content through our Amazon Wish List (please write a limerick in the "gist notes" and we will read it on the show!): https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1AQLMTSMBM4DC?ref_=wl_shareTo order Ward Radio Branded "merch", please visit: https://www.wardradio.com/category/all-products For this and more, please visit: WardRadio.comNow go do your ministering! (Home Teaching)🍿For more information on the October 2nd, 2026 Event, please visit https://www.wardradio.com/event-details/ward-radio-pre-screening-of-brother-joseph-again⚡For more information on Go And Do Travel, please visit https://www.goanddotravel.com/1126wavemakersWe would also like to thank the following generous sponsors:⚡For more information on scripture notes please visit: https://scripturenotes.com/?via=wardradio⚡For more information on the Angel Studios Guild , please visit Angel.comFollow us at:Instagram:@WardRadioWorldwideFacebook: @WardRadioWorldwideTwitter: WardRadioShowTikTok: WardRadioWorldwideTo subscribe to "The Women of Ward Radio" Youtube Channel, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbu-wpRztV-8TYXClhUZhhwTo Subscribe to Cardon Ellis' Adventure Channel, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/@CardonEllisAdventures

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We delight in truth. We Denounce Deception. We Have Fun! We talk anything and everything tangential to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints! DISCLAIMER: The Opinions expressed in this podcast are the opinions of the radio hosts themselves and do not represent official positions of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. We are not apologists, we are just radio hosts who call it how we see it :) #Mormon #LDS #christian #cardonellis #midnightmormons #exmormon #jesus #God #thechurchofjesuschristoflatterdayssaints

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