LDS Church in Nazi Germany
December 11 marks the 76th anniversary since Germany declared war on the United States. I was pleased to sit down with Dr. David Conley Nelson this summer to discuss his new book Moroni and the...
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Invalidated Baptisms for the Dead?
An article written by the Associated Press accused the LDS Church of allowing posthumously baptizing (known as Baptism for the Dead) for holocaust victims and the grandparents of famous people such as...
View ArticleJesus, Born of Woman
The book of Matthew sets the scene for Jesus’ life and ministry by delineating a selective genealogy. Among the names listed, Matthew names five socially controversial women, each with a fascinating...
View ArticleReplacement Theology
So I’m reading Jesus: First-Century Rabbi (Paraclete Press, 2014) by Rabbi David Laslow. He’s a practicing rabbi, not a scholar or academic. He emphasizes the Jewish context in which the Jesus of the...
View ArticleHyphenated Mormons
Are you a religiously hyphenated Mormon? That is, are you a convert from a different background, a Catholic-Mormon or an Evangelical-Mormon? Or anther faith entirely, Buddhist or Muslim? Or are you in...
View ArticleBiblical Scholarship & Exodus/Jericho
I’m excited to introduce Colby Townsend. We’re going to jump into Old Testament scholarship and discuss how the Old Testament was put together. Most scholars believe the Documentary Hypothesis is...
View ArticleWhat is a Christian?
Today’s guest post is by Wayfarer. “Christian” Acts 11:26 states, in part, “And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.” Yet the first extant manuscripts of the New Testament have a...
View ArticleReal New Testament History (Trevan Hatch)
I’m excited to have Dr. Trevan Hatch on the show. He’s a Jewish Studies scholar! Trevan works at the Harold B Lee Library and teaches New Testament classes at BYU. We’re going to cover historicity of...
View ArticleEmbracing Judaism & Mormonism
Dr Jason Olson is author of a new memoir called “The Burning Book.” He details his Jewish upbringing, and how he became interested in the LDS Church. Check out our conversation… Elder Christofferson’s...
View ArticleDan McClellan on Early Israelite Religion
Dr Dan McClellan is an Old Testament TikTok star! We’re going to take a deep dive into the Bible, and find out what some scholars believe about the Bible that are different than you probably heard at...
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