Standard of Truth

S6E37 Exceptions Are God's to Make

We celebrate 10 million downloads, the arrival of video recordings of the podcast, and a missionary listener who has built a four-generation podcast family tree using "ph

S6E36 Joseph Smith on the Second Coming (Churchy McChurch Church)

The heart of the episode is a Lyceum dive into a March 16, 1841 discourse of Joseph Smith on the Second Coming and the Millennium. Joseph taught that the wicked won't all

S6E35 The Great Apostate Hall of Shame - #8 Ezra Booth Part 5 (FINAL)

Richard hadn't showered in days, his water heater's dead, and his family staged an intervention over his baggy clothes. We read emails from listeners and missionaries, in

S6E34 The Great Apostate Hall of Shame - #8 Ezra Booth Part 4

In this episode, we continue our deep dive into Ezra Booth's anti-Mormon letters from October 1831, examining how this early apostate mounted his attack against our fledg

S6E33 Did Brigham Revise Joseph's Journal?

We open with incredible news from Sweetwater Rescue: a second Kyulu Stake group reached the Nairobi Kenya Temple and set a record for the most endowments performed in an

S6E32 The Great Apostate Hall of Shame - #8 Ezra Booth Part 3

This episode of the Standard of Truth continues discussing the apostasy of Ezra Booth, a former Methodist minister who joined the early Church after witnessing Joseph Smi

S6E31 The Great Apostate Hall of Shame - #8 Ezra Booth Part 2

In this episode we dive deeper into Ezra Booth, ranked #8 in the "Great Apostate Hall of Shame." Once a prominent Methodist minister leading anti-Masonry campaigns in Ohi

S6E30 Where There's Smoke: The Bad Logic Behind Anti-Mormon Claims

In this episode, Gerrit pays a heartfelt tribute to Eric Smith, a beloved Joseph Smith Papers colleague and devoted listener who recently passed after a long battle with

S6E29 The Great Apostate Hall of Shame - #8 Ezra Booth Part 1

Richard braves self-diagnosed tuberculosis as he and Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat dig into the mailbag: identical twins listening from two different Zions, an ambitious MTC zone l

S6E28 Nauvoo Lyceum Part 2 and the Trinity

In this episode, we continue our discussion of the Lyceum (debates/discussions) in Nauvoo. From the most popular chewing tobacco (it is Copenhagen byt the way) to manners

S6E27 As Far As It Is Translated Correctly

Was Francis Scott Key a bitter recluse who denounced America and wrote the anthem from a boat offshore? No, no he was not.   Elder Gurr writes in with an investigator's

S6E26 The Great Apostate Hall of Shame - OLI Joseph Wakefield

The podcast begins with the US-Bosnia World Cup match (SEC championships as the definitive metric), then open the Phoebe Draper Palmer Brown mailbag. Jerry from North Dak

S6E25 Nauvoo Lyceum & 1980s Church Movies

We are recording in front of a live studio audience in Nauvoo, Illinois.  In this week's episode, we begin with a movie review of the 1980s classic Prodigal Son and Ciph

S6E23 King Follett Sermon Part 3

In this episode, we answer a litter's questions who wrote while in "DEEP" labor asking about the lesser-known Pratt brothers and an audio submission from Filer, Idaho abo

S6E22 King Follett Sermon Part 1

This episode was recorded 4 1/2 years ago, but was never released. In this episode, Gerrit provides context around the setting of Joseph Smith’s King Follett Sermon. If

S6E21 Declaration of Independence Part 2 (rerelease of premium CTRI)

This is a rereleased episode from season 1 of Condemned to Repeat It. In this episode, we work through the grievances section of the Declaration of Independence, unpackin

S6E20 Declaration of Independence Part 1 (rerelease of premium CTRI)

This is a rereleased episode from season 1 of Condemned to Repeat It. In this episode, we set the stage for the Declaration of Independence by exploring the deep English

S6E19 King Follett Sermon Part 2

In this episode, we finally depart into the King Follett Sermon. Most podcast would start with a part one but here soon the truth podcast we would like to start with a Pa

S6B3 How Visiting LDS Historical Sites Can Strengthen Our Faith - Dr. Mark Ogletree

Mark sits down with renowned church historian Gerrit Dirkmaat to discuss powerful experiences they have had visiting church history sites, and that others have had in the

S6E18 The United Order and Tyler Too

In this episode, we tackle the question of why early Utah Saints embraced cooperative economics like the United Order. Gerrit digs into a 1866–67 Inspector General's repo