Hey guys, so the first president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Joseph Smith, was killed in June of 1844. There were many who thought that with Joseph gone, the church he founded would crumble. It didn’t. But to escape persecution, the Saints...
Hey guys, so attending the worship services of a religion other than your own can be a great experience, but it can also be intimidating or spark some anxiety if you don’t know what to expect, or if some of their religious traditions are a bit foreign to you. I mean,...
Alright, so we’re going to talk about the Apocrypha today. It’s a term you’ve probably heard thrown around every now and then but it can be a tough concept to grasp sometimes simply because it can mean slightly different things to different groups of people. In this...
Hey guys, so Latter-day Saints believe that after the era of the apostles ended, the priesthood authority given to the apostles to run the church was lost, and the world fell into what we call the “Great Apostasy.” This loss of priesthood necessitated a restoration of...
Alright, so if you’re unfamiliar with what the priesthood is and why it’s important, please for the love of all that is good, go watch these episodes. But in a nutshell, the priesthood is the power and authority of God that he gives to mortals to act in his name as...
Hey guys, so if you dive into Latter-day Saint history, every so often you’re going to run into statements from or about past leaders that might seem a bit eyebrow-raising, and that don’t match up with the stuff you’ll be hearing at church on Sundays. For instance, an...
