What Is the Latter-day Saint “Law of the Fast”?
Hey guys, so in a past episode I briefly mentioned fasting, but we haven’t done a full episode on the subject yet, and it’s an important topic for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, so that’s what we’re going to...
How Educated Was Joseph Smith?
Hey guys! So Joseph Smith claimed that the Book of Mormon was scripture, translated by the gift and power of God. Of course, not everyone believed him, and in the last episode, we looked at how alternative theories about the origin of the...
How Have Book of Mormon Origin Theories Changed over Time?
Hey guys! So the Latter-day Saint prophet, Joseph Smith, claimed that the Book of Mormon was translated through the gift and power of God. Not everyone believed him (shocking, I know), and for almost 200 years now people...
Why Do Latter-day Saints Believe God Has a Body, When the Bible Says ‘God Is a Spirit’?
Hey guys, so when it comes to the nature of God, Latter-day Saint scripture teaches that “The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man’s; the Son also; but the Holy Ghost has not a body of flesh and bones, but is a personage...
What Is a Spirit?
Hey guys, so Latter-day Saints believe that your spirit is the part of you that existed before mortal birth, the part that now exists within your physical body, and the part that will continue to exist after your physical body dies. But...
Is It Possible to See God and Live?
Hey guys, so when Joseph Smith was a teenager he approached God in prayer, seeking forgiveness for his sins and wisdom regarding which church he should join. In response to his prayer, Joseph claimed that God the Father and Jesus Christ...
Are Satan and Jesus BROTHERS??!!
Hey guys, so Latter-day Saints believe that ALL of the spirit children of God—you, me, and billions of others—are all spirit brothers and sisters. We believe that Jesus Christ, who is perfect and a divine member of the Godhead, is also...
Why Don’t Latter-day Saints Use the Cross?
Hey guys, so if you visit a Latter-day Saint church building one of these days you might notice that while Christ is at the center of our worship services, we don’t have any crosses anywhere. And the cross, as a symbol of Christ and his...
Could Joseph Smith Have Recited the Book of Mormon from Memory?
Hey guys, so Latter-day Saints believe that the Book of Mormon, as translated by the prophet Joseph Smith, is sacred scripture. But Joseph’s story involves visions and angels and revelation—the kind of stuff that might have happened...
Did Joseph Smith Write the Book of Mormon Using a Pre-Written Manuscript?
Hey guys, so Latter-day Saints believe that the Book of Mormon is scripture, translated by Joseph Smith through the gift and power of God. As I’ve mentioned many times before, the Book of Mormon is known as the keystone of our religion....
Joseph Smith Married a 14-Year-Old??
Hey guys, so despite the fact that members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stopped practicing plural marriage over a hundred years ago, the fact that it was once a thing is still understandably hard for people to digest,...
What Is the Latter-day Saint Temple Prayer Circle?
Alright, guys so we’ve done a couple of other episodes about what Latter-day Saints do inside their sacred temples. If you haven’t watched those episodes, I suggest you do so—specifically, this one, which gives a general overview of the...