Feeling the Holy Ghost vs. the Gift of the Holy Ghost
Hey guys, so, quick rundown on the Holy Ghost: Latter-day Saints believe that the Holy Ghost is a member of the Godhead. He does not have a physical body of flesh and bone but is rather a personage of Spirit (hence, ghost). The Holy Ghost...
Latter-day Saints at War: The Church During WWII
Hey guys! So in the last episode, we covered a little bit of what was happening with the Church and its members during World War I. Of course, you can’t just cover one of the World Wars, so today, we’re going to be talking about the Church...
Latter-day Saints at War: The Church During WWI
Hey guys! So World War I began in July of 1914 and ended in November of 1918. On one side of the conflict, you had the Central Powers — mainly Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey — fighting against the Allied Powers — mainly France, Great...
The Church During the Civil War
Alright, so, the story of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the Civil War is … unique. In the 1840s, the Latter-day Saints had had enough of the United States. They’d been heavily persecuted for years, and the...
Did Joseph Smith Predict the Civil War?
Hey guys, so in the last episode, we talked about the Utah War. In the next episode, we’re going to talk about the Church during the Civil War, but before we do that, I think it’s important to lay some groundwork and talk about Joseph...
The Utah War: “Buchanan’s Blunder”
On July 24th, 1857, a handful of riders, including Abraham Smoot and Porter Rockwell, rode into Big Cottonwood Canyon, where Brigham Young and the Latter-day Saints were celebrating Pioneer Day. The riders brought with them...
Sacred Temple Clothing of Latter-day Saint Temples
Alright, as you already know, temples like these are very sacred places for Latter-day Saints. As we’ve explored in other videos, we go to temples to participate in ordinances and to make covenants (or promises) with God. Some ordinances require the wearing of sacred...
Why Did Joseph Smith Make Changes to the Doctrine and Covenants?
Hey guys, so, Latter-day Saints believe that the Bible and the Book of Mormon are inspired scripture largely written by ancient prophets. But we also believe that prophets today receive revelations from God as well. Some of the prophet...
What Can Latter-day Saints Say about the Temple, Outside the Temple?
Hey guys, so in 1985 President Ezra Taft Benson said the following: “The temple is a sacred place, and the ordinances in the temple are of a sacred character. Because of its sacredness, we are sometimes reluctant to say anything about the...
Can Latter-day Saints Play with Face Cards?
Hey guys, so I hold in my hand … a deck of playing cards. Now, you don’t hear Latter-day Saint leaders talking a lot about cards these days, but for a long time, past leaders discouraged members (sometimes rather strongly) from playing...
Did Joseph Smith Send Men on Missions and then Marry Their Wives?
Hey guys, so as you already know, Joseph Smith practiced polygamy, or plural marriage — he was married or sealed to more than one woman. Now, some of the women he was sealed to were already legally married to other men. It appears that...
Did Some of Joseph Smith’s Wives Practice Polyandry?
Hey everyone, so if you’ve watched some of the other videos we’ve done on polygamy, you know that this is a topic that I struggle with, as do many modern Latter-day Saints. It’s messy history, and it’s hard to separate fact from fiction...