Looking back at 2017: Top 20 Moments
[paypal-donation] Happy New Year. I’m your host of Gospel Tangents, Rick Bennett. We’re counting down the Top 20 Moments that were most surprising moments in 2017 here on Gospel Tangents. I’ve learned a lot over
[paypal-donation] Happy New Year. I’m your host of Gospel Tangents, Rick Bennett. We’re counting down the Top 20 Moments that were most surprising moments in 2017 here on Gospel Tangents. I’ve learned a lot over
[paypal-donation] Many of you are probably familiar with the story of Helmuth Hübener. He was the young German teenager that was executed by Adolf Hitler for treason. It’s a wonderful story and BYU actually turned
[paypal-donation] When Adolf Hitler came to power, one of the things he wanted to do was to find Jews and Jewish ancestry. He did this through genealogy. Of course the LDS Church is very interested
The Mormon Church is very well known for having a very well-organized institution. It wasn’t always the case though. It turns out that J. Reuben Clark and David O. McKay called a mission president to
[paypal-donation] As Hitler came to power in Germany, how did the LDS Church respond? In our next conversation, we’ll talk to Dr. David Nelson and we’ll talk specifically about how J Reuben Clark of the First
[paypal-donation] (Problem with previous post, so this is a fix.) On December 11, 1941, Germany declared war on the United States. I’m sure it was an awful Christmas that year. This is the 76th anniversary
[paypal-donation] Today, December 11, marks the 76th anniversary since Germany declared war on the United States. I’m sure that was a sobering time. Dr. David Conley Nelson has written a book, Moroni & the Swastika,
Rick Bennett is the friendly, independent historian at the heart of Gospel Tangents LDS Podcast: The Best Source for Mormon History, Science, and Theology. When he isn't interviewing Mormon scholars, prophets, and others, he is teaching math and statistics at Utah Valley University. He also freelances as a research biostatistician in the fields of Dermatology and Traumatic Brian Injuries, as well as in the network television/cable T.V. industries as a sports statistician. Rick holds a Master of Statistics Degree from the University of Utah.