“I Just Love Church History” (Part 1 of 4)
I’m excited to have our first LDS General Authority on the show! (Although we have had an apostle and Seventy from the Community of Christ,
I’m excited to have our first LDS General Authority on the show! (Although we have had an apostle and Seventy from the Community of Christ,
Brigham Young is often seen as the person responsible for instituting the ban on black members from LDS temples and from the priesthood for male
[paypal-donation] This is our last conversation with David Rosenvall. In our last few episodes we’ve tried to poke holes in David’s theory of the Baja
Or has it been? In this episode we’re going to talk about the thorniest of all topics when it comes to DNA & Book of
We’re continuing our conversation with David Rosenvall. He’s the guy who came up with the idea that the Book of Mormon lands may have occurred
I’m excited to publish this interview with Dr. Brian Hales, the premier expert on Joseph Smith’s polygamy. He has written a three volume set called
Trivia question for you: what was the first LDS temple outside the United States? The answer is below but see if you can guess before
You’ve probably heard lots of ghost stories, Ouija boards, and other supernatural phenomenon. I was surprised to hear Dr. Richard Bennett, a BYU professor of
It was once a common practice for faithful LDS Church members to be sealed Church leaders until about the 1890s when President Wilford Woodruff put a
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.