We’re continuing our discussion of the Mormon settlement in Zodiac, Texas. Historian Melvin Johnson describes reading the registers from RLDS Archives that document the many
Did you know Joseph Smith considered moving the Church to Texas? Melvin Johnson talks more about apostle Lyman Wight’s Texas colony. Mel: So, in February,
It’s sad to say that some groups that believe in the Book of Mormon are notorious for the crimes they have committed. In our final
The LDS Church recently made changes to their temple endowment ceremony. Rumor has it that the Cutlerite endowment has changed very little since the death
In this episode, Steve Shields and I discuss some of the larger and smaller Mormon groups: fundamentalists and Cutlerites. Many of these fundamentalists practice polygamy.
Following the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, brother Samuel died within a month. Was Samuel poisoned? Steve: You know, conspiracy theorists. Okay, fine. Was he
Historian Steve Shields tells us that Sidney’s unsung role in the early Church was larger than LDS or RLDS historians have acknowledged. When Sidney joined
Steve Shields was raised in the LDS Church and attended BYU. So why is he now a member of the Community of Christ? Steve: I
Steven Shields has been studying various Mormon schismatic groups since he was in Seminary in the 1970s. We’ll get acquainted with him in this first
