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Dr. Owen Anderson , Head Pastor of Christ the King Reformed Church and professor of philosophy and religious studies at Arizona State University joins me to talk about his latest book Samson: a Biblical Hero . We have been taught in sermons and Sunday School to treat Samson as just a deeply flawed and naive man full of lust and ego. Dr. Anderson explains that, despite Samson's imperfections, we ma...

I got an unexpected magazine subscription at work. After taking care of business, I noticed an article entitled "How 'Business for Good' Went Bad." As I suspected, the article discussed the rise and decline of "stakeholder capitalism" more popularly called " woke capitalism." Economic historians agree that what caused all the big corporations to "go woke" was a blueprint from the World Economic Fo...

This episode is part 18 in a series going through the story of the Book of Mormon. This episode covers chapters 15-18 of the book of Mosiah. This is part of the record that Ammon read. This record continues Abinadi's sermon to King Noah and his priests. When Abinadi finishes, the king sentences him to die. One of the priests was a young man named Alma who pleads for the king to spare Abinadi. This...

It's that time of the year again! Not Christmas, but the next best thing. My wife Chelsea and I were at the annual Rocky Mountain Homeschool Conference. During this two-and-a-half-day conference full of exhibits and workshop presentations, I wandered around the booths and recorded some interviews. Event Resources Christian Home Educators of Colorado (CHEC) Rocky Mountain Homeschool Conference Exhi...

This episode is part 17 in a series going through the story of the Book of Mormon. This episode covers Mosiah 15:1-9 and its clear teaching of modalism. These verses sound like something a Oneness Pentecostal might say. This episode explains the Trinity and how Oneness Pentecostalism differs with clips from Dr. David K. Bernard of the UPCI. Then, we compare what Oneness theology says with what Mos...

This episode is part 16 in a series going through the story of the Book of Mormon. This episode covers chapters 9-14 of the book of Mosiah. This is part of the record of King Limhi's grandfather Zeniff that Ammon read. It explains that Zeniff reclaimed the land of Nephi but only by the Lamanites giving him a part of the land. While Zeniff was king, the Nephites and the Lamanites battled several ti...

This episode is part 15 in a series going through the story of the Book of Mormon. This episode covers chapters 4-8 of the book of Mosiah. King Benjamin passes the crown of Zarahemla to his son Mosiah. The people all covenant with God and take on the name "the children of Christ." After King Benjamin passes away three years later, King Mosiah sends a band of men to the land of Nephi to find out wh...

A Christian leader recently confessed to writing anonymous posts criticizing fellow ministers. The worst part was lying about it for over two years. Why did this happen when it doesn't seem to make sense? We need to examine ourselves for pride. Pride is the dangerous original sin that can make you do strange things to hold onto the things you hold dear for the wrong reasons. Pride leads to other s...

My wife Chelsea returns to Truthspresso and our oldest son joins us to chat about Colorado's radical gender bill that has provoked national attention. HB25-1312, also known as the "Kelly Loving Act," seeks to transform society to "protect" "rights" for people who identify as a gender contrary to their birth certificate. The original version of the bill sought to bias courts to grant custody to chi...

This episode is part 14 in a series going through the story of the Book of Mormon. This episode covers the first three chapters of the book of Mosiah. We have now shifted to the land of Zarahemla to see how they relate to the land of Nephi, and are 300-400 years removed from Jacob, the son of Lehi. King Benjamin who succeeded his father Mosiah to the throne of Zarahemla is now old. He will speak t...

This episode is part 13 in a series going through the story of the Book of Mormon. This episode covers three small books that follow the Book of Jacob: Enos, Jarom, and Omni. There is a lot about the brass plates being passed down from generation to generation and how the Nephites fare against the Lamanites. Some questions arise with the date ranges and the age of Jacob when he died. We look at a...

I hope you had a blessed Resurrection Day! In honor of our Lord's resurrection, let's do a deep dive into some Old Testament Scriptures that I believe prophesied about the resurrection of Jesus. On the road to Emmaus, Jesus criticized people for not believing that the Scriptures prophesied about His own sufferings and glory that would follow. Jesus used the Scriptures to explain this to them. Coul...

This episode is part 12 in a series going through the story of the Book of Mormon. In Jacob chapter 6, Jacob uses the allegory of the vineyard from the prophet Zenos mentioned in the previous chapter to call the people of Nephi to reflect and repent. Of course, I point out where I see statements that are borrowed from the Bible. In Jacob chapter 7, Jacob encounters a heretic named Sherem who teach...

This episode is part 11 in a series going through the story of the Book of Mormon. In Jacob chapter 5, Jacob relays the "mystery" he just mentioned. It's something the Nephites as children of Israel should have read or heard. A prophet named Zenos wrote an allegory of Israel as an olive tree. This allegory clearly borrows from several passages of the Bible, but adds far more detail. Did you know t...

This episode is part 10 in a series going through the story of the Book of Mormon. In Jacob chapter 3, Jacob continues his sermon against the people of Nephi for their pride, greed, and polygamy. I discuss a little about the polygamy issue I raised in the last part. Jacob also warns the Nephites that, if they don't repent, they could end up with darker skin than the Lamanites. Apparently, in the a...

Joe Stout, President of nutrition and supplement companies Mt. Capra and Mt. Athos Performance joins me to talk about the many benefits of goat milk. From mineral support to digestion to meal replacement protein, Mt. Capra produces pure and natural products, many made from fresh goat milk from Joe's family farm with over 500 goats! Need pre-workout, performance, and recovery nutrition for your fit...

This episode is kind of a break from the series through the Book of Mormon. 1 Corinthians 15:29 is a verse that has confounded many Christians and spawned up to 30 possible interpretations. It is the only verse that mentions people being "baptized for the dead." This episode will explain five interpretations for "baptized for the dead": submitting to the "baptism" of suffering and death itself for...

This episode is part 9 in a series going through the story of the Book of Mormon. The book of Jacob continues from where 2 Nephi finished. Nephi passes away and his people get a second king. However, this king seems more like Rehoboam after Solomon. The people of Nephi backslide in wealth and pride. Worst of all many men start taking multiple wives and concubines. Of course, we had to compare this...

This episode is part 8 in a series going through the story of the Book of Mormon. In 2 Nephi chapters 30-33, the elder Nephi talks about "the doctrine of Christ." Over 500 years before the event happened Nephi describes a prophet baptizing Jesus and the Holy Ghost descending like a dove. He also mentions "entering the straight gate" and the "narrow way" before Jesus said these things. To enter the...

The Dead Men Walking Podcast is having their annual podcast tournament, and Truthspresso made the brackets this year! In this special episode I provide three crazy good reasons why you should vote for Truthspresso over whatever show dares to stand toe-to-toe against it. ;) Where you do vote? Follow The Dead Men Walking Podcast X account for threads with all the brackets. Truthspresso is on the tou...

This episode is part 7 in a series going through the story of the Book of Mormon. 2 Nephi chapters 28-29 continue Nephi's prophecies. These two chapters of the Book of Mormon lash out at what it deems false churches who oppress people and that the clergy teach their own wisdom rather than what comes from the Holy Ghost. While there can be much truth to what is said there, the Book of Mormon's anti...

This episode is part 6 in a series going through the story of the Book of Mormon. 2 Nephi chapters 26-27 continue Nephi's prophecies. After the ascension, Jesus would show Himself to the Nephites. However, after four generations of a righteous remnant, the Nephites would forsake God. Gentiles will destroy them. The record of their history and prophecies will be sealed until the latter days. 2 Neph...

This episode is part 5 in a series going through the story of the Book of Mormon. 2 Nephi chapters 10-25 cover the final part of Jacob's sermon to the Nephites. After reading some chapters of Isaiah, he prophesies about the coming of Christ, that the Jews will be scattered, and that they will be regathered and believe in Jesus. The United States plays a pivotal role in the last days when the peopl...

This episode is part 4 in a series going through the story of the Book of Mormon. 2 Nephi chapters 4-9 cover the last of the elder Lehi's words of blessings and warnings to his children. Soon afterwards he passes away. Nephi fears his brothers again and God directs him and his family and friends to an area of the wilderness where they begin to build a civilization for "the people of Nephi." Laman...

This episode is part 3 in a series going through the story of the Book of Mormon. 2 Nephi chapters 1-3 cover most of the elder Lehi's words of blessings and warnings to his children. He advises his sons Laman and Lemuel to obey Nephi's words. Lehi seems to wax eloquent with a doctrinal dissertation on the atonement of the future Messiah, creation, the fall of Satan and Adam and Eve, and the necess...