Mormon Stories Podcast

Join John & Mike as they discuss the timeline for the restoration of the Priesthood compared to the current Church narrative. ________ WE ARE 100% DONOR FUNDED! Thank you for your donations! Monthly Donor: Monthly Donor or https://donorbox.org/mormon-stories   One Time Donation: One Time Donation or https://donorbox.org/mormon-stories     Amazon Purchases:  ONLINE: Follow the link below and choose...

John's in the hot seat AGAIN as Steve Pynakker from YouTube Channel Mormon Book Reviews interviews John on his Spiritual Journey after being excommunicated from the Mormon Church. ________ WE ARE 100% DONOR FUNDED! Thank you for your donations! Monthly Donor: Monthly Donor or https://donorbox.org/mormon-stories   One Time Donation: One Time Donation or https://donorbox.org/mormon-stories     Amazo...

John takes the hot seat this time as Rick Bennett from YouTube Channel Gospel Tangents does the interviewing. Gospel Tangents is a channel looking to represent a 360 degree view of Mormonism and welcomes guests representing various views and experiences of the Restoration Gospel started by Joseph Smith.  Rick calls John Dehlin the "grandfather" of Mormon podcasting. Not that he's old, but rather i...

John and Mike discuss historical & theological issues surrounding the accounts of Joseph Smiths "First" Vision. ________ WE ARE 100% DONOR FUNDED! Thank you for your donations! Monthly Donor: Monthly Donor or https://donorbox.org/mormon-stories   One Time Donation: One Time Donation or https://donorbox.org/mormon-stories     Amazon Purchases:  ONLINE: Follow the link below and choose "Mormon Stori...

Dr. Thomas Murphy presents his fascinating findings regarding 19th Century Native American Christian converts that closely resemble important personages in The Book of Mormon. Join John and Gerardo as they are captivated by these stories and discuss the probability that these are the stories that inspired Joseph Smith’s creation of Book of Mormon characters. ________ WE ARE 100% DONOR FUNDED! Than...

The Mormon Church has struggled with the engraved racist passages in its most holy book of scripture such as the divine curse that came upon the Lamanites turning them into loathsome people with a skin of blackness. Anthropologist Dr. Thomas Murphy joined John and Gerardo to discuss racism in The Book of Mormon and how Joseph Smith stole native culture, mixed it with racist ideas of his time, publ...

Renowned anthropologist Dr. Thomas Murphy comes back to update us on his journey engaging with Mormon scholarship and decolonization efforts. Join John and Gerardo as they enter into a fascinating discussion with Dr. Murphy about Book of Mormon apologetics and criticisms through the lens of a Mormon anthropologist's life. Original Interviews: 638-639: Dr. Thomas Murphy Book of Mormon/Lamanite DNA...

TRIGGER WARNING: Mentions of Sexual Assault, Rape, Child Abuse In light of the recent Associated Press article about the Mormon church abuse hotline, we decided to ask our podcast listeners if any of them had ever been discouraged by Mormon leadership from reporting abuse to the police. Hundreds of listeners responded with concrete, and heart-wrenching examples. In Friday's episode, John and Jenn...

Join John Larsen, John Dehlin and Carah Burrell as they discuss how prior to the 1837 edits, The Book of Mormon was squarely trinitarian in its approach to God and Jesus christ. Some trinitarian elements remain in the book today. We will discuss and analyze each Passage to determine what Smith's theology was in the early days of Mormonism. ________ Donate to support John/Carah Show for Mormon Expr...

Join John and Mike, from LDS Discussions for an introduction to the multiple authors of Isaiah and what that means for the Book of Mormon. ________ WE ARE 100% DONOR FUNDED! Thank you for your donations! Monthly Donor: Monthly Donor or https://donorbox.org/mormon-stories   One Time Donation: One Time Donation or https://donorbox.org/mormon-stories     Amazon Purchases:  ONLINE: Follow the link bel...

Join John as he interviews Utah Representative Angela Romero, Lindsey Lundholm, and Dr. Julie Hanks about the upcoming Protect Kids rally, in favor of requiring clergy to report abuse. ALL adults across the state, without exception, should be mandated to report child abuse. Representative Angela Romero has championed this legislation over the past two years. She is sponsoring the rally and will be...

TRIGGER WARNING: Mentions of Sexual Assault, Rape, Child Abuse Join John and Gerardo as they interview attorney Tim Kosnoff about the relationship between the Boy Scouts of America abuse epidemic and the Mormon church. Tim Kosnoff is a US attorney who has spent the last two decades representing victims of abuse. His introduction to the LDS Church and their lawyers was when he represented Jeremiah...

TRIGGER WARNING: Mentions of Sexual Assault, Rape, Child Abuse, Suicide Join John and Gerardo as they interview attorney Tim Kosnoff about the history and evolution of the Mormon church abuse hotline.  This hotline has resurfaced recently in the news in response to an Associated Press news story about the Mormon church (through its abuse hotline) telling two Arizona Mormon bishops not to report ab...

TRIGGER WARNING: Mentions of Sexual Assault, Rape, Child Abuse When a father of a 5-year-old girl who was in counseling with his Mormon Bishop admitted to abusing his daughter, the Bishop followed the guidance of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and called a so-called "helpline" and he was advised by Church Lawyers to tell no one. The man continued to abuse his daughter for 7 more y...

TRIGGER WARNING: Mentions of Sexual Assault, Rape, Child Abuse The bombshell article by the Associated Press about the LDS Church’s abuse cover-up in Arizona and West Virgina has taken the Mormon community by storm. As the kickoff episode to our series covering the Mormon church’s handling of abuse John, Jenn, and Gerardo will react to a shocking 2018 interview by Gina Colvin with attorney Tim Kos...

Join us as we welcome Jessica Parker to the Thrive Stories podcast to discuss her journey of accepting and finding peace in infertility. As a woman who was raised in a faithful Latter-day Saint home, Jessica absorbed all the messages about the role of women and her divine purpose to bear children. She served a mission, got married in the temple, and gave her time and energy to the church for years...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is known globally for its massive missionary force. Over the past year we have received several independent reports suggesting serious distress in the Mormon missionary program, including: A sharp decline in the number of LDS missionaries overall. A sharp decline in the number of young men willing to serve missions. A significant increase in the numb...

Ally, a returned-missionary and member of BYU’s elite choir, BYU Singers, describes her struggles with perfectionism, mental health, harmful aspects of BYU culture, and discovering her asexuality in the context of marriage-centric Mormonism. Show Notes: AllyChristiansen.com Ally Christiansen Instagram LDS Church Proclamation on the Family  Contrapoints YouTube channel   Gretchen Day MS Interview ...

Ally, a returned-missionary and member of BYU’s elite choir, BYU Singers, describes her struggles with perfectionism, mental health, harmful aspects of BYU culture, and discovering her asexuality in the context of marriage-centric Mormonism. Show Notes: AllyChristiansen.com Ally Christiansen Instagram A Little Book of Ace ————— WE ARE 100% DONOR FUNDED! Thank you for your donations! Monthly Donor:...

Description: A look at how a late addition to the New Testament ended up in the Book of Mormon and what that tells us about the Book of Mormon's credibility as an ancient text. Show Notes: LDS Discussions: Long Ending of Mark MS Episode on KJV and the BOM MS Episode on Deutero Isaiah and the BOM MS Episode on Tight vs. Loose translation of Book of Mormon Radio Free Mormon Podcast: Backdating Proph...

In 1984 Elder Ron Poelman gave a conference talk that was modified and re-recorded. What was done and why was it done? Donate to support John/Carah Show for Mormon Expressions Mormon Expressions Podcast on Spotify Nuancehoe/Carah Burrell’s Channel John Larsen’s Channel: ________ Show Notes Ronald Poelman – Censored General Conference Talk – Nov 16, 1984 The Gospel and the Church – Sunstone Article...

Ari talks about growing up in the picture perfect Mormon family, and how it all crumbled when she was excommunicated from that family for speaking out against abuse. In this episode, we discuss how Ari lost her faith in the church when she realized that it, too was rooted in abuse and lies, and set on excommunicating those who spoke out against those things. In her discovery, she concluded that th...

We dive into the Sermon on the Mount and look at why it appears in the Book of Mormon along with what the changes tell us about the author of the Book of Mormon. Show Notes:  LDS Discussions article:  Track Changes: The Sermon on the Mount – Book of Mormon vs. New Testament:  Book of Mormon Central explanation:  Brent Metcalfe MS episode  MS Episode with Bart Ehrman  ————— WE ARE 100% DONOR FUNDED...

Dive into the fascinating story of Jonas Jödicke with John Dehlin and Nemo the Mormon. Born in the church in Germany, Jonas discovered an artistic talent which would lead his work to be adored all over the world. At the same time, Jonas had begun to discover his sexuality and what that would mean for his place in Mormonism. Show Notes: Jonas Jödicke (Fantasy Art) (@jojoesart) • Instagram photos an...

What happens when a true believing mormon mom discovers that two of her “future missionary” sons are gay/queer/nonbinary? Just when Linda Barney thought she had the perfect life planned for her family, she discovered that letting her kids be exactly who they are and loving them unconditionally was a far happier and healthier path to follow than the one she had always been taught to believe in. Joi...