Mormon Stories Podcast 1777: Honest Conversation with Mormon Bishop - Bishop Moroni Ortiz
Jun 16, 2023
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Introduction
00:00 • 4min
The Importance of Speaking Out
04:11 • 2min
How to Stay a Member in Good Standing With the Church
06:23 • 4min
The Story of Jackie's Mom
10:50 • 2min
The Mormon Upbringing in Mexico
12:55 • 2min
How I Stand Out From My Friends Growing Up in the Church
14:40 • 2min
The Importance of Coffee in the Church
16:34 • 3min
The Importance of Moroni in the Book of Mormon
19:19 • 2min
The Dark Skin Curse of Laman and Lemuel
21:39 • 2min
The Importance of Mormon Upbringing
23:21 • 3min
The Importance of Baptism
26:12 • 4min
The Importance of Seeing a Prophet
30:32 • 2min
How I Learned to Be Neffy
32:10 • 4min
The Importance of Speeding Up the Male Reproductive Process
36:12 • 3min
How the Church's Teachings About Masturbation Affect My Adolescence
39:06 • 4min
The Importance of Faith in Mormon Church Truth Claims
43:23 • 3min
Mormon Truth
46:03 • 2min
How My Mormon Testimony Developed From Middle School to Final Year in High School
48:12 • 5min
The Power of Science Camp
53:16 • 5min
The Importance of the Book of Abraham in My Life
58:44 • 2min
The Importance of Serving a Mission
01:00:37 • 5min
The Importance of a Plan
01:06:00 • 2min
The Second Anointing on Your Mission
01:07:38 • 2min
The Challenges of Serving a Mission in Mexico
01:10:01 • 2min
The Positive Framing of the Temple
01:12:10 • 4min
The Mormon Temple and the Naked Anointing
01:15:41 • 2min
The Importance of Second Anointing
01:17:26 • 3min
The Problem With Secret Ceremony in Mormon Temples
01:20:52 • 4min
The Importance of Being a Good Missionary
01:24:35 • 5min
The Cognitive Dissonance of Reading the Bible
01:29:09 • 3min
The Importance of Poverty in Mission Experience
01:32:05 • 2min
The Importance of Living in Extreme Conditions
01:33:42 • 3min
The Perception of the Church's Wealth and Power
01:36:18 • 4min
Finding Your Eternal Companions
01:40:09 • 2min
How I Met My Wife After a Mission in Mexico
01:42:27 • 4min
How Faithful Was Your Wife?
01:46:46 • 2min
The Importance of Marriage in a Mormon Church
01:48:25 • 2min
The Colonial Lens of Mormonism
01:50:17 • 3min
The Power Dilemma of Mormonism in Latin America
01:53:09 • 2min
The Power Dilemma of Mormonism in Mexico
01:55:20 • 2min
The Origins of Mormonism in Mexico
01:57:06 • 2min
The Mexican Church and the American Church in Mexico
01:58:58 • 2min
The History of the Mormon Church in Mexico
02:01:03 • 2min
The History of Secularization in Mexico
02:02:43 • 2min
How to Be a Mormon Bishop by the Age of 29
02:04:53 • 2min
How to Be a Bishop
02:06:25 • 2min
How to Be a Bishop
02:08:24 • 4min
The Importance of Being a Stake President
02:12:02 • 4min
The Importance of Measurable Indicators in the Church
02:15:35 • 2min
How My Wife Felt About Being Called as a Bishop
02:17:45 • 2min
The Importance of Spiritual Experiences in Building My Testimony
02:19:36 • 2min
The Cs Letter and the Discipline Council
02:22:04 • 3min
The Importance of Trust in Life
02:24:34 • 2min
The Origins of Mormanism
02:26:42 • 2min
The Trinitarian View of God Treasured
02:28:35 • 2min
The Hebers and the Origins of the Ancient Americans
02:30:29 • 2min
The Trinitarian View of God in 18th Third of a New Dress
02:32:37 • 2min
The Golden Plates and the Book of Mormon
02:34:55 • 2min
The Different Accounts of the First Vision
02:36:27 • 2min
The Origins of the Book of Morman
02:37:57 • 2min
The Changes in the Book of Morman
02:39:41 • 2min
The Importance of the Book of Abraham
02:41:22 • 3min
The Mormon Church Prophet and First Presidency
02:44:07 • 4min
The Cracks of Being a Mormon Bishop
02:48:15 • 6min
The Importance of Having a Monthly Schedule
02:53:50 • 2min
The Importance of Devotional Meetings
02:55:56 • 5min
The Pros and Cons of Being a Bishop When Your Wife Gets Cancer
03:01:17 • 2min
The Hard Times of Living With Cancer
03:03:31 • 3min
The Early Cracks That Develop in Your Faith
03:06:03 • 2min
The Holy of Hollies
03:08:27 • 2min
The Holy of Hollies
03:10:21 • 2min
The Second Anointing
03:12:05 • 3min
The Importance of Inoculation as a Bishop
03:15:05 • 2min
The Importance of Remaining to the Facts
03:16:47 • 3min
Richard Bushman's Explanations Weren't Satisfactory to Me
03:19:32 • 2min
The Deception of the Church
03:21:07 • 4min
The Church's Correlation History Is Just Telling You Half Truth
03:25:27 • 2min
The Mormon Church's Gospel Topics Essay on the Book of Abraham
03:27:10 • 4min
The Secret Mormon Meetings of 1922
03:31:00 • 3min
The False Translation of the Book of Abraham
03:34:17 • 2min
The Loss of Belief in the Mormon Church
03:35:54 • 2min
The Relief I Feel When I Discovered the Church Wasn't True
03:37:31 • 2min
The History of the Church
03:39:52 • 2min
The Polygamy Dilemma
03:42:02 • 3min
The Immediate Next Step After Losing Orthodox Faith in the Mormon Church
03:44:38 • 2min
The Importance of Sharing Your Thoughts With Others
03:46:26 • 2min
The Importance of Compassion in a Mormon Church
03:48:11 • 3min
The Power of Mindfulness
03:50:54 • 4min
The Importance of Being a Mormon Bishop
03:54:36 • 3min
How to Be a Non-Littoral Believing Bishop
03:57:42 • 2min
The Importance of Being a Mormon
03:59:47 • 2min
The Importance of Community in Church
04:01:30 • 2min
The Importance of Spending Less on Church Finances
04:03:03 • 3min
The Power of Self-Reliant Churches
04:06:00 • 3min
The Importance of Honesty in Church
04:08:42 • 6min
The Importance of Transparency in the Church
04:14:15 • 4min
How to Be a Mormon Bishop Without Paying Tithing
04:17:58 • 2min
The Disappointment of a Bishop for Not Paying Tithing
04:20:05 • 3min
The Importance of Being a Bishop
04:22:51 • 2min
How to Deal With Ward Members in a Faith Crisis
04:24:30 • 2min
The Church Tension After a Whistleblower on Mormon Stories
04:26:47 • 2min
What's on Your Phone Right Now?
04:28:30 • 2min
How to Be a Better Speaker
04:30:12 • 2min
How to Get Released as a Bishop
04:31:48 • 2min
How to Conduct Worthiness Interviews Now That You're No Longer a Believer
04:33:30 • 2min
The Discipline Council for Apostasy
04:35:16 • 2min
The Importance of Communication in the Church
04:37:08 • 2min
The Importance of Learning About the History of Mexico
04:39:01 • 2min
The Importance of Local Leadership in the LGBT Community
04:40:36 • 3min
The Courage to Come on a Mander Roger's Rights
04:43:29 • 4min
How to Be a Better Mormon
04:47:14 • 2min
Mormon Stories: A Live Chat With Peter Higgs
04:48:56 • 2min