Mormon Discussion Podcast

Today we sit down with LDS Scholars, Authors, and rolemodels within Mormonism, Terryl and Fiona Givens.  We talk about their book “The Crucible of Doubt”.   More specifically we speak about the themes of their book which is an effort to adjust paradigms and assumptions.  As they testify of, this is the crux of the… Read More »103: Fiona & Terryl Givens: Crucible of Doubt The post 103: Fiona & Terryl Givens: Crucible of Doubt appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

This is a followup 4 pt series to compliment David Bokovoy’s interview on the Historical Jesus.  Many of you are reading Bart Erhman and others who completely throw the Divine Christ out the door.  Many simply discount every evidence as discrediting any view that sees the Divine in Christ.  I want to say thanks to… Read More »Bonus: NT Wright: Historical Jesus PT4 The post Bonus: NT Wright: Historical Jesus PT4 appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

This is a followup 4 pt series to compliment David Bokovoy’s interview on the Historical Jesus.  Many of you are reading Bart Erhman and others who completely throw the Divine Christ out the door.  Many simply discount every evidence as discrediting any view that sees the Divine in Christ.  I want to say thanks to… Read More »Bonus: NT Wright: Historical Jesus PT3 The post Bonus: NT Wright: Historical Jesus PT3 appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

This is a followup 4 pt series to compliment David Bokovoy’s interview on the Historical Jesus.  Many of you are reading Bart Erhman and others who completely throw the Divine Christ out the door.  Many simply discount every evidence as discrediting any view that sees the Divine in Christ.  I want to say thanks to… Read More »Bonus: NT Wright: Historical Jesus PT2 The post Bonus: NT Wright: Historical Jesus PT2 appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

This is a followup 4 pt series to compliment David Bokovoy’s interview on the Historical Jesus.  Many of you are reading Bart Erhman and others who completely throw the Divine Christ out the door.  Many simply discount every evidence as discrediting any view that sees the Divine in Christ.  I want to say thanks to… Read More »Bonus: NT Wright: Historical Jesus PT1 The post Bonus: NT Wright: Historical Jesus PT1 appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

We sit down again with David Bokovoy to discuss the Historical Jesus.  We discuss what we can gather from the culture and from existing fragments and documents.  We discuss the Q-source, Gospel of Thomas, and other nonbiblical sources such as Josephus and Tacitus.  We also explain the time line the four gospels were written in… Read More »102: David Bokovoy: Historical Jesus The post 102: David Bokovoy: Historical Jesus appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

Sometimes we assume that there is no room to be Gay and be Mormon….. but today we blow that false assumption right out of the water.  Today we also help LDS distinguish between Doctrine, Policy and Culture around this issue.  We tackle how to be more inclusive and how to bring all unto Christ. Today… Read More »101: Mitch Mayne: Mormon and Gay The post 101: Mitch Mayne: Mormon and Gay appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

Today we have a special episode featuring a new program “Stage 4 Mormons”  Ryan is our host.  He talks with us about that transitional and sometimes difficult period of shifting from simple thinking to a more nuanced and complex way of thinking.  Please send me feedback on this episode as we would enjoy hearing your thoughts.… Read More »100: Stage 4 Mormons: Episode 1 The post 100: Stage 4 Mormons: Episode 1 appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

Jeff Lindsay lives in Shanghai but has roots in Utah and Wisconsin. His interests include China and Chinese (the language and the food), intellectual property, chemical engineering, magic (a hobby), reading, writing, travel, photography, and his LDS faith. Jeff Lindsay has been defending the Church on the Internet since 1994, when he launched his LDSFAQ… Read More »099: Jeff Lindsay: Mormanity The post 099: Jeff Lindsay: Mormanity appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.

I was asked in my stake to present my thoughts on what we can do to help both those with crippling doubts find faith and those without a crisis of faith to avoid them, and to also help leader, family, and friends be more supportive.  This episode is an out flow of that with the 15 points shared below… Read More »098: 15 ways to help The post 098: 15 ways to help appeared first on Mormon Discussion by Bill Reel.