Standard of Truth
Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat
The purpose of this podcast is to help Latter-Day Saints better understand their history and increase their faith. The podcast hosted by Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat, associate professor of Church History and Doctrine at BYU.
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Apr 20, 2023 • 55min
S3E16 Missionary Extravaganza
In this episode, we discuss some of the topics that are important to study as you prepare to serve a mission. Gerrit also shares several stories of early missionary work in the Church. If you would like the links to the episodes that discuss the missionary preparation topics, please sign up for the newsletter. The link is below:
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Apr 13, 2023 • 1h 3min
S3E15 Bad Sources and Animal Sacrifice
In this episode, we answer a missionary's inquiry about antagonistic claims that Joseph Smith and his family performed animal sacrifices. Richard also gets fact-checked on his NCAA tournament sports picks.
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Apr 6, 2023 • 1h 8min
S3E14 Free Will or Fate
We respond to a listener's question about a sacred ordinance and another listener's question about whether or not we are truly free to act if God has omniscience.
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Mar 30, 2023 • 60min
S3E13 What Documents Should the Church Keep Private?
In this episode, we discuss the documents that the Church chooses to make public versus those they decide to keep private. Yup, archive talk. If that doesn't do it for you, we also lovely make fun of Canada.
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Mar 23, 2023 • 52min
S3E12 The Changing Name of the Church
Last week we said we were going to answer this question. This week we do, kind of, part of it. In this episode, we answer a listener’s email about the changing name of the Church, from the Church of Christ to The Church of Latter Day Saints to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
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Mar 16, 2023 • 49min
S3E11 Do We Choose Our Family in the Premortal Existence?
I mean, maybe, we don’t know. In this episode, we respond to a listener's email about whether we choose our families in the premortal existence or are assigned them in a more random way. Gerrit references a talk by Brigham Young, a dream by Mosiah Hancock, and the documentary film Saturday’s Warrior.
Mosiah Hancock Autobiography:
http://boap.org/LDS/Early-Saints/MHancock.html
Did we choose our families and spouses in the premortal life:
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/new-era/2016/06/to-the-point/did-we-choose-our-families-and-spouses-in-the-premortal-life?lang=eng
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Mar 9, 2023 • 1h
S3E10 Who is Saved and Who Burns in Hell?
In this episode, we receive one of the greatest emails in Standard of Truth Podcast history where the emailer lists all of the subjects we claimed we would talk about and then never actually talk about. We respond to a comment by a pastor who talks about the people that are saved and the people who will burn in the fires of hell. Spoiler alert, Latter-day saints make it on his “naughty” list.
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Mar 2, 2023 • 1h 1min
S3E9 Joseph Smith’s Commentary on the Sermon on the Mount
In this episode, we discuss the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible and spend some time on the Sermon on the Mount. We also read an email about how popular the podcast is with arrested criminals in the back of police cars.
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Feb 23, 2023 • 1h 12min
S3E8 How Can We Know?
In this episode, a listener asks some questions stemming from their visit to the “School of the Prophets” of an apostate group. The discussion revolves around the age-old question of “How can we know what it is that we know?” We discuss some of the conflated ways apostates and critics misuse historical sources in order to bolster their religious claims.
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Feb 20, 2023 • 29min
S3B1 Presidents Day Potpourri of Potent Potable Questions
In this bonus episode, Richard fires away random questions to Gerrit from the fun for Latter-day Saint family game "Blast from the Past". #RIPMillardFillmore
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