Episodes

It’s on to part four of our series on the Armour of God. Today Joseph Hammonds as we sit down to have a conversation about the Shield Of Faith. We start off by getting a little bit of Joseph's back story, how he first came into contact with Mormonism then how he made the leap to accepting the Fullness of the Gospel. From there we break down the meaning of the term shield in Hebrew. From there our conversation shifts to what the Shield of Faith guards against, the fiery darts of the adversary. We...

Today we continue our series on the Armour of God as Joni Molloy joins me and we have a discussion about having our feet planted in the Gospel of Peace. We first take a look at the symbolism of feet in the scriptures and what they might be trying to communicate to us. We then move to examine some of the places in scripture where peace is illuminated and defined. We then put together what the scripture in Ephesians and the Doctrine & Covenants are trying to tell us. We then move on to talk about ...

Today we continue our series on the Armour of God. Today Cory Molloy joins me as we break down the concept of the Breastplate of Righteousness. We start by taking a look at the surface level understanding of the verse. From there we take a deep dive on how to put that part of the armour on and what prevents us from applying that protection in our lives as the conversation grows and becomes expansive in its scope as we talk about temptation and resisting those temptations to not put the Armour of...

NOT RECOMMENDED FOR SMALL CHILDREN!!! Sometimes in scripture we see passages that are identical from the Bible to Restoration scriptures, when those appear I think the Lord is trying to emphasize to us how important the principle is. For the next few weeks, we are going to be talking about such a topic as we kick off the Armour of God series. You can find both of these passages in Ephesians 6:14-17 and Doctrine & Covenants 27:15-18. In this first episode we focus on girding ourselves with truth....

On this episode Braxton Bogard joins me again as we wrap up our two-part series on the need for a restoration. Last week's episode about why we as individulas are in need of being restored back to God. In this week's conversation we look at why there needed to be a restoration of Christ's Church and Kingdom. We take a look into the Ecumenical Councils that would inform the beliefs of both Catholicism and Protestantism. We dive into everything from the Council of Nicaea to the Council of Constant...

This is part-one of a two-part series on the need for a Restoration. On this episode Braxton joins me (as he will for part two) to talk about the need for a Restoration. In part one Braxton takes us through the scriptures showing us exactly why the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is needed on a personal level. Through our conversation we touch on things like personal apostasy, how covenants help become restored to God, what the difference is between personal restoration and sanctificat...

On this episode I dive into a subject, I never really wanted to cover, the Garment but.... here I am. To help me out with this I have Matthew on the podcast because of the wealth of knowledge he has on the subject. After completing this first episode it became readily apparent that at least a second episode will be needed, so this is just Part 1. Part 2 will drop most likely in a few weeks. On this episode we set the table for a more in depth look at sacred clothing in the scriptures and the Res...

Coming January 2026!!

On this Episode I sit down with author and college professor Trina Boice to talk about two books that she has written that aims to deepen the faith in Christ of all who read. The first we talk about is the Via Dolorosa which chronicles the route that the Savior walked as he carried His cross to the place of His crucifixion, teaching us through that part of the Savior's life on how we can grow closer to Him. The second book we cover is The Language of Heaven which takes Hebrew words from scriptur...

Well the holidays are here and trying to keep meaning in those holidays can be pretty tough. One way to do this is to have a correct understanding of the events those holidays are being remembered and the Nativity and Christmas are no exception. This week Drew Briney joins me as we take a more scholarly look at the Nativity story. Drew with his wealth of information and resources lays out the Nativity from scripture to examine what the scripture actually says and what it doesn't, he draws out so...

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Today Justin Francom joins me again on the podcast as we finish our conversations about Christian Nationalism. Last week we really dug into the history of the movement and then moved on to speak a little bit about the major players in the movement now. In this episode we really begin to break down the Christian Nationalist ideology and put it under scrutiny to see if this idea has legs in the Restoration. Now all along our conversation we dive into doctrines from Mormonism and touch on subjects ...

The Christian Nationalist movement has been gaining traction since September and has been sweeping some Mormons up with it. I get the appeal of this political theory but after doing a deep dive on the subject what I discovered was that we as Mormons will ultimately not fit in with these groups for many reasons. Today Justin Francom joins me for Part One of a two-part series on this subject. In this episode we start by looking at the history of Christian Nationalism tracing its roots all the way ...

With Thanksgiving being this week, I thought it would be good to get somebody on who really knows their stuff. Well fortunately for me I found just the man. His name is Leo Martin. Now Leo has spent a good portion of his life studying and teach about the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony. Him and his wife run the Jenny Interpretive Center in Plymouth Massachusetts. Now if he looks familiar it's probably for good reason. Leo has been a frequent guest on the Glenn Beck Program, the Kirk Cameron movie Mo...

Everyone remembers a couple months back I made trip backeast. Well one of the places we happened to stumble upon was a site called America’s Stonehenge. The site is nestled in the mountains of New Hampshire right outside of the town of Salem. It comprises many stone chambers that are manmadealong with stones that aligned with the equinox and solstice. Once believed to have been made by early settlers, the site is now dating back to around 4,000 years ago. On this episode the caretaker of the sit...

We live a blessed time. Never before has mankind had the opportunity to learn and share than ever before however many of us end up using for stuff that doesn't have eternal ramifications. Well today I have a young man on the podcast who is using tech with an eternal perspective. Josh from the TikTok Channel Dare To Be Mormon joins me to explain a project he has started using Artificial Intelligence to create animated videos that tell the story of the Restored Gospel. During the course of our con...

There are a few things that those who are opposed to the Restored Gospel love to use to try and disprove the Restoration. One of those things are the multiple accounts of Joseph Smith's First Vision. Well today on the podcast we dive headlong into that subject. Driving the conversation on this episode is Ken Peterson. For those who haven't heard Ken on the podcast before, Ken always comes loaded with facts and insights that help people make sense of complicated issues facing followers of the Res...

Before we get started, this is one of those episodes where watching this episode could be helpful. Last week I had Michael Ness on and we had a conversation about the Documentary Hypothesis where he spoke about what it is and how it could be used to understand the scriptures. On this episode Joshua Erickson comes on the podcast to give a critique Documentary Hypothesis. We start off by refreshing our memories of what it is, the history of the Hypothesis and its originators. From there we move in...

Much of how we view our religion comes from the filters through which we read the scriptures. So, it goes without saying that those filters are important and it requires us to be knowledgeable about the filters we wish to incorporate. One that has been becoming more popular as of late is the Documentary Hypothesis. So with that in mind I wanted to explore this concept more to gain a better understanding of what it is, how it would inform our understanding of scriptures, what we could learn by ap...

I am not breaking any news here but this last month things have gotten a little dark in our society with the events of the Charlie Kirk assassination to the attack on an LDS Church in Michigan. In a world that seems to be descending into chaos, what solutions do we as Mormons have to not just preserve but improve the condition of the world around us? Well today on the podcast I have David Nielsen on to talk about a principle that may seem simple but not necessarily easy and that is brotherhood. ...

One of the features of the Restoration was new scripture coming forth along with translations of existing scripture and Joseph Smith defiantly did those things. But have you ever stopped to ask yourself if the format we have them is now the most conducive way to read and study them? On this episdoe I have on Drew Briney and Joshua Winchell to talk about an ambitious project that was just finished. The Restored Scriptures are scriptures put back in its original format with the edits that were mad...

Just wanted to touch base with the listeners and let everyone know about the next few weeks' worth of episodes.

The truth to the is life is that much of our testimonies that inform our beliefs, opinions and actions are gained through the crucible of adversity. That fact however doesn't always lend itself to gaining perspective. More often than not, it's only after the trial of faith that the reason for that adversity comes into view. Sometimes by talking about trials that others have gone through allows us to "borrow" some perspective on things we are going through. On this episode Cory & Joni Malloy join...

This week has been one of the darkest in American history. I did post a special episode on Wednesday but i felt like the Lord wanted me to dig a little deeper. So today on the podcast I have Jeff Alldredge on the podcast to break down the spiritual implications. The reason why Jeff will become apparent to the listener with early in this episode. During our conversation we talk about assassination of Charlie Kirk and explored its spiritual significance, including parallels to historical prophets ...