Faith Crisis and Reconstruction Podcast Series, Episode 12: Lived Experience This is the final episode of the 12 part churchistrue Faith Crisis and Reconstruction podcast series. We’re done with the historical issues. Everyone has their own lis

FCR 011: New Testament and Belief in God

Aug 11th, 2020 1h 9m

Faith Crisis and Reconstruction Podcast Series, Episode 11: New Testament and Belief in God In this episode, I discuss New Testament scholarship that can be difficult to a traditional LDS testimony. We will analyze the historical Jesus and the

FCR 010: Prophets, Revelation, Current Issues–LGBT, Female Equality

Jul 28th, 2020 1h 8m

Faith Crisis and Reconstruction Podcast Series, Episode 10: Prophets, Revelation, Current Issues–LGBT, Female Equality In this episode, I discuss the definition and role of the prophet and compare how that fits with the more humanistic, metapho

FCR 009: Polygamy and Late Nauvoo Doctrine

Jul 21st, 2020 1h 6m

Faith Crisis and Reconstruction Podcast Series, Episode 9: Polygamy and Late Nauvoo Doctrine In this episode, I discuss the aspects of polygamy that are challenging in an LDS faith crisis and touch on other issues related to late Nauvoo doctrin

FCR 008: Book of Abraham and JST

Jul 7th, 2020 57m 45s

Faith Crisis and Reconstruction Podcast Series, Episode 8: Book of Abraham and JST In this episode, I discuss apologetic aspects of the Book of Abraham (BoA) and Joseph Smith Translation. The LDS Gospel Topics Essay on the Book of Abraham provi

FCR 007: First Vision, Priesthood Restoration, LDS Exclusivity

Jun 30th, 2020 1h

Faith Crisis and Reconstruction Podcast Series, Episode 7: First Vision, Priesthood Restoration, LDS Exclusivity In this episode, I discuss aspects of the First Vision, Priesthood Restoration, LDS Exclusivity that could lead to faith crisis. Th

FCR 006: Book of Mormon Wordprint Studies

Jun 30th, 2020 25s

Sorry for the fake episode. I’m putting this here as placeholder. I’ll finish this one last and replace this sometime in August. https://www.churchistrue.com/blog/book-of-mormon-wordprint-studies-2/ Last updated:Monday, June 29, 2020

FCR 005: Book of Mormon Translation

Jun 23rd, 2020 1h 7m

Faith Crisis and Reconstruction Podcast Series, Episode 5: Book of Mormon Translation In this episode, I discuss the aspects of Joseph Smith’s interactions with the Angel Moroni, obtaining the gold plates, and Book of Mormon translation that co

FCR 004: Book of Mormon Content

Jun 16th, 2020 59m 33s

Faith Crisis and Reconstruction Podcast Series, Episode 4: Book of Mormon Content In this episode, I discuss the aspects of the Book of Mormon that could lead to faith crisis. There are many aspects of the Book of Mormon that show “humanistic a

FCR 003: Book of Mormon Evidence

Jun 9th, 2020 1h 5m

Faith Crisis and Reconstruction Series, Episode 3: Book of Mormon Evidence Welcome to Episode Three. This episode is one of three main episodes exploring the issues related to the Book of Mormon that moved me from literal belief to a view of ac

FCR 002: Old Testament

Jun 9th, 2020 1h 1m

In this episode, I explore topics like: fundamentalistic 19th century view of the Old Testament vs the view that most modern scholars (focusing on faithful scholars) hold Documentary Hypothesis OT Authorship issues LDS specific issues related t

FCR 001: Intro

Jun 9th, 2020 1h

Welcome to Episode 1: Intro from the Church is True Faith Crisis and Reconstruction Podcast Series. I am an active, faithful Latter-day Saint who went through faith crisis, deconstruction, and reconstruction over the time period 2004-2012, and

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