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Standard of Truth
by Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat
Today: #161 in Religion & Spirituality on our combined chart.
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts | Castbox |
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| Oct 27 | #161 | #151 | — |
| Oct 26 | #129 | #115 | — |
| Oct 25 | #109 | #95 | #99 |
| Oct 24 | #109 | #93 | — |
| Oct 23 | #178 | #168 | — |
| Oct 20 | #169 | #159 | — |
| Oct 19 | #153 | #141 | — |
| Oct 18 | #139 | #125 | — |
| Oct 17 | #172 | #163 | — |
| Oct 16 | #163 | #151 | — |
Latest episodes
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S6E42 An Angel from Heaven Preaching Another Gospel (Galatians 1-8) Part 2
October 22, 2026 · 1 hr 1 minIn part two of our Galatians 1:8 series, we return to the claim that an angel bringing “another gospel” proves Mormonism false. Gerrit then the argument back to 1831, reading from Abner Cole’s Palmyra Reflector and Alexander Campbell. Both…
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S6E41 An Angel from Heaven Preaching Another Gospel (Galatians 1:8) Part 1
October 15, 2026 · 1 hr 11 minA missionary in the Philippines asks why early Saints never made the sign of the cross. A new dad, writing from the delivery room, asks about Joseph Smith’s politics and how they compare with President Oaks’s recent address. Gerrit…
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S6E40 Please Refer to President Christofferson's October 2026 Conference Address
October 8, 2026 · 1 hr 10 minWe break down the October 2026 General Conference. The heart of the episode: President Christofferson's address on gambling. Richard debuts a montage of the duo's many tongue-in-cheek nods to President Hinckley's 2005 talk. If you are…
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S6E39 Saved By Grace After All You Can Do
October 1, 2026 · 1 hr 21 minHeidi writes mid-labor to ask about D&C 76: does rejecting the gospel in this life really cap you at the terrestrial kingdom? We discuss that we simply don't know what fully constitutes a person's opportunity to accept Christ, and that a…
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S6E38 Idiot or Liar - How to Spot a Bad Source Part 1
September 24, 2026 · 1 hr 12 minWe crack open an all-missionary mailbag with letters from the Philippines, Cincinnati, and beyond. Then the big question: was Cincinnati really cursed by Joseph Smith? We dig into D&C 61, trace how "well nigh ripened for destruction"…
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S6E37 Exceptions Are God's to Make
September 17, 2026 · 1 hr 19 minWe celebrate 10 million downloads, the arrival of video recordings of the podcast, and a missionary listener who has built a four-generation podcast family tree using "phone checks" on exchanges. After Nauvoo and before St. George, where…
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S6E36 Joseph Smith on the Second Coming (Churchy McChurch Church)
September 10, 2026 · 1 hr 10 minThe heart of the episode is a Lyceum dive into a March 16, 1841 discourse of Joseph Smith on the Second Coming and the Millennium. Joseph taught that the wicked won't all be destroyed at Christ's coming, that non-members will remain…
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S6E35 The Great Apostate Hall of Shame - #8 Ezra Booth Part 5 (FINAL)
September 3, 2026 · 1 hr 8 minRichard hadn't showered in days, his water heater's dead, and his family staged an intervention over his baggy clothes. We read emails from listeners and missionaries, including an elder serving in the California Ontario Mission, whose Gen…
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S6E34 The Great Apostate Hall of Shame - #8 Ezra Booth Part 4
August 27, 2026 · 1 hr 5 minIn this episode, we continue our deep dive into Ezra Booth's anti-Mormon letters from October 1831, examining how this early apostate mounted his attack against our fledgling church. What fascinates us most is that Booth personally…
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S6E33 Did Brigham Revise Joseph's Journal?
August 20, 2026 · 1 hr 7 minWe open with incredible news from Sweetwater Rescue: a second Kyulu Stake group reached the Nairobi Kenya Temple and set a record for the most endowments performed in an African temple in a single day. Gerrit answers a litner’s question…
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S6E32 The Great Apostate Hall of Shame - #8 Ezra Booth Part 3
August 13, 2026 · 1 hr 9 minThis episode of the Standard of Truth continues discussing the apostasy of Ezra Booth, a former Methodist minister who joined the early Church after witnessing Joseph Smith heal Elsa Johnson’s arm. Gerrit traces Booth’s journey to…
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S6E31 The Great Apostate Hall of Shame - #8 Ezra Booth Part 2
August 6, 2026 · 1 hr 9 minIn this episode we dive deeper into Ezra Booth, ranked #8 in the "Great Apostate Hall of Shame." Once a prominent Methodist minister leading anti-Masonry campaigns in Ohio, Booth's conversion to Mormonism shocked his community and sparked…
About the show
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.