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Standard of Truth
by Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat
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| Date | Apple Podcasts |
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| Oct 3 | #129 |
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.
Latest episodes
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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…