As we embrace Christmas we have to put up once again with the Grinches who cannot let people just celebrate the season and enjoy traditions. Because everything has to be about politics–and only the progressive form–we have to hear about Jesus being a refugee and even an “undocumented immigrant.” They’ll tell you that the most important part of the Christmas story was when Mary and Joseph had to escape to Egypt. The young Jesus was a stranger in a foreign land. So, if you believe in an immigration policy that actually vets out foreign criminals and requires assimilation, well, you would be guilty of letting the Savior Himself die from persecution! In this episode we will see what the Bible
The Book of Mormon: Part 26 (Alma chapters 27-32)
This episode is part 26 in a series going through the story of the Book of Mormon. This episode covers chapters 27-32 of the book of Alma. Ammon and his brothers bring King Lamoni and his Lamanite people now known as “Anti-Nephi-Lehi” to Zarahemla for safety. Another false prophet stirs up the people of Zarahemla with his libertine atheist rhetoric and gets cursed. Alma assembles a team to do missions work among the Zoramites who broke off from the Nephites and followed an idolatrous twist on religion. Alma preaches to poor Zoramites on the hill Onidah in a way that seems to borrow from Jesus preaching the sermon on the mount. Further research: Book of Mormon in video Joseph Smith:
Is the Book of Mormon a Literary Miracle?
My Mormon bishop friend recently presented a lecture about how statistics show that the Book of Mormon defies naturalistic explanations. How did Joseph Smith as a “subsistence farmer” write a book with long-form structural chiasmus and different voices? Let’s jump into some of these statistical claims to see if the Book of Mormon is truly a miracle and that it shows that Joseph Smith had to be translating an ancient record. Sources Cited: “The Insane Statistical Impossibility of the Book of Mormon’s Origin | Matt Vallejo“ “Chiasmus,” churchofjesuschristoflatterdaysaints.org. Robert Patterson, “Hebraicisms, Chiasmus and Other Internal Evidence for Ancient Authorship in Green Eggs and Ham,” Dialogue Journal 33, no. 4 (Winter 2000): 163-168. Boyd F. Edwards and W. Farrell Edwards, “Does
Thanksgiving Montage
This is a short and sweet episode where we hear various answers to questions about Thanksgiving favorites and thankfulness. (Background music adapted from YouTube video “Inspiring Acoustic by Infraction [No Copyright Music] / Family“) We value your feedback! Have questions for Truthspresso?Contact us!