How reliable are the eleven witnesses who attest to the Book of Mormon? Dr. Rob Bowman, author of Jesus' Resurrection and Joseph's Visions, joins me to do a deep dive comparing them alongside the Gospel witnesses to the Resurrection of Jesus, asking questions such as: What did they really see? Can we trust their testimony? Etc. Let us know what you think!

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How reliable are the eleven witnesses who attest to the Book of Mormon? Dr. Rob Bowman, author of Jesus' Resurrection and Joseph's Visions, joins me to do a deep dive comparing them alongside the Gospel witnesses to the Resurrection of Jesus, asking questions such as: What did they really see? Can we trust their testimony? Etc. Let us know what you think!
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Dr. Sean McDowell is a gifted communicator with a passion for equipping the church, and in particular young people, to make the case for the Christian faith. Sean is an Associate Professor in the Christian Apologetics program at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. On this channel he tackles some of the biggest questions about God, morality, and contemporary culture. Visit www.seanmcdowell.org for more posts and info.

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Dr. Sean McDowell is a gifted communicator with a passion for equipping the church, and in particular young people, to make the case for the Christian faith. Sean is an Associate Professor in the Christian Apologetics program at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University. On this channel he tackles some of the biggest questions about God, morality, and contemporary culture. Visit www.seanmcdowell.org for more posts and info.

Book of Mormon vs the Gospels: Comparing the Witness Testimony

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Mormonism is changing and the version of it a Latter-day Saint holds today may look almost nothing like the version their parents held. I sat down with Aaron Shafovaloff and Brandi Bronson to map what's actually happening. Aaron has done evangelism in Utah for two decades and volunteers with Mormonism Research Ministry. Brandy was LDS for 27 years before leaving. Aaron lays out seven distinct streams within the movement today and Brandy describes the Mormonism she was raised in divine nature, eternal progression, creating worlds, and what made her start to question it.

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Timestamps 0:00 — What is "the new Mormonism"? 0:27 — Brandy: 27 years as a Latter-day Saint 1:08 — Aaron: two decades of evangelism in Utah 2:05 — The eras: early, pioneer, correlation, neo-orthodoxy 4:54 — Is it changing faster now? 5:42 — Ships at sea with no anchor 6:51 — Brandy's 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 7:16 — The great apostasy and the exclusivity claim 9:16 — When the cracks appeared for her 11:09 — The seven streams 12:37 — Correlated Mormonism 13:24 — Neo-orthodoxy and "a crush on evangelical grace" 15:08 — Revisionism 16:21 — Primitive Mormonism 17:23 — Progressive Mormonism 18:29 — Cultural Mormonism 19:13 — Which streams are actually biggest 21:26 — Why the apologist and the stake president sounded so different 22:22 — Why Mormons are forced to be more nuanced now 24:19 — "I even considered staying" 27:15 — The Gospel Topics essays 30:06 — Who is Blake Ostler? 31:14 — The regress of deities 32:24 — Ostler's reinterpretation 35:02 — Is any stream moving genuinely orthodox? 36:38 — "More rhetorical than structural" 41:17 — What used to make something essentially Mormon 45:13 — What holds it together now 46:45 — Do you have to believe in Jesus to stay a member? 50:32 — Why orthopraxy over orthodoxy 52:23 — Universalism and "we're all going to make it" 55:18 — 2 Nephi 25:23, before and after 59:07 — Are more people coming to Christ? 1:03:32 — The one change Aaron celebrates without reservation 1:04:25 — If you're LDS, I want to hear from you 1:05:03 — Where to follow Brandy and Aaron

Mormonism is changing and the version of it a Latter-day Saint holds today may look almost nothing like the version their parents held. I sat down with Aaron Shafovaloff and Brandi Bronson to map what's actually happening. Aaron has done evangelism in Utah for two decades and volunteers with Mormonism Research Ministry. Brandy was LDS for 27 years before leaving. Aaron lays out seven distinct streams within the movement today and Brandy describes the Mormonism she was raised in divine nature, eternal progression, creating worlds, and what made her start to question it.
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Timestamps 0:00 &mdash; What is "the new Mormonism"? 0:27 &mdash; Brandy: 27 years as a Latter-day Saint 1:08 &mdash; Aaron: two decades of evangelism in Utah 2:05 &mdash; The eras: early, pioneer, correlation, neo-orthodoxy 4:54 &mdash; Is it changing faster now? 5:42 &mdash; Ships at sea with no anchor 6:51 &mdash; Brandy's 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 7:16 &mdash; The great apostasy and the exclusivity claim 9:16 &mdash; When the cracks appeared for her 11:09 &mdash; The seven streams 12:37 &mdash; Correlated Mormonism 13:24 &mdash; Neo-orthodoxy and "a crush on evangelical grace" 15:08 &mdash; Revisionism 16:21 &mdash; Primitive Mormonism 17:23 &mdash; Progressive Mormonism 18:29 &mdash; Cultural Mormonism 19:13 &mdash; Which streams are actually biggest 21:26 &mdash; Why the apologist and the stake president sounded so different 22:22 &mdash; Why Mormons are forced to be more nuanced now 24:19 &mdash; "I even considered staying" 27:15 &mdash; The Gospel Topics essays 30:06 &mdash; Who is Blake Ostler? 31:14 &mdash; The regress of deities 32:24 &mdash; Ostler's reinterpretation 35:02 &mdash; Is any stream moving genuinely orthodox? 36:38 &mdash; "More rhetorical than structural" 41:17 &mdash; What used to make something essentially Mormon 45:13 &mdash; What holds it together now 46:45 &mdash; Do you have to believe in Jesus to stay a member? 50:32 &mdash; Why orthopraxy over orthodoxy 52:23 &mdash; Universalism and "we're all going to make it" 55:18 &mdash; 2 Nephi 25:23, before and after 59:07 &mdash; Are more people coming to Christ? 1:03:32 &mdash; The one change Aaron celebrates without reservation 1:04:25 &mdash; If you're LDS, I want to hear from you 1:05:03 &mdash; Where to follow Brandy and Aaron

The New Mormonism: How LDS Beliefs Are Changing

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I got a tour inside the San Diego Latter-day Saint temple and now I'm following up with an interview with Neal Walton who is a stake president in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in San Diego. Apparently, I was the first Christian apologist who'd ever shown up with a film crew and asked for an interview. We worked through the differences plainly. The Trinity. Whether God the Father has a physical body. Baptism for the dead. Faith and works. Exaltation versus salvation. Whether Jesus is the uncreated, eternal God. Neither of us pretended those are small, and neither of us tried to win.

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0:00 — What a stake president actually does 0:47 — "Has an apologist ever shown up before?" 1:20 — No pay, no degree, no formal training 2:05 — The morning I went to seminary at 5 a.m. 2:48 — Losing a four-year-old daughter 3:14 — "If your God is good, why would he allow this?" 4:40 — Did it make you doubt? 5:21 — The verse that settled him 6:26 — Do you have doubts now? 7:51 — What am I missing out on? 9:03 — Temples, service, and interfaith work 10:28 — Pushing back on "one big happy family" 11:01 — "Go straight to the source" 12:04 — Seven questions to gauge whether you love truth 12:21 — I read it. I prayed. I wasn't settled. 12:57 — "So what's my next step?" 14:44 — My dad's story 16:13 — "Son, love truth" 16:44 — Is there evidence behind the Book of Mormon? 17:12 — Questions versus doubts 19:16 — What a Sunday sermon looks like 21:26 — How he defines faith 22:36 — The biggest misconceptions 23:26 — Three distinct beings 25:13 — Where we actually differ 27:20 — The Trinity 28:16 — A physical body, baptism for the dead, faith and works 29:02 — Exaltation, and whether Jesus is uncreated 29:30 — His response 32:36 — Temple recommends and the celestial kingdom 32:54 — "There's order in God's house" 34:38 — He turns the question on me 35:50 — Why I actually came 36:19 — "I don't find it true or compelling — and I think I get it"

I got a tour inside the San Diego Latter-day Saint temple and now I'm following up with an interview with Neal Walton who is a stake president in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in San Diego. Apparently, I was the first Christian apologist who'd ever shown up with a film crew and asked for an interview. We worked through the differences plainly. The Trinity. Whether God the Father has a physical body. Baptism for the dead. Faith and works. Exaltation versus salvation. Whether Jesus is the uncreated, eternal God. Neither of us pretended those are small, and neither of us tried to win.
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CHECK OUT: Logos Bible 60 Day Free Trial (<a href="https://logos.com/mcdowell)">https://logos.com/mcdowell)</a>
CHECK OUT: Full Mormon Temple Tour&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfgyW-s5KTE&amp;t=1065s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfgyW-s5KTE&amp;t=1065s</a>
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0:00 &mdash; What a stake president actually does 0:47 &mdash; "Has an apologist ever shown up before?" 1:20 &mdash; No pay, no degree, no formal training 2:05 &mdash; The morning I went to seminary at 5 a.m. 2:48 &mdash; Losing a four-year-old daughter 3:14 &mdash; "If your God is good, why would he allow this?" 4:40 &mdash; Did it make you doubt? 5:21 &mdash; The verse that settled him 6:26 &mdash; Do you have doubts now? 7:51 &mdash; What am I missing out on? 9:03 &mdash; Temples, service, and interfaith work 10:28 &mdash; Pushing back on "one big happy family" 11:01 &mdash; "Go straight to the source" 12:04 &mdash; Seven questions to gauge whether you love truth 12:21 &mdash; I read it. I prayed. I wasn't settled. 12:57 &mdash; "So what's my next step?" 14:44 &mdash; My dad's story 16:13 &mdash; "Son, love truth" 16:44 &mdash; Is there evidence behind the Book of Mormon? 17:12 &mdash; Questions versus doubts 19:16 &mdash; What a Sunday sermon looks like 21:26 &mdash; How he defines faith 22:36 &mdash; The biggest misconceptions 23:26 &mdash; Three distinct beings 25:13 &mdash; Where we actually differ 27:20 &mdash; The Trinity 28:16 &mdash; A physical body, baptism for the dead, faith and works 29:02 &mdash; Exaltation, and whether Jesus is uncreated 29:30 &mdash; His response 32:36 &mdash; Temple recommends and the celestial kingdom 32:54 &mdash; "There's order in God's house" 34:38 &mdash; He turns the question on me 35:50 &mdash; Why I actually came 36:19 &mdash; "I don't find it true or compelling &mdash; and I think I get it"

Asking a Mormon Leader My Hardest Questions

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Can you legislate morality? Is secular ethics neutral? Did Jesus really say "never judge"? Dr. Scott Rae, one of the world's leading Christian ethicists and Sean's Think Biblically co-host, is here to work through ten of the most common moral slogans in circulation, and why each one falls apart under scrutiny. Scott addresses all ten in the newly released fifth edition of Moral Choices, updated with new material on the ethics of technology and AI, criminal justice, gender, race, immigration, and gene editing.

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0:00 — The slogans, and why they don't hold up 0:55 — Introducing Dr. Scott Rae 1:57 — #1 "You can't legislate morality" 4:31 — #2 "Secular ethics is neutral, religious ethics is biased" 8:41 — #3 "You shouldn't force your morals on others" 12:05 — #4 "Right and wrong are products of evolution" 16:50 — #5 "Religion is private and has no place in public ethics" 18:55 — A word from Logos 19:49 — What counts as a religion? 23:11 — #6 "Morality is subjective taste, not objective truth" 27:38 — #7 "Science can tell us what is right and wrong" 31:19 — #8 "Cultural disagreement proves there's no moral truth" 33:51 — #9 "Jesus said never judge, so don't" 36:37 — #10 "Religious views don't belong in politics" 40:32 — What's new in the fifth edition of Moral Choices 43:25 — Send us your ethics questions

Can you legislate morality? Is secular ethics neutral? Did Jesus really say "never judge"? Dr. Scott Rae, one of the world's leading Christian ethicists and Sean's Think Biblically co-host, is here to work through ten of the most common moral slogans in circulation, and why each one falls apart under scrutiny. Scott addresses all ten in the newly released fifth edition of Moral Choices, updated with new material on the ethics of technology and AI, criminal justice, gender, race, immigration, and gene editing.
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0:00 &mdash; The slogans, and why they don't hold up 0:55 &mdash; Introducing Dr. Scott Rae 1:57 &mdash; #1 "You can't legislate morality" 4:31 &mdash; #2 "Secular ethics is neutral, religious ethics is biased" 8:41 &mdash; #3 "You shouldn't force your morals on others" 12:05 &mdash; #4 "Right and wrong are products of evolution" 16:50 &mdash; #5 "Religion is private and has no place in public ethics" 18:55 &mdash; A word from Logos 19:49 &mdash; What counts as a religion? 23:11 &mdash; #6 "Morality is subjective taste, not objective truth" 27:38 &mdash; #7 "Science can tell us what is right and wrong" 31:19 &mdash; #8 "Cultural disagreement proves there's no moral truth" 33:51 &mdash; #9 "Jesus said never judge, so don't" 36:37 &mdash; #10 "Religious views don't belong in politics" 40:32 &mdash; What's new in the fifth edition of Moral Choices 43:25 &mdash; Send us your ethics questions

Scott Rae Debunks 10 Common Moral Slogans

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Book of Mormon vs the Gospels: Comparing the Witness Testimony

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