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Me, My Shelf, & I – How Latter-day Saints and Evangelicals understand the Bible differently
In this special episode, Sarah Allen, Jennifer Roach Lees, and Zachary Wright host a panel discussion on the topic "How Latter-day Saints and Evangelicals understand The post Me, My Shelf, & I – How Latter-day Saints and Evangelicals understand the Bible differently appeared first on FAIR.
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Come, Follow Me with FAIR: Faithful Answers to New Testament Questions – Romans 1–6
Evangelical Questions: How Do ‘Works’ Work? by Jennifer Roach, MDiv, LMHC Welcome back to Come Follow Me with FAIR: Faithful Answers to New Testament Questions. My name is Jennifer Roach and today we’re going to talk about more about grace and works. As you know we’re going through the Come…
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Come, Follow Me with FAIR: Faithful Answers to New Testament Questions – Acts 1–5
Evangelical Questions: What IS an Apostle anyway? by Jennifer Roach, MDiv, LMHC Welcome back to Come Follow Me with FAIR: Faithful Answers to New Testament Questions. My name is Jennifer Roach and today we’re going to talk about apostles. As you know we’re going through the Come Follow Me…
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Come, Follow Me with FAIR: Faithful Answers to New Testament Questions – Matthew 27; Mark 15; Luke 23; John 19
Evangelical Questions: Views on Atonement by Jennifer Roach, MDiv, LMHC Welcome back to Come Follow Me with FAIR: Faithful Answers to New Testament Questions. My name is Jennifer Roach and today we’re going to talk about Atonement Theories. As you know we’re going through the Come Follow Me...
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Come, Follow Me with FAIR: Faithful Answers to New Testament Questions – Easter
Evangelical Questions: “Don’t Latter-day Saints worship a different Jesus?” by Jennifer Roach, MDiv, LMHC Welcome back to Come Follow Me with FAIR: Faithful Answers to New Testament Questions. My name is Jennifer Roach and today we’re going to talk about Easter and Jesus. As you know we’re going...
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FairMormon Conference Podcast #32 – Lynne Hilton Wilson, “Peter and Paul’s Paradoxical Passages on Women”
This podcast series features past FairMormon Conference presentations. Please join us for the 2019 FairMormon Conference coming up August 7-9! You can attend in person or purchase the video streaming. Lynne Hilton Wilson, Peter and Paul’s Paradoxical Passages on Women Transcript available here.…
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FairMormon Conference Podcast #12 – Scott Petersen, “Jesus Christ, the Same Yesterday, Today, and Forever: A Restoration of Primitive Christianity”
This podcast series features past FairMormon Conference presentations. This episode is a presentation from 2017. If you would like to watch the presentations from the conference we had earlier this month, you can still purchase video streaming. Scott Petersen, Jesus Christ, the Same Yesterday,...
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Mormon Fair-cast 330: #9 Is the Bible an authentic source of truth?
In the concluding podcast of this series Karen talks about the prophecies of Jesus. The scriptures consist of 66 books, with over 40 authors, [and] were recorded over a span of 1500 years; they contain heavy prophetic threads. If we just think about a few books—take Daniel, written 500 years…
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Mormon Fair-cast 319: #8, Is the Bible an authentic source of truth?
D.M. Johnson and I are back in this second-to-last podcast on the authenticity of the Bible. Today, we discuss undersigned coincidences. Undersigned coincidences are events or things in the Bible that could be coincidental, but there are just so many that they add up to real, compelling evidence....
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Mormon Fair-cast 314: #7, Is the Bible an authentic source of truth?
Critics and skeptics have long attacked Jesus’ Resurrection. Why so?? Well, in short, if the Resurrection can be disproved, all the other claims about Jesus Christ can also be dismissed. Christianity would crumble. In this cast in the I Believe Podcast series on the Authenticity of the Bible (its...
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Mormon fair-cast 307: #6, Is the Bible an authentic source of truth?
This is the sixth installment on the authenticity of the Bible series of podcasts. Many scholars, skeptics, and Bible students alike may wonder about the authorship of the four Gospels: were they really written by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John? How old are they really? How accurate are the…
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Mormon Fair-cast 297: #5, Is the Bible an authentic source of truth?
In this fifth of nine podcasts with D.M Johnson, we’ll examine the various methods historians use when studying ancient texts. D.M. and I address the following methods: Multiple attestation: having multiple ancient sources talking about the same event Early attestation: having an ancient source…
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Mormon Fair-cast 294: #4, Is the Bible an authentic source of truth?
This is the 4th in a series of 9 interviews, D.M. Johnson, author and Bible scholar, and I discuss the archaeological evidence for the Bible. We’ll discuss the following archaeological evidence: The Dead Sea Scrolls Ossuaries and inscriptions which corroborate Biblical figures Archaeological…
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Mormon Fair-cast 289: #3, Is the Bible an authentic source of truth?
This third interview in a series of nine with guest D.M. Johnson discusses the manuscript evidence for the Bible. Karen and Dave go more in-depth on the wealth of manuscript evidence that exists for the Bible, particularly the New Testament. They discuss the following topics: Criteria the…
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Mormon Fair-cast 284: #2, Is the Bible an authentic source of truth?
In this second interview in a series with DM Johnson, we discuss extra-Biblical evidence, or evidence of the Bible’s truthfulness from sources outside the Bible. Dave and I talk about the following points: New Testament figures who are attested in outside sources Writers who chronicled the events...
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Mormon Fair-cast 280: #1, Is the Bible an authentic source of truth?
There’s a lot at stake when it comes to believing or not believing in the Bible. If Christianity weren’t true, then the truthfulness of the Bible wouldn’t matter at all. But if Christianity is true–and we hope to show you that it is–then it’s vitally important for us to seriously consider the...
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Mormon Fair-cast 244: FairMormon Conference 2014
Martin Tanner who is the host of “Religion Today” on KSL FM 102.7 and AM 1160 interviews Steve Densley who is the executive vice-president of FairMormon and Daniel Peterson, Ph.D. who is a prominent Mormon apologist and professor of Islamic Studies and Arabic in the Department of Asian and Near...
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Mormon Fair-Cast 243: Barry R. Bickmore, “Restoring the Ancient Church”
Martin Tanner who is the host of “Religion Today” on KSL FM 102.7 and AM 1160 interviews Barry R. Bickmore about his book “Restoring the Ancient Church: Joseph Smith and Early Christianity.” In this interview brother Bickmore relates how the teachings of the early Church are reflected in the…
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Mormon Fair-Cast 203: Odds are you are Going to be Exalted
Many Latter-day Saints worry whether they’re capable of reaching the celestial kingdom. Are these anxieties born of a sense of unworthiness, or is it that we just don’t think we can “do it all?” Author Alonzo L. Gaskill believes that such pessimism results from misunderstanding God’s great plan…
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Mormon Fair-Cast 202: Barry R. Bickmore, “Restoring the Ancient Church”
Mills Chrenshaw who is the host of the program “Drive Time Live” on K-Talk AM 630 radio in Salt Lake City Utah interviews Barry Robert Bickmore about his book “Restoring the Ancient Church: Joseph Smith and Early Christianity.” In this interview brother Bickmore relates how the teachings of the...
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Mormon FAIR-Cast 152: Evidences of the Resurrection
Was Jesus really resurrected? Or was his resurrection merely a trick, an illusion or the result of an incorrect conclusion drawn by followers who looked in the wrong tomb? In this episode of Religion Today, which originally aired on KSL Radio on March 31, 2013, Martin Tanner discusses evidence…
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Mormon FAIR-Cast 127: Did an Apostasy Actually Occur?
What is an “apostasy?” Are there any scriptures that say there was an apostasy that required a restoration? Do we know when the apostasy ocurred? Does that matter? In this episode of Religion Today, which originally aired on KSL Radio on August 19, 2012, Martin Tanner responds to claims that an...
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Mormon FAIR-Cast 125: Deification in LDS and early Christian thought
Do Mormons believe they will become gods? Is this belief supported in the Bible? Are there other Christian religions that have similar beliefs? In this episode of Religion Today that originally aired on March 27, 2011, Martin Tanner discusses the concept of deification, or theosis, and the way in...
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Mormon FAIR-Cast 124: Controversies Regarding the Nature of Christ
One of the primary reasons some claim that Mormons are not Christians is because the Mormon view of the trinity differs from that of most modern Christians. Mormons claim that their view of the Godhead is correct and that the view of God as set forth in various creeds, such as that which was...
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Mormon FAIR-Cast 122: Changes in the Bible
Is the Bible the complete, inerrant, inspired, infallible word of God? Is it a book that has errors in it now, but that did not have errors in the original? Have changes in the Bible been made? If so, why and what were some of those changes? These questions and others are discussed in this […]…
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Mormon FAIR-Cast 95: The Reality of the Resurrection
Can people really come back to life? What evidence is there for the resurrection of Christ? In this episode of Religion Today, which originally aired on KSL Radio on April 8, 2012, Martin Tanner discusses the reality of the resurrection and the hope that lies therein for all of us. This recording...
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Mormon FAIR-Cast 89: Are Mormons Christians?
Martin Tanner discuss the reasons why some say that Mormons are not Christian and provides a response to these contentions in this episode of Religion Today that originally aired on February 12, 2012. This recording was used by permission of KSL Radio and does not necessarily represent the views…
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Mormon FAIR-Cast 80: The controversy surrounding Mormon baptisms for the dead
In this episode of Religion Today that originally aired on March 18, 2012, Martin Tanner and Steve Densley, Jr. of FAIR discuss the recent controversy regarding the practice of baptisms for the dead as practiced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. How did this controversy arise?…
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FAIR Podcast, Episode 2: Terryl L. Givens
Dr. Terryl L. Givens sat down with host Blair Hodges during the Mormon Scholars Foundation Summer Seminar at Brigham Young University. Blair uses selections from Givens’s books as jumping off points for further discussion on a wide array of subjects, including: nineteenth-century anti-Mormon...
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