Well the holidays are here and trying to keep meaning in those holidays can be pretty tough. One way to do this is to have a correct understanding of the events those holidays are being remembered and the Nativity and Christmas are no exception. This week Drew Briney joins me as we take a more scholarly look at the Nativity story. Drew with his wealth of information and resources lays out the Nativity from scripture to examine what the scripture actually says and what it doesn't, he draws out some hidden symbology, obscure ideas that would have been understood by the ancients, and who the magi were possibly, the significance of the gifts and the ties back to Adam and Eve, and what the timing of the events that made up the story of the Nativity. Stick around for all that and more.

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Today Justin Francom joins me again on the podcast as we finish our conversations about Christian Nationalism. Last week we really dug into the history of the movement and then moved on to speak a little bit about the major players in the movement now. In this episode we really begin to break down the Christian Nationalist ideology and put it under scrutiny to see if this idea has legs in the Restoration. Now all along our conversation we dive into doctrines from Mormonism and touch on subjects ranging from the Atonement, Zion, Dispensationalism, & even a little bit on the Documentary Hypothesis. Buckle up for an episode full of not only intersections of religion and governments but also some pretty deep Mormon teachings as well.

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The Christian Nationalist movement has been gaining traction since September and has been sweeping some Mormons up with it. I get the appeal of this political theory but after doing a deep dive on the subject what I discovered was that we as Mormons will ultimately not fit in with these groups for many reasons. Today Justin Francom joins me for Part One of a two-part series on this subject. In this episode we start by looking at the history of Christian Nationalism tracing its roots all the way back to its inception in America. From there we have a conversation about where this idea was tried in antiquity and what its devastating consequences were for the population of that time. As we carry the conversation forward we then dive into why Christian Nationalism wouldn't work today, why the first principles of the ideas are deeply flawed when compared to the restoration and why we as Mormons can at best only be treated as useful tools to the movement. Please share these two episodes with your family and friends to help them avoid this trap.The Restored Version of the Scriptures www.restoredscriptures.com 1830 Mercantilewww.1830mercantile.org

With Thanksgiving being this week, I thought it would be good to get somebody on who really knows their stuff. Well fortunately for me I found just the man. His name is Leo Martin. Now Leo has spent a good portion of his life studying and teach about the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony. Him and his wife run the Jenny Interpretive Center in Plymouth Massachusetts. Now if he looks familiar it's probably for good reason. Leo has been a frequent guest on the Glenn Beck Program, the Kirk Cameron movie Monumental as well as numerous other programs. As he joins me today, we have a conversation about the pilgrims and the covenants they made with God and each other and how that covenantal relationship has affected our country for nearly the last 250 years all while exploring the history of the pilgrims and Plymouth Colony. After that I breakdown a little-known monument in Plymouth that really illuminates the qualities, principles, and covenants the Pilgrims entered into that set our country up for success as well as prepare the theological ground for the Restoration of The Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ and maybe give us the clarity to move forward in these trying times as both Americans and disciples of Jesus Christ. Stick around for an episode that is sure to inform as well as put the Pilgrims and Thanksgiving in a whole new light this Thanksgiving week. Happy Thanksgiving.

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Everyone remembers a couple months back I made trip backeast. Well one of the places we happened to stumble upon was a site called America’s Stonehenge. The site is nestled in the mountains of New Hampshire right outside of the town of Salem. It comprises many stone chambers that are manmadealong with stones that aligned with the equinox and solstice. Once believed to have been made by early settlers, the site is now dating back to around 4,000 years ago. On this episode the caretaker of the site Dennis Stone joins me as we talk about the known history of the site, it possible origins, it uses, recent discoveries made at the site and one for sure connection to Joseph Smith and a possible connection to the Book of Mormon. Stick around for a fascinating conversation.

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We live a blessed time. Never before has mankind had the opportunity to learn and share than ever before however many of us end up using for stuff that doesn't have eternal ramifications. Well today I have a young man on the podcast who is using tech with an eternal perspective. Josh from the TikTok Channel Dare To Be Mormon joins me to explain a project he has started using Artificial Intelligence to create animated videos that tell the story of the Restored Gospel. During the course of our conversation, we get a little bit of Josh's back story, his gaining a testimony of the Restored Gospel. From there we move on to show a couple of the videos that he produced, then Josh tell us how he creates his videos and the processes involved to create them. We wrap it all up by talking about what his hopes are for his content.

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There are a few things that those who are opposed to the Restored Gospel love to use to try and disprove the Restoration. One of those things are the multiple accounts of Joseph Smith's First Vision. Well today on the podcast we dive headlong into that subject. Driving the conversation on this episode is Ken Peterson. For those who haven't heard Ken on the podcast before, Ken always comes loaded with facts and insights that help people make sense of complicated issues facing followers of the Restored Gospel and he doesn't disappoint in this episode either. During the course of our conversation, we tackle the alleged "issues" from those attacking the account of the First Vision, what the other accounts really say, the significance of the First Vision from a historical and doctrinal framework, then move on to some interesting things found in the Apocrypha that seems to lend a lot of credibility to Joseph Smith's claims of the First Vision.

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