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Standard of Truth

Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat

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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.
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In this episode, we continue a deeper theological discussion of the problem of evil and what happens to the billions upon billions of people who never hear the name Jesus let alone be given the opportunity to accept Him. Gerrit’s dander is way up. In fact, in this episode on the Gerrit Dander Meter we are at a 93. Is that high? We have no frame of …
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Sermon by Pastor Tyler Looney; September 29, 2024; First Methodist Church - Sweetwater, TX; ‘Romans: Act One - A Reminder’; Text: Romans 2: 12-29; You are always invited and welcome to join us for Worship Services at 309 Cedar Street in Sweetwater, Texas. For more information about our Church please email us at info@fumcsweetwater.org ( Music provi…
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In this episode, we discuss the theological impact of the restored gospel on Christianity. Most if not all of us have family or friends that have had a crisis of faith over some aspect of the church, church, history, or doctrine. Many of these people leave the church while still having a strong love and belief in Jesus Christ. We discussed the fals…
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Sermon by Pastor Tyler Looney; September 22, 2024; First Methodist Church - Sweetwater, TX; ‘Romans: Act One - Are You Partial?’; Text: Romans 2: 1-11; You are always invited and welcome to join us for Worship Services at 309 Cedar Street in Sweetwater, Texas. For more information about our Church please email us at info@fumcsweetwater.org ( Music …
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In this episode, Gerrit discusses a book that was randomly sent to a litner, Joseph Smith Revealed: A Faithful Telling: Exploring an Alternate Polygamy Narrative. Gerrit provides an academic breakdown of the argument taking it apart piece by piece. Richard provides a slightly less comprehensive review by calling the book stupid. In these highly cha…
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Sermon by Pastor Tyler Looney; September 15, 2024; First Methodist Church - Sweetwater, TX; ‘Romans: Act One - What Do You Worship?’; Text: Romans 1: 18-32; You are always invited and welcome to join us for Worship Services at 309 Cedar Street in Sweetwater, Texas. For more information about our Church please email us at info@fumcsweetwater.org ( M…
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We continue our discussion on President George Albert Smith’s apocalyptic vision and Gerrit shares other quotes and warnings from modern prophets on how to prepare for the great calamities and signs of the times of the Second Coming. In addition, Richard accused Gerrit of being wealthy enough to have the Disney Channel in his youth. Richard is prov…
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Sermon by David Pruitt; September 8, 2024; First Methodist Church - Sweetwater, TX; ‘Time’; Text: Matthew 14: 25-33; You are always invited and welcome to join us for Worship Services at 309 Cedar Street in Sweetwater, Texas. For more information about our Church please email us at info@fumcsweetwater.org ( Music provided by spinningmerkaba, Sun Sa…
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The Standard of Truth Podcast is nothing if not hip to the kids and current social media trends. Recently a recollection of an apocalyptic vision attributed to George Albert Smith has been making its way around the interwebs. In this episode, we go through the vision and the original source. BYU archived source: https://archives.lib.byu.edu/reposit…
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Sermon by Pastor Tyler Looney; September 1, 2024; First Methodist Church - Sweetwater, TX; ‘Romans Act I: Unashamed’; Text: Romans 1: 16-17; You are always invited and welcome to join us for Worship Services at 309 Cedar Street in Sweetwater, Texas. For more information about our Church please email us at info@fumcsweetwater.org ( Music provided by…
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The episode begins with a TREMENDOUS amount of gratitude for those who donated to Sweetwater Rescue’s fundraiser to help Latter-day Saints in Rio Gallegos get to the temple (https://www.sweetwaterrescue.org). Gerrit answers litner’s questions about the changes made to Aaronic Priesthood offices and responsibilities. Sign up for our free monthly ema…
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Sermon by Pastor Tyler Looney; August 25, 2024; First Methodist Church - Sweetwater, TX; ‘Romans Act I: A True Greeting’; Text: Romans 1: 1-15; You are always invited and welcome to join us for Worship Services at 309 Cedar Street in Sweetwater, Texas. For more information about our Church please email us at info@fumcsweetwater.org ( Music provided…
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Gerrit is asked for his favorite story from Church history, leading to a discussion of the rescue of the Willie and Martin handcart companies at the Sweetwater River. Richard talks about the organization Sweetwater Rescue and their goal to help people get to the temple. He shares a miraculous story about saints in southern Argentina and the work be…
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Sermon by Pastor Tyler Looney; August 18, 2024; First Methodist Church - Sweetwater, TX; ‘A Fishy Story - How Will You Answer the Question?’; Text: Jonah 4; You are always invited and welcome to join us for Worship Services at 309 Cedar Street in Sweetwater, Texas. Also find us online at: Email - info@fumcsweetwater.org Website - http://fumcsweetwa…
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Attacking the Book of Mormon is a staple of anti-Mormon commentary, however, the fact that it exists creates a problem. There are many theories about the origin of the Book of Mormon that attempt to explain it away and in this episode, we explore a lesser-known theory. Gerrit also makes a definitive statement that Joseph Smith did not steal the lin…
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August 11, 2024; First Methodist Church - Sweetwater, TX; ‘A Fishy Story - The Most Powerful Message Ever Spoken?’; Text: Jonah 3; You are always invited and welcome to join us for Worship Services at 309 Cedar Street in Sweetwater, Texas. Also find us online at: Email - info@fumcsweetwater.org Website - http://fumcsweetwater.org Facebook - https:/…
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We start the episode by providing an answer to a litner’s email, if they could choose the date for their child to be born, what date from Church history would Gerrit choose. We then go on to answer the following questions about Joseph Smith from a missionary’s email: What was Joseph Smith’s education? What was Joseph’s military service? What were J…
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