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Today with Marilyn and Sarah 30 Day Faith Detox with Laura Harris Smith, Part 1Do you need a reset button? Tune in to hear certified nutrition counselor and wellness expert, Laura Harris Smith, share how you can detox your mind, body, and spirit in 30 days.

2025-12-0328 min

Today with Marilyn and Sarah (audio)30 Day Faith Detox with Laura Harris Smith, Part 1Do you need a reset button? Tune in to hear certified nutrition counselor and wellness expert, Laura Harris Smith, share how you can detox your mind, body, and spirit in 30 days.

2025-11-2528 min

Today with Marilyn and Sarah Seeing the Voice of God with Laura Harris Smith, Part 1Marilyn and Sarah welcome Laura Harris Smith to the program to discuss her book, Seeing the Voice of God. We live in a post-verbal society that communicates through images—and our Creator longs to communicate with us visually if we’ll live with our eyes wide open. God is always speaking, even when He doesn’t use words.

2025-07-1828 min

2025-07-0828 min

Today with Marilyn and Sarah (audio)Seeing the Voice of God with Laura Harris Smith, Part 1Marilyn and Sarah welcome Laura Harris Smith to the program to discuss her book, Seeing the Voice of God. We live in a post-verbal society that communicates through images—and our Creator longs to communicate with us visually if we’ll live with our eyes wide open. God is always speaking, even when He doesn’t use words.

2025-06-2728 min

The unHoly Bible Study Podcast Galatians 2 - Paul Opposed Him to His Face! with Rev. Laura Harris-AdamRev. Laura Harris-Adam (First Baptist Church of Indianapolis) joins us to talk about religion, rules, rituals, and reading other people's mail. Listen to our conversation about Galatians 2!Send your questions or episode suggestions to unholybiblestudypodcast@gmail.com. Follow us on Instagram @theunholybiblestudy

Today with Marilyn and Sarah 30 Day Faith Detox with Laura Harris Smith, Part 1Do you need a reset button? Tune in to hear certified nutrition counselor and wellness expert Laura Harris Smith share how you can detox your mind, body, and spirit in 30 days.

Susie Larson Live Discover your spiritual personality with Laura Harris Smith and Christopher SmithIf we were created to make an impact, why do most of us feel like we're drowning in problems and fears? Laura Harris Smith and Christopher Smith share from their book "Make Your Splash: Maximize Your Career and Cultural Impact by Discovering Your Spiritual Personality." Faith Radio podcasts are made possible by your support. Give now: click here

2023-04-1950 min

2023-04-1928 min

Today with Marilyn and Sarah Give it to God and Go to Bed with Laura Harris Smith, Part 1Special guest Laura Harris Smith returns and shares about her new book, Give it to God and Go to Bed, with Marilyn and Sarah. Learn how to receive deep restorative sleep with dreams directly from the heart of God.

2023-04-1028 min

2023-02-1628 min

2022-12-2828 min

Breakaway Laura Harris Smith "Give It To God and Go To Bed: Stress Less, Sleep Better, Dream More"Kevin Krueger spoke with Laura Harris Smith, author of "Give It To God and Go To Bed: Stress Less, Sleep Better, Dream More".

2022-09-2422 min

Today with Marilyn and Sarah Give It to God and Go to Bed with Laura Harris Smith Part 2Special guest Laura Harris Smith returns and shares about her new book, Give it to God and Go to Bed, with Marilyn and Sarah. Learn how to receive deep restorative sleep with dreams directly from the heart of God.

2022-08-1828 min

Today with Marilyn and Sarah Give It to God and Go to Bed with Laura Harris Smith Part 1Special guest Laura Harris Smith returns and shares about her new book, Give it to God and Go to Bed, with Marilyn and Sarah. Learn how to receive deep restorative sleep with dreams directly from the heart of God.

2022-08-1728 min

2022-07-2728 min

The Shaun Tabatt Show Laura Harris Smith - How to Stress Less, Sleep Better, and Dream MoreNaturopathic doctor Laura Harris Smith offers practical guidance to help you increase in prayer, bolster faith and sleep better. She explains the harmful effects--spiritual, emotional, and physical--of what keeps you awake. Then she leads you to a place of peace where you will learn to hear God speak to you as you rest, and discover how to speak back through various avenues of prayer. Resources mentioned in this episode: Give It to God and Go to Bed: Stress Less, Sleep Better, Dream More Seeing the Voice of God: What God Is Telling You through Dreams and...

2021-10-2531 min

Ready to Thrive Ep 127 - Get the Sleep You Need with Laura Harris Smith N.D.Laura Harris Smith is a Naturopathic doctor, a pastor, a mom to 6 kids, the executive producer and host of theTHREE, her body, mind and spirit show that airs every day of the week all over the world, and the CEO and inventor of Neromatics Oil. She has authored over 25 books! No wonder she had trouble sleeping! Laura’s new book “Give it to God and Go to Bed” helps deal with not only the body issues when it comes to sleep but also addresses the mind and spirit. As someone who struggled with sleep for most o...

2021-10-0643 min

2021-09-2722 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives Welcome to Latter-day Saint Perspectives PodcastWelcome to the Latter-day Saint Perspectives Podcast. I’m your host Laura Harris Hales. I created this podcast over four and a half years ago. As I prepare to shutter the production, I am going to follow the example of fellow podcaster Nick Galieti and post an introductory episode explaining how this podcast got started, what I hoped to accomplish, and what you can expect as you listen. The story of this podcast began in June 2016. After co-authoring the book, Joseph Smith’s Polygamy: Toward a Better Understanding and the website josephsmithspolygamy.org, my husband and...

2021-05-0506 min

The God Girl Life Laura Harris Smith | Following God's LeadJoin Susan as she talks with Christian talk show host of theTHREE, entrepreneur, and pastor, along with her husband, of Eastgate Creative Christian Church, Laura Harris Smith as they talk about how God calls us in unexpected and exciting ways. God Girl NationGod Girl Nation Community

2021-04-141h 06

Latter-day Saint Perspectives Learning of Joseph Smith Anew - R. Eric Smith and Matthew C. Godfrey The Interview In this episode of Latter-day Saint Perspectives Podcast, Laura Harris Hales interviews R. Eric Smith and Matthew C. Godfrey about Know Brother Joseph: New Perspectives on Joseph Smith’s Life and Character, the new book that they coedited with Matthew J. Grow. The Joseph Smith Papers Project has published thousands of pages of transcripts, introductions, footnotes, and supplemental materials in recent years. The project’s print volumes have sold more than 200,000 copies, and last year alone, the project’s website, josephsmithpapers.org, had more than 650,000 unique visitors. Though the publications are aimed...

2021-04-061h 24

Healing Rain with Sue Detweiler Experiencing Jesus as Healer Laura Harris SmithHave you ever struggled with sickness even though you know Jesus is your healer? Laura Harris Smith tells her personal story of Jesus healing her. Become a part of the Healing Rain Community. Find a safe place to walk out your healing journey.

2021-03-1145 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives What is the Restoration? with Patrick Q. MasonAbout the Interview: Celebrating the two hundredth anniversary of the Restoration has proven to be one of the few highlights of 2020 for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In commemoration, the First Presidency and Twelve Apostles issued a Bicentennial Proclamation that boldly affirmed beliefs in a restored church, restored priesthood authority (including priesthood keys), restored revelation through living prophets, and a restored fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ. This declaration affirmed church leaders’ consistent message regarding the importance of past revelations and the Latter-day Saint Church’s future path. President Russell M. Nels...

2021-01-271h 01

Latter-day Saint Perspectives The Kinderhook Plates with Mark Ashurst-McGeeThe Interview: In this episode of the Latter-day Saint Perspectives Podcast, Laura Harris Hales interviews Mark Ashurst-McGee, co-author of a new in-depth study of the Kinderhook plates saga. It is well-known that Joseph Smith claimed to have translated the Book of Mormon by “the gift and power of God” from a set of golden plates that he found in a stone box buried in a hill near his home. Lesser known is his later translation from a collection of brass plates disinterred from an Indian burial mound near Kinderhook, Illinois, located about seventy miles downstream from Nauvoo. The...

2020-12-231h 02

Sarah Bowling - Living Genuine Love 030 Sarah Bowling - Laura Harris Smith Interview!Hey Hey! Join me and my good friend Laura Harris Smith! Today Laura shares healthy living tips, her passion being a writer and published author, and how she is helping people be healthy in body, mind, and spirit! You don't want to miss this!

2020-11-0235 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives Latter-day Saints and the American Apocalypse with Christopher J. BlytheAbout the Interview: The mayhem of 2020 has brought the Apocalypse to the forefront of many people’s minds, but for Latter-day Saints, this kind of thinking is nothing new. Christopher J. Blythe describes in his new book, Terrible Revolution: Latter-Day Saints and the American Apocalypse, how apocalypticism has presented itself throughout the church’s history. Blythe notes, “Latter-day Saints of the nineteenth century belonged to an apocalyptic tradition. Their very identity was entangled with the belief that society was headed toward cataclysmic events that would uproot the current social order in favor of a divine order that would...

2020-10-141h 06

Latter-day Saint Perspectives Producing Ancient Scripture with Mark Ashurst-McGeeThe Interview: In this episode of the LDS Perspectives Podcast, Laura Harris Hales interviews Mark Ashurst-McGee, a co-editor of a new book, Producing Ancient Scripture: Joseph Smith’s Translation Projects in the Development of Mormon Christianity. The Book of Mormon is well known, but there were several subsequent texts that Joseph Smith translated after the Book of Mormon. This collaborative volume is the first to provide in-depth analysis of each and every one of Joseph Smith’s translation projects. The compiled chapters explore Smith’s translation projects in focused detail and in broad contexts, as well as in com...

2020-09-161h 24

Living Your Wellness Life The 3-Part Health Strategy ft. Laura Harris SmithMany people get stuck in their journey to optimal health because they don't realize it takes more than diet and exercise. Laura Harris Smith joins Dr. Mark Sherwood in this episode to reveal the three-part health strategy that leads you to be completely well.

2020-09-0331 min

Furthermore with Drs Michele & Mark Sherwood The 3-Part Health Strategy ft. Laura Harris SmithMany people get stuck in their journey to optimal health because they don't realize it takes more than diet and exercise. Laura Harris Smith joins Dr. Mark Sherwood in this episode to reveal the three-part health strategy that leads you to be completely well.

2020-09-0331 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives Producing Ancient Scripture: “Approaching Egyptian Papyri through Biblical Language: Joseph Smith’s Use of Hebrew in His Translation of the Book of Abraham” with Matthew J. GreyThis is Laura Harris Hales, and I am pleased to introduce a special series for the Latter-day Saint Perspectives Podcast’s fourth season. We will be highlighting chapters from the much-anticipated volume, Producing Ancient Scripture: Joseph Smith’s Translation Projects in the Development of Mormon Christianity edited by Michael Hubbard MacKay, Mark Ashurst-McGee, and Brian M. Hauglid. In anticipation for our fourth-year launch on September 16, 2020, this is the second interview with a chapter author we will be highlighting. This week’s feature first aired as Episode 51. In this episode, Dr. Matthew J. Grey discusses his research for his ch...

2020-08-2640 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives Producing Ancient Scripture: Thomas Wayment on Joseph Smith's Use of Adam Clarke in the JSTFor the Latter-day Saint Perspectives Podcast’s fourth season, we will be highlighting chapters from the much-anticipated volume, Producing Ancient Scripture: Joseph Smith’s Translation Projects in the Development of Mormon Christianity edited by Michael Hubbard MacKay, Mark Ashurst-McGee, and Brian M. Hauglid. In anticipation for our fourth-year launch on September 16, 2020, we will be rereleasing interviews with chapter authors. This week’s feature first aired as Episode 55. In our discussion, Dr. Thomas A. Wayment covers his research for his chapter “A Recovered Resource: The Use of Adam Clarke’s Bible Commentary in Joseph Smith’s Bible Transl...

2020-08-1228 min

God Encounters Today Podcast Seeing the Voice of God with Laura Harris Smith (Season 2, Ep. 12)Can you see the voice of God? James W. Goll continues his series on Dreams: God's Revelatory Language with a special episode interviewing author, pastor and TV show host, Laura Harris Smith. She shares a part of her testimony and journey that the Lord took her on concerning hearing God through dreams and visions. Do you want to hear God's voice in your dreams?

2020-02-2541 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives The First Vision with Spencer W. McBrideAbout the Interview: The First Vision is a podcast produced by the Joseph Smith Papers and published by the Latter-day Saint church, which is now available on the Joseph Smith Papers website and podcast syndicators. Our guest, Spencer W. McBride, wrote and hosted the show, which has proven to be wildly popular. During its debut week, it ranked in the top 25 of all podcasts on iTunes. The format of the show is engaging and innovative, interspersing narration with interviews. Moving beyond the standard narrative, McBride elevates the discussion regarding one of the most familiar incidents in Latter-day Saint history as...

2020-02-0556 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives Joseph Smith, Nauvoo Leader with Christian HeimburgerThe editors of the Joseph Smith Papers Project spend years poring over the documents that are featured in each volume. After marinating themselves in the record, they become pretty familiar with Joseph's daily activity for the period. I asked Christian Heimburger, an editor of the recently released volume 9 of the Document Series, to identify several items that shed light on Joseph's life in Nauvoo from December 1841 to April 1842. Below are the documents we discuss: Joseph Smith as editor of the Times & Seasons Revelation, 28 January 1842Agreement with Ebenezer Robinson, 4 February 1842Editorial, ca. 1 March 1842Book of Abraham Excerpt and Facsimile No. 2, 15 March 1842C...

2019-12-1842 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives The Book of Revelation with Nicholas J. FrederickNick Frederick has a gift for sharing thought-provoking insights about familiar topics. In Episode 92, we discussed intertextuality in the Book of Mormon. This time around we discuss the Book of Revelation, perhaps one of the most neglected books in our contemporary Latter-day Saint lexicon. Lesson manuals usually refer to verses that encapsulate concepts or convey warm feelings about the gospel; the Book of Revelation defies this picking and choosing and demands a treatment that looks at the whole picture. But let’s admit it, wading through its ancient imagery is difficult. Lucky for us, Dr. Frederick has done the heavy li...

2019-11-1352 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives A Church History Moment with J. B. HawsAbout the Interview: With the release of Saints last year, the study of church history officially moved beyond the dusty cobwebs of the Church History Library and the podiums of sparsely attended academic conferences to the nightstands of lay members. Suddenly, members were talking about a more complex narrative than they had rehearsed in their Sunday meetings. But was this change really sudden? J. B. Haws, associate dean of BYU’s College of Religious Education, believes this interest has been growing for many years. In 2017, guest podcaster Taunalyn Rutherford interviewed Dr. Haws about his research on what he sees as a...

2019-09-0639 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives The Latter-day Saints and Zion with Matthew C. GodfreyHistorian Jedediah S. Rogers and Matthew C. Godfrey recently co-edited a collection of essays on Latter-day Saint environmental history entitled The Earth Will Appear as the Garden of Eden. In the volume, contributors explore the relationship between members of the church and the places they settled. Editor Matthew Godfrey has written extensively about the early years of the church and lends additional light on how these connections were both physical and theological. In this episode, join us for Matthew Godfrey’s perspective on the early Latter-day Saint quest to obtain and redeem a promised land. About Our Guest: Matthew C. God...

2019-06-1252 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives The Need for Historicity of the Book of Mormon with Stephen SmootIn a recent article published in Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship titled “Et Incarnatus Est: The Imperative for Book of Mormon Historicity,” Stephen Smoot maintains the credibility of the Book of Mormon is intricately linked to its historicity. As explained in the paper’s abstract: Some have come to insist that the Book of Mormon should be read as inspired fiction, which is to say that readers, including Latter-day Saints, should abandon any belief in the Book of Mormon as an authentic ancient text and instead should see it as an inspired frontier novel written by Joseph...

2019-02-2048 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives Studying the Book of Mormon with Grant HardyIn this episode of the LDS Perspectives Podcast, Stephen Smoot interviews Grant Hardy, editor of the newly released Maxwell Institute Study Edition of the Book of Mormon. They discuss the history of publishing the Book of Mormon, and in particular the key features and motivations behind Grant’s earlier Reader’s Edition. While the Study Edition shares many of the features that made that earlier edition so useful—including paragraphs, quotations marks, poetic stanzas, and section headings—it also includes changes that reflect Book of Mormon research over the last fifteen years. The paragraphing, poetic formatting and section headings have all been...

2019-01-1649 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives Luke's Jesus with S. Kent BrownThere are four books in the New Testament that tell the story of the life and ministry of Jesus. Each one does it quite differently. The gospel of Luke is related to the gospel of Mark—it appears to use Mark as its foundation—but changes Mark’s stories in specific ways and adds many others. Kent Brown spent years teaching and studying the New Testament and especially the gospel of Luke. He has written and published a hefty commentary on it—more than 1,200 pages—that deeply explores every element of Luke’s unique messages, language, theology, and priorities. As part of the...

2018-12-1232 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives The Book of Abraham with Robin Scott JensenIn the latest episode of LDS Perspectives Podcast, guest interviewer Stephen Smoot visits with Latter-day Saint Church historian Robin Jensen about the newly released Revelations and Translations, Volume 4: Book of Abraham and Related Manuscripts. Robin explains that this latest volume is part of the overall strategy of the Joseph Smith Papers Project to help scholars around the world study Latter-day Saint history. “We test our success, not in how many volumes we are selling” he declares. “But in how well they are being used. … If they are listed in the bibliographies of books, then we find that a success.” Scrutinizing Joseph and...

2018-11-0753 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives The Apocrypha with Jared LudlowLDS Perspectives Podcast recently interviewed Jared Ludlow on Exploring the Apocrypha from a Latter-day Saint Perspective, a new book that introduces to an LDS audience what the Apocrypha is and how it was treated in the early church by Joseph Smith and others. It also gives a book-by-book overview of the contents of the Apocrypha, and what a Latter-day Saint reader might glean from it. While the Apocrypha is mentioned in Doctrine and Covenants 91 when Joseph Smith asked whether he should translate it as part of his Bible translation project (the JST), it is usually not read by LDS members bec...

2018-10-2436 min

Homeschool Companion Homeschool Companion - The 30-Day Faith Detox (Laura Harris Smith)After years spent parenting six kids, planting and co-pastoring a church, writing and speaking, Laura Harris Smith was unknowingly teetering on the edge of adrenal failure. Getting only 4-5 hours of sleep each night, her health was in a steady decline, learn how she found her way back to vibrant health.

2018-08-1024 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives Part 1: W. W. Phelps and Early Mormonism with Bruce Van OrdenBruce A. Van Orden, emeritus professor of church history and doctrine at BYU, has completed a comprehensive biography of one of the most interesting converts to early Mormonism. We’ll Sing and We’ll Shout: The Life and Times of W. W. Phelps chronicles the vast contributions of Phelps to early Mormonism and the attempts to build Zion. Phelps’s activities went far beyond composing his noteworthy hymns. To date, the Joseph Smith Papers Project has published seventeen volumes. These books demonstrate the pivotal roles Phelps played in the early days of the LDS Church, often at the side of Joseph...

2018-08-0844 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives The Millennial Temple - R. Jean AddamsIn mid-July 1831, Joseph Smith and a few Mormon missionaries visited Independence, Missouri. After arriving, the Prophet received a revelation designating Independence as the "center place" of the future city of Zion or the New Jerusalem. On Wednesday, August 3, 1831, Joseph and several associates dedicated a special plot of land “upon a lot not far from the court-house” for a future temple. This wasn’t to be just any temple, but the Millennial Temple to which Jesus would return. Before the Saints could construct a House of the Lord, they were driven north in 1833 and then five years later, they were chased out of...

2018-06-2724 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives 19th Century Restorationists - RoseAnn BensonAs Joseph Smith reported his visions and revelations designed to restore the New Testament church, another preacher living nearby sought the same goals, but through very different means. Despite the fact that both were Restorationists, each viewed the other as in error. RoseAnn Benson, author of Alexander Campbell and Joseph Smith: 19th-Century Restorationsists explains the similarities and contrasts between Joseph Smith and Alexander Campbell. Joseph reported an open heaven with divine communications and angelic visitations restoring knowledge and priesthood powers. Campbell claims the heavens were closed and only through a strict reading of the New Testament could Christ's church be re...

2018-06-2725 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives Old Major - Alexander L. BaughThis week we have a little fun as we take a lighthearted look at Joseph Smith's loyal companion, friend, and pet—Old Major. Dr. Alexander L. Baugh shares the tenuous nature of historical sleuthing. Often disparate references are all that scholars have to reconstruct the past. In this case, they include a library collection found, a newspaper clipping remembered, a memoir referenced, and letters written, coupled with Dr. Baugh’s expert knowledge of the Missouri period. Each item provides an important piece of the puzzle. Dr. Baugh hopes his work uncovering the footprints of Old Major will help listeners gain insi...

2018-06-2729 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives The LDS Church and the Sugar Industry - Matthew C. GodfreyThe balance between the LDS Church’s operation of its non-profit and for-profit endeavors has always come with both benefits and repercussions. Censure of the City Creek building project reignited this divisive topic as critics contended that more funds should be directed toward humanitarian pursuits and less towards financial ones. It’s an ongoing discussion layered with complexities as the church decides how best to generate the funds necessary to fulfill the mission of the church. The example of the Utah–Idaho Sugar Company is a micro study in the costs and benefits of for-profit ventures. Historian Matthew C. Godfrey is an...

2018-05-2333 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives A Closer Look at the Foundational Texts of Mormonism - Sharalyn D. HowcroftTune in as Laura Harris Hales interviews Sharalyn D. Howcroft on Foundational Texts of Mormonism: Examining Major Early Sources, a new book that carefully analyzes essential texts that are repeatedly used by historians as they reconstruct Mormonism’s founding era. Scholars have frequently mined early Mormon historical sources for the information that they contain, though with little attention to source criticism. A noteworthy exception is the work of Dean C. Jessee. Jessee’s examination of The History of the Church showed that unlike the subtitle of its first six volumes—Period I: History of Joseph Smith, the Prophet, by Himself—the history wa...

2018-05-0938 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives A Philosophical Look at God - Blake T. Ostler“Divinity is always growing, always self-surpassing. However great God is in any moment has been surpassed in the next moment. Human beings are the same way. And it is precisely the religious person, it is precisely the devoted person, the person whose heart is fully committed, who will seek with every faculty available to be with God, to understand, if you will, and to more fully grasp what it is that we’re called to be.” Blake T. Ostler Have you ever noticed that sometimes we spend the least amount of time discussing the most crucial topics? If questioned, could you describe the nature of God and what it m...

2018-04-2538 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives Nauvoo, the Beautiful and Malaria Infested - Christopher BlytheChristopher James Blythe is a volume editor of the Documents series of The Joseph Smith Papers. He completed a PhD in American religious history from Florida State University, an MA in history from Utah State University, and BA degrees in religious studies and anthropology from Utah State University and Texas A&M University respectively. He is currently revising his dissertation, “Vernacular Mormonism: The Development of Christian Apocalyptic among Latter-day Saints,” into a book manuscript. In this episode, Laura Harris Hales interviews Christopher about important documents from the early Nauvoo period. Joseph Smith Papers: Documents, Vol. 7

2018-04-1153 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives What was on the Lost 116 Pages? with Don BradleyIn this episode Brian Hales interviews Don Bradley about his decades-long research into missing parts of Book of Mormon narrative. Ever since he was a youngster, Don’s wondered about the content of the 116 pages of the Book of Lehi transcript that Martin Harris lost in 1828. Most Primary children know the story of how the Lord said “no” three times, but then relented and someone subsequently stole the pages from Martin. God told Joseph not to retranslate that portion of the golden plates so the stories and teachings scribed onto those pages remain lost forever . . . or are they? Martin Harris initia...

2018-01-311h 11

Latter-day Saint Perspectives Symbolism and the Flood in the Old Testament - Paul HoskissonSymbolism and the Flood in the Old Testament - Paul HoskissonThe authors of the Old Testament told very few "stories" for a story's sake. Scriptural accounts were meant to illustrate a point usually having to do with Israel's relationship to God. Authors carefully chose how they presented their messages, often fashioning the way they presented history in order to emphasize continuing themes. Those looking at the Bible as a strictly scientific, literally precise, and historically exact record often become frustrated when they come to stories that don't fit in well with what is known from secular studies. One of the accounts that falls into this category is that of Noah and...

2018-01-1727 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives The Missouri War and Liberty Jail Letters - David W. GruaLDS Perspectives is pleased to announce a new podcast interview with David W. Grua, a historian and documentary editor with the Joseph Smith Papers. David holds a Ph.D. in American History from Texas Christian University and an M.A. and B.A. from Brigham Young University. He is the author of Surviving Wounded Knee: The Lakotas and the Politics of Memory (Oxford, 2016), which was named a Choice Outstanding Academic Title and was awarded the Robert M. Utley Prize from the Western History Association. David worked five years as a research assistant for the Joseph Smith Papers while a student...

2018-01-0353 min

Get Your Daily Dose of Laughter With Our Side-Splitting Free Audiobook | Self Development, Motivation & Inspiration The Healthy Living Audiobook by Laura Harris Smith CNC BSOM | AudiobookListen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: The Healthy Living AudiobookAuthor: Laura Harris Smith CNC BSOMNarrator: Laura Harris Smith CNC BSOMFormat: UnabridgedLength: 6 hrs and 48 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 12-05-17Publisher: christianaudio.comGenres: Self Development, Motivation & InspirationSummary:Simple, everyday ways to lifelong health for your body, mind, and spiritThese days we are living longer than ever, yet we're more run down, anxious, overweight, exhausted, stressed out, depressed, and all-around more unwell than...

2017-12-056h 48

Latter-day Saint Perspectives The Early Mormon Search for Religious Liberty - Paul ReeveW. Paul Reeve is a professor of history and the director of graduate studies in history at the University of Utah where he teaches courses on Utah history, Mormon history, and history of the US West. Recently he was named the director of the newly organized Mormon Studies program. He is an award-winning teacher and author of Religion of a Different Color: Race and the Mormon Struggle for Whiteness among other notable books. Paul contributed a chapter to the recently released anthology The Council of Fifty: What the Records Reveal about Mormon History, which is a collection of scholarly reactions...

2017-11-2233 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives Religious and Financial Panic in Kirtland - Elizabeth KuehnOn this episode of the LDS Perspectives Podcast, Russell Stevenson interviews Elizabeth Kuehn, a Joseph Smith Papers historian and documentary editor, about one of the lasting blemishes on the Mormon Kirtland experience – the failure of the Kirtland Safety Society Bank. Most agree that the Panic of 1837 was the proximate cause of the failure of the bank, but many have long speculated about Joseph Smith’s culpability in the episode and how the practical fallout from the collapse led to the falling away of some of Joseph’s closest associates. When we talk about bank panics, it is natural to visualize It’s a...

2017-11-1542 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives The Christ Who Heals - Fiona GivensFiona Givens is a retired modern language teacher with undergraduate degrees in French and German and a graduate degree in European history. She is now an independent scholar who has published in several journals and reviews in Mormon studies. Along with her husband, Terryl, she is the author of The God Who Weeps: How Mormonism Makes Sense of Life and The Crucible of Doubt. In this extended episode, Fiona Givens discusses one of the most important concepts restored by Joseph Smith -- a Christ who heals our woundedness. Extra Resources: Episode 62 Transcript The Christ Who Heals

2017-11-011h 06

Latter-day Saint Perspectives Mark's Human Portrait of Jesus - Julie M. SmithThe Gospel of Mark isn’t necessarily a natural choice as a favorite gospel narrative, but for Julie Smith “as a believing LDS scholar, it is Mark whose shine most attracts [her] gaze, partially because its light is often ignored.” In this interview with Laura Harris Hales for LDS Perspectives Podcast, Smith points out some of Mark’s hidden gems that may be overlooked by the casual reader. Smith maintains that the main message of Mark is the importance of discipleship. An analogy she likes to use is that to her, Mark is the stake president in California who lets a homele...

2017-10-2543 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives Keeping the Records - Keith EreksonKeith Erekson, current director of the LDS Church History Library, has worked really wherever history could be found or needed. When faced with new opportunities, he’s thought, “let’s go there, and let’s see what we can do.” In this episode of the LDS Perspectives Podcast Russell Stevenson sits down with Erekson and discusses preserving the artifacts of, reconstructing, and interpreting history. “We always like to say,” declares Erekson, “‘Well, history’s 20/20. It’s hindsight.’ No, it’s not. We’re just here in 2017, and we’re doing our best.” He urges a different view. If we break that mindset that we know it all a...

2017-10-1831 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives Joseph Smith's Use of Bible Commentaries in His Translations - Thomas A. WaymentIn this episode, Laura Harris Hales visits with Thomas Wayment, LDS Perspectives Podcast’s guest on episode one, in part two of our special first anniversary double episode on the Joseph Smith Translation to discuss some impressive findings regarding Joseph Smith's Bible translation process. Dr. Wayment is currently a professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University, as well as publications director of the BYU Religious Studies Center. He earned his BA in Classics from the University of California at Riverside then completed a PhD in New Testament studies at Claremont Graduate University. Known primarily as a New Testament scholar, Dr. W...

2017-09-2727 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives The JST in the D&C - Kenneth AlfordLDS Perspectives, reviews the historical background of the Joseph Smith Translation (JST) and its presence in the Doctrine and Covenants with Dr. Kenneth (Ken) Alford. This episode is part one in a special first anniversary double episode on the Joseph Smith Translation. In his days as an undergraduate at BYU, Ken Alford studied the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible in depth. After an action-packed career in the United States Army, including assignments as Strategic Leadership department chair at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., associate professor of computer science at the United States Military Academy at West Point...

2017-09-2044 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives Young Priests, Ancient Priests - Daniel SmithAs part of the Young Scholars Series, Laura Harris Hales interviews Bible enthusiast Daniel Smith, creator of the YouTube channel “Messages of Christ.” Smith’s channel is equal parts fascinating and popular, evidenced by its view count of over 1 million. On perusing Smith’s channel, it’s apparent that he has a particular interest that at first glance may seem a bit unusual: ancient tabernacles and its artifacts. That interest has led Smith to study and actually build them in addition to creating unique and authentic tabernacle clothing. During his interview, Smith recounts how and why he creates tabernacle clothing, (get this: i...

2017-09-1332 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives Joseph's Study of Hebrew and the Book of Abraham - Matthew J. GreyIn the winter of 1836, the Kirtland temple was nearing completion, the Saints were experiencing a period of peace after persecution, and 100 church members enrolled in a seven-week, intensive Hebrew language course. Besides being one of the most ambitious CES endeavors ever, the study of a difficult foreign language seems a bit random considering some of the students lacked even a basic pioneer education. Matthew Grey has studied this period of history extensively and believes that the Hebrew study was anything but random or casual. Rather it was an outgrowth of the larger translation project that Joseph had begun in the s...

2017-08-3038 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives Mystery Solved: Who Wrote the Lectures on Faith? - Noel ReynoldsIn 1835, the church published the Doctrine and Covenants, which contained significant additions to the 1833 Book of Commandments. At the beginning of the collection of revelations were seven theological lectures that had originally been delivered at the Kirtland School the preceding winter. Details about the purpose and curriculum of the Kirtland School, later referred to as the "School for the Elders" or "School of the Prophets," are uncertain. Most of what we know is taken from late reminiscences recorded nearly fifty years after its commencement. Lessons included at least an English grammar element and the seven theological lectures, which were part o...

2017-07-1229 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives The Divine Council - Stephen SmootReferences to a divine council of gods are found in several ancient Near Eastern cultures, including Mesopotamia, Greece, Egypt and Canaan. There are also numerous references to the divine counsel in the Hebrew Bible. The concept was pervasive. Members of the LDS Church may not realize that references to the divine council are also found in the Book of Mormon, the Book of Moses, the Book of Abraham, the Doctrine and Covenants, and in Joseph Smith's Nauvoo discourses. The Book of Abraham's depiction of creation, which includes a divine council, fits nicely in an ancient New Eastern cultural background and has...

2017-06-2839 min $Joseph Smith\'s Polygamy$

Joseph Smith's Polygamy Presentations 1: 2015 FairMormon Conference (Laura Harris Hales)I was grateful to have the opportunity to speak at the 2015 FairMormon conference in Provo, Utah. My assigned topic was Joseph Smith’s practice of polygamy, but I wanted to talk […] The post Presentations 1: 2015 FairMormon Conference (Laura Harris Hales) appeared first on Joseph Smith's Polygamy.

2017-06-1346 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives Tough Questions about Mormon Polygamy - Brian and Laura HalesFew aspects of Joseph Smith’s life have been scrutinized more in recent years than his personal practice of polygamy. Some readers' first exposure to Joseph Smith's practice of polygamy comes from reading sensational headlines. Exaggerations and assumptions fill internet discussions, podcasts, and newspaper articles, so it is hard to know where to go for accurate information. The temptation by some authors to fill in historical gaps often results in distortions that stir up emotions and create tantalizing soundbites that, even if largely fictional, may generate unnecessary fear and confusion. Polygamy is part of the collective Mormon past that many strug...

2017-05-2447 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives Susa Young Gates and the Vision of the Redemption of the Dead - Lisa Olsen TaitLisa Olsen Tait claims that Susa Young Gates is the most important Mormon woman that most have never heard of. Susa grew up in a time when cultural gender roles were changing and women's opportunities were expanding in exponential ways. Susa took advantage of these opportunities and was active in civic and religious spheres as a writer, editor, educator, and LDS Church leader. She also started both the Relief Society and Young Women's magazines. In the 1880s, she accompanied her husband Jacob on a mission to the Sandwich Islands. There she developed a deep and enduring friendship with Elder Joseph F...

2017-05-1731 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives A Heavenly Mother - Rachel Steenblik and Caitlin ConnollyLast summer Russell Stevenson sat down with Rachel Steenblik and Caitlin Connolly, two women who have studied the concept of a divine feminine--or Heavenly Mother. Rachel was the primary researcher on a BYU Studies article that identified known references to a Heavenly Mother in the Mormon historical record. Caitlin was commission to paint Heavenly Mother by Deseret Book. Though it is assumed that we have a Heavenly Mother, she is rarely mentionioned in LDS Church discourse, with a preference to referring to Heavenly Father or Heavenly Parents. Steenblick notes that most members are aware of the reference to a Heavenly M...

2017-05-1023 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives The Book of Mormon Witnesses - Larry MorrisBy June 1829 Martin Harris, Oliver Cowdery, and David Whitmer had verbalized a desire to be the special three witnesses alluded to in the Book of Mormon. D&C 17 records a revelation affirming their roles as witnesses and was given to Joseph Smith through a seer stone he apparently found while digging a well in 1822. As witnesses, the three were very different. Martin Harris was zealous, impetuous, and even a bit eccentric. Oliver Cowdery was an intellectual. And David Whitmer was regarded as clear-thinking, down-to-earth, and honest. David Whitmer was, perhaps, the strongest witness because he lived so long, never wavered i...

2017-03-2229 min

The Shaun Tabatt Show Laura Harris Smith - 30 Day Faith Detox - Quiet Brain - Healthy Living HandbookWelcome to The Shaun Tabatt Show! My friend Laura Harris Smith returns to the show today to talk about The 30-Day Faith Detox, share about her new oil blend Quiet Brain, and give us a sneak peek at her forthcoming book The Healthy Living Handbook. Here's what you'll learn in this episode: Laura shares some of her backstory and how she got "pushed" into pursuing a Faith Detox lifestyle. (00:50 - 05:41) The 30-Day Faith Detox is a reset for a person's body, mind, and spirit. Laura explains how she is able to simultaneously impact all three at...

2017-02-171h 02

Latter-day Saint Perspectives Episode 20: D&C 76, The Vision of the Resurrection – Matthew McBrideIn episode three of our Revelations in Context Series, host Nick Galieti interviews Matthew McBride of the Church History Department about his essay entitled "The Vision." In 1832 Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon reported receiving a vision at the John Johnson home. Apparently while working on a revision of the New Testament, Joseph had just completed "translating" John 5:29 when the vision commenced. The early nineteenth-century culture was highly religious and most Christian sects believed that the Bible was all-sufficient. For Joseph Smith to revise what was already considered to be complete was radical. What he and Sidney saw in vision was...

2017-02-0126 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives Episode 18: Of Governments and Laws (D&C 134) – Spencer W. McBrideIn November 2014, Smithsonian Magazine named Joseph Smith as the most influence American religious figure of all time. This founder of the Mormon religion also ran for president of the United States during the last year of his life. Though he left a much smaller imprint on the political scene than the religious one, there is one document in our current canonized scripture that is dedicated to enumerating LDS beliefs regarding governments and laws. Ironically, though Joseph Smith would refer to it during his lifetime, he didn't actually author it. What is now D&C 134 was written in 1835 by Oliver Cowdery an...

2017-01-1827 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives Episode 16: Joseph Smith’s Papyri – John GeeLaura Harris Hales interviews Dr. John Gee about the history of Joseph Smith's papyri. Dr. Gee has studied the papyri and the Book of Abraham for over thirty years, yet admits there are still many mysteries still to be unraveled. He shares with listeners fascinating details regarding what we know about Joseph Smith's purchase of the papyri in Ohio in 1835 to the Church's acquisition of its remaining fragments from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the late sixties. Along the way he shares some interesting stories about its translation, its teachings, and how Mother Smith used the papyri and mummies t...

2017-01-0332 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives Episode 12: Revelations in Context – “An Elect Lady” with Matthew GrowLaura Harris Hales sat down with Matthew Grow, the LDS Church History Department Director of Publications, to discuss the completion of an exciting project. The Revelations in Context essays, which have been added to LDS.org over the past four years, are now complete. In addition to finding them on the Revelations in Context webpage, they can be accessed in booklet form or on the Gospel Library App. Links to the essays have also been integrated into the digital version of the Gospel Doctrine manual on the Doctrine and Covenants and Church history. The essays not only delve into the hi...

2016-12-0136 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives Episode 10: Book of Mormon Scholarship, Theories, and Folklore – Brant A. GardnerIn this episode, Laura Harris Hales interviews Brant A. Gardner. He is the author of several books and articles discussing the text of the Book of Mormon and ancient Mesoamerica. The discussion covers the didactic model for translating the Book of Mormon and a possible setting for it. Brant describes how he became convinced that Mesoamerica could be a possible setting for Lehi to fit into the history of the American continent. He uses several examples from the text of the Book of Mormon that converge with the history of Mesoamerica at that specific time to support his theory. Then we h...

2016-11-2339 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives Episode 9: Joseph’s Seer Stones – Michael Hubbard MacKayRussell Stevenson interviews Dr. Michael Mackay about the use of seer stones in the Book of Mormon translation process. Some may not realize that Joseph continued to use seer stones after the Book of Mormon was translated. He used them while translating the Bible, when dictating revelations, and even when giving patriarchal blessings. After his death, Joseph's stones were passed down to succeeding presidents of the church and looked upon as sacred relics. Dr. Mackay discusses how the seer stones were not simply a tool to give Joseph confidence to translate; they represent something much more significant. Download Transcript Extra Reso...

2016-11-1538 min

Jewish Voice with Jonathan Bernis (audio)Laura Harris Smith: The 30 Day Faith Detox (November 7, 2016)Do you ever wish there was a reset button for your health, mind, or spirit? In our fallen world, invisible toxins like doubt, disappointment, and discouragement can contaminate even the strongest of faiths, leaving behind symptoms that affect our entire being. Make the connection between physical health and spiritual health as Laura Harris Smith joins Jonathan Bernis to discuss her ground-breaking 30-Day Faith Detox program, a “total-being cleanse” that confronts 30 universal faith toxins and pairs them up with a simple, corresponding nutritional cleanse using detoxifying foods from your own kitchen. Find out how you can press the reset button in your...

2016-11-0228 min

Jewish Voice with Jonathan Bernis Laura Harris Smith: The 30 Day Faith Detox (November 7, 2016)Do you ever wish there was a reset button for your health, mind, or spirit? In our fallen world, invisible toxins like doubt, disappointment, and discouragement can contaminate even the strongest of faiths, leaving behind symptoms that affect our entire being. Make the connection between physical health and spiritual health as Laura Harris Smith joins Jonathan Bernis to discuss her ground-breaking 30-Day Faith Detox program, a “total-being cleanse” that confronts 30 universal faith toxins and pairs them up with a simple, corresponding nutritional cleanse using detoxifying foods from your own kitchen. Find out how you can press the reset button in your...

2016-11-0228 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives Episode 6: DNA Detective Work – Ugo PeregoLast summer Russell Stevenson sat down with Dr. Ugo Perego to discuss his use of DNA research in historical studies. Early in his career, Ugo used genetic studies in genealogical research. Lately he has expanded his studies to shed light on historical mysteries. In this episode, Dr. Perego shares his findings on three topics: Joseph Smith's posterity, DNA of North American peoples, and victims of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Ugo's youngest son thinks he gets invited to lecture because of his really cool accent. We agree his accent is cool, but his insights are what keep us hanging onto every wor...

2016-10-2641 min

Latter-day Saint Perspectives Episode 3: LDS Artwork Revisited – Anthony SweatIn this fascinating discussion, Russell Stevenson interviews Dr. Anthony Sweat, who is an artist, BYU religion professor, and illustrator of the recent publications From Darkness into Light and Joseph Smith's Seer Stones. In recent years, LDS artwork found in church curriculum and magazines has been criticized because it does not portray the Book of Mormon translation process historically accurate. Dr. Sweat shares that the first place his students often learn that Joseph Smith put stones into a hat when translating is through the television show South Park. He seeks to provide artwork that not only portrays the process more accurately but al...

2016-10-0429 min

Spiritual Encounters with Caspar Mccloud Spiritual Encounters with Laura Harris SmithThis week on Spiritual Encounters Thursday 8 pm EST our guest is Laura Harris Smith, author of such powerful best selling books as The 30-Day Faith Detox, get ready to: Renew Your Mind, Cleanse Your Body and Heal Your Spirit. Tune in and tell your friends. See you on the Fringe.

2016-04-2854 min

Messianic Vision Laura Harris SmithLaura Harris Smith says past experiences lead many people to lower their expectations when they pray. It's time for a faith detox, she says, to clean out the disappointments. Her 30-day spirit-nutrition adventure is just what Dr. Jesus ordered.

2016-04-2733 min

The Shaun Tabatt Show Laura Harris Smith - The 30-Day Faith Detox: Renew Your Mind, Cleanse Your Body, Heal Your SpiritWelcome to The Shaun Tabatt Show! In this episode I speak with author Laura Harris Smith about her new book The 30-Day Faith Detox: Renew Your Mind, Cleanse Your Body, Heal Your Spirit (Chosen Books, 2016). About The Book: In this new, groundbreaking total-being cleanse, wellness expert and certified nutritional counselor Laura Harris Smith takes on not only your body but also your mind and spirit. Day by day, prayer by prayer, you will confront 30 universal faith toxins like doubt, discouragement and anger. And flush them out. Each day offers a simple body detox...

2016-02-1051 min

Listen to Top 100 Audiobooks in Religion & Spirituality, Christianity Seeing the Voice of God Audiobook by Laura Harris SmithPlease visit https://fashabooks.com/aff/fashabooks/1467 to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Seeing the Voice of God Subtitle: What God Is Telling You Through Dreams and Visions Author: Laura Harris Smith Narrator: Laura Harris Smith Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins Language: English Release date: 12-17-14 Publisher: christianaudio.com Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 29 votes Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christianity Publisher's Summary: God is always speaking... even when He doesn't use words. We live in a post-verbal society that communicates through images - television, smartphones, the Internet - and our Creator longs to communicate with us...

2014-12-1704 min

Messianic Vision Laura Harris SmithDo you realize a third of your life is spent sleeping? Laura Harris Smith demystifies understanding your dreams and how to remember them. God speaks about direction, decisions and things He wants to share with you. Are you listening?

2014-04-2359 min