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What was discovered at Hawn's Mill? Archaeologist Paul Debarthe from the Community of Christ details musket balls, and why he refuses to find the well where 17 men at boys were buried following the massacre at Hawn's Mill. Check out our conversation... https://youtu.be/dakb9xavIXw transcript to follow Copyright © 2023 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved Except for book reviews, no content may be reproduced without written permission   transcript to follow Copyright © 2023 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved Except for book reviews, no content may be reproduced without written permission

Rick Bennett discusses the Q&A given by Community of Christ leaders earlier this week and shares photos from some of the properties in Nauvoo sold to the LDS Church last week. He also answers viewer questions. Check out our conversation... https://youtube.com/live/2gfppMuScRI transcript to follow Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved Except for book reviews, no content may be reproduced without written permission transcript to follow Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved Except for book reviews, no content may be reproduced without written permission

Unlike the LDS Church where unanimity is almost an article of faith, the Community of Christ has an official church position on faithful disagreement. The Church has a long history of disagreement and we'll even allude to the Milk Strippings story, where the Standing High Council ruled against Thomas Marsh, pres of the Quorum of 12 Apostles. The CoC still has this Standing High Council. (Brigham abolished it in the LDS Church.) Check out our conversation... https://youtu.be/OdMdsCzmy6A Don’t miss our other conversations with Brittany: https://gospeltangents.com/people/brittany-mangelson transcript to follow Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved Except for book reviews, no content may be reproduced without written permission transcript to follow Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved

In the LDS Church it is routine to ordain teenagers to be deacons, teachers, and priests. In the Community of Christ, these roles are filled by adults. How are the roles different? We'll talk about that with Community of Christ pastor Brittany Mangelson. We'll also talk about the roles of Seventies in the two churches. Check out our conversation... https://youtu.be/mafpZ5fIKJE Don’t miss our other conversations with Brittany: https://gospeltangents.com/people/brittany-mangelson transcript to follow Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved Except for book reviews, no content may be reproduced without written permission transcript to follow Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved

Unlike the LDS Church, the Community of Christ has open baptism from other Christian churches as long as the person was at least 8 years old at the time of baptism. We'll talk more about the move to change baptism requirements and discuss priesthood ordination. Check out our conversation.... https://youtu.be/uBYWtBogU_A Don’t miss our other conversations with Brittany: https://gospeltangents.com/people/brittany-mangelson transcript to follow Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved Except for book reviews, no content may be reproduced without written permission transcript to follow Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved

Brittany Mangelson is the Pastor for the Community of Christ in Salt Lake City. We'll discuss her conversion to Community of Christ, the difference between a pastor & a bishop, and her podcast called Project Zion. Check out our conversation.... https://youtu.be/npZWOdCChxQ Don’t miss our other conversations with Josh: https://gospeltangents.com/people/brittany-mangelson transcript to follow Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved Except for book reviews, no content may be reproduced without written permission transcript to follow Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved

Rick B held a livestream video discussing the purchase of the Kirtland Temple by the LDS Church this week. Of course, there is a lot of interest in the temple. We'll talk about that and the other properties included in the transaction, including the Nauvoo properties, and several important artifacts https://youtube.com/live/7FSCM92meOE transcript to follow Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved Except for book reviews, no content may be reproduced without written permission transcript to follow Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved Except for book reviews, no content may be reproduced without written permission

What takeaways does David Boice have from attending more than 104 churches? The author and host of 52 Churches in 52 Weeks will tell us, and also tell us what ideas he has for a future project. Check out our conversation.... https://youtu.be/KGzeAPw4czA transcript to follow Copyright © 2023 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved Except for book reviews, no content may be reproduced without written permission transcript to follow Copyright © 2023 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved Except for book reviews, no content may be reproduced without written permission

I was surprised to discover that the Church of Jesus Christ is neither Trinitarian nor Godhead when it comes to the nature of God? What do they believe? Evangelist Josh Gehly gives both official and personal beliefs. Check out our conversation.... https://youtu.be/U2xttRWHLw4 Don’t miss our other conversations with Josh: https://gospeltangents.com/people/josh-gehly transcript to follow Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved Except for book reviews, no content may be reproduced without written permission transcript to follow Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved

What's it like to attend a Bickertonite Church service? Rick Bennett (LDS) & Josh Gehly (Bickertonite) share their experiences attending the Church of Jesus Christ. Did you know that each week, they ask the congregation if they would like to receive a blessing by laying on of hands? Find out more in our next conversation... https://youtu.be/U6c4aoMblMM Don’t miss our other conversations with Josh: https://gospeltangents.com/people/josh-gehly transcript to follow Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved Except for book reviews, no content may be reproduced without written permission transcript to follow Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved

The Church of Jesus Christ based in Monongahela, PA allows for limited female priesthood ordination of women. We'll discuss women's roles with Josh Gehly, an evangelist in the church and discuss Bickertonite Church structure. Is an Evangelist similar to the LDS calling of Seventy? We'll also discuss differences in baptismal practices. Check out our conversation... https://youtu.be/E_Pusr4YeHc Don’t miss our other conversations with Josh: https://gospeltangents.com/people/josh-gehly transcript to follow Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved Except for book reviews, no content may be reproduced without written permission transcript to follow Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved

Josh Gehly gives a non-LDS Defense of the Book of Mormon. He is an Evangelist (what LDS would call a Seventy) of the Church of Jesus Christ based in Monongahela, PA, and shares his book, "Witnessing Miracles" which deals with a defense of the Book of Mormon. He even takes on Dan Vogel! We'll talk more about his church, and find out of this "non-Mormon" gets discriminated against just like Mormons. Check out our conversation... https://youtu.be/c2TefZ01AZE Don’t miss our other conversations with Josh: https://gospeltangents.com/people/josh-gehly transcript to follow Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved Except for book reviews, no content may be reproduced without written permission transcript to follow Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved

Josh Gehly is an evangelist from the Church of Jesus Christ. His church dates back to the days of Sidney Rigdon and is sometimes called the Bickertonite Church. Josh has written a new book "Witnessing Miracles" that provides evidence for both the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the Book of Mormon. We'll get acquainted with Josh and his book. Check out our conversation...   https://youtu.be/93dvoCQIwk0 Don’t miss our other conversations with Josh: https://gospeltangents.com/people/josh-gehly transcript to follow Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved Except for book reviews, no content may be reproduced without written permission transcript to follow Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved

We'll find out more about the backgrounds of murder victims Gus Gibbons & Steve LeSueur. Were they Nauvoo pioneers? We'll also find out that Butch Cassidy grew up in a small Utah town (Circleville), although it seems that Mormonism didn't really take with him. Check out our conversation... https://youtu.be/VzKpjBEeyzo transcript to follow Copyright © 2023 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved Except for book reviews, no content may be reproduced without written permission transcript to follow Copyright © 2023 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved Except for book reviews, no content may be reproduced without written permission  

We're going to dive into Utah's decade of black and Indian slavery, and I'll ask Mauli Bonner some hard questions. Should Mormons think about renaming buildings at BYU who have ties to slavery? Check out our conversation... https://youtu.be/vkZKWN9MAM0 Don’t miss our other conversations with Mauli: https://gospeltangents.com/people/mauli-bonner transcript to follow Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved Except for book reviews, no content may be reproduced without written permission transcript to follow Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved

As we close #BlackHistoryMonth here in February, I wanted to introduce you to an amazing Grammy Award-Winning artist and flimmaker Mauli Bonner. We'll discuss his award-winning film, "His Name is Green Flake" about the first black Mormon slave who entered the Utah Territory before even Brigham Young! Mauli is a Grammy Award-winning artist and we'll find out some of the big names he's been working with, including Katie Perry, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, and Ariana Grande to name a few. Check out our conversation... https://youtu.be/0JdikyOm_9g Don’t miss our other conversations with Mauli: https://gospeltangents.com/people/mauli-bonner transcript to follow Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved Except for book reviews, no content may be reproduced without written permission transcript to follow Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved

As we conclude our conversation with the first member of the Sept Six, Lynne Whitesides, I asked her about her spirutality now. It's a long way from Mormonism. We also discusses her family's reaction to her church discipline. Check out our conversation... https://youtu.be/QN2fSsHQj_g Don't miss our other conversations with Lynne! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk4ldrx61TI&list=PLLhI8GMw9sJ7fveXlF645QDhoAUGnCyYf transcript to follow Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved Except for book reviews, no content may be reproduced without written permission transcript to follow Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved

Some scholars have claimed that people like Nephi are unreliable narrators. That is Nephi makes himself look better than he probably was. Dr Michael Austin believes Alma was an unreliable narrator as well. We'll look further into Michael's book, "Testimony of 2 Nations." Check out our conversation... https://youtu.be/zrM2uPqKKGI Don’t miss our other conversations with David: https://gospeltangents.com/people/michael-austin transcript to follow Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved Except for book reviews, no content may be reproduced without written permission transcript to follow Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved

There are many different ways to approach the Book of Mormon. Dr Michael Austin is Mormon Studies scholar and Provost at Snow College. In his new book, "Testimony of 2 Nations," he discusses 4 ways scholars have approached the Book of Mormon & the Bible. Does these books need to be historical to study them? Check out our conversation... https://youtu.be/i4gKdY1wyYw Don’t miss our other conversations with David: https://gospeltangents.com/people/michael-austin transcript to follow Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved Except for book reviews, no content may be reproduced without written permission transcript to follow Copyright © 2024 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved

In our final discussion with Bob Roylance, he'll discuss the kings of Tikal as another evidence of the Book of Mormon on the Yucatan. We'll also discuss a tough problem: DNA. How will Bob handle that? Check out our conversation... https://youtu.be/j5x5600Cuwg transcript to follow Copyright © 2023 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved Except for book reviews, no content may be reproduced without written permission transcript to follow Copyright © 2023 Gospel Tangents All Rights Reserved Except for book reviews, no content may be reproduced without written permission