In this episode Matthew the Nuclear Calvinist and the Apostate Paul continue the conversation with Steve James In this second installment we continue the conversation of the eighth LDS Article of Faith as it relates to the claim in Nephi Chapter in the Book of Mormon that plain and precious truths were removed from the Bible after the Early Church received the Hebrew Bible from the Jewish people we talk about translations JST vs ESV other modern books that claim to be revealed Scripture proper definitions for the terms inspiration and revelation and the concept of Biblical authors borrowing from [... more]

In this episode Matthew the Nuclear Calvinist and the Apostate Paul welcome Steve James to Outer Brightness Steve is a Latter-day Saint that we have dialogued with in various Facebook groups Steve and Paul were having a spirited dialogue about the doctrine of Biblical Inerrancy in one of the groups and we decided to invite him on the program to continue the conversation In this first installment we introduce ourselves to each other to give context to the topic and begin the discussion of Biblical Inerrancy with a conversation about the eighth LDS Article of Faith and a proper definition [... more]

In this episode two of the scions Matthew Paul get together to discuss the th LDS Article of Faith and discuss the question What about morality [... more]

The scions of light continue and wrap up their discussion of LDS Article of Faith related to the gathering of Israel Last episode they talked about some LDS folk doctrines related to the lost tribes Listen to this episode to find out if our intrepid podcasters can locate the money quote from Joseph Smith about a literal changing of blood to make one a descendant of Abraham [... more]

The scions of light have discuss LDS Article of Faith related to the gathering of Israel They discuss some of the unique LDS teachings and folk doctrines surrounding this topic and juxtapose those ideas with what they now believe as Christians about the gathering of Israel [... more]

In this episode the sons of light discuss the ninth LDS article of faith and the concept of continuing revelation This topic has a lot to unpack branching out into topics related to additional scripture and canon and modern day prophets and apostles We hope you enjoy this discussion [... more]

In this episode the sons of light attempt to tackle a subject that always creates more heat than light and may be more contentious even than religion politics What does the Bible say about political involvement and activism More than one might think Let's take a look together [... more]

The sons of light are joined by Jeremy Howard staff pastor at Orchard Hills Bible Church in Payson Utah and co-host of the Do Theology podcast He joined us for our discussion of the eleventh LDS Article of Faith to talk about religious freedom and respect Jeremy developed a chart delineating Primary Secondary and Tertiary doctrines of the Christian faith We discuss all of that with him If you're interested in better understanding where Mormonism differs from historic Christianity on primary doctrines like the nature of God and Salvation this is a great episode for that If you're in Utah [... more]

In this episode the sons of light tackle questions that Michael The Ex-Mormon Apologist used to toss at Christians to try to undermine the Doctrine of the Trinity They talk about their own struggles with understanding this doctrine and what ultimately convinced them that it is a biblical doctrine and led them to accept it The questions here stem from LDS Article of Faith [... more]

In this episode the sons of light tackle questions that Michael The Ex-Mormon Apologist used to toss at Christians to try to undermine the Doctrine of the Trinity They talk about their own struggles with understanding this doctrine and what ultimately convinced them that it is a biblical doctrine and led them to accept it The questions here stem from LDS Article of Faith [... more]

In this episode the sons of light tackle questions that Michael The Ex-Mormon Apologist used to toss at Christians to try to undermine the Doctrine of the Trinity They talk about their own struggles with understanding this doctrine and what ultimately convinced them that it is a biblical doctrine and led them to accept it The questions here stem from LDS Article of Faith [... more]

The Sons of Light discuss some questions that all questioning Latter-day Saints or post-Latter-day Saints have to grapple with after they have crawled over or under or around the Book of Mormon What About Scripture Is there such as thing as a written Word of God If so where can it be found This is part of our Articles of Faith Series Here we discuss questions for post-Latter-day Saints stemming from LDS Article of Faith [... more]