In this episode Matthew the Nuclear Calvinist and the Apostate Paul comment on a debate held on November between the three amigos of the YouTube channel Midnight Mormons and Radio Free Mormon The video has been posted to the Heart of the Matter the Midnight Mormons and the Mormon Discussion Inc podcast channels and to date has racked up K views The pre-debate drama was amped up perhaps purposefully to draw an audience and the fireworks continued during the debate It was not a formal debate and the participants went off-format for much of the evening leaving Matthew and I [... more]

This is our th episode and we have a special treat for you fireflies This episode we kick off our short Things Mormons Hate series Matthew the Nuclear Calvinist and the Apostate Paul discuss Jonathan Edwards' important sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God There are two parts to our discussion In this first part we talk about our understanding of God's wrath when we were LDS passages in LDS canon that reference the wrath of God how we understand the wrath of God juxtaposed with the love of God the danger of a theology that focuses solely [... more]

In this episode the scions of light wrap up conversation on a topic that an LDS missionary listener named Jeremy asked them to discuss The doctrine of creation and whether God created ex materia from existing materials or ex nihilo from nothing is a key point of departure between Mormonism and Christianity Here we discuss how it affects other doctrines and practices and dig into some of the Biblical support for creatio ex nihilo If you're interested in reading some of the discussion of this topic that we had with some latter-day saints check out these FB threads Post about [... more]

From Mormon to Jesus Real authentic conversations among former members of the Church Of Latter Day Saints [... more]

In this episode the scions of light tackle a topic that an LDS missionary listener named Jeremy asked them to discuss The doctrine of creation and whether God created ex materia from existing materials or ex nihilo from nothing is a key point of departure between Mormonism and Christianity Here we discuss how it affects other doctrines and practices You can read Paul Copan's Christian defense of the doctrine of creatio ex nihilo against the claim that it was a later development in church history here William Lane Craig's Christian article Creation ex nihilo Theology and Science can be read [... more]

From Mormon to Jesus Real authentic conversations among former members of the Church Of Latter Day Saints [... more]

Jesus is ENOUGH Let everything that has breath praise the Lord From Mormon to Jesus Paul and the gang welcome this special guest to the podcast Get ready to be VERY blessed [... more]

In this episode two of the scions of light Briana and Matthew interview Matt Wilder of Adam's Road Ministry Matt composes beautiful original piano pieces and adds to them spoken word readings from Scripture Adam's Road Piano is one of his creative outlets He visited Outer Brightness to discuss his journey from Mormon to Jesus and what he's currently doing with the Adam's Road Ministry We hope you enjoy this interview Learn more about Adam's Road Ministry here Check out Adam's Road Piano here Subscribe to Adam's Road Piano on YouTube here [... more]

From Mormon to Jesus Real authentic conversations among former members of the Church Of Latter-Days Saints [... more]

From Mormon to Jesus Real authentic conversations among former members of the Church Of Latter-Day Saints [... more]

The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is the most important event in human history Romans chapter verse states that Jesus was declared to be the Son of God with power according to the Spirit of holiness by the resurrection from the dead In other words the Resurrection was God's powerful declaration of Jesus as His Son As we celebrate Resurrection day today our topic is the Resurrection We hope you enjoy this discussion [... more]