1258: Dr. Chris Thomas - A Pentecostal Reads the Book of Mormon Pt. 2
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2020
⏱️ 65 minutes
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On today’s episodes of Mormon Stories, we interview Dr. Chris Thomas as we discuss his book “A Pentecostal Reads The Book of Mormon.” We begin by discovering Dr. Thomas’ religious background and perspective, then delve into how and why Dr. Thomas decided to apply his perspective to the Mormon faith.
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| 0:36.5 | Okay, so let's talk about how would the average, there's probably no such thing as an |
| 0:44.8 | average penicostle, but how would the average penicostle view a Mormon? |
| 0:48.9 | Or what would be, I know how Baptist viewed us in Katie, Texas growing up, they basically |
| 0:53.8 | would have annual seminar called Mormons and other cults. |
| 0:58.1 | They would show the God-makers and girls that I would date or that would want to date |
| 1:03.1 | me in high school when their parents found out they were dating a Mormon, they couldn't |
| 1:06.6 | date me anymore. |
| 1:08.8 | How historically have Mormons been viewed by penicostles and had you even heard of them |
| 1:15.7 | up through the 70s or whenever before you started actually paying attention to Mormons? |
| 1:20.7 | Yeah, that's a great question. |
| 1:23.2 | I would assume that a lot of penicostles looked at Mormons like Mormons looked at penicostles. |
| 1:30.2 | They're not part of the tree church. |
| 1:36.5 | My first recollection of Mormonism, I was 14, it's probably about 1968, George Romney |
| 1:45.6 | had thrown his hat in the ring to be president. |
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