1259: Dr. Chris Thomas - A Pentecostal Reads the Book of Mormon Pt. 3
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2020
⏱️ 101 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 | Alright everyone, hello, we're back with part three of our interview with our fascinating |
| 0:45.7 | insightful, entertaining interview with Dr. Chris Thomas, who is the author of the book |
| 0:52.5 | of Pentecostal Reeds the Book of Mormon. |
| 0:56.0 | We've covered his early years, some of it, lightly. |
| 1:00.8 | We've talked about what it's like to be a Pentecostal, what some of their beliefs and practices |
| 1:04.6 | are. |
| 1:06.0 | And then that was kind of the first hour and we talked a little bit about Chris's journey |
| 1:10.6 | into taking in interest in Mormonism. |
| 1:14.4 | And then for part two, we talked about his analysis of the book of Mormon and what an important |
| 1:21.4 | contribution that is to our people. |
| 1:24.4 | So thank you, Chris, Dr. Thomas for that. |
| 1:28.2 | Part three, it's going to be just kind of a scattering of a lot of different topics. |
| 1:36.0 | So let's see, let's start with this. |
| 1:41.8 | I am probably not considered to be part of the Mormon studies community. |
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