Anti-Mormonism and Kirtland Blessings - John Turner Pt. 16 | Ep. 2067
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
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šļø 3 October 2025
ā±ļø 143 minutes
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Summary
Welcome back to part 16 of our Joseph Smith Podcast with Dr. John G. Turner! In this episode, we cover chapter fifteen of John Turnerās new book titled āJoseph Smith: The Rise and Fall of an American Prophetā which covers 1834-1835 in Kirtland, Ohio and parts of Missouri. We discuss the rise of patriarchal blessings, the creation of new church offices ālike the Twelve and the Seventy. We also discuss the challenges posed by critics like E. D. Howe and his problematic book published in 1834. These years were formative for Joseph Smith and the Latter-day Saint movement.Ā
We explore such topics as:
-The publication of E. D. Howeās Mormonism Unveiled
-The 1835 Doctrine and Covenants (and the Lectures on Faith)
-The creation of the Quorum of the Twelve and the Seventy
-The beginning of the Law of Adoption
-How Joseph Smith used blessings and promises to help people follow him
Did this first anti-Mormon publication get under Joseph Smithās skin? What power did early church members believe they were receiving through blessings and ordinances? How did Joseph Smith transform crises into opportunities to strengthen his movement? Join us as we seek to answer each of these questions!
Please purchase the book ā hereā .
To support this series please donate ā hereā . One half of all donations will go to Dr. Turner for as long as he is participating in the series.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories podcast, Joseph Smith edition |
| 0:04.8 | for the Joseph Smith podcast, as I like to call it. |
| 0:08.3 | My name is John DeLinn. |
| 0:09.4 | It is September 23rd, 2025. |
| 0:12.2 | And today, we are now 16 episodes in to our series with scholar John Turner about his new groundbreaking. |
| 0:22.6 | I call it a groundbreaking book, Joseph Smith, The Rise and Fall of an American Prophet. |
| 0:28.7 | This is published by Yale University Press. |
| 0:31.2 | Many of you have been loving, loving, loving this series. |
| 0:34.5 | And the purpose of this series, if you are new to this series, is to just have a super |
| 0:40.4 | reputable, thoughtful scholar who has never been Mormon, is not ex-Morman, calling what I like |
| 0:48.7 | to say balls and strikes regarding Joseph Smith and his history, but also digging deeper than we've ever dug before |
| 0:56.7 | on Mormon stories into Joseph Smith's history. |
| 1:00.1 | And I'm learning a ton. |
| 1:01.8 | And that's after reading, you know, Rough Stone Rolling, that's after reading Fond Brody's |
| 1:05.6 | No Man knows of my history now twice. |
| 1:07.9 | I'm learning stuff every chapter that I've never learned before. So I highly recommend |
| 1:12.4 | this book. Please buy it. We're, you know, getting no endorsements from anyone. It's just a really |
| 1:19.0 | good read, really worthwhile read. Please make it a international bestseller. And we also |
| 1:25.3 | appreciate your feedback and comments. I just want to quickly thank |
| 1:28.4 | our donors who make this show possible. We don't live and die by our Google ads or our YouTube |
| 1:35.5 | ads or sponsorships. We don't really do sponsorships. We rely on our donors through our nonprofit |
| 1:41.8 | to make all this possible. So thanks if you donate to Mormon Stories |
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