Welcome to the Maxwell Institute podcast. I'm Joseph Stewart. In April 1900, President Lorenzo Snow

said this church will stand because it is built upon a firm basis. The Lord has shown it to us by the

revealing principle of the Holy Spirit of Light. That quote embodies much of what is going on in the

third volume of saints. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' ongoing history project being produced by the Church Historical Department.

In its pages, we find Latter-day St. Christians confronting new information, ideas, and grappling with a modernizing and industrializing world.

As the church enters the 20th century and globalizes throughout the first half of the

20th century, we'll also learn about how saints around the world embrace the challenges brought on

by revolution, depression, and world wars, and came out as stronger saints with vibrant

testimonies of the restored gospel. In today's episode, we speak with two of the writers and editors

of the Saints Project, Lisa Olson Tate and Scott H of the writers and editors of the Saints Project,

Lisa Olson Tate and Scott Hales, about how and why the Saints project was created,

resources available to deepen Latter-day Saint understanding with the past through approved resources, and much, much more.

Before we begin, could you please make plans to tell friends about the podcast, however you

can, wherever you can.

In doing so, you help fulfill the Maxwell Institute's mission to inspire and fortify Latter-day Saints

and their testimonies of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ and engage the world of religious

ideas. Now, without any further ado, here are Dr. Tate and Dr. Hales.

Lisa Tate and Scott Hales, welcome to the Maxwell Institute podcast. Thanks. Thanks, Joseph.

It is a pleasure to have you two here today because you were general editors and writers on the

Saints Project in the third volume was just released. It's available in the Gospel Library app

and is also available wherever Latter-day

Saint books are sold. And Lisa, I wanted to start with a question, what's the purpose of the

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