meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Standard of Truth

S2E9 Lesser Known Heroes from Church History - Mercy Fielding Thompson

Standard of Truth

Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat

Religion & Spirituality

5709 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Our podcast would like to begin highlighting some of the faithful, courageous heroes in Church History.  Women like Mercy Fielding are not well-known by the average Latter-day Saint and yet the suffering she endured and resolute faithfulness she displayed can be a powerful reminder to us all of how important the gospel is in our lives. If you have any questions or possible topics of discussion for upcoming podcasts, please email us at: [email protected]

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Welcome to the Standard of Truth podcast, hosted by historian Dr. Garrett Dirkmont,

0:08.0

where we explore the early days of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

0:12.6

and gain rare historical insights into how a young farm boy was able to establish a new church

0:19.6

and grow it by way of visions, manifestations,

0:23.4

and miracles.

0:30.9

Hi, welcome to another episode of the Standard of Truth podcast.

0:34.4

I'm your host, Dr. Garrett Dirkmont, and I'm joined by my friend, Professor

0:38.1

Richard Leduke. Hello, Garrett. In this week's podcast, we wanted to try something a little bit

0:44.4

different. So we've received lots of emails. We really appreciate your emails, by the way.

0:49.0

They're at Questions at Standard of Truth Podcast.com. We couldn't come up with a longer email if we tried.

0:55.0

At some point, we're going to try to shorten it to something like questions at

0:58.5

standard of truthpodpodorg.

1:01.8

dot slash, backslash something.

1:04.2

That's right.

1:04.9

Well, that was taken.

1:05.9

That's why we went with one.

1:06.8

Well, again, our operating budget was somewhat prohibitive in the selection of, so we figured

1:13.2

if we make it really hard for you to ask questions, then we won't have to answer any of them.

1:18.4

That is true.

1:21.7

When our operating budget comes down to what my tax return is this year, that's really when

1:26.5

you're on.

1:26.9

And I happen to know you're getting audited.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.