S5E16 Nazis, Lithuania, and Paying for the Book of Mormon

Standard of Truth

Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat

Religion & Spirituality

5 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we dive into a discussion about misconceptions surrounding ”The Sound of Music,” particularly the differences between the movie and the original Broadway play. The conversation then transitions to a look at an upcoming groundbreaking publication in the Latter-day Saint Historical Studies journal, featuring newly uncovered secret police files on the treatment of Latter-day Saints in pre-war Nazi Germany. We also discuss the latest Sweetwater Rescue project, taking Saints from Lithuania to the Helsinki, Finland Temple, and answer a litner’s question about how Martin Harris got the money to pay for the printing of the Book of Mormon Sweetwater Rescue Temple Project: Helping the Saints of Lithuania get to the Helsinki, Finland Temple ⁠https://www.sweetwaterrescue.org/current⁠ If you would like to donate, please click on the link: ⁠https://www.sweetwaterrescue.org/donate⁠ Ensign Peak Foundation: ⁠https://ensignpeakfoundation.org/subscribe-to-our-publications/⁠ Sign up for our free monthly email: ⁠ ⁠⁠https://standardoftruthpodcast.substack.com⁠⁠ If you have any questions or possible topics of discussion for upcoming podcasts, please email us at: ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Standard of Truth podcast. In this podcast, Dr. Garrett Dirk-Mott and Dr. Richard
0:08.2	Leduc explore the early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the life
0:14.3	and teachings of the prophet Joseph Smith. They examine the original historical sources and provide
0:20.4	context for events of the past.
0:23.1	They approach the history of the church with faith, expertise, and humor.
0:37.2	Hi, welcome to another episode of the Standard of Truth podcast.
0:40.9	I'm your host, Dr. Garrett Dirkmont, and I'm joined by my friend, Dr. Richard Leduc.
0:46.8	Hello, Garrett.
0:48.8	You know, here are the Standard of Truth podcast.
0:51.1	We like to lead with our mistakes.
0:53.5	Well, look, if we always led with our mistakes, the podcast would just be us saying
0:59.5	what we've done wrong.
1:02.5	Oklahoma State has already reached out to me and has tried to claw back my, my recently,
1:10.6	I don't know that it was earned so much as i wore down my committee
1:14.3	yeah very good but uh they're trying to claw it back um we we had a discussion about a fairly
1:24.4	serious topic i felt um about the situation with Rolf at the end of the
1:32.2	sound of music. Yes. And super friend of the show, the entire Cutler family, when they're not
1:41.5	giving birth to children and
1:44.8	writing as to us while they're giving birth.
1:47.4	Look, lots of people give birth.
1:50.0	Anyone.
1:51.0	Well, not anyone.
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