S5E49 Dead and in Hell Part 7

Standard of Truth

Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat

Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 990 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Happy Thanksgiving! In this episode, we discuss how do we actually know Heavenly Father has a physical body and what Joseph Smith taught regarding every disciple facing a “trial of Abraham”. The episode closes with Daniel H. Wells’s powerful 24th July address: a reminder that early Latter-day Saints could be fiercely loyal to the Constitution and the United States while refusing to whitewash the murders, expulsions, and persecutions they suffered. We reflect on how the faith the Saints, who endured Missouri, Nauvoo, and the plains without knowing “why” can sustain modern disciples facing difficult trials. Kristy’s KorneЯ (Last Minute Lesson Prep): separate rerelease of Joseph Smith’s Martyrdom episodes for D&C 135 Standard of Truth Tour dates for the summer of 2027: ⁠ https://standardoftruth.com/tours Our 2026 tours are sold out, but if you would like to join us in the future here is a link to our 2027 tours: ⁠ 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: ⁠⁠questions@standardoftruthpodcast.com

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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.
0:40.6	Hi, welcome to another episode of the Standard of Truth podcast.
0:46.8	I'm your host, Dr. Garrett Dirkmont, and I am joined by my erstwhile friend, Dr. Richard Luduke.
0:48.0	Happy Thanksgiving, Garrett.
0:49.8	Thanks for having me back.
0:51.8	Well, because it was Thanksgiving, I couldn't turn you out into the virtual cold.
0:56.8	Well, it's very nice of you, very excited to be here on Thanksgiving, I believe, is this plays in people's ears over the weekend.
1:05.4	And by the way, our worst listened to episodes are over holidays.
1:14.6	So six people will hear this, and that's on the high side. Yeah. And those six people will be my mom, my mom again, maybe Rachel's mom, probably
1:22.9	Leslie, my mom, Rocky. I think that's the list.
1:27.9	In that order.
1:28.7	We make,
1:30.6	the podcast makes for great falling asleep.
1:33.3	It makes for great,
1:34.5	you know,
1:35.3	morning drive.
1:36.5	You want some trip to fan.
1:37.8	You eat a big old turkey.
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