S5E50 Dead and NOT in Hell, Alvin Smith

Standard of Truth

Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat

Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 990 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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In this episode, we discuss D&C Section 137 and the lessons found in D&C 137:5-7, specifically the faith shown by Joseph Smith regarding the eternal status of his brother Alvin. 5 I saw Father Adam and Abraham⁠; and my father and my mother; my brother Alvin⁠, that has long since slept⁠; 6 And marveled how it was that he had obtained an inheritance in that kingdom, seeing that he had departed this life before the Lord had set his hand to gather Israel the second time, and had not been baptized for the remission of sins. 7 Thus came the voice of the Lord unto me, saying: All who have died without a knowledge of this gospel, who would have received it if they had been permitted to tarry, shall be heirs of the celestial kingdom of God; Kristy’s KorneЯ (Last Minute Lesson Prep): the whole episode 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.
0:37.1	Hi, welcome to another episode of the Standard of Truth podcast.
0:40.4	I'm your host, Dr. Garrett-Dirkmont, and I'm joined by my friend, Dr. Richard LaDuke,
0:44.9	just moments ago, as I tried to start the recording, I forgot the name of our podcast,
0:51.4	which demonstrates the level of stress that I'm operating under as I'm trying
0:56.4	to shoehorn this recording in just before I go to a fireside. And, well, let's face it, none of that
1:04.4	really matters. It's the Big 12 championship game, and that's what's on my mind. Richard, how you doing?
1:10.0	Good, Garrett.
1:13.6	We opened at 13.5 point dogs.
1:20.0	Now we're only 12.5 point dogs as people are hitting BYU hard and moving that line,
1:25.0	which is very exciting as we are the epitome of OLA, outside looking in on the playoff right now.
1:27.7	Yep. Yeah.
1:28.2	Yep.
1:28.8	I love how strength of schedule and strength of record matters unless you're not in the
1:36.6	SEC or Big Ten, then it doesn't matter at all.
1:39.8	It's meaningless.
1:41.4	Or Notre Dame.
1:43.0	Well, Notre Dame, yeah,
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