S6E17 Jingle Bells and the United Order

Standard of Truth

Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat

Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 992 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Richard returns to share a temple-trip story from Kenya where a skeptical food vendor’s view of the Church changed after witnessing the love at the temple. The hosts then read listener emails. The episode ends with 16-year-old Abigail’s question about Jingle Bells being a Thanksgiving song and so Gerrit obviously shares a quote from Frederick Douglass as he takes down Jingle Bells with its roots in 19th-century blackface minstrel shows. We read the United Order question but leave the answer for next week. 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.
0:40.6	I'm your host, Dr. Garrett Dirkmont, and I am joined, or maybe I should say cheerio,
0:46.1	to my co-host and friend, Dr. Richard Leduc.
0:52.8	Hello, Garrett.
0:53.8	Thanks for having me back. I really mean it this time. Garrett. Thanks for having me back.
0:55.2	I really mean it this time.
0:56.5	Really, thanks for having me back.
0:58.7	I listened to last week's episode that you did with your brother.
1:05.3	And it made you want to move pipe.
1:08.4	It did.
1:09.8	I immediately went and changed all the passwords again because I'm like,
1:13.8	Dallin's too good.
1:15.5	And if I don't do something to separate myself, then I am out of here.
1:20.2	And so I changed the passwords.
1:22.2	You no longer know them.
1:23.5	And thanks for having me back.
1:25.6	I assume that they are all some derivation of Philastus Hurlbut.
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