Let’s Get Real with Stephen Jones

The woman who knew Joseph Smith better than anyone never stopped testifying that he was a prophet. So why has history remembered her almost entirely through controversy? In this episode of Let’s Get Real, historian Don...

For years, many Latter-day Saints have looked at declining activity rates and wondered the same thing: Is the Church failing? In this episode, I sit down with BYU Studies Editor-in-Chief Justin Dyer to examine what the...

<p>"I, Nephi . . . ." We’ve all read the beginning of the Book of Mormon.</p> <p>Lehi is warned. Nephi is sent back. Laban is drunk. The story moves fast and feels familiar.</p> <p>But what if we’ve been reading it...

<p>Most people don't walk away from their faith in a dramatic moment. They don't deconstruct overnight. They slowly stop caring.</p> <p>In this episode of Let’s Get Real, I sit down with David Snell from @keystonelds to...

<p>Some think healing means being kind, moving on, and keeping the peace.</p> <p>But what if that approach is actually keeping people stuck?</p> <p>We’re taught to avoid discomfort. We’re taught not to make things...

<p>Many people think faith is declining.</p> <p>Ben Hancock has worked behind the scenes on one of the world’s top podcasts, alongside voices like Chris Williamson of "Modern Wisdom" and interacting with some of the...

<p>Temple changes don’t just appear overnight. They are often preceded by thoughtful conversations in leadership councils where perspectives are shared and revelation is sought.</p> <p>In this episode of Let’s Get Real...

<p>Which chapter of scripture includes a vision of God, an attempted human sacrifice, and a phrase many believe justified a racial priesthood ban?</p> <p>And have we been reading it wrong?</p> <p>When Abraham 1...

<p>The prophet Brigham Young did not become controversial because he was simple. He became controversial because we stopped allowing complex people from the past to be understood as human beings.</p> <p>In this...

<p>What if the Bible’s most dangerous distortions don’t come from bad intentions, but from skipping its preface?</p> <p>Many people experience faith as exhausting. Commandments feel heavy. Scripture feels fragmented...

<p>What if the reason you’re not seeing miracles is that your goals don’t require them?</p> <p>Blake Erickson details a counterintuitive principle taught in the restored gospel: God gets involved when your goals are...

<p>Every day, millions of people around the world are turning to FamilySearch, not because of marketing or trends, but because of something much deeper happening beneath the surface: a global movement of identity...

<p>Have you ever wondered how the early Saints understood the temple?<br> Or what the Kirtland Temple dedication can teach us about Christ today?</p> <p>In this conversation, Don Bradley walks through some simple but...

<p>Section 132 of the Doctrine and Covenants is one of the most talked about and debated revelations in scripture. Some people say it just doesn’t sound like Joseph Smith, which has left a lot of questions about who...

<p>It blew our minds when we found out this connection President Oaks has to church history.</p> <p>Don Bradley—a Latter-day Saint historian who once left the Church and became an atheist, then found his way back—joins...