{"podcast":{"title":"Standard of Truth","slug":"standard-of-truth-3957526","podcast_index_feed_id":3957526,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/standardoftruth/feed.xml","website_url":"https://standardoftruth.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/12005522/Standard_of_Truth_Updated_Logo_Apple9g19l.jpg","author":"Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat","episode_count":304,"summary":"The purpose of this podcast is to help Latter-Day Saints better understand their history and increase their faith. The podcast hosted by Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat, associate professor of Church History and Doctrine at BYU.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T00:19:55.760100+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/standard-of-truth-3957526"},"episode":{"title":"S6E10 Live! With Chocolate-Flavored Candy and Zero Tertullian","slug":"s6e10-live-with-chocolate-flavored-candy-and-zero-tertullian","published_at":"2026-03-05T12:57:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/standard-of-truth-3957526/s6e10-live-with-chocolate-flavored-candy-and-zero-tertullian","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/standard-of-truth-3957526","url":"https://standardoftruth.podbean.com/e/s6e10-live-with-chocolate-flavored-candy-and-zero-tertullian/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/p4dnacqg72m5fc4j/S6E10_Live_With_Chocolate-Flavored_Candy_and_Zero_Tertullianb8lxp.mp3","summary":"In this special live studio recording of the Standard of Truth Podcast, Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat and Dr. Richard LeDuc are joined by an in-person audience for a lively mailbag episode. The hosts tackle a question submitted mid-labor, fielding a request for obscure Angel Moroni stories guaranteed to keep the asker out of church leadership. Gerrit shares an account from Edward Stevenson describing a roadside encounter with Moroni during the translation period, as well as a powerful testimony from Wilford Woodruff about three angelic messengers dressed in temple clothing who rescued him and George A. Smith from evil spirits in London. The episode also dives into the speculative attempts to pin down the exact date of the First Vision, complete with an impromptu weather analysis presentation from Richard. The hosts then answer a question about Hyrum Smith’s prophetic role, reading from his 1842 sermon definitively interpreting the Word of Wisdom’s ”hot drinks” as tea and coffee, paired with a complementary Brigham Young sermon warning that dismissing prophetic counsel leads gradually to apostasy. The episode closes as Gerrit shares the story of Emmeline Anderson, an unsung hero of early church history whose faith remained unshaken even after losing her husband and teenage son in the 1846 Battle of Nauvoo. 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","meta_description":"In this special live studio recording of the Standard of Truth Podcast, Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat and Dr. Richard LeDuc are joined by an in-person audience for…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4531,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/standard-of-truth-3957526/episodes/s6e10-live-with-chocolate-flavored-candy-and-zero-tertullian/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/standard-of-truth-3957526/s6e10-live-with-chocolate-flavored-candy-and-zero-tertullian.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}