Standard of Truth

By Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat

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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.

Episode Date
S5E13 Calvinism vs The Standard of Truth Podcast
Mar 27, 2025
S5B3 Bracket Update and 2026 Tour Dates
Mar 25, 2025
S5E12 D&C 17 (formerly premium content from STC)
Mar 20, 2025
S5B2 March Email Madness
Mar 18, 2025
S5E11 ChatGPT vs The Standard of Truth Podcast
Mar 13, 2025
S5E10 Thus Saith the Lord
Mar 06, 2025
S5E9 Missionary Madness and Brigham Young’s Leadership
Feb 27, 2025
S5E8 D&C 10 Part 2
Feb 20, 2025
S5E7 D&C 10 Part 1
Feb 13, 2025
S5E6 Stillbirths and Miscarriages
Feb 06, 2025
S5E5 Great Rebukes from Church History: Almon Babbitt
Jan 30, 2025
S5E4 D&C 3 Part 2
Jan 23, 2025
S5E3 D&C 3 Part 1
Jan 16, 2025
S5B1 Search These Commandments and a New Theme Song
Jan 13, 2025
S5E2 Can Satan Repent?
Jan 09, 2025
S5E1 Joseph Smith Raising the Dead
Jan 02, 2025
S4E52 The Importance of the Temple (Interview with President Roggero)
Dec 26, 2024
S4E51 Fallacies, Forgeries, and Football
Dec 19, 2024
S4E50 Has the Day of Miracles Ceased?
Dec 12, 2024
S4E49 Additional Witnesses of the Gold Plates Part 2
Dec 05, 2024
S4E48 Additional Witnesses of the Gold Plates Part 1
Nov 28, 2024
S4E47 Where is Zion?
Nov 21, 2024
S4E46 Questions About Eternal Sealings
Nov 14, 2024
S4E45 Sidney Rigdon’s Apostasy Part 3
Nov 07, 2024
S4E44 Sidney Rigdon’s Apostasy Part 2
Oct 31, 2024
S4E43 Sidney Rigdon’s Apostasy Part 1
Oct 24, 2024
S4E42 Following the Prophet Joseph Smith After his Death
Oct 17, 2024
S4E41 Six Days in August
Oct 10, 2024
S4B7 Standard of Truth Tour, the People Cry Out
Oct 06, 2024
S4E40 The Essential Answers to the Most Important Questions Part 2
Oct 03, 2024
S4E39 The Essential Answers to the Most Important Questions Part 1
Sep 26, 2024
S4E38 Super Special Secret Source on Polygamy?
Sep 19, 2024
S4E37 Secret Ways to Prepare for the Second Coming
Sep 12, 2024
S4E36 George Albert Smith’s Apocalyptic Vision
Sep 05, 2024
S4E35 Changes to the Aaronic Priesthood
Aug 29, 2024
S4E34 Sweetwater Rescue
Aug 22, 2024
S4E33 Theory for the Origin of the Book of Mormon
Aug 15, 2024
S4E32 Questions About Joseph Smith
Aug 08, 2024
S4E31 Joseph Smith Removed as Prophet Part 2
Aug 04, 2024
S4E30 Lectures on Faith and Joseph Smith Removed as Prophet Part 1
Jul 25, 2024
S4E29 Having Faith Isn’t a Cop Out
Jul 18, 2024
S4E28 Joseph's Experiences Attending Other Churches
Jul 11, 2024
S4E27 Of Adultery and Baptism
Jul 04, 2024
S4E26 Can Adulterers Go to the Celestial Kingdom?
Jun 27, 2024
S4B6 180 Years Since the Martyrdom
Jun 27, 2024
S4E25 Sword of Laban
Jun 20, 2024
S4E24 Top Villains of the Restoration
Jun 13, 2024
S4E23 Anti Mormon Legislation
Jun 07, 2024
S4E22 Formation of the New Testament (formerly premium content from JSR)
May 30, 2024
S4E21 The Arian Controversy: Did God the Father Create Jesus? (formerly premium content from JSR)
May 23, 2024
S4E20 Gerrit Goes Hard in the Paint on Hurlbut and Solomon Spaulding Part 2
May 16, 2024
S4E19 Gerrit Goes Hard in the Paint on Hurlbut and Solomon Spaulding Part 1
May 09, 2024
S4E18 Lesser Known Heroes from Church History - Eliza Dana Gibbs Part 2
May 02, 2024
S4E17 Lesser Known Heroes from Church History - Eliza Dana Gibbs Part 1
Apr 25, 2024
S4E16 The Angel Raphael and Other Ninja Turtles
Apr 18, 2024
S4B5 Thoughts on Following the Prophet After Conference
Apr 15, 2024
S4E15 The Angel Gabriel and a Good Old-Fashioned Feet Dusting
Apr 11, 2024
S4B4 Explaining Poor Audio and Conference Report
Apr 08, 2024
S4E14 Statements from the Three Witnesses (primarily Martin Harris)
Apr 04, 2024
S4E13 Live Studio Audience Part 2 (Politics and Polygamy)
Mar 28, 2024
S4E12 Live Studio Audience Part 1 (Phebe Draper Palmer Brown Mail Bag)
Mar 21, 2024
S4E11 Witnesses of the Book of Mormon Part 5 (we finally get to it)
Mar 14, 2024
S4B3 Dedication of the Kirtland Temple
Mar 07, 2024
S4E10 The Church Acquires the Kirtland Temple and Nauvoo Properties
Mar 07, 2024
S4B2 Update on Live Event
Mar 01, 2024
S4E9 Questioning Scriptures and Frustration with Politics
Feb 29, 2024
S4E8 Oliver Cowdery Attempts to Translate
Feb 22, 2024
S4E7 Witnesses of the Book of Mormon Part 4
Feb 15, 2024
S4E6 Witnesses of the Book of Mormon Part 3
Feb 08, 2024
S4E5 Witnesses of the Book of Mormon Part 2
Feb 01, 2024
S4E4 Witnesses of the Book of Mormon Part 1
Jan 25, 2024
S4B1 Exciting News
Jan 22, 2024
S4E3 Title Page of the Book of Mormon
Jan 18, 2024
S4E2 Obscure Anti Argument
Jan 11, 2024
S4E1 Preface to the Book of Mormon
Jan 04, 2024
S3E52 Moroni Addendum
Dec 28, 2023
S3B5 Merry Christmas
Dec 25, 2023
S3E51 Christmas Extravaganza
Dec 21, 2023
S3E50 Testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith
Dec 14, 2023
S3E49 Walking on Water Part 2
Dec 07, 2023
S3E48 Walking on Water Part 1
Nov 30, 2023
S3B4 Every Time A Bell Rings, An Angel Doesn’t Get Their Wings
Nov 23, 2023
S3E47 Moroni Part 5
Nov 23, 2023
S3E46 Moroni Part 4
Nov 16, 2023
S3E45 Moroni Part 3
Nov 09, 2023
S3E44 Moroni Part 2
Nov 02, 2023
S3E43 Moroni Part 1
Oct 26, 2023
S3E42 Hero Worship Part 2
Oct 19, 2023
S3E41 Hero Worship Part 1
Oct 12, 2023
S3E40 History of the Hosanna Shout
Oct 05, 2023
S3E39 Baptism Required for Salvation
Sep 28, 2023
S3E38 Colonizing the Holy Land
Sep 21, 2023
S3E37 Apostles, Apostates, and Apothecaries: George Adams
Sep 14, 2023
S3B4 Okay, Let’s Try That Again
Sep 08, 2023
S3B3 Standard of Truth Tours 2024
Sep 07, 2023
S3E36 Questioning Richard’s Understanding of Authority
Sep 07, 2023
S3E35 The Final Charge to the Twelve
Aug 31, 2023
S3E34 The Standard of Truth Has Been Erected
Aug 24, 2023
S3E33 Why Me?
Aug 17, 2023
S3E32 ”Mormon Hell”
Aug 10, 2023
S3E31 Building Temples
Aug 03, 2023
S3E30 Speaking in Tongues in the Early Church
Jul 27, 2023
S3E29 Joseph Smith’s Public Rebuke of Brigham Young
Jul 20, 2023
S3E28 Getting ”Bogged” Down by Alleged Prophecy Part 2
Jul 13, 2023
S3E27 Getting ”Bogged” Down By Alleged Prophecy Part 1
Jul 06, 2023
S3B2 Rerelease of the 4th of July Extravaganza
Jul 04, 2023
S3E26 Apostles and Apostates Part 1 (the Calling of the Twelve Apostles)
Jun 29, 2023
S3E25 Standard of Truth Tour: Recorded Live Before a Studio Audience
Jun 22, 2023
S3E24 The History and Doctrine of Baptism for the Dead
Jun 15, 2023
S3E23 Joseph Smith Stepping Down As Prophet
Jun 08, 2023
S3E22 Happiness Part 2
Jun 01, 2023
S3E21 Happiness Part 1
May 25, 2023
S3E20 Dreadful Resurrection
May 18, 2023
S3E19 Did Joseph Smith Really Use A Seer Stone?
May 11, 2023
S3E18 D&C 4 and 5 (formerly premium content from HPFOP)
May 04, 2023
S3E17 The Beginnings of the Apostasy (formerly premium content from JSR)
Apr 27, 2023
S3E16 Missionary Extravaganza
Apr 20, 2023
S3E15 Bad Sources and Animal Sacrifice
Apr 13, 2023
S3E14 Free Will or Fate
Apr 06, 2023
S3E13 What Documents Should the Church Keep Private?
Mar 30, 2023
S3E12 The Changing Name of the Church
Mar 23, 2023
S3E11 Do We Choose Our Family in the Premortal Existence?
Mar 16, 2023
S3E10 Who is Saved and Who Burns in Hell?
Mar 09, 2023
S3E9 Joseph Smith’s Commentary on the Sermon on the Mount
Mar 02, 2023
S3E8 How Can We Know?
Feb 23, 2023
S3B1 Presidents Day Potpourri of Potent Potable Questions
Feb 20, 2023
S3E7 Manslaughter or Accident: A Baptism Tragedy
Feb 16, 2023
S3E6 Men (Quakers) on the Moon
Feb 09, 2023
S3E5 Peter, James, and John
Feb 02, 2023
S3E4 Who Are the Two Prophets Who Die in Jerusalem?
Jan 26, 2023
S3E3 Brigham Young and John Taylor “Never Friends”
Jan 19, 2023
S3E2 Jesus’ Family
Jan 12, 2023
S3E1 The Trinity and the Nature of God
Jan 05, 2023
S2E52 Are ”Mormons” Christian? Part 3
Dec 29, 2022
S2E51 Are ”Mormons” Christian? Part 2
Dec 23, 2022
S2E51 Are ”Mormons” Christian? Part 2
Dec 22, 2022
S2E50 Are ”Mormons” Christian? Part 1
Dec 15, 2022
S2E49 The Problem with Punctuation
Dec 08, 2022
S2E48 Mormon Battalion Part 4
Dec 01, 2022
S2E47 Mormon Battalion Part 3
Nov 24, 2022
S2E46 Mormon Battalion Part 2
Nov 17, 2022
S2E45 Mormon Battalion Part 1
Nov 10, 2022
S2E44 Counterfeiting Scholarship Part 2
Nov 03, 2022
S2E43 Counterfeiting Scholarship Part 1
Oct 27, 2022
S2E42 Is It Season 38 Already? Part 2
Oct 20, 2022
S2E41 Is It Season 38 Already? Part 1
Oct 13, 2022
S2E40 Prosperity Theology Part 2 1/2 and Other Bad Arguments
Oct 06, 2022
S2E39 Prosperity Theology Part 2
Sep 29, 2022
S2E38 Prosperity Theology Part 1
Sep 22, 2022
S2E37 Signs of the Times Part 3
Sep 15, 2022
S2B2 Standard of Truth Tour
Sep 12, 2022
S2E36 Signs of the Times Part 2
Sep 08, 2022
S2E35 Signs of the Times Part 1
Sep 01, 2022
S2E34 After Much Tribulation Come the Blessings (D&C 58)
Aug 25, 2022
S2E33 Joseph Smith Polaroid
Aug 18, 2022
S2E32 Where Did the Book of Mormon Take Place?
Aug 11, 2022
S2E31 Apocrypha Part 2
Aug 04, 2022
S2E30 Apocrypha Part 1
Jul 29, 2022
S2E29 Polygamy, Kind of...That’s Part of It Part 2
Jul 21, 2022
S2E28 Polygamy, Kind of...That’s Part of It Part 1
Jul 14, 2022
S2E27 Is This Safe For Sunday School
Jul 07, 2022
S2E26 4th of July Extravaganza
Jun 30, 2022
S2E25 Unpublished Revelations of Joseph Smith Part 2
Jun 23, 2022
S2E24 Unpublished Revelations of Joseph Smith Part 1
Jun 16, 2022
S2E23 Zion Part 5 (expulsion from Jackson County)
Jun 09, 2022
S2E22 Zion Part 4 (early violence in Missouri)
Jun 02, 2022
Apocrypha Part 1
May 26, 2022
S2E21 Zion Part 3 (law of consecration and land ownership)
May 26, 2022
S2E20 Under the Banner of Heaven Part 2
May 19, 2022
S2E19 Under the Banner of Heaven Part 1
May 12, 2022
S2E18 Zion Part 2
May 04, 2022
S2E17 Zion Part 1
Apr 28, 2022
S2E16 American Ideology Part 2
Apr 21, 2022
S2E15 American Ideology Part 1
Apr 14, 2022
S2E14 Freemasons Part 2
Apr 07, 2022
S2E13 Freemasons Part 1
Mar 31, 2022
S2E12 Abraham Lincoln and the Latter-day Saints Part 3
Mar 24, 2022
S2E11 Abraham Lincoln and the Latter-day Saints Part 2
Mar 17, 2022
S2E10 Abraham Lincoln and the Latter-day Saints Part 1
Mar 10, 2022
S2E9 Lesser Known Heroes from Church History - Mercy Fielding Thompson
Mar 03, 2022
S2E8 Baptism in the Early Church
Feb 24, 2022
S2B1 - Renee Dirkmaat (Gerrit’s Mom)
Feb 21, 2022
S2E7 Oral History and D&C 135
Feb 17, 2022
S2E6 Carthage Conspiracy Part 2
Feb 10, 2022
S2E5 Carthage Conspiracy Part 1
Feb 03, 2022
S2E4 White Horse Prophecy Part 2
Jan 27, 2022
S2E3 White Horse Prophecy Part 1
Jan 20, 2022
S2E2 D&C 41 and the Kirtland Crazies
Jan 20, 2022
S2E1 The Book of Moses
Jan 06, 2022
S1E31 Brigham Young and the Council of Fifty Part 3
Dec 30, 2021
S1B3 Gerrit Dirkmaat, The Man Behind the History
Dec 25, 2021
S1E30 Porter Rockwell and the Council of Fifty Part 2
Dec 23, 2021
S1E29 Lesser Known Teachings of Joseph Smith from the Council of Fifty Part 1
Dec 16, 2021
S1E28 Every Time A Bell Rings, An Angel Doesn’t Get Their Wings
Dec 09, 2021
S1E27 Joseph Smith‘s Decision to Run for President Part 3
Dec 02, 2021
S1E26 Joseph Smith‘s Decision to Run for President Part 2
Nov 25, 2021
S1E25 Joseph Smith‘s Decision to Run for President Part 1
Nov 18, 2021
S1E24 Doctrine and Covenants and Revelations Part 2
Nov 11, 2021
S1E23 Doctrine and Covenants and Revelations Part 1
Nov 04, 2021
S1E22 Early Criticism of Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon Part 3
Oct 28, 2021
S1E21 Early Criticism of Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon Part 2
Oct 21, 2021
S1E20 Early Criticism of Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon Part 1
Oct 14, 2021
S1E19 Multiple Accounts of the First Vision Part 2
Oct 07, 2021
S1E18 Multiple Accounts of the First Vision Part 1
Sep 30, 2021
S1E17 D&C 93 and the Nature of God Part 3
Sep 23, 2021
S1E16 D&C 93 and the Nature of God Part 2
Sep 16, 2021
S1E15 D&C 93 and the Nature of God Part 1
Sep 09, 2021
S1B2 From Darkness Unto Light
Sep 05, 2021
S1E14 Translation of the Gold Plates Part 2
Sep 02, 2021
S1E13 Translation of the Gold Plates Part 1
Aug 26, 2021
S1E12 The Word of Wisdom Part 2
Aug 19, 2021
S1E11 The Word of Wisdom Part 1
Aug 12, 2021
S1E10 Joseph Smith‘s Civil War Prophecy
Aug 05, 2021
S1E9 Revelation to a Radical Christian Group
Jul 29, 2021
S1E8 Joseph Smith: A Fungi?
Jul 22, 2021
S1E7 ”The Vision” D&C 76 Part 2
Jul 15, 2021
S1E6 ”The Vision” D&C 76 Part 1
Jul 08, 2021
S1B1 Martyrdom
Jul 03, 2021
S1E5 Martyrdom Part 2
Jul 01, 2021
S1E4 Martyrdom Part 1
Jun 24, 2021
S1E3 Follow the Prophet Part 2
Jun 17, 2021
S1E2 Follow the Prophet Part 1
Jun 10, 2021
S1E1 Introduction to the Standard of Truth Podcast
Jun 03, 2021