How do you find answers to difficult Gospel Questions?  In this episode of Religion Today Host Martin Tanner uses his 2018 debate with a former Latter-day Saint who left the Church over questions he could not answer in the Book of Mormon, to show how to be patient and how to look to find answers to difficult questions.  Specifically, Martin discusses how steel mentioned in the Book of Ether in about 2,500 to 2,000 BC is a question with an answer.  Martin gives other answers and describes an approach to finding answers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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2021-10-17 Religion Today - How to Answer Difficult Gospel Questions - Martin Tanner's Debate with a Former Latter-day Saint as an Illustration

Many people have the idea, and have even been taught, that God's love is conditional; that God loves the righteous more than the unrighteous; that he loves people with problems less and good people more.  In this episode of Religion Today, host Martin Tanner explains from the experiences of Joseph Smith, the teachings of Church Leaders and from near-death experiences he heard first hand, that God's love is ALWAYS there, for EVERYONE, no matter how good or bad they are.  This does not mean God doesn't care if you're good or bad.  It does mean he loves you no matter what.  God's love is always there for you, no matter what you've done, no matter how imperfect you are. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2021-10-10 Religion Today - God Loves You No Matter Your Flaws and Imperfections - God's Love is Always There for You No Matter What

What was John the Baptist doing when he baptized people?  His baptism was not a Christian ritual.  After all, he was baptizing before Jesus' ministry began.  Is Baptism in the Book of Mormon before the time of Christ an error and proof it is not of God?  In this episode of Religion Today, host Martin Tanner explains that "baptism" then called "washing" was performed with anointing and clothing in clean garments, and is described in Exodus in connection with Moses' Tabernacle, the Ark of the Covenant and in Psalms.  Pre-Christian immersion fonts are described in the Dead Sea Scrolls and were excavated at Qumran.  Hence the Book of Mormon's pre-Christian mention of baptism is not an anomaly, but fits correctly within pre-Christian Judaism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2021-10-03 Religion Today - Was there Baptism Before Christianity - Is Baptism in the Book of Mormon Before Christianity aa Error

The near-death experiences of a 6-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl are shared by host Martin Tanner in this touching episode.  Both saw Jesus and one saw Heavenly Father.  Both experiences will help listeners understand how all are loved by God, how all can be forgiven, what is important in life, and that the Second Coming will happen. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2021-09-26 Religion Today - Touching Near-Death Experiences from a 6 year old boy and a 14 year old girl

Several critics emailed to ask whether host Martin Tanner believes Brigham Young was racist.  In this broadcast, Martin Tanner answers and responds to a broader question by explaining why neither The LDS Church and Joseph Smith were ahead of their time in having Blacks, Native Americans and others treated like all other visitors and members, without segregation, calling them to positions of authority and giving them the Priesthood.  Brigham Young, after giving praise to Black Elders in the LDS Faith changed policy in 1859, disallowing Blacks to be ordained to the Priesthood.  This was likely done to quell many threats against the Church for treating minorities the same as other members.  Over all, Martin Tanner explains why the LDS Faith has an excellent history of welcoming and treating minorities well.  More than half of all Church members today do not speak English as their native language. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2021-09-19 Religion Today - Race in Judaism, Christianity, and in the LDS Faith

The day after the 20th anniversary of 9-11, Religion Today Host Martin Tanner explains why the interpretation of 109 verses in the Quran by Radical Muslims, like the Taliban, ISIS, Al Quada, etc. caused 9-11, not U.S. foreign policy or U.S. involvement in the Middle-East, as some erroneously claim.  Learn why 99% of all terrorist attacks in the world are done in the name of one religious movement, Radical Islam, which believes that to be a good Muslim, one must fight against and kill infidels (non-Muslims).  This idea comes from teachings in the Quran.  Islamic terrorism has been going on in the form of the Barbary Coast Pirates (Muslim extremists of the 1700 and 1800s, and before, continuously to the present. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2021-09-12 Religion Today - Radical Islamic Religious Beliefs Caused 9-11, Not Western Politics or Foreign Policy

Recently Religion Today Show host Martin Tanner has received many emails concerned about the future:  Is the Constitution hanging by a threat?  Is the Church off track?  Is there a need for yet another restoration?  In this episode of Religion Today Martin Tanner explains from the Old and New Testaments, in clear language, why there will not be another restoration, why the LDS Church is not off track or in a state of apostasy and why the future looks bright.  His message is one of comfort and peace, that all will be well. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2021-09-05 Religion Today - The Church Will Not be Led Astray, is Not Off Track, or In a State of Apostasy

Religion Today host Martin Tanner explains how to respond to claims that members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe in a different God, a different Jesus and have a different view of salvation that is found in the New Testament. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2021-08-29 Religion Today - Responding to Those Who Say Latter-day Saints Should Not be Considered Real Christians

Have you wondered whether God and Jesus have a sense of humor?  In this episode of Religion Today, host Martin Tanner give some examples of the hundreds of places in the Bible where humor is appropriately used by God, Jesus, the Apostle Paul, Prophet Elijah and others to make an appropriate point.  Because we read scriptures with a serious mind set, because we do not recognize humor in 410 year old King James Bible English, we miss much of the humor it contains.  Humor in the Bible is not gratuitous, it is done to make a point.  Once you learn how to spot humor in the Bible, it will open up new ways to understand certain episodes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2021-08-22 Religion Today - Humor in the Bible - Does God Have a Sense of Humor

Did you know that Jesus, the Apostles and New Testament writers all read the scriptures the Greek (the Septuagint version of the Bible)?  In this episode of Religion Today, the host Martin Tanner explains why Jesus, the Apostles and Early Christians all read the Old Testament in Greek (the Septuagint Bible) and quotes from it.  The Apostle Paul, in his NT writings, quotes over 100 times from the Septuagint.  The Septuagint is often from an earlier, better version of Hebrew, than existing Hebrew Bibles today.  For example, the Septuagint says the Messiah would be born to a virgin.  The Hebrew Bible says the Messiah would be born to a young woman.  The differences have a profound effect on Christian doctrine. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2021-08-15 Religion Today - The Greek Septuagint Bible, and How Jesus, the New Testament Writers and Early Christians Used It

Prayer is communication with Heavenly Father.  If God knows all, why should we pray?  How can we overcome doubts about prayer and whether God listens?  In this Religion Today episode, host Martin Tanner answers these and other questions about prayer.  Prayer is important for everyone.,  If points us in the right direction, by re-orienting our life.  Prayer is indispensable when done as Jesus instructed.  It is alright to pray in public as well as in private. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2021-08-08 Religion Today - Prayer, How to Overcome Doubts About it and How to Make it More Effective

Religion Today host Martin Tanner explains why even though the first book on Near-death Experiences (NDEs) wasn't published until 1975, a careful study shows NDEs have been known much earlier:  (1) in the 1800s in the LDS Faith, (2) in the Middle Ages, (3) in the first millennium after Christ, (4) in the New Testament, (4) in the Book of Mormon, (5) Centuries before Christ, and, even earlier, (6) in the writings of Plato.  NDEs have many overlapping points with Latter-day Saint beliefs and doctrines which makes them especially acceptable to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2021-08-01 Religion Today - Near-Death Experiences, LDS and other Religious Beliefs

In this episode of Religion Today host Martin Tanner explores the meaning of vicarious "Baptism for the Dead" by early Christians in Corinth as mentioned by the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 15:29.  Harvard scholar and professor Krister Stendahl, later head of the Lutheran Church in Sweden, and the New English Translation of the Bible made by the Dallas Theological Seminary, suggest and acknowledge Paul was using Baptism for the Dead as an argument that the resurrection is real.  Stated another way, the early Christians in Corinth believed in Baptism for the Dead, but some had doubts about the resurrection.  Paul was trying to convince them the resurrection was real. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2021-07-25 Religion Today - Baptism for the Dead in Early Christianity and as Restored in the LDS Faith

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