Real Talk & Friends - Anthony Sweat

What are some church history topics that you have wrestled with? Which part of church history is triggering for you? If you have a hard time reconciling the Church’s past, and even present, with some of your current beliefs, you don’t want to miss today’s episode! Ganel-Lyn and Scott have the privilege of sitting down with Anthony Sweat who is such a gift around conversations of Doctrine and Covenants and Church history. Anthony Sweat is an Associate Professor of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University. He received a BFA in painting and drawing and a PhD in curriculum and instruction. Seekers Wanted and The Holy Invitation are two of his most recent books. In today’s episode, he dives into some controversial church history topics and he sheds light on some of the questions so many of us have. At the end of the show, listen for his invitation—an invitation that goes along with the promise at the end of the Book of Mormon: Search the revelations of Doctrine and Covenants and ask for a manifestation of their truth. For those of you who are looking, these are the references Brother Sweat gave for Joseph's Promise. It was published in The Joseph Smith Papers: "History, 1838–1856, volume A-1 [23 December 1805–30 August 1834]," p. 227, The Joseph Smith Papers, accessed January 2, 2021 ▶ https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/pap... ) Also was excerpted into the Church's History (History of the Church, Volume 1:282) Real Talk & Friends is presented by Ganel-Lyn Condie and Scott Sorensen.