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2 Nephi 5Alma 32 Nephi 30Gospel Topics (Race and the Priesthood)

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Matthew & James reach the final song in the first Act of The Book of Mormon musical.  Listen to it here.  They discuss differences between Mormon and historic Christian perspectives of Jesus found in 'Man Up' and the consequences these have on a Latter-day Saints mission on earth.

 Beginning with the song 'Sal Tlay Ka Siti' from The Book of Mormon Musical Matthew & James discuss the importance of thinking about how Christians explain the gospel and the dangers of misrepresentation. Plus there is lots about Mormonism and a host of other things.Sometimes He Calms the Storm - Scott Krippayne (Listen on Spotify - Listen on Youtube)Moroni 10Unfortunately, the Latter-day Saint sects mentioned by Matthew no longer have live websites.  They can be read about on wikipedia by clicking the link belowChurch of Christ (Temple Lot) - Interesting because they are TrinitarianThe Church of Jesus Christ - The Bible and the Book of Mormon OnlyGeneral Information on Latter-day Saints DenominationsBook of Commandments (Chapter 4:2) where it states that Joseph Smith has the "gift to translate the book, and I have commanded him that he shall pretend to no other gift, for I will grant him no other gift".  Compare Doctrine and Covenants 5:4

Matthew & James continue their discussion of the Latter-day Saint origin accounts, with focus on the Angel Moroni's visitation to Joseph Smith.Joseph Smith's Handwritten AccountCanonised Account from Joseph Smith- History2018 Account from 'Saints'TwitterFacebook

Matthew & James focus on Latter-day Saint Accounts of Joseph Smith's First Vision of 1820Official LDS AccountsA Missionary Perspective (including the picture Matthew shows James)Saints Book from which James read extractsJoseph Smith a History (Pearl of Great Price)

Matthew & James continue their journey through the Book of Mormon show by talking about the huge amount of information that is downloaded on the audience during this song.  They unpick a few details including Joseph Smith's First Vision, the origins of the Latter-day Saints and what makes Mormonism true (or not).Our email address is hellomormonism@gmail.com (and not how Matthew said it)Listen to all American Prophet on Spotify

The Mormon Underwear Episode.  Matthew & James discuss undergarments worn by worthy Mormons and explore whether they should be referred to as magic or sacred.

Matthew & James discuss the fifth song in the Book of Mormon Musical and how it relates to Mormonism.  They look at some of the details in the Missionary Handbook and discuss if talking about problems helps (or not).  Matthew says this song has his favourite rhyme.  They discuss some good and some bad statistics relating to Utah. Listen to 'Turn it Off' on SpotifyRead the Missionary HandbookRead one of the Deseret News Article mentioned by Matthew

Matthew & James discuss the shows portrayal of difficulties faced by the Ugandans and the missionaries.  They wonder how accurate the portrayal is.  James recommends a You Tube video showing the work of a Latter-day Saint Missionary in theUK.  Matthew decides he loves the bass line of this song.  This is the first song that has LOTS of swearing in.  Matthew & James navigate this without swearing!Listen to the song 'Hasa Diga Eebowai' from the show on Spotify here (be warned it contains lots of swearing)Watch the You Tube video 'Meet the Mormons' hereRead the Ensign article 'A Little Better Than Yesterday' mentioned by Matthew here

Matthew & James continue their journey through the Book of Mormon Show by discussing 'You and Me (But Mostly Me).  A very Disneyesque song with a sucker punch.  Matthew Explains about the Nature of Heavenly Father for Latter-day Saints  They try to reach a conclusion for the reason that Elder Price is so sure of himself (You decide how successful they were).Listen to 'You and Me (But Mostly Me)' here

Matthew and James discuss the song 'Two by Two' from The Book of Mormon musical'.  Plus, Matthew explains some similarities between Mormonism and Charismatic Christianity.   They discuss the changing definition of ‘Latter-day’in the Mormon Church.  James suggests that Matthew almost understands Calvinism

Matthew and James discuss the opening song from the Book of Mormon Musical, 'Hello'.  Plus, what it’s like to meet Latter-day Saint missionaries; how the Book of Mormon (text rather than the musical) is specifically used by Latter-day Saint missionaries to evangelise to non-Mormons.  They talk about how accurately the show portrays Mormons and Mormonism.