An Institute Podcast

Brother  Anderson and Brother Mickelson discuss the unique doctrine of Heavenly Mother which came out of the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ through Joseph Smith. 

Brother Mickelson and Brother Anderson discuss and ponder together what we know and do not know about how the power of God known as priesthood operates in our lives. 

Note: the comment made in the episode about the Relief Society being a school of the prophets for women was said by Phebe Woodruff (wife of Wilford Woodruff) quoted in Part 1 of the "First 50 years of Relief Society". 

https://www.churchhistorianspress.org/the-first-fifty-years-of-relief-society/part-1?lang=eng

Brother Mickelson and I discuss the First Vision.

Why did we get the Book of Mormon this way? And we got our first listener comment!

We discuss assumptions and a closer, more nuanced reading of scripture and scientific evidence. Like everything, this is complicated and takes some humility and open-mindedness as we do our homework to discover truth. 

In this episode we discuss the issues that may arise when we misunderstand the doctrine of exaltation. Also, Brian survives a car wreck. 

In this episode we discuss the doctrinal history of theosis, or the belief that one can become a god. This early christian doctrine lost prevalence throughout the centuries until the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ through Joseph Smith. 

Brother Mickelson and Brother Anderson discuss the first Gospel Topics Essay, originally written in 2013 just after the Presidential Campaign of Mitt Romney, which put a bit of a spotlight on the Church, including the much-asked question this essay addresses. 

We introduce ourselves and why we are doing an institute podcast, and why we wanted to discuss the Gospel Topics Essays. 

A new season of An Institute Podcast begins September 4th.