Dr Adam Koontz and Rev Willie Grills talk about the arrival of Mormons in Missouri: why they settled there, what created tensions with the Missourians, the conflicts that drove them into Illinois, and the eventual demise of Joseph Smith.

Related Books Gentry and Compton, Fire and Sword: A History of the Latter-day Saints in Northern Missouri, 1836-39 

Visit our website - A Brief History of Power

Get the Family Bible Commentary by Rev. Dr. Adam Koontz

Check out the Fathers of Lutheran Orthodoxy project

Many thanks to our sponsors, Blessed Sacrament Lutheran Church in Hayden, ID,  Our Savior Lutheran Church and School in Pagosa Springs, CO, and Luther Classical College

Dr Koontz - Trinity Lutheran Church

Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church

Music thanks to Verny