Saints Unscripted Podcast

In part 2 of Don's story and conversion journey, he tells of what perspective he wish he could have had while going through his faith wrestle, leaving the church, attending and being involved with anti- and ex-Mormon conventions and groups, exploring different faiths, and eventually finding his faith again and rejoining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  

Don has some amazing insights on doubt and having faith in God and Christ, and watching to make sure it isn't foundational on imperfect people, i.e. prophets, leaders, etc.

Don Bradley is back to talk about his spiritual awakening when he was a teenager, all the way through his long journey out of the church, his journey to come back into the church, and the role his research in the lost 116 pages of the Book of Mormon played in bringing him back.  

Don describes a journey while not a member of the church too. He searched for answers, meaning in life and a purpose. Tragedy struck him and his family and he was left with a spiritual yearning to believe in something in the afterlife. Through more series of events and miracles in his life, Don began investigating the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints again.  

Wait there's more! You'll want to watch it through until the end. This is only a very small piece of the grand and amazing story Don tells.

In the anticipated Part 2 of "The Witnesses," Jake immerses into the world after Martin Harris, Oliver Cowdrey and David Whitmer witness the plates and the vision with Moroni. Part 2 focuses more on the undying and firm testimonies of the three witnesses throughout their lives.  

We also experience the story of the eight witnesses: Christian Whitmer, Jacob Whitmer, Peter Whitmer Jr., John Whitmer, Hiram Page, Joseph Smith Sen., Hyrum Smith and Samuel H. Smith. Many of these witnesses of the Book of Mormon had rocky histories with the church, and many left. None of which however, denied their testimony of the Book of Mormon.   

This episode is a lot more gritty, due to the experiences with the mob and the violence the witnesses and others received

This episode of the SU Podcast will be a little different! From the beginning of development for the SU Podcast, the Saints Unscripted team has always wanted to create episodes where we try to immerse listeners into the world of the historical past. For our first episode, we wanted to tell the amazing story and backstories of the witnesses for the golden plates!   

In part 1, we take you through the life events for the 3 witnesses, Martin Harris, Oliver Cowdery, and David Whitmer, leading up to their vision of the angel Moroni and the golden plates. In this historical journey, you will be taken back in time to the mid-19th century and hopefully learn a little bit about the characters themselves and the lives they lived.

Today we're excited to have Justin from Saints Unscripted on with Jake to talk about his journey with relationships with others and God. Most of Justin's relationships throughout his life have been toxic, and it has translated to a toxic relationship with God. Justin walks us through his experiences leading up to developing a healthier relationship with God.  

Listen until the end!

Brian Hales, a leading scholar in LDS Polygamy (otherwise known as Mormon Polygamy), sits down with Jake for a heart-to-heart on his learning about polygamy, his study into polygamy, and why he chooses to stay an active member in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (otherwise known as the Mormon Church or LDS Church).   

Learning about the polygamous history in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints might cause you to ask a lot of very important questions. The same happened for Brian Hales. And when Brian started his studies, very little information existed on the topic. Brian then dedicated decades to researching all of the facts and went on to publish multiple books and articles about his findings. Brian has chosen to stay in the Church of Jesus Christ, despite all of the faith-challenging information about polygamy and Joseph Smith's practice of polygamy.

Visit his website here! https://josephsmithspolygamy.org/

Today's mini episode features Justin from Saints Unscripted! Jake has been wanting to have him on for a long time now to talk about Toxic Relationships with God! The full episode has yet to be released but will be shortly.   

Justin has some amazing insights on his personal journey and experience with God and building a healthy relationship with Him. Jake and Justin specifically talk about the question, "Is God happy?" It is an interesting question for Jake and Justin because on one hand, God is perfect, glorified and has EVERYTHING. But on the other hand, His children on earth do many things that cause Him to weep and mourn. So how can He be happy?

In this episode, Jake answers the questions that were directed toward him in our Instagram story a few weeks ago. He answers all of them! Also, we should also make clear that we received many great and amazing questions but Facebook didn't save them for us and we lost them! So for those of you whose questions Jake didn't answer, we apologize, but as Jake said, he'll be in the comments so if you want to re-ask your question, Jake will respond! Feel free to also dm us or Jake with your questions!

Don Bradley returns to Saints Unscripted to continue his conversation about his book, "The Lost 116 Pages: Reconstructing the Book of Mormon's Missing Stories." Jake has been waiting for this moment since the beginning. In this episode you can expect to hear Don talk about and explain many parallels with the Book of Mormon and the Bible, with Jewish ties, uncovering the secrets about the theft of the manuscript nearly two centuries ago, and a very close, and fleshed out idea about what COULD have been on those missing pages.  

This episode however, only scratches the surface on what is contained in this book. You can get it yourselves on Amazon or Deseret Book!

Have you ever had mental, physical, emotional, or faith-based distress and pain? In today's episode, two of Jake's faith crisis heroes offer incredible insight into responding to the distress and pain when through a faith crisis. When faced with adversity doubt in your own, cherished faith, they explain an alternative approach from the accusatory and condemnation route, or the pushing away and not-dealing-with-it route. That's where we navigate through the middle of those two extremes and find mindfulness.  As the title says, and thanks to Dan and Jacob, Jake has chosen to not leave the church quite yet. He is however, still on this faith journey, and anything can still happen. But now, with the help from Dan and Jacob, Jake feels confident to find truth, wherever that may be.