This episode is part 3 in a series going through the story of the Book of Mormon.

2 Nephi chapters 1-3 cover most of the elder Lehi's words of blessings and warnings to his children. He advises his sons Laman and Lemuel to obey Nephi's words.

Lehi seems to wax eloquent with a doctrinal dissertation on the atonement of the future Messiah, creation, the fall of Satan and Adam and Eve, and the necessity of free will.

He also claims that the fall of humanity was necessary for humans to have children. The dominion mandate and the command not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil were conflicting commands from God!

Also, Lehi claims that Abraham's great-grandson Joseph prophesied of Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon.

Further research:

Book of Mormon in video

Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration

The Book of Mormon online: 2 Nephi [chapters 1, 2, 3]

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Was Jesus born in a barn stable outdoors? Did Joseph knock on doors and get snubbed by innkeepers?

Who were the wise men? Were there three of them?

Let's examine some of these traditional ideas about the Nativity.

While we do this, let's not lose sight about what's important about the purpose of Christ's birth.

Scriptures Referenced:

Luke 2:1-7,16

Luke 22:11

Luke 13:15

Acts 13:6-8

Isaiah 60:6

Matthew 2:1-6

Micah 5:2

Numbers 24:17

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This episode is part 2 in a series going through the story of the Book of Mormon.

1 Nephi chapters 16-22 cover the journey of the prophet Lehi and his family to the coast of southeastern Arabia. Nephi builds a ship. The family sails to their new "promised land," which is somewhere in the ancient Americas. Once there, the family found resources to build civilization there. Nephi wrote some prophecy on metal plates and explained to his older brothers what it means and encourages them to obey God's commandments.

I briefly address issues over the Laman river, horses in Mesoamerica, and the curious convenience of hindsight in detailed prophecies allegedly written in the 500's B.C.

Further research:

Book of Mormon in video

Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration

The Book of Mormon online: 1 Nephi [chapters 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22]

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This episode is part 1 in a series going through the story of the Book of Mormon.

1 Nephi chapters 1-15 cover the prophet Lehi and his family leaving Jerusalem before the Babylonian captivity, his sons retrieve brass plates from Laban, Lehi has a dream of a tree with white fruit, and his son Nephi gets a vision of end times interpretations of Lehi's dream.

Further research:

Book of Mormon in video

Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration

The Book of Mormon online: 1 Nephi [chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]

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Chelsea returns to Truthspresso to co-host about thankfulness. After celebrating Thanksgiving Day, we present four reasons to be thankful to God:

1. Because of who He is (1Ch 16:34; 2Co 9:15)
2. Because of what He has done (Isa 12:4-5)
3. Because of what He is doing (Psa 107:8-9; Php 4:6)
4. Because He is faithful in the hard times (1Th 5:18; Eph 5:20; Col 3:17)

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My brother John joins me for the first time as a guest on Truthspresso. Two Mormon missionaries and their bishop visited my house on Friday. John was there to join me.

We all had a delightful conversation. After the Mormons pitched their church and explained that they have continuing prophets, John and I asked some basic probing questions about the atonement and who they believe Jesus to be.

John and I talk about this conversation and give an overview of the Book of Mormon. We also discuss a few details in the life of Joseph Smith.

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This episode is part 6 of examining common claims about something Donald Trump said.

As we examine each trope let's ask ourselves "Did Trump really say that?!"

Context is king. There can be more than meets the eye than what media will often have us believe.

In part 5 we dissect one hoax from an interview Donald Trump had with Tucker Carlson a few days before the election:

1. The "Liz Cheney in a firing squad" hoax

Sources Cited:

"Lawrence: The one person who did not deny Donald Trump wants Liz Cheney executed is Donald Trump," MSNBC, November 1, 2024.

"Trump escalates violent rhetoric with chilling remarks about Liz Cheney," CNN, November 1, 2024.

Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney), "This is how dictators destroy free nations," November 1, 2024, 4:10am.

Andrew Howard, "Suggesting 'nine barrels shooting' at Cheney, Trump reverts to violent rhetoric," Politico, November 1, 2024.

"Liz Cheney Responds To Trump's Violent Rhetoric Against Her: 'Its what autocrats do'," The View, November 4, 2024.

"Watch: Trump Calls Liz Cheney 'Radical War Hawk'," WSJ News, November 1, 2024.

"Trump attacks Liz Cheney, says she wouldn't be such a 'war hawk' if she had guns pointed at her," MSNBC, November 1, 2024.

"TRUMP CALLS FOR CHENEY'S EXECUTION," Drudge Report Archives, Accessed November 16, 2024.

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The 2024 elections exceeded many expectations. Donald J. Trump is once again slated for the White House.

He won in an electoral landslide and won the popular vote. He gained in almost every demographic. We look at some fiscal data and figure out why Gen Z and younger Millennials shifted the most toward Trump from 2020.

Some people are really unhappy and feel their very livelihood and the world is in danger. After playing some clips of TikTok people melting down, I present a challenge to Christians. If you're happy or feel relief, avoid the trap of kicking people while they're down. Be a listening ear and ask questions gently. Speak truth in love. Ease the angst and look for opportunities to further the gospel.

Sources Cited:

Linley Sanders, "How 5 key demographic groups voted in 2024: AP VoteCast," Associated Press, Updated November 7, 2024.

Graham Kates, "Map shows Trump's 2024 election victory came as voters shifted red across the country," CBS News, November 8, 2024.

Dorothy Neufeld, "Mapped: The Salary Needed to Buy a Home in 50 U.S. Cities in 2024," Visual Capitalist, July 24, 2024.

Kimberly Amadeo, "U.S. Budget Deficit by Year," The Balance, Updated May 16, 2024.

"What is the national deficit?" FiscalData.Treasury.gov, Accessed November 9, 2024.

"Jimmy Kimmel Reacts to Donald Trump Winning the Presidential Election," Jimmy Kimmel Live, November 6, 2024.

"Leftist tears: Unhinged meltdowns captured following Donald Trump’s victory," Sky News Australia, November 6, 2024.

Scriptures Referenced:

Hosea 4:6

Colossians 2:8

1 Corinthians 2:12

1 Corinthians 1:21

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On the eve of world-changing elections I skim through some of the stories in the book of Daniel and ask if the United States is in a form of captivity.

Will the country head more toward captivity or out of it? Can our vote steer the nation one way or another?

Scriptures Referenced:

2 Timothy 2:22-26

Colossians 2:8

Isaiah 44:28

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This episode is part 5 of examining common claims about something Donald Trump said.

As we examine each trope let's ask ourselves "Did Trump really say that?!"

Context is king. There can be more than meets the eye than what media will often have us believe.

In part 5 we dissect two hoaxes from the same article in The Atlantic:

1. The "I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had" hoax
2. The "$60,000 to Bury a Mexican" hoax

Sources Cited:

Jeffrey Goldberg, "Trump: 'I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had'," The Atlantic, October 22, 2024.

Michael D. Shear, "Trump Asked Aide Why His Generals Couldn’t Be Like Hitler's, Book Says," New York Times, August 8, 2022.

Christopher Tremoglie, "Reductio ad Hitlerum: 60 years of Democrats falsely calling the Republican nominee a fascist," Washington Examiner, October 24, 2024.

John Mashek, "Bush, Obama, and the Hitler Card," US News, May 16, 2008.

Taija PerryCook, "Did Trump Once Say 'I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had'?" Snopes, October 25, 2024.

"President Donald Trump offers to pay for the funeral of Vanessa Guillén," Donald J Trump, July 30, 2020.

Mark Meadows (@MarkMeadows), "I was in the discussions featured in the Atlantic’s latest hit piece against President Trump," October 22, 2024, 2:42pm.

Mayra Guillen (@@mguilen_), "Wow. I don’t appreciate how you are exploiting my sister’s death for politics," October 22, 2024, 2:30pm.

George Conway (@gtconway3d), "No one is exploiting your sister’s death here," October 23, 2024, 10:46am.

Mayra Guillen (@mguilen_), "Is that why the @TheAtlantic is in your bio?" October 23, 2024, 6:27pm.

Attorney Natalie Khawam (@WhistleblowerLF), "After having dealt with hundreds of reporters in my legal career," October 22, 2024, 5:13pm.

Peter Kafka, "Laurene Powell Jobs and Kamala Harris are coming to Code," Vox, April 27, 2017.

"Kamala Harris says 'everybody needs to be woke' in 2017 video that may haunt her campaign," New York Post, August 6, 2024.

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