Wake Up
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Wake Up
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Wake Up! Defending the faith of our fathers and forgotten principles of the West.

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“Mormonism means Jesus failed to preserve His Church.” Only if your Bible is missing, like, the entire Bible. The scriptural pattern is God establishing a covenant people, watching them drift into apostasy, and then sending prophets to correct, warn, restore, and gather. That is not an embarrassing exception to the Bible. That is the plot of the Bible. Paul literally warned of “grievous wolves,” disciples being drawn away, and a “falling away” before the coming of Christ. So the Restoration is not “Jesus failed.” It is “humans apostatized, and God restored.” Again.






Episode 892: Greg Prince Book “Gay Rights and the Mormon Church”, Episode Two My friend Greg Prince (writer, scientist, businessman, philanthropist—see bio at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_P…) joins us to talk about his book “Gay Rights and the Mormon Church: Intended Actions, Unintended Consequences” released in 2019. In this episode, Greg talks the legal efforts of the Church to stop same-sex marriage starting in Hawaii (1990), Proposition 22 (2000) and Proposition 8 (2008) in California, and other efforts—and the “Unintended Consequences” along the way. Greg takes us behind the screens to understand the Church role in and arguments against same-sex marriage—arguments that end up not being empirically defendable. Stung and surprised by the backlash against the Church for its role in Proposition 8, Greg shares the stories of reconciliation between both groups—and how that led to the Church’s support for LGBTQ+ non-discrimination protections in Utah regarding housing and employment (SB296 in 2015). Greg talks about the Church support in 2023 for the Respect for Marriage Act—sending a General Authority Seventy for the signing of the bill at the White House. I believe it is important to understand the church’s efforts against same sex marriage—and its ultimate support 32 years later for the Respect for Marriage Act. It helps me understand the needless pain for LGBTQ Latter-day Saints and their families largely driven by the culture and fearmongering of the day—and to also open our hearts and minds to future efforts to better support them. It also causes me to consider targeted groups today—like our LDS transgender friends—and not wanting to fall in the same pattern. Thank you Greg for being on the podcast and all your efforts to bring more understanding and support for LGBTQ Latter-day Saints and their families. Richard "Papa" Ostler ♥️ Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/epi… Greg’s Book on Amazon: amazon.com/dp/B08P7Q8QZB Church’s support for Respect for Marriage Act: thechurchnews.com/leaders/2022/1…



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“Why haven’t you ever heard of this?” Maybe cause you never looked at what is literally right on our website. Hahaha (Seriously this is taught in all Church history classes)

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Andrew Klavan @andrewklavan today on the Matt Fradd Mormon controversy (shortened): "I love Matt Fradd. He's not like these hateful people just slinging mud in the name of God. But I have to say I don't agree that he should be doing this. Mormons aren't blowing people up, leave them alone. When you take away something that you disagree with in somebody else's faith, you might think you're doing something good, but you might actually be taking the step away from them that's going to lead them to something closer to the truth."




EXCLUSIVE: Senator @CurtisUT eyeing a run for Governor? His chief of staff, @IronmanCorey, tells me he's not ruling it out. "This is the reason I'm not closing the door. John Curtis will serve where the people of Utah want him to serve. If that is being governor, or if that is staying with the Senate, he will serve where the people of Utah want him." Full story: abc4.com/news/politics/…










