Voices of the Restoration 1 • Joseph Smith's Family • Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat • January 13-19 • Come Follow Me

Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat explores Joseph Smith’s family and their influence on the Church, the Restoration, and Joseph Smith’s mission in their own words. SHOW NOTES/TRANSCRIPTS English: https://tinyurl.com/podcastDCVOR1 French: https://tinyurl.com/podcastDCVOR1FR German: https://tinyurl.com/podcastDCVOR1DE Portuguese: https://tinyurl.com/podcastDCVOR1PT Spanish: https://tinyurl.com/podcastDCVOR1ES YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/yPyVXjF1u3s STANDARD OF TRUTH PODCAST https://tinyurl.com/StandardPodcast ALL EPISODES/SHOW NOTES followHIM website: https://www.followHIMpodcast.com FREE PDF DOWNLOADS OF followHIM QUOTE BOOKS New Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastNTBook Old Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastOTBook WEEKLY NEWSLETTER https://tinyurl.com/followHIMnewsletter SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/followHIMpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/followhimpodcast TIMECODE 00:00 - Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat 01:37 What are Voices of the Restoration? 02:38 Real people, real experiences 06:30 Photos as examples of cultural differences 09:57 Struggling with Three Degrees of Glory 13:35 The Standard of Truth Podcast 16:47 Why Joseph Smith is important 19:06 The value of experts 24:44 Armchair experts 29:36 Lucy Mack and Joseph Sr’s religious backgrounds 35:13 Lucy’s response to Joseph Jr’s religious experiences 37:36 The Second Great Awakening 42:09 Arminianism 44:43 Smith family witnesses 47:13 Why Palmyra, New York? 48:51 Lucy as biographer and Joseph Smith Papers 53:12 Check your sources 56:07 Miracles and Historians 59:19 Lucy and Joseph’s family 1:03:32 William and Joseph’s relationship 1:05:37 Joseph loses two brothers 1:15:19 Death and hope 1:18:00 Joseph’s vision of the day of Resurrection 1:23:56 Samuel impact 1:26:44 A personal failure? 1:31:02 Joseph’s sisters 1:33:35 Joseph’s entire family believes 1:39:42 We must watch over one another 1:41:22 End - Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat Thanks to the followHIM team: Steve & Shannon Sorensen: Cofounder, Executive Producer, Sponsor David & Verla Sorensen: Sponsors Dr. Hank Smith: Co-host John Bytheway: Co-host David Perry: Producer Kyle Nelson: Marketing, Sponsor Lisa Spice: Client Relations, Editor, Show Notes Jamie Neilson: Social Media, Graphic Design Will Stoughton: Video Editor Krystal Roberts: Translation Team, English & French Transcripts, Website Ariel Cuadra: Spanish Transcripts Amelia Kabwika : Portuguese Transcripts "Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonald https://www.marshallmcdonaldmusic.com