In The Book

Jun 07 2024 22 ep. 19 mins 43

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What in the Book of Mormon has been so life changing for millions of people? Come find out. This is a podcast produced by Rebecca Devonas in collaboration with Scripture Central.

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52+ Churches Later: David Boice

Jun 07 2024 17 mins

When a friend suggested he move away from the "fairytales of the Bible" and religion altogether, David Boice decided to visit fifty-two churches in fifty-two weeks first. What started out as a small personal project turned into a YouTube channel, chronicling his stops. On his second round of that, he visited a congregation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for firs

Year In Review

Mar 01 2024 7 mins

Looking back at the first year of the podcast! What are your takeaways?

Seeing Christ: a Blind Boy and a Missionary from Wuhan, China with Yangzi Jin and Conner Green

Feb 02 2024 24 mins

Yangzi Jin grew up in Wuhan, China, and after joining the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the United States as an exchange student, served a mission on Temple Square in Salt Lake City. One day, she received an assignment to give a Mandarin tour to a blind teenage boy, Conner Green, who had recently been adopted by a Utah family. Conner and Yangzi’s connection to th

The House of Israel in Mexico: Diana Angulo

Jan 05 2024 16 mins

Growing up in Mexico, Diana Angulo noticed how much of her country’s history seemed to point to the Book of Mormon and to Jesus Christ, who had appeared to the inhabitants of the Americas after his resurrection. Reading the book, she learned that she too was a part of the remnant of the House of Israel that Christ spoke of, and that identity guided her as a full-time missionary a

The Book Without a Name: Vincenzo di Francesca (1888-1966) with Tommaso Cardullo

Dec 15 2023 15 mins

Vincenzo di Francesca (1888-1966) was on his way to a pastor’s house one cold, winter morning of 1910 in New York City when he saw a book lying on a barrel of ashes, its leaves blowing in the wind. When he picked it up, he saw there was no frontispiece, and the book was unnamed. Flipping through it, he saw the names Mosiah, Lamanite, Isaiah, and others, and wondered what it could

One Book from Provo to Pakistan: Sean Dixon

Nov 24 2023 29 mins

When the Timpview High School seminary council in Provo, Utah had the students write their testimonies and mailing addresses in copies of the Book of Mormon, Sean Dixon joined in, not thinking much of it until 1989 when a letter came in the mail from Pakistan addressed to Sean. Somehow, his testimony had made its way all the way to Stephen Anjum, a Pakistani Christian. Sean and Ste

Rebounding from Cancer with the Book of Mormon: Ricky Stafford

Nov 03 2023 21 mins

Over six feet tall at age fifteen and professional basketball in his sights, Ricky Stafford was finding his mojo as a freshman in high school when his world seemed to shatter overnight. Suddenly diagnosed with leukemia, Ricky was admitted to Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah to start treatment. What started as a major setback turned into a gift when he opened th

Baptism, Her Baby, and the Book on the Shelf: Maureen Sederberg

Oct 20 2023 21 mins

Growing up on Long Island, New York in an Irish Catholic family, Maureen Sederberg went to Catholic schools, and from her family dinner conversations, learned to ask questions. As the years went by, she drifted away from religion, and into the fashion industry with her husband. It wasn’t until the birth of her first child, Samantha, that she felt the weight of responsibility to d

A Mother’s ”Twig” in Rhodesia: Minnie Budd

Oct 06 2023 21 mins

When Minnie Budd read the Book of Mormon for the first time in Gwelo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 1950, she knew it was true, but there were no missionaries or other members of the Church in the town, nor could she get baptized for seven years. That didn’t stop her, however. She started sharing the book with everyone she met, and began running church meetings from her house, not k

Moroni’s Appearance to Joseph Smith, the Plates, and the Translation: Matthew C. Godfrey

Sep 22 2023 19 mins

Exactly two hundred years ago, the teenage Joseph Smith, Jr. kneeled down to pray after a day’s work on the Smith family farm. The heavenly messenger sent in response to his prayer bore news of an ancient record on golden plates buried in the ground and of Joseph’s prophetic call to translate them. Matthew C. Godfrey, former managing historian of the Joseph Smith Papers, explai