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What Church Looked Like Before the 3-Hour Block

The first sacrament meeting of the Restoration was held on a Tuesday. Latter-day Saints once drank homemade currant wine from a shared cup, sang hymns one line at a time because half the congregation couldn't read, and listened to music playing during the administration of the sacrament. Almost eve…

Most LDS Faith Crises Start in the Wrong Place. Here's Where to Begin.

Most people having a faith crisis are fighting on the branches — polygamy, DNA, the Book of Abraham, race and the priesthood — when the actual problem is buried somewhere underneath. What happens if you go all the way down to the roots and ask why anything exists at all? Use discount code INFORM…

Where Is the Hill Cumorah? (The Truth About Book of Mormon Geography)

Everyone knows where the Hill Cumorah is… right? Joseph Smith received the gold plates from a hill in upstate New York. But is that the same hill where Mormon hid the Nephite records and the Nephites made their last stand in Mormon 6? It's one of the most debated questions in Book of Mormon geograp…

How a Dead Sea Scrolls Translator Reads Isaiah

Jesus told us to search Isaiah diligently—so why does it so often feel like a closed book? What if the passages that confuse us most are actually some of the most carefully crafted poetry in all of scripture? Jasmin Rappleye, Neal Rappleye, and Stephen Smoot sit down with Dr. Donald W. Parry—pro…

General Conference October 2026 Recap and Analysis

We're diving into the top highlights and reveals of the October 2026 General Conference, including a surprising address from President Christofferson on the spiritual dangers of gambling. ===Informed Saints Credits=== Produced by: The Ancient America Foundation Producer: Spencer Clark Hosts: …

Were the Nephites the Maya? A BYU Mesoamericanist Answers

Was Quetzalcoatl really Jesus Christ? Is the famous "Lehi Stone" actually a carving of Lehi's tree of life? And if the Book of Mormon is true, why hasn't DNA found the Nephites? A Mesoamerican historian who believes the Book of Mormon takes on the myths that never seem to die. In this episode, J…

Did Joseph Smith Reveal Where the Book of Mormon Happened?

Did Joseph Smith ever reveal where the Book of Mormon took place? The very first missionaries told reporters that Lehi landed in Chile, and that the Nephites' final battle ran all the way from Panama to New York. So where did that picture come from, and has the question ever been settled by revelat…

Why Joseph Smith Said to Shake an Angel’s Hand

How do you know if a messenger is from God or the devil? Doctrine and Covenants 129 explains certain "keys" for discerning different spirits, and some Christians claim that the angel Moroni was really a demon. Barrett Burgin's short horror film "The Angel" probes these challenging questions, so in …

What an Egyptologist Sees in the Book of Abraham Facsimiles

Critics say the Book of Abraham facsimiles are just standard funerary papyri. But what if they were never meant to be read one at a time? Joseph Smith's sequence starts with an altar, ends with a throne, and puts a hypocephalus from a different mummy right in between. Jasmin Rappleye, Neal Rappl…

Zelph and Book of Mormon Geography: What Most People Miss

In June 1834, Joseph Smith's Zion's Camp climbed a burial mound above the Illinois River and uncovered a skeleton he called Zelph: a Lamanite warrior who fought under a prophet named Onandagus. Archaeologists have since excavated that very mound. So what does the dig actually tell us about Zelph, a…