Impressions of a Prophet: Joseph Smith
by Clayton Pixton · 26 episodes
ReligionSpiritualityChristianity
Beloved historian Susan Easton Black takes you through the opening scenes of the restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ in her uniquely captivating way, while Clayton Pixton deftly handles the intro and outro music. The time period covered is the lifetime of the prophet Joseph Smith. Don't miss this foundational account!
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53 min
26: The Martyrdom
Joseph Smith, having temporarily escaped over the Mississippi to Iowa, is encouraged by Emma, Hyrum, and others to return and turn himself in at Carthage. Prophecies their death an…
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9 min
On Location: Adam-ondi-Ahman
Well this video lacks some polish to say the least. But hopefully it gives you a taste of the amazing and sacred place, Adam-ondi-Ahman, in western Missouri. As I say in the video,…
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52 min
25: The Road to Carthage
William Law and the Nauvoo Expositor call for Nauvoo city charter to be revoked, after lengthy deliberation city council resolves to destroy press, Sheriff John P. Greene carries o…
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49 min
24: The Relief Society - A Monument to Women
In this episode Susan tells us the story of the origins of the largest female organization in the world, the Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The…
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55 min
23: Joseph Smith for President
Leading up to the presidential election of 1844, Joseph Smith and other church leaders counseled about who should get their vote. None of the alternatives seeming desirable, it was…
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42 min
22: The Nauvoo Temple - Past and Present
In this episode Susan talks about a central focus of the prophet and the saints in Nauvoo - the temple. We know from a previous episode that Joseph had received revelation and inst…
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51 min
21: Nauvoo, the City Beautiful
If you visit Nauvoo today (2020s), you'll see a small agrarian town. But in its heyday when it was the gathering place for the saints, it was a thriving center of religious, civic,…
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43 min
20: Commerce and Baptism for the Dead
In this episode we talk about the history of the place we now call Nauvoo, the reason so many died there when the saints first arrived, and a glorious revelation that followed rega…
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56 min
19: Quincy and the Mission of the Twelve
As the latter-day saints were running for their lives from Missouri, following the Extermination Order, east to Illinois, the town they came to was Quincy, just over the Mississipp…
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56 min
18: Alexander Doniphan
We take a moment in our account to talk about a great friend to the saints and a remarkable man - Alexander Doniphan. While others in positions of influence were seeking to harm th…
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43 min
17: Prisoners for Christ's Sake
As we discussed last time, Joseph Smith and others were taken prisoners in Far West on Oct 31 of 1838. A death sentence was passed on them, but they were effectively saved from exe…
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47 min
16: The Missouri Extermination Order
Learn about the events that led up to the infamous Extermination Order by Governor Boggs of Missouri in 1838. It reads in part, "the Mormons must be treated as enemies, and must be…
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2 min
On Location - Independence, Missouri
This is a video-only episode (except the little explanation version I do separately). For the video go to: https://youtu.be/9ModX2-auQo (YouTube). If you happen to be listening on…
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39 min
15: Call of the Twelve and Clay County
After the saints got kicked out of Independence, Missouri, fleeing north over the river to Clay County (Missouri - mostly Liberty), and had been there a couple of years, it became…
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50 min
14: The Fall of Zion and Zion's Camp
From the last episode we learned why around 1200 saints had moved from Kirtland, OH to Independence, MO, with more on the way. In this episode we learn about how the locals, who we…
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45 min
13: Independence - The New Jerusalem
The Lord revealed the "center place" for the gathering of the saints in the last days, and the place of Zion, the New Jerusalem, in 1831 to Joseph Smith. The place was Independence…
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52 min
12: Blessings Predicated on Righteousness
In this episode Susan does a study on the lives of several of the men who knew the prophet Joseph, to see how their faithfulness over the years affected their blessings. (Susan has…
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45 min
11: The Kirtland Safety Society and the Fall of Kirtland
In this episode we delve into the Kirtland Safety Society and how when it failed, many members of the Church left, some temporarily and some permanently, including members of the Q…
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44 min
10: Kirtland Revelations
Revelations to Joseph Smith given in Kirtland, Ohio - Stories of how they came to be, how they were copied, who they were to, what they were about, the most and least popular, the…
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9: Gathering to Ohio, Tar and Feathering
In February of 1831, the Lord having just previously commanded the people of the church to gather to Ohio, Joseph and Emma arrive (first) in Kirtland. Two months later Emma gives b…