All First-Person Accounts of Joseph Smith's First Vision Examined
Martin Tanner's Religion Today
Release Date: 08/08/2025
The Genesis Evidence for Humans in the Literal Image of the Gods; and, Was the Garden of Eden in Missouri or the Middle East?
Martin Tanner's Religion Today
Genesis 1:26 and 5:3 are explained to demonstrate humans look like the Gods - men and women, and have the qualities and traits of the Gods, including the ability to reason, all of the human emotions, and God-like intellect in embryo. Next, we examine evidence for the Garden of Eden location in the Middle East versus in Missouri.
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A Brief Overview of Book of Abraham Facts and Fallacies
Martin Tanner's Religion Today
Critics use a "red hearing" (untrue fact) to try to discredit the Book of Abraham. Critics say we have the papyri from which the Book of Abraham text was translated, which is factually incorrect. Egyptologists have translated it and it is not the Book of Abraham. The true facts are that we do have 11 papri fragments recovered from the New York Metropolican Museum of Art, which Egyptologists have translated. But the rest or the papyrus scrolls, according to contemporary descriptions, about 100 feet, on at least two long, were burned up in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The scrolls which were...
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How to Choose the Best Modern Bible Translation for You
Martin Tanner's Religion Today
Martin describes 15 modern English Bible translations, their translation style and the pros and cons of each. Starting with the pros and cons of the King James Bible (KJV) he points out the often overlooked fact that current KJV Bible has undergone over a dozen revisions, most of which have made it decidedly Protestant leaning in its theology. Martin goes on to discuss the Contemporary English Bible (CEV), New Revised Standard Verson, updated edition (NRSVue), English Standard Version (ESV), Good News Bible (GN), New Jerusalem Bible (HJB), The Living Bible (TLB), the currently popular version...
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Old Testament Background and Introduction to Genesis
Martin Tanner's Religion Today
Martin Tanner describes the contents and origins of the books in the Old Testament. Next he describes the ancient Jewish model of creation found in Genesis 1, and compares it with other, later creation models, including the earth as center of the universe, the sun as the center of the Universe, the Big Bang theory, and others. Next, the creation and location of the Garden of Eden is discussed. Finally, the creation of Adam and Eve were discussed, and how literal or figurative elements of Genesis 1 and 2 are discussed.
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Predictions of The Second Coming of Jesus
Martin Tanner's Religion Today
Host Martin Tanner lists famous and infamous predictions of the Second Coming of Jesus from the Apostle Paul, a Catholic Pope, Psychics, Theologians, Scientists, Clergy, and many others, who let Matthew 24:36 slip their minds, which says, "No one knows the day or hour of the Second Coming, not the Angels or even the Son, but the Father only."
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The Birth of Jesus, with Answers to Questions About Little-Understood Details
Martin Tanner's Religion Today
Have you wondered why we know the exact date of Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection, but not the date Jesus was born? Who is the Angel Gabriel? Why did Joseph want to divorce Mary, before they were married? Who were the Wise Men? Martin Tanner answers these and other questions about the birth of Jesus.
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What Was the Star of Bethlehem, a Miraculous Object, or a Natural Phenomenon?
Martin Tanner's Religion Today
The planetariums have it wrong - the Star of Bethlehem could not be a conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. It also could not have been a supernova or other natural star. Host Martin Tanner explains why the Bethlehem Star could only have been either a supernatural event or the 5 BC comet. You will also learn details about who the "Magi" were, where they came from, and why they came to see Jesus.
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The Remarkable Translator William Tyndale
Martin Tanner's Religion Today
While the King James Bible is widely regarded as the most-read book in the world, especially during the Christmas season, let us also remember William Tyndale. He translated the vast majority of the text of the King James and all other modern English translations of the Bible.
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A Response to Evangelical Critics: You are Violating Galatians 1:8-9, Not Us.
Martin Tanner's Religion Today
Galatians 1:8-9 condemns those who preach another, different Gospel from that preached by Paul and other New Testament writers. Host Martin Tanner demonstrates why the critics, not the LDS Church, have changed New Testament teachings on God, Jesus, salvation, scripture, and other doctrines. Evangelicals, not Latter-day Saints, are preaching another, different Gospel in violation of Galatians 1:8-9.
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Scientific Evidence Demonstrates the Existence of God
Martin Tanner's Religion Today
Host Martin Tanner explains why the "Cambrian explosion," the Punctuated Equilibria theory, the age of the oldest star, DNA, ocean mammals, and the "fine tuning" of the universe, all demonstrate the existence of God.
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