New Discoveries Show the Accuracy of the Old Testament
Martin Tanner's Religion Today
Release Date: 08/29/2025
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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Your Wayward Children Are Not Lost, and Will be Saved
Martin Tanner's Religion Today
By reference to the Articles of Faith, 1 Corinthians 7:14 and other scriptures, and, statements of General Authorities, host Martin Tanner explains why wayward children are not lost and will be saved in the Kingdom of God.
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The Old Testament Jeremiah's Prophecy of the New Contract with God in the Last Days, and Lost Doctrines
Martin Tanner's Religion Today
Martin Tanner describes details about the horribly difficult life of the Prophet Jeremiah and his little-known messages about the following: (1) What happened to the Ark of the Covenant, (2) The Restoration of the Gospel in the latter-days, (3) Jewish belief in a Queen of Heaven, or Mother-in-Heaven, (4) God has a physical body, (5) pre-existence of spirits, and, (6) the Latter-day "New Covenant" foretold in Jeremiah 31:31-34.
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The Origin of the Concept of a War in Heaven
Martin Tanner's Religion Today
Host Martin Tanner provides a description and details about the Jewish, Early Christian and Latter-day Saint ideas of a War in Heaven, as found in Isaiah 14:12-20; Revelation 12:7-9; D&C 29:36-38; Abraham 3:24-28; and Moses 4:14. The war was over free will, agency and the ability to act without coercion. This is also the underlying scriptural basis for the idea that Jesus and Satan are "spirit brothers" which is often distorted by Church critics. The fundamental difference of opinion over whether people should be able to choose or should be coerced is played out in many settings throughout...
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The Kinderhook Plates Incident; and, The Zelph Incident
Martin Tanner's Religion Today
Although critics and anti-Mormons try to suggest the Kinderhook Plates demonstrate Joseph Smith was not a true prophet, the opposite is true. Joseph detected them to be fakes and never translated them. Critics also try to claim the Zelph incident shows Joseph Smith was a false prophet. During the Zion's Camp march, Joseph Smith received revelation about a large skeleton that was unearthed, saying the person was "Zelph," a Lamanite (Native American) prophet. The statements of Joseph Smith must be taken on faith as true by those who believe he was a prophet, or disbelieved by skeptics due to...
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The Genesis Flood: Worldwide or local? Baptism of the Earth?
Martin Tanner's Religion Today
Host Martin Tanner explores the origins of the ideas believed by many that: (1) The Genesis flood covered the top of every mountain, including Mt. Everest; (2) The Genesis flood was the baptism of the earth, because the earth needed baptism; (3) The earth is female, and is alive. He concludes that although some General Authorities and members take these ideas literally, there is not enough water on the earth to cover all of the mountain tops, and the idea the earth was baptised and is female, are figurative, not literal. The earth did not sin and could not...
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