Category: Featured Videos
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![Sandra (and Jerald) Tanner [Parts 1-4] (Mormon Stories)](https://utlm.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Sandra_4_Part_MormStories_thumb_v2.jpg)
Sandra (and Jerald) Tanner [Parts 1-4] (Mormon Stories)
In one of the most popular interviews on Mormon Stories, Sandra recounts the sweeping saga of her life with late husband, Jerald, detailing their many years of researching critical problems in Mormonism. (This is also one the most in-depth accounts of the Tanners’ past.)
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Grappling With the Past: LDS Church’s Statements on Gospel Topics (2014 Capstone Conference)
A review of the LDS church’s Gospel Topics essays, which have tried to answer historical problems that have plagued the church for decades.
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The RLDS Offshoot of Nauvoo Mormonism
Doris and Sandra tell how Joseph Smith’s legacy opened the door for his followers to enact his same pattern: claiming that former prophecy and scripture can’t be trusted, and announcing themselves as the new “one true prophet,” which has produced over 200 splinter groups within Mormonism.
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Mormonism and the Gospel
A look at the traditional Mormon views of the gospel, Christians, and Jesus, and their fundamental differences with historic Christianity.
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The Character, Motivations, and Death of Joseph Smith
Although Joseph Smith may have begun with sincere questions about historic Christianity, his subsequent prophecies and actions (including translation by magic stones, polygamy with married women, and blaming his followers for not having enough faith when things went wrong) can look more like personal ego than the hand of God.
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![Sandra Tanner Interview [Parts 1-7] (The Ex Mormon Files)](https://utlm.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ExMormon_Files_feat_image.jpg)
Sandra Tanner Interview [Parts 1-7] (The Ex Mormon Files)
Sandra tells “Bishop” Earl Erskine about her history, focusing especially on the early years and her gradual journey of carefully studying church history and teachings with her late husband, Jerald.
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Mormon Temples: Are They Biblical?
LDS temples and rituals are examined in light of the biblical record.
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Sandra Tanner on Mormon Temples (Parts 1-3)
A three-part video series with insights on LDS temples, their uses, ceremonies, changes, and Masonic influences on Joseph Smith.
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Mormonism and Politics
Ever since Joseph Smith’s followers began growing into a sizeable group (with its own militia—larger than many states’ militias) they also flexed political muscle, seeking redress for grievances and eventually wanting to lead the nation with Joseph Smith as president.
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Elements of an LDS Testimony
Fundamentals of the LDS testimony, as illustrated by the five points of the “testimony glove”: 1. Heavenly Father’s Plan, 2. Jesus Christ, 3. Joseph Smith, 4. the LDS temple, and 5. the Living Prophet.