The LDS church is more open about its history today, but the past was very different. Sandra Tanner tells of difficulties in trying to access historical documents when she (and late husband, Jerald) began researching Mormon history in the 1960s, and how some amount of guardedness still persists in the church.
(11/30/2022 – YouTube — GLM)
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- “What’s Hidden in the New Headings? Changes in the LDS Scriptures”
- Faithful Historian Deceives Mormons (video)
Sandra is joined in this interview by Dr. Ronald Huggins, author of the biography:
Lighthouse: Jerald and Sandra Tanner — Despised and Beloved Critics of Mormonism.

