The Church History Matters Podcast features in-depth conversations between Scott and Casey inviting you to dive deeper into both the challenges and beauty of Latter-day Saint Church History
099 - D&C 2, JS—H 1:27-65 CFM - The Second Vision - E4 Jan 20-26
97 hours 15 mins; January 14, 2025
098 BONUS *The Smith Family* - Come Follow Me - E3b - Jan 13-19
74 hours 52 mins; January 12, 2025
097 - JS—H 1:1-26 CFM - The First Vision - E3 Jan 13-19
92 hours 36 mins; January 07, 2025
096 - D&C 1 CFM - The Lord's Preface - E2 Jan 6-12
63 hours 0 mins; December 31, 2024
095 - The Restoration CFM - Intro to the Doctrine & Covenants - E1 Dec 30-Jan 5
68 hours 5 mins; December 26, 2024
095 “Peace on Earth”—How Can We Help? An Interview with Patrick Mason
62 hours 52 mins; December 23, 2024
094 "Vengeance Is Mine," An Interview with Richard Turley and Barbara Jones Brown
76 hours 4 mins; December 17, 2024
093 What Was Brigham Young's Role in the Mountain Meadows Massacre?
69 hours 27 mins; December 09, 2024
092 What Happened at Mountain Meadows?
58 mins; December 03, 2024
091 "Buchanan's Blunder" and the Utah War
70 hours 48 mins; November 25, 2024
090 What Was the "Mormon War" of 1838?
77 hours 31 mins; November 18, 2024
089 Was Zion's Camp Violent?
65 hours 13 mins; November 11, 2024
088 The First Violence Against Latter-day Saints
57 mins; November 04, 2024
087 Does Religion Make People More Violent?
61 hours 58 mins; October 28, 2024
086 Why Does God Guide Those Not of His Church? (w/Dr. Christopher Blythe)
59 mins; October 21, 2024
085 Mormon Fundamentalism (w/Dr. Brian Hales)
64 hours 16 mins; October 15, 2024
084 A Deep-Dive Into the Community of Christ (w/ Andrew Bolton)
63 hours 56 mins; October 07, 2024
083 A Deep-Dive Into the "Bickertonite" Movement (w/Josh Gehly)
65 hours 30 mins; September 30, 2024
082 A Deep-Dive Into the LDS Strangite Movement (w/ Dr. Kyle Beshears)
61 hours 8 mins; September 23, 2024
081 Who Are the Strangites, the Josephites, and the Bickertonites?
74 hours 12 mins; September 16, 2024
080 What If All the Apostles Died At Once? Succession Q&R with Dr. Daniel C. Peterson
56 mins; September 09, 2024
079 What If the Church President Can't Serve Due to Poor Health?
58 mins; September 03, 2024
078 A Young Apostle Questions Succession By Seniority
66 hours 50 mins; August 26, 2024
077 The Two Orsons and the Question of Succession
69 hours 35 mins; August 19, 2024
076 The Contested Reorganization of the First Presidency in 1847
77 hours 17 mins; August 12, 2024
075 Six Days in August
75 hours 49 mins; August 05, 2024
074 Two Contenders: Sidney Rigdon vs. Brigham Young & The Twelve
56 mins; July 30, 2024
073 The Eight Possible Succession Paths
69 hours 35 mins; July 22, 2024
072 New Series Announcement!
1 min; July 16, 2024
071 “Carthage CSI” with Sam Weston
54 mins; July 08, 2024
070 The Fate of the Persecutors of the Prophet Joseph Smith
72 hours 23 mins; July 02, 2024
069 Carthage Controversies
70 hours 4 mins; June 25, 2024
068 What Happened in Carthage? A Careful Walk-Through of the Martyrdom
63 hours 21 mins; June 17, 2024
067 The Carthage Decision: Why Joseph and Hyrum Chose to Go
55 mins; June 10, 2024
066 The Nauvoo Expositor: the Spark That Lit the Fuse
55 mins; June 04, 2024
065 "A Judas In Our Midst"
69 hours 0 mins; May 27, 2024
064 Joseph Smith's Death: A Political Assassination
57 mins; May 20, 2024
063 Temple Q&R with Dr. Richard Bennett
47 mins; May 13, 2024
062 Temple Garments and Temple Changes in the 20th and 21st Centuries
69 hours 55 mins; May 06, 2024
061 Temple Work Without Temples
64 hours 5 mins; April 29, 2024
060 Discontinued/Obscure Temple Rituals
65 hours 50 mins; April 22, 2024
059 Marriage Sealings: A High Fusion of Theology + Ritual
57 mins; April 15, 2024
058 An Interview with an LDS Freemason
62 hours 3 mins; April 08, 2024
057 The Origins of the Temple Endowment
73 hours 35 mins; April 02, 2024
056 Restoration of “the Priesthood” Through Temple Ordinances?
52 mins; March 26, 2024
055 The Kirtland Endowment: What it Was and Why it Matters
75 hours 23 mins; March 19, 2024
054 The Beginnings of LDS Temple Worship
50 mins; March 11, 2024
053 Q&R w/ Prof. Aaron Miller - Modern Money Controversies
68 hours 6 mins; March 04, 2024
052 Q&R! On Early Church Finance w/ Drs. Elizabeth Kuehn & Jeffrey Mahas
76 hours 44 mins; February 26, 2024
051 Modern Church Financial Controversies
71 hours 38 mins; February 19, 2024
050 Zion-Building Through Poverty-Elimination
55 mins; February 12, 2024
049 Consecration in Nauvoo & Utah
59 mins; February 06, 2024
048 Did Tithing Replace Consecration?
58 mins; January 29, 2024
047 Are Church “For-Profit” Businesses Okay?
50 mins; January 22, 2024
046 Consecration and the Beginning of Church Finances
57 mins; January 15, 2024
045 Seekers Wanted: Interview with Dr. Anthony Sweat
60 hours 19 mins; January 08, 2024
044 Real vs. Rumor: An Interview with Dr. Keith Erekson
55 mins; January 01, 2024
043 God Bless You All!
53 secs; December 26, 2023
042 Why Evidence-Based Faith Matters
60 hours 25 mins; December 19, 2023
041 Why Contextualizing Facts Matters So Much
57 mins; December 11, 2023
040 Why Mental Flexibility is So Crucial for Durable Discipleship
51 mins; December 05, 2023
039 Are Criticisms of the Book of Mormon Witnesses Defensible?
67 hours 20 mins; November 28, 2023
038 How Can We Think Like Historians?
57 mins; November 21, 2023
037 Workshopping the Three Lenses
51 mins; November 14, 2023
036 How Do We Become Doctrinally Confident?
61 hours 28 mins; November 07, 2023
035 What Do You Know? And How Do You Know It?
54 mins; October 31, 2023
034 Q&R with Dr. Kerry Muhlestein! Tough Book of Abraham Questions
69 hours 32 mins; October 24, 2023
033 Beyond Book of Abraham Controversies
64 hours 20 mins; October 17, 2023
032 The Abraham Facsimile Conundrum: Is it All or Nothing?
55 mins; October 10, 2023
031 The Book of Abraham: Origins and Controversies
56 mins; October 03, 2023
030 How Has Canonizing/De-Canonizing Happened in the Doctrine & Covenants?
62 hours 1 min; September 26, 2023
029 Exploring the Divine-Human Partnership in Scripture Creation | Featuring the D&C
54 mins; September 19, 2023
028 Q&R! Tough JST Questions with Kent Jackson
50 mins; September 12, 2023
027 Did Joseph Smith Plagiarize Part of the JST?
59 mins; September 05, 2023
026 The JST as Revelatory Springboard?
54 mins; August 29, 2023
025 What Do We ACTUALLY Know About the JST?
58 mins; August 22, 2023
024 Q&R! Tough Questions with Paul Reeve
73 hours 34 mins; August 15, 2023
023 The 1978 Revelation of Reversion and Repair
56 mins; August 08, 2023
022 Was the Racial Ban Church Policy or Doctrine? Setting the Stage for a Revelation (from 1908-1978)
42 mins; August 01, 2023
021 How the Priesthood-Temple Ban Became Fully Entrenched Policy in the Church
52 mins; July 25, 2023
020 1852 and The Beginnings of the Priesthood-Temple Ban in the Church
62 hours 37 mins; July 18, 2023
019 Joseph Smith and Black Africans
48 mins; July 11, 2023
018 The Racist American Context the Church was Born Into
49 mins; July 04, 2023
017 Q&R! Tough Polygamy Questions with Dr. Brian Hales
58 mins; June 27, 2023
016 The Rocky End to Plural Marriage in the Church
61 hours 16 mins; June 20, 2023
015 Plural Marriage Troubles (part 2): Emma’s Fury and Joseph’s Martyrdom
43 mins; June 13, 2023
014 Plural Marriage Troubles (part 1): John C. Bennett, Hyrum Smith, & Emma
48 mins; June 06, 2023
013 Joseph Smith’s Trial and Error Approach to Plural Marriage
59 mins; May 30, 2023
012 Why Did Plural Marriage Begin in the Church?
41 mins; May 23, 2023
011 Q&R! Tackling Tough Book of Mormon Translation Questions
51 mins; May 16, 2023
010 What is the Best External Evidence for the Book of Mormon?
52 mins; May 09, 2023
009 If Not a Supernatural Translation, Then What? Examining the Other BM Translation Theories
53 mins; May 02, 2023
008 Translating the Book of Mormon with Stones in a Hat?
51 mins; April 25, 2023
007 Joseph Smith’s Creative Efforts to Outsource the Book of Mormon Translation
49 mins; April 18, 2023
006 Joseph Smith’s ”Second Vision” and the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon
48 mins; April 11, 2023
005 Q&R! What About Others Who Claimed Similar Visions in Joseph Smith’s Day? Etc.
53 mins; April 04, 2023
004 How Do 2nd and 3rd Hand Accounts Add to Our Understanding of the First Vision?
46 mins; March 28, 2023
003 How Did Orson Pratt Influence Joseph Smith’s 1842 First Vision Narrative?
45 mins; March 21, 2023
002 What’s Unique About Joseph Smith’s 1835 and 1838 Accounts of His First Vision?
61 hours 56 mins; March 14, 2023
001 Why Are There Different Accounts of the First Vision?
