Apologetics Profile

If your knowledge of the roles and purposes of the Aaronic Priesthood in the Old Testament is a little rusty, or maybe you have a Latter-day Saint friend who has recently told you that they believe Joseph Smith has restored the Aaronic Priesthood and you're not sure what to say in response, episodes of Apologetics Profile this week and next are tailor-made just for you!

We sit down with author and theologian Dr. Andrew S. Malone for a helpful and informative chat about his 2017 book God's Mediators - A Biblical Theology of Priesthood. We discuss the nature of the priesthood and how it all points us toward Jesus and His fulfillment of the priesthood as our great High Priest. So break out Leviticus and the Book of Hebrews and spend a few minutes this week with us here on AP as we talk about God's Mediators.

Dr. Andrew S. Malone is the author of God’s Mediators: A Biblical Theology of Priesthood and Knowing Jesus in the Old Testament? A Fresh Look at Christophanies.

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Since 2018, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been publishing teaching curriculum for its members to study at home each week. It's called Come, Follow Me. Every year the curriculum focuses on a specific section of either the Bible or the Mormon scriptures. In 2026, the focus of CFM is the Old Testament. You can see the curriculum for yourself on the LDS Gospel Library App. It's free and available to LDS and the general public alike.

This particular week, CFM is focused on several chapters from the Book of Isaiah. This week we continue discussing CFM and some of its teaching on the Book of Isaiah and how that teaching obscures and covers up a lot of what Isaiah is really all about. We'll be talking with former Latter-day Saint Casey Brianne, fiancee of our very own Apologetics Profile host Daniel Ray.

Casey was a Latter-day Saint for 16 years, baptized as a young adult convert into the LDS Church at the age of 21.

Casey's Testimony
Part One
Part Two
Part Three

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Audio Clips Used in this Broadcast
https://youtu.be/wz_V7u6AAGo?si=eZ-qHdGZhZQNOruH
https://youtu.be/U8a6BrEHiz4?si=mmTIqfE1RdCw0_iG
https://youtu.be/XORXvaNSC4I?si=YsHawuxsJc0NuViL
https://youtu.be/b8u6phcntB0?si=EF05v90SxdB0d9Ks
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2023/04/16haynie?lang=eng

LDS links
Encyclopedia of Mormonism
Who Do Mormons Worship?
Preach My Gospel Manual
Come, Follow Me

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Since 2018, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been publishing teaching curriculum for its members to study at home each week. It's called Come, Follow Me. Every year the curriculum focuses on a specific section of either the Bible or the Mormon scriptures. In 2026, the focus of CFM is the Old Testament. You can see the curriculum for yourself on the LDS Gospel Library App. It's free and available to LDS and the general public alike.

This particular week, CFM is focused on several chapters from the Book of Isaiah. And this week and next on Apologetics Profile, we'll be discussing CFM and some of its teaching on the Book of Isaiah and how that teaching obscures and covers up a lot of what Isaiah is really all about. We'll be talking with former Latter-day Saint Casey Brianne, fiancee of our very own Apologetics Profile host Daniel Ray.

Casey was a Latter-day Saint for 16 years, baptized as a young adult convert into the LDS Church at the age of 21. Here on part one Casey will share a bit of her story and we'll get into a bit about what CFM has to say about the Book of Isaiah. If you know of any Latter-day Saints, please share the broadcast with them this week and next!

Casey's Testimony
Part One
Part Two
Part Three

LDS links
Encyclopedia of Mormonism
Who Do Mormons Worship?
Preach My Gospel Manual
Come, Follow Me

Audio Clips Used in This Episode
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2022/04/54pace?lang=eng
https://youtu.be/nlMq1Pgy9Qc?si=zVVkng6N9oFYHixB
https://youtu.be/VD4QeKqETtM?si=eq_via9tyY8TFSDV

Resources from Watchman Fellowship
Previous podcasts on Latter-day Saint beliefs, practices, history, and doctrines.

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How can Christians participate in the arts? What does Jesus have to do with aesthetics in the arts? How can a Christian-informed view of the arts help us better understand Jesus as the Creator and our Savior?

This week we pick up with part two of our conversation with author, philosophical theologian and assistant professor of theology at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana about his latest book What is Beauty? An Introduction to Art & Aesthetics.

Dennis Bray (PhD, University of St Andrews) is a philosophical theologian who integrates insights from philosophy, biblical and systematic theology, history, and the empirical sciences. He is assistant professor of theology at Taylor University.

Thumbnail image credit: Messier 51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy. NASA, ESA, S. Beckwith (STScI) and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA).

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You've heard it said "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." What exactly, though, does that really mean? While it is true we all seem intuitively to know beauty when we see it, we find it difficult to pin down an exact definition of what beauty actually is. Is it subjectively determined or is beauty as objectively real as the stars above us?

This week and next on the Profile, we tackle this engrossing question with philosophical theologian and assistant professor of theology at Taylor University in Upland, Indiana. We discuss his new book What Is Beauty?

Dennis Bray (PhD, University of St Andrews) is a philosophical theologian who integrates insights from philosophy, biblical and systematic theology, history, and the empirical sciences. He is assistant professor of theology at Taylor University.

Thumbnail image credit: The Orion Nebula. NASA, ESA, M. Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team.

Watchman Fellowship's Brand New Book on engaging Mormon Missionaries with compassion and truth, Trading Questions - Trading Questions - Twenty Essential Conversations To Have With Your Mormon Friend.

Free Four-Page Articles From Watchman Fellowship
Charles Darwin
Carl Sagan's Cosmos
Naturalism
Deconstruction

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