Out of the Best Books

Out of the Best Books
Podcast Description
Deseret Book’s Out of the Best Books podcast connects listeners with the newest and most compelling LDS thought-leaders in a personal way. Listen weekly for un-stuffy interviews digging into the topics behind the books, and curated audiobook snippets often read by the authors themselves. We are amplifying voices to help find solutions to life’s challenges, gain gospel insights, be inspired, and be entertained on Out of the Best Books.
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This podcast emphasizes themes such as love, faith, personal revelation, and the challenges faced by diverse Latter-day Saint voices, with episodes discussing various topics like Christlike love in relationships, stories of faith from Black American Latter-day Saints, and the significance of personal revelation in contemporary life.

Deseret Book’s Out of the Best Books podcast connects listeners with the newest and most compelling LDS thought-leaders in a personal way. Listen weekly for un-stuffy interviews digging into the topics behind the books, and curated audiobook snippets often read by the authors themselves. We are amplifying voices to help find solutions to life’s challenges, gain gospel insights, be inspired, and be entertained on Out of the Best Books.
In the whole of the Doctrine and Covenants there are only two women mentioned by name. The first being Emma Smith, whose story most of us are familiar with. But the second is a woman provides an insight into what life was like as a saint in the early Church. Today’s conversation is all about Vienna Jaques. And her story will help illuminate our study of the Doctrine and Covenants this year.
Joining in this episoe is Brent Rogers, a historian and the author of The Lord Spoke Her Name: The Remarkable Story of Vienna Jaques in the Restoration. Brent shares how Vienna’s story has helped his testimony of the restoration, and why it matters to learn of the everyday saint.
Order your copy of The Lord Spoke Her Name today or head to Deseret Bookshelf+ to listen to the audiobook!

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