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October 29, 2025 76 mins

What if the key to healing both grief and past trauma was hidden in a single, radical revelation? Dr. Jordan Watkins explores how the early Saints’ experiences of loss and grief were replaced with the doctrine of baptism for the dead–a practice that united heaven and earth.

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TIMECODE:
00:00 Part 1 - Dr. Jordan Watkins
01:15 Episode Teaser
05:26 Dr. Jordan Watkins’ bio
07:04 Come, Follow Me Manual
10:28 A chronological approach
14:24 Divine interdependence
18:36 The Atonement of Jesus Christ is vicarious work
21:08 Quincy, Illinois
25:29 Top 10 Most Boring Cities in the World
26:22 Mary Ann Angell Young
30:52 Reports of Brigham Young as father
34:26 Background of D&C 127-128
36:47 Deep waters for Joseph
40:49 Baptisms will continue inside temples
44:05 Baptism’s being salvific is unusual in Christianity
46:19 Anne Booth’s vision
50:22 Getting sick in Nauvoo
52:08 Vienna Jaques, first baptism, and the altar call
56:15 Phoebe Woodruff’s letter to Wilfred
1:04:18 The Nauvoo House and the Nauvoo Temple
1:08:03 Not performing baptisms abroad
1:10:20 Physical labor prepared the Saints for spiritual labor
1:14:02 Service that reaches across the veil
1:16:40 End of Part 1 - Dr. Jordan Watkins


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Lisa Spice: Client Relations, Editor, Show Notes
Will Stoughton: Video Editor
Krystal Roberts: Translation Team, English & French Transcripts, Website
Ariel Cuadra: Spanish Transcripts
Amelia Kabwika: Portuguese Transcripts
Heather Barlow: Communications Director
Sydney Smith: Social Media, Graphic Design
 
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