Join us today as Carah Burrell and I review the recent, deeply troubling devotional delivered earlier this week by David Glen Hatch at BYU-Hawaii. Episode Show Notes: https://www.mormonstories.org/podcast/disaster-at-byuh-david-glen-hatch CHAPTERS 00:00:00 Intro - most unhinged talk 00:02:40 Anything that comes out of the pulpits is worth talking about, problematic messages 00:03:00 We broke that Brad Wilcox devotional in Alpine, Utah; this David Glen Hatch rivals Brad Wilcox talk 00:04:00 This talk deals with creating a Jesus from your own mind and demonizes an LGBTQ-friendly Jesus 00:04:20 Background of David Glen Hatch, pianist, soloist, teacher, etc. 00:11:43 Clip 1: We’ve got to stop waiting for people to tell us we are good enough. We should only care about what Heavenly Father says about us. We are of immense worth. 00:13:37 These are emotionally manipulative tactics. 00:18:50 You can cherry pick any type of God you want -loving or destroying. I would hope that people would take the “best faith interpretation” for the healthy God. 00:20:28 Some students walked out during this speech, controversy among staff, student died by suicide a week ago. It had the opposite outcome. 00:24:20 Discussing why the devotional link works on some websites and not others. 00:28:00 The Church will be around forever, we’re just trying to make it a healthier place. 00:29:40 College years are vulnerable times for the students, the brain is not even finished forming. 00:31:40 Every change in the church is a reaction to the culture 00:34:40 Hatch shamed another pianist for dressing immodestly 00:37:02 Clip 2: The Gospel of your own truth 00:42:30 The only way to figure out who Jesus was, is to proof text out of our own bias. 00:44:30 Hatch speaks of the “Gospel” as this solid theology, but which version of Mormonism is he talking about? 00:48:14 Hatch throws LGBTQ people and same-sex marriage under the bus. 00:51:20 The church has a long history of judging other churches. 00:54:40 There is more evidence for a liberal Jesus than conservative Jesus. 00:58:50 Brian Adams reference. “Don't tell me it’s not worth dying for.” 00:59:20 Clip 3: Satan wants to destroy people 01:05:48 He’s making God and Satan indistinguishable. 01:06:16 Clip 4: Without Jesus you can do nothing 01:10:40 The church gives you a poisoned version of Jesus. 01:13:00 The third most common comment was speculation for Hatch’s sexuality, self-loathing, internalized homophobia. 01:17:40 We hope that Hatch, BYU-H, the entire Mormon Church uses its wealth to STOP the hate, stop the homophobia, stop decisiveness, and ramp up the love. ___________________ At Mormon Stories we explore, celebrate, and challenge Mormon culture through in-depth stories told by members and former members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as well as scholars, authors, LDS apologists, and other professionals. Our overall mission is to: 1. Facilitate informed consent amongst LDS Church members, investigators, and non-members regarding Mormon history, doctrine, and theology 2. Support Mormons (and members of other high-demand religions) who are experiencing a religious faith crisis 3. Promote healing, growth and community for those who choose to leave the LDS Church or other high demand religions 🤝Help us continue to deliver quality content by becoming a donor today One-time or recurring donations: https://donorbox.org/mormon-stories?default_interval=m Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mormonstories Our Platforms: 🌐Mormon Stories Blog: https://www.mormonstories.org/episodes 🎙️Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mormonstories ✳️Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4sDzk7dRjODTSEqzZKZJzk?si=148b0efc1ccc4404&nd=1 🍎Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mormon-stories-lds/id312094772 🖼️Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mormstories 📱TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mormonstoriespodcast 🎮Discord: https://discord.com/invite/kuX5p6yyjF Contact us: 📧 MormonStories@gmail.com 📬PO Box 171085, Salt Lake City, UT 84117 #MormonStories #Mormon #lds