Talking Scripture

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) Joseph describes spiritual sight. (04:59) The weakness of youth is explained as a lack of experience. (20:06) A definition of a true friend. (25:49) Interpretations of Malachi 4. (42:42) The significance of temple ordinances. (51:09) Joseph Smith’s name is had for good and evil among all nations. (55:18) Joseph is forbidden to get the...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) The First Vision ends the apostasy. (09:28) A brief historical overview of Joseph’s family. (20:18) The First Vision teaches a pattern of prayer and revelation. (38:55) The reformation was a precursor to the restoration. (41:21) Persecution may be part of choosing to be a member of the church. (46:55) Multiple accounts of the Fir...

→ Watch on YouTub e → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) A brief overview of the Doctrine and Covenants. (06:48) The D&C contains the words of Christ in our day. (08:30) Anyone in similar circumstances can apply these instructions. (15:51) The setting and background of Section 1. (23:54) Defending our beliefs with courtesy and compassion. (28:14) The Lord’s preface is a voice of warning...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) A brief overview of this lesson. (07:12) The significance of the timetable of the restoration. (21:29) The understanding of an embodied God was lost in the Apostasy. (42:20) Our divine inheritance as children of God the Father was also lost in the Apostasy. → For more of Bryce Dunford’s podcast classes, click here . → Enroll in I...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) Applying Moroni’s promise. (10:06) Why does Moroni say we should ask if these things are  not  true? (11:53) Moroni teaches about the gifts of the Spirit. (21:37) Is it the pleasing or pleading bar of of the Great Jehovah? A discussion about what judgement might be like. (27:28) We will get to see Moroni at the bar of God and...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) The Nephites are without order and have lost civilization. (01:43) Faith: Laying hold on every good  thing . (05:44) Hope: An emphasis on God’s power to save  me . The participatory nature of hope. (18:44) Jesus Christ answered the ends of the law. (22:15) Mormon speaks to the “peaceable followers of Christ.” They are covenant ke...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) The difference between authority and power in the priesthood. (18:51) We covenant to always remember Christ. Elder Lund’s rock climbing story. (25:24) In the Church we must remember Jesus and help each other. (30:22) President Spencer W. Kimball admonished the Saints to teach with power. (32:40) The early Christian document called the...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) Faith during doubt, darkness, and fear. There will be light in the darkness. (18:54) God can turn our weaknesses into strengths. (29:56) Moroni’s invitation to see scripture as inspired, though not infallible. (36:12) Moroni commends us to seek this Jesus of whom the prophets and apostles have written. (39:23) The building of New Jerus...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) When the Brother of Jared sees the Lord’s finger it sparks his divine curiosity. (05:34) The ocean is a symbol for chaos, the fallen world, and the veil. (07:52) The 2 to 1 Principle as seen in the Garden of Eden, Moses’ crossing out of Egypt into Canaan, and the Jaredite vessels. (11:26) The number 8 can be associated with rebirth and...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) Revelation, how heaven connects with earth. (13:55) Sometimes we have “air questions” and other times we have “light questions.” (28:22) The ocean of chaos – being tossed, buried, and broken while in mortality. When we cannot have our circumstances changed, the Lord can change  us . (37:36) Why is he called the brother of Jared? (47:44...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) The Book of Mormon was organized by Mormon to address the problems of our day. (06:05) The Tree of Life represents the true source of happiness. (08:09) The purpose of wealth is to do good. The Book of Mormon warns about class distinctions and illustrates the best type of government. (14:21) The economic system of Gadiantonism proves t...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) An overview of these chapters. (01:09) Mormon is an excellent example of how to raise a righteous family in a wicked environment. (20:24) In our darkest times, Heavenly Father sends some of the brightest lights. (21:23) A lesson on repentance. (28:53) The 350 AD treaty. Mormon follows the righteous Nephite injunction to not wage offens...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) Jesus teaches the simplicity of the gospel: faith, repentance, baptism, receiving the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end. (17:58) If it is of God, it will grow. (25:35) Jesus translates three of the Nephite disciples. This is the same power the Savior gave to John. (36:06) Legends about John in early Christian tradition. (41:33) The s...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) The Savior’s favorite story is the triumph of the restoration and the gathering of the House of Israel. (17:31) 3 Nephi 20-22 is a beautifully constructed chiasm, the apex of which is the covenant in 21.4. This is the bringing forth of the Book of Mormon in our day. (23:20) The Threshing Floor is historically tied to the foundation of...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Time Stamps: (00:00) Jesus is showing the process of speaking through His chosen disciples. (11:10) Don’t drink below the horses. Go to the source. (14:51) Isaiah 52: The Great Exchange. Babylon comes off the throne and Israel is invited to rule. (17:21) The Nephites pray to Jesus because He is with them. (19:44) Nephi has previously raised his brother Ti...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Time Stamps: (00:00) The Sermon on the Mount compels us to let go of Terrestrial sins and become Celestial people. (16:04) An overview of the temple endowment and how the Sermon on the Mount is filled with temple language. (22:27) The Beatitudes are connected to the Psalms. (33:32) Comfort is empowerment and strength. (37:41) Publishing peace is returning...

→ Watch on YouTube → A Short Video on Silence Before the Second Coming in 3 Nephi 10 and D&C 88 → Detailed Show Notes → Time Stamps: (00:00) Prophets warn of coming danger in times of peace. (09:38) Like the children of Israel in the Bible, the Nephites are invited to be sanctified so they can see the face of God. (14:04) Mine arm of mercy is extended towards you. This phrase is symbolic of th...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Time Stamps: (00:00) An overview of these chapters. (01:09) The greatest Christmas story. Jesus came just in time to save the righteous from death. (11:52) The sacred relics are no longer in the stewardship of the chief judge and are taken away into the priestly line, perhaps indicating the beginning of societal breakdown. (19:53) We can trust that Jesus...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Time Stamps: (00:00) An overview of these chapters. (02:05) Blind guides lead people on snipe hunts. When we lay hold on the things that bring eternal happiness they will be never become “slippery.” (14:45) C.S. Lewis discussed the difference between being in love versus a more majestic, long-lasting love. (17:35) Samuel’s warnings parallel words from an...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Time Stamps: (00:00) The book of Helaman is a pattern for our day. (02:55) Modern-day secret combinations. (05:34) The Mahan Principle. (07:49) Secret combinations are identified in D&C 89. Slavery is also a secret combination.  Qodesh , the Hebrew word for holiness, suggest that saints should be different, set apart for God’s work. (16:29) Prop...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Time Stamps: (00:00) An overview of these chapters. (01:48) Helaman’s conflict “in the very center” parallels our day. (16:52) Nephi and Lehi preach with power and convert 8,000 of the occupying forces as well as the dissenters. (20:29) The prophet’s face is seen in the middle of the darkness. The preaching of the word is more powerful than weapons. (25:1...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Time Stamps: (00:00) An overview of these chapters. (02:37) Qualities of modern-day stripling warriors. Faith is a choice. (09:42) Choose to follow the prophet. (11:44) Commit to obey with exactness in all patience and faith. (14:26) Have a connection with parents and leaders. (16:36) The adversary is a master of chaos. (17:49) Have courage to do what is...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Time Stamps: (00:00) A brief overview of all 20 of the war chapters contained in Alma. (15:34) When is conflict justified? If you want the Lord’s help you need the right attitude, motive, and must not retaliate or seek revenge. (35:46) God will support, keep, and preserve us, so long as we are faithful unto Him. (40:45) In 1 Nephi 14, Nephi sees a massive...

→ Watch Mike’s video on Judgement and the Afterlife in Alma 40-42 | Ep 280 → Watch Ep 281 on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Time Stamps: (00:00) Alma demonstrates a pattern for how we can guide our children with love when they make mistakes. (03:05) The road to transgression starts with compromise. (07:02) A caution about always seeking to be the exception. (10:09) Rooster moments. (13:00)...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Time Stamps: (00:00) Alma’s letters to his sons remind us how to parent our children one-by-one. Bear testimony, lead by example, teach scripture, bring them to Christ, and sincerely praise. (12:54) Shiblon is steady and good. Seek to be a high yield, low maintenance member of the church. (18:58) Alma recounts his torment and horror of facing God in his m...