Talking Scripture

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes (00:00) Israel is scattered because they rejected God’s statutes and covenants. (09:05) Israel caused their sons and daughters to pass through the fire and the Lord was very angry with them for this. These chapters are a warning to us today. We are to take care of the weakest among us. When we do, we show the Lord we desire his presence. (11:48) In 721 BC t...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes (00:00) A brief overview of these chapters. (05:08) Elijah calls down fire from heaven to consume King Ahaziah’s soldiers that were sent to apprehend him. (12:02) Elisha is wrapped in the mantel of Elijah. Youth that mock Elisha are attacked by bears. (25:30) Possible reasons for Elijah being taken to heaven and translated. (26:29) Judah, Israel, and Edom j...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes (00:00) An overview of these chapters. The kingdom of Israel divides when Solomon’s son Rehoboam refuses to reduce the burden on the northern tribes. (06:55) A brief history of the Lost Ten Tribes in the north and Judah in the south. (10:48) Jeroboam, worried that his people will turn their hearts towards the leaders in the south when they go to the temple...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes (00:00) An overview of these chapters. (04:11) David stays in Jerusalem instead of going to war with his troops. He lies with Bathsheba and then tries to cover his sin by arranging for the death of her husband, Uriah. Reading this story through the lens of the honor culture in the ancient Near East. (08:13) David’s fall helps us see the lines of defense we...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes (00:00) The story of David and Goliath. The Hebrew and Greek versions of 1 Samuel 17 render different accounts of Goliath’s height. An overview of Goliath’s weapons and armor. (05:10) Goliath as a symbol of the unconquerable foes that we all face. David employs six strategies to defeat Goliath that can also be applied to our challenges. (13:53) The sword of...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes (00:00) Israel wants to have a king like everyone else. Saul is chosen. (07:41) Forms of unrighteous dominion. (11:14) Saul was chosen as Israel’s first king for his goodness, but falls into unrighteous dominion. (24:18) Jonathan, King Saul’s son, is victorious in battle but disobeys his father. (27:38) King Saul builds altars. He disobeys Samuel’s specific...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) Ruth, a Moabite, becomes a central character in Israel’s history as the great-grandmother of King David, through whose line comes Jesus Christ. Her story shows that God is the God of the whole world. (10:52) After becoming a widow, Ruth goes to Bethlehem and gleans in the fields of Boaz. The Law commanded that owners “not reap the corn...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) A brief overview of these chapters. (06:25) The pride cycle explained. (11:29) The pride cycle illustrated in the Book of Judges. (15:56) Successive generations of Israelites forget God and the things he has done for them. (17:56) The theme of denigrating the northern tribes of Israel. (21:33) Othniel is the first judge. Ehud, the seco...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) A brief overview of these chapters. (02:47) Balancing the violence in Joshua with modern revelation and other ways of interpreting the text. (12:49) If we want the Lord’s help in conflict, then we need to do things the Lord’s way. The three rules of conflict: have the right attitude, have the right motive, and do not be guilty of the f...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) There is evidence that the Five Books of Moses and specifically the Book of Deuteronomy were edited both before and during the Babylonian captivity, around 600 B.C. (03:14) Many scholars see Deuteronomy as the “Book of the Law” that was discovered during Josiah’s reign from 640-609 B.C. (06:15) Examples of additions and redactions whic...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) A brief overview of these chapters. (02:35) The Israelites murmur and complain in the wilderness. How we respond to our afflictions will shape our character. We can strive to see God’s hand in our lives like Nephi and Francis Webster. (15:34) The book of Numbers contains evidence that it is a compilation of separate traditions. Underst...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) A brief overview of these chapters. (04:02) The Nephites saw the Savior Jesus Christ in the Law of Moses. (12:08) The children of Israel willingly donated material to construct The Tabernacle, giving even more than was needed. (15:52) The articles of The Tabernacle. (20:01) Aaron and his sons are washed, anointed, and clothed in priest...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) A brief overview of these chapters. (06:04) The Lord covenants to make Israel a peculiar treasure, a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. Time, pressure, and heat create jewels. (14:07) The cultural context of Exodus 19.15. Our doctrine is that intimacy and having children is holy and good within the bonds of marriage. (15:08) The gr...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) A brief overview of these chapters. (02:16) The children of Israel murmur and complain in the wilderness. As a comparison, Nephi’s trust in God blesses his wilderness experience. (08:42) The Book of Mormon gives added insight as to why murmuring is such a problem. The key to happiness is to remember the greatness of God in both pain an...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) Multiplying signs and the law of increasing witnesses. God increases in severity as an act of kindness towards those he strives to redeem. (05:02) The Lord wants to save Israel. A summary of the escalation of the plagues as a sign of God’s mercy towards Egypt. (17:11) Nephi’s journey to the Promised Land has many parallels with the Exo...

→ Watch on YouTube to see Images → Timestamps: (00:00) Stories of Jesus. (01:19) Jesus teaches a woman of Samaria at the well. (06:04) The woman with an issue of blood. (11:55) Oliver Cowdery’s prayer. (14:23) A woman with a sinful life anoints the feet of Jesus. (16:12) The woman caught in adultery. (18:12) Jesus knows us. (24:37) Jesus is a “one by one” God. (30:11) Jesus saw h...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) The children of Israel are placed in bondage by the Egyptians. Moses is born and saved through the efforts of heroic women like Jochebed, Shiphrah, Puah, Miriam, and Pharaoh’s daughter. (08:58) Moses flees from Egypt, meets Jethro, marries Zipporah, and speaks with God at the burning bush. (11:48) The Lord knows our sorrows and sufferi...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) A brief overview of these chapters. (08:03) Joseph acknowledges to his brothers that God was aware of his trials, and that ultimately they were for his good. (13:25) A comparison of God’s fairness and mercy. (21:51) Judah offered himself in place of Benjamin for his father’s sake. (26:41) The Savior can fix broken things. (29:25) Jacob...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) Joseph of Egypt: An example of living the covenant with steady discipleship. (06:51) Shechem defiles Dinah. Simeon and Levi seek revenge by wiping out the inhabitants of the city. (13:02) Rachel bears Benjamin and dies in childbirth. She is buried in Bethlehem. (17:57) Reuben sins with Bilhah. (21:29) Joseph is sold into Egypt by his b...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) Those searching for an eternal companion can learn valuable lessons from the story of Isaac and Rebekah. (04:18) “He shall send his angel before thee to help” in Genesis 24.20. (06:47) A caution: The Lord may have not chosen one particular person to be your spouse. (09:16) The servant’s test of how to choose an eternal companion. If yo...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) An overview of these chapters. (02:05) Abraham’s prophetic call and the symbolism of the mighty tree with sacred associations. (13:26) “Is anything too hard for the Lord?” (14:00) Hebrew word play with laugh, rejoice, and Isaac’s name. Doubts and hopes are tied together in this story. (16:36) Abraham bargains with the Lord for Sodom an...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) The blessings of the Abrahamic Covenant include preservation, protection, priesthood, power, a place, and posterity. (09:20) The responsibility of the Abrahamic Covenant is to make Christ’s name known to the world and help all to obtain priesthood and temple blessings. (19:29) The Lord places Abraham and his posterity, Israel, in the c...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) Different approaches to reading the flood account. (03:47) The flood can symbolize a second creation of the earth. (05:55) A strange passage in Genesis 6.1-4. This text introduces concepts like Watchers, Giants, and a conflict between Enoch and the forces of darkness. It can be read as a polemic against Babylonian religious and politic...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) Moses 7 reveals the true character of God. He is an eternal being who weeps for His children. (09:06) The law must be administered. Moses 7.38 – “a prison have I prepared for them.” There is an exit from hell as explained in D&C 19. (14:51) Terryl and Fiona Givens share their view on “The God Who Weeps.” (22:19) The teaching that “...

→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) The book of the generations of Adam. Another way to view the long lives of the early Patriarchs. The Sumerian King List may help give context to their ages. (11:38) A brief overview of Enoch literature. The name Mahijah in Moses 6.40 was also found on second century fragments discovered at Qumran in 1948. (19:13) Scriptures are a book...