The Scripture Study Project

Join Zach and guest Garret Shields as they dive into some of the powerful sermons recorded in the Book of Mormon. In an attempt to reclaim his people and help them feel the reality and love of God, Alma paints vivid, poignant images for his listeners to picture as they ponder their relationship with God. What do you feel as you imagine what you read?  Show Notes: Stephen E. Robinson, Believing Chr...

Today there is an intense battle over our identity as children of God and members of the Church. While one side tries to get us to withdraw from our identity and our relationship with God, the other side, God's side, seeks to help us retain or reclaim our identity. In this episode we study both sides in an effort to better understand ourselves and our divine personality. Show Notes: Dieter F. Ucht...

Over the past episodes we've studied people getting into and out of bondage placed on them by others; in this episode we study what it takes to get us out of bondage we place on ourselves! As we start one of the most powerful stories in the Book of Mormon we discover fresh truths about repentance and redemption that could make this one of the most powerful stories in your life! Show Notes: Jeffrey...

What covenants have we actually made with God, and how can those covenants help us in our personal and family lives? In this bonus episode, Krista interviews Maria Eckersley as they study Mosiah 18 filled with powerful insights for everyday life. Show Notes: FREE Online Lightkeepers Experience CLICK to sign up for Maria’s Creative Teaching for Come Follow Me Course   Visit our website scripturestu...

What do you do when you're having a bad day? Week? Month? When it seems like the very world around you is trying to get you to bow or bend or break? How can you "stand" or "walk" when all you want to do is sit or lie down? In this, the concluding episode of the whole Zeniff-Noah-Abinadi-Alma-Limhi story we study these questions and more and, ultimately, learn together about the God who can, will,...

Who is the Lord? And who are you? These are the questions King Noah asked the prophet Abinadi who stood before him. In this episode we study the life-changing, timeline-altering story and sermon of Abinadi gave in answer to these questions. Study along and ask yourself what can you learn and feel about both the Lord and yourself that will draw the two of you closer together than ever before! Show...

In some of the most action-packed, faith-promoting, and sometimes-confusing chapters of the Book of Mormon we dive into the question of how we get ourselves into "bondage" and how God gets us out! Study along for a brief overview of your study for the next three weeks, some compelling discussion from our episode two years ago, and an opportunity to learn, feel, and do something about your our situ...

Maybe you, like King Benjamin's audience, have had a spiritual experience that prompted in you a desire to change. But how do you actually do that? Does it matter? And why should you want to change in the first place? On this episode we study with guest Brandon Porter those very questions. Study along and (hopefully) feel your belief grow, your understanding deepen, your heart change, and take ano...

With a worldwide pandemic and the companion efforts to stop it, reading about a people who were gathered in families, "being separate one from another", and who "remain[ed] in their tents" to hear the word of God seems very apropos. In this episode we begin to unlock the promise King Benjamin gives to his people in his masterful sermon that if they would hearken to his words and open their ears an...

With a coming General Conference President Nelson designated as "different from any previous conference", followed by an Easter that we won't soon forget, in the midst of a world crisis that we are struggling to understand, we may feel a kinship with the young Joseph Smith who felt "great unease" about the world he lived in.  In this episode we ask the question, "How can I get answers to my questi...

During all of the craziness going on today it's more important than ever that we understand just how God works in the world today. In this episode we invite guest Kaylen Nelson on to dive into the oft-forgotten books of Enos through Words off Mormon and glean from 300 years of Nephite history truths about how God works through and around His children that might help us make sense of the world we c...

In a world where things are being hourly, minutely shaken up around us we need something to strengthen and solidify us. In Jacob's writings he mentions often his own and his desire  to help others receive unshakeable faith. In chapter 5 he quotes Zenos' allegory of the olive tree that, if likened to us, is a story of how God helps the trees of his vineyard grow, become strong (and unshakeable), an...

The German word "weltschmerz" describes a feeling of sadness at the sins of the world. Jacob described this same feeling when he said he felt great "anxiety" for the welfare of his people's souls. What, exactly, caused this pain for Jacob and what causes it for us? Study with us this week as we tackle some of the big sins Jacob sees in his world that seem all-too-real for modern readers. Show Note...

One of the most famous phrases from the scriptures about the scriptures comes from Nephi's challenge for his readers to "feast upon the words of Christ." However, understanding what that actually means and how to do it can be tricky at best and daunting at worst. In this episode we give three tried-and-tested principles for better feasting in your personal scripture study and, thus, allowing God t...

Have you ever wondered why, of all He could have done, God chose to use "the words of a book" to accomplish so much of His "marvelous work" in the last days? Why the Book of Mormon? Why now? As we study this week we answer these global questions and, much more importantly, the personal questions of just what this long-prophesied book can do for you. Want a Book of Mormon study pick-me-up, than thi...

Have you ever struggled reading the Isaiah chapters? Nephi says that he "delights" in Isaiah's words because they persuade people to come closer to Christ. In this episode, we reverse the traditional feelings about Isaiah and begin to scratch the surface of what these incredible chapters can do for you! Show Notes: Visit our website scripturestudyproject.com or connect to us on Instagram or Facebo...

To a Nephite crown who has just been forced out of their homes (again), Nephi's brother Jacob preaches the "great plan of our God" and the details the Lord's rescue of His people. If you are feeling homeless or lost, alone, or just in need of rescue then study with us this week as we uncover what our God does to find and save us!  Show Notes: Connie Gouldin, "Seeking Rescue," Ensign, June 2015. Vi...

This week we study Lehi's blessings to his sons with special guest Art Olivas of the wonderful EstudioEn15 podcast. As we examine what truths Nephi draws upon to strengthen him in dark times we look at truths that can do the same for us. What can we learn about or from the Lord that helps us when we may feel "encompassed about" with trials and temptations (2 Nephi 4:18) but want to feel "encircled...

We know, based on the last few weeks of study in the Book of Mormon, that the Lord promises blessings for obedience to His commandments. This week we study just how the Lord leads us to those promised blessings. And, as with all other studies in the scriptures, the more we can recognize His actions in others' lives the more we see His hand in our own. Show Notes: Visit our website scripturestudypr...

As Nephi, fresh from hearing his father's vision and revelation, seeks his own witness he is shown God's love both in the manifestation of Jesus Christ as in His extension of power and protection across generations of history. Study with us this week as we focus on that love and see for ourselves how God has been loving to us in our own personal lives and histories. Show Notes: Visit our website s...

It's often tempting, as you watch others fade from faith or abandon their discipleship, to ask, "Why do I believe? Why do I stay?" In this episode, we welcome guests Zach and Katie Cowan of Study Daily as we study together the iconic vision of the Tree of Life in search of what we learn about the Lord that, like those in the vision, makes us want to come to the Lord and stay with Him.  Show Notes:...

If someone were to ask you, "What happens in the first chapters of the Book of Mormon?" you'd be able to tell them: Lehi...Nephi...Laman and Lemuel...journey...wilderness...plates.... But what if you were asked, "What does  the Lord do in the first few chapters?"  In this episode of our study of the Book of Mormon we put ourselves in the shoes of this early family and search for what the Lord does...

In the first episode of season 3 we provide the thesis statement of The Scripture Study Project (where we've come from, why we do what we do, and what's coming up this season) as well as a thesis statement for The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ and a proposal for a fresh and faithful study of this great book this year. Listen in, follow along, and dive into your study of the Boo...

In these final chapters of John's Revelation he describes, in detail, the ongoing war between the Lamb of God and the Dragon of the adversary. It's fitting that in our last study of the New Testament we get a vision into our past and our future all intended to give us hope and help in that exact conflict. The outcome of the war is assured; study with us this episode in search of truths that can ma...

Merry Christmas from The Scripture Study Project. In this brief but special episode we share our Christmas card with our wonderful listeners. In this year's episode we ask how did the very first Christmas change the very first Christians? How did Jesus change Mary? How did Jesus change Joseph? And how can Jesus change you this holiday season? Show Notes: Check out our new website: scripturestudypr...