Latter-day Saint FAIR-Cast

How Sad to Miss a Miracle by Autumn Dickson Daniel and his friends were taken out of Jerusalem after Babylon attacked and won. They were among the “desirable youth” who were trained in Babylonian language, culture, and law. I’m sure there was a lot of pressure to assimilate completely into this other nation, but Daniel and his friends wanted to keep their faith. While still young, these boys were...

   Jennifer Roach Lees holds a Master in Divinity as well as a Masters in Counseling Psychology. She is a licensed mental health therapist and lives in Utah. She was the 2023 recipient of the John Taylor Defender of the Faith award. The post Come, Follow Me with FAIR – Daniel 1–7 – Jennifer Roach Lees appeared first on FAIR .

Was Daniel Ever Angry With God? by Autumn Dickson The chapters that we read from in the book of Daniel this week tell some awesome stories. Babylon had attacked Jerusalem and taken many noble exiles. Daniel 1:3-4, 6 3 And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king’s seed, and of the princes; 4 Children in whom was...

Why God is Quiet Sometimes by Autumn Dickson Let us tell the story of Ezekiel. Ezekiel 1:1 Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. Ezekiel was 30 years old, far from the land of his fathers, and standing beside a man-made canal amongst o...

  Jennifer Roach Lees holds a Master in Divinity as well as a Masters in Counseling Psychology. She is a licensed mental health therapist and lives in Utah. She was the 2023 recipient of the John Taylor Defender of the Faith award. The post Come, Follow Me with FAIR – Ezekiel 1–3; 33–34; 36–37; 47 – Jennifer Roach Lees appeared first on FAIR .

Why will ye die? by Autumn Dickson Just to give some context on where we’re at in the biblical timeline here…we just finished reading in Jeremiah and Lamentations where Babylon attacked during King Zedekiah’s reign. Babylon emptied Jerusalem and set it on fire at this point in the timeline. Before that, Babylon had attacked Jerusalem earlier. The Babylonians won and took a bunch of Jerusalem’s eli...

Keeping Christ at the Center by Autumn Dickson One of the books we study this week is called Lamentations, and there is a really good reason it is called Lamentations. Jeremiah was a prophet who had pleaded with the people to repent. He pleaded with King Zedekiah to listen, but Zedekiah refused. Jerusalem was surrounded and sieged. The fall of Judah was…awful. It was known as one of the worst sieg...

  Jennifer Roach Lees holds a Master in Divinity as well as a Masters in Counseling Psychology. She is a licensed mental health therapist and lives in Utah. She was the 2023 recipient of the John Taylor Defender of the Faith award. The post Come, Follow Me with FAIR – Jeremiah 31–33; 36–39; Lamentations 1; 3 – Jennifer Roach Lees appeared first on FAIR .

Jeremiah Bought Nothing; Christ Bought Us by Autumn Dickson Jeremiah was the prophet at a time when the Jews were to be conquered by Babylon. He was called to be a prophet and cry repentance. He was to warn the Jews about what was coming, and he also gave messages of hope. The Jews would one day be restored to the land. The Lord also gives Jeremiah a peculiar object lesson. Babylon had already sta...

  Jennifer Roach Lees holds a Master in Divinity as well as a Masters in Counseling Psychology. She is a licensed mental health therapist and lives in Utah. She was the 2023 recipient of the John Taylor Defender of the Faith award. The post Come, Follow Me with FAIR – Jeremiah 1–3; 7; 16–18; 20 – Jennifer Roach Lees appeared first on FAIR .

Why You Can’t Just Repent Later by Autumn Dickson Why can’t we just repent on the other side? Why can’t we do what we want here and then change when we enter the spirit world? Do we believe in deathbed repentance? There is a verse in Isaiah that sparked some of these thoughts today. Jeremiah 17:1 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the...

Your Own Wickedness Will Correct You by Autumn Dickson My family watched Treasure Planet last night. It was one of my favorite movies as a kid, and it was awesome sharing it with my kids last night. In the movie, we see Jim, a rebellious and angry teenager. His mom is trying to take care of him on her own because his father abandoned them, but Jim makes it pretty difficult. He is remarkably intell...

What is the “acceptable year of the Lord?” by Autumn Dickson In Isaiah 61, we find a mission statement for Jesus Christ. In those verses, Christ talks about the reason His Father sent Him here to the earth. There are many prophecies about Jesus Christ, but He chose this prophecy specifically when the time came for Him to announce His divine Sonship and mission during His mortal life. Isaiah 61:1-2...

  Jennifer Roach Lees holds a Master in Divinity as well as a Masters in Counseling Psychology. She is a licensed mental health therapist and lives in Utah. She was the 2023 recipient of the John Taylor Defender of the Faith award. The post Come, Follow Me with FAIR – Isaiah 58–66 – Jennifer Roach Lees appeared first on FAIR .

Fasting is Not Just About Food by Autumn Dickson Do you feel like you’re doing everything right but find yourself overwhelmed with your own burdens? Do you feel like you’re doing everything the Lord wants you to do, but He is silent and not noticing? Because the Lord has a response for you chapter 58. There are many ways that the Lord responds to these kinds of questions and feelings, so internali...

He Has Done Much More With Much Less by Autumn Dickson Are you feeling completely torn down? Are you feeling discouraged about what you have to offer? Do you feel hollowed out after a time of refining fire? Isaiah includes many warnings to Israel. The Lord allowed them to be smitten and scattered and left without anchor for a while in order to turn them back to Him. These warnings are good reminde...

  Jennifer Roach Lees holds a Master in Divinity as well as a Masters in Counseling Psychology. She is a licensed mental health therapist and lives in Utah. She was the 2023 recipient of the John Taylor Defender of the Faith award. The post Come, Follow Me with FAIR – Isaiah 50–57 – Jennifer Roach Lees appeared first on FAIR .

As If He Nailed Himself to the Cross by Autumn Dickson In Isaiah 50, we find a profound message of Christ’s voluntary suffering. Not only does He suffer for us, but He does so completely willingly. There is a very careful message being given. The words are meticulously chosen so that we can understand the exact nature of what Christ truly did for us. In the beginning, Christ rebukes Israel and dec...

Become Living Evidence by Autumn Dickson In the last post for this week, we talked about the Lord calling out idols for being useless. He challenges them to prophesy or explain past things as He does. He invites Israel to come and judge with Him. He tells them to come and see whether these manmade idols have any worth, to discern for themselves that the Lord is the only God. He does that in Isaiah...

  Jennifer Roach Lees holds a Master in Divinity as well as a Masters in Counseling Psychology. She is a licensed mental health therapist and lives in Utah. She was the 2023 recipient of the John Taylor Defender of the Faith award. The post Come, Follow Me with FAIR – Isaiah 40–49 – Jennifer Roach Lees appeared first on FAIR .

The Lord Invites Us to Discern by Autumn Dickson Isaiah 41 has a couple of different messages from the Lord to Israel, but there is one in particular that I want to focus on. In order to do that, I want to squish a couple of verses together. Isaiah 41:1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to...

Choosing Faith Beforehand by Autumn Dickson Have you ever felt quiet confidence in the Lord? What did that look like? What were you doing in your life that you felt that way? Do you still feel it? Isaiah 30 warns Israel that they will be scattered for rejecting the prophets and trusting in Egypt. The children of Israel want the prophets to “prophecy not” and to “speak unto us smooth things.” They...

  Jennifer Roach Lees holds a Master in Divinity as well as a Masters in Counseling Psychology. She is a licensed mental health therapist and lives in Utah. She was the 2023 recipient of the John Taylor Defender of the Faith award. The post Come, Follow Me with FAIR – Isaiah 13–14; 22; 24–30; 35 – Jennifer Roach Lees appeared first on FAIR .

You Have Forgotten Him by Autumn Dickson We’re going to talk about Isaiah 22 for this particular post. Isaiah is prophesying the destruction of Jerusalem. He wrote it during the time of Hezekiah; during Hezekiah’s reign, the people are miraculously saved by an angel coming forth and destroying the Assyrian army. They were saved at that critical moment, and yet, Isaiah’s writings often simultaneous...

We were able to get Brian Stutzman and Dan Peterson together backstage at the FAIR Conference to discuss the martydom and debunk some conspiracy theories that have been floating around. Find out more about the Nauvoo Martyrdom Stories Museum at https://www.martyrdomstories.com/ More information about the “Becoming Brigham” series is at https://becomingbrigham.com/ The post What Really...