The Scripture Study Project

The adversary, just like a magician, has certain tricks and deceptions he uses to tempt sin or instigate doubt. However, the adversary, just like a magician, hates when his secrets are revelealed. In this episde that's just what we'll do.

The Anti-Nephi-Lehis, the group of converted Lamanites in the Book of Mormon, are incredible, right? They lay down their weapons of war, forsake their past and their homeland, and gain a faith so strong that they literally sacrifice their life for it. Wanna know how to become converted like them? Listen in to this week's episode, part 2 of our study of the missionary chapters in Alma.

We know we could, we know we should, by sometimes sharing our faith with others is hard. In this episdoe we study the incredible example of the sons of Mosiah and their mission to the Lamanites to learn a fresh and faithful approach to missionary service.

Ever wonder why, when you feel like you are doing all the right things in all the right ways, that you fail? You pray, you fast, you obey, and you feel like you're responding to promptings, but God doesn't grant you the success you'd hoped? In this episode, we study to see that sometimes our failures are really just the seed for God's greater success.

Perhaps the biggest topic in the gospel, the Atonement of Jesus Christ, and Alma helps us understand some things that maybe we've been missing, some things that, if we get right, will bring a joy to our day and balm to our sorrows. Listen in to what Alma teaches people who are ready to hear the best he has to teach.

You can gauge the health of your physical heart by checking your pulse, but what about your spiritual heart? Is there a way to assess the strength of your testimony, your conversion, or your relationship with God? In this episode Alma plays the role of spiritual physician and asks some hard, heart-hitting questions the form, for us, a sort of spiritual cardiogram. How are you doing?   Show Notes:...

In these first chapters of Alma we meet a converted prophet, an anti-Christ, and a rebel politician and study what to do with "wonderful contentions" in our lives. Book of Alma, here we come!

We all have times when we or someone we love "falls out of the boat" of faith or belief. In this episode we study what kings, prophets, and God himself things and does about people who fall out of the boat. What do you do if it's you? What do you do if it's someone you love?

"Is the load I am carrying creating sufficient spiritual traction so I ultimately can return home to Heavenly Father?" That question, asked by Elder Bednar, is our focus this episode. How do I bear my burdens, and how can I minster to others and bear their burdens? Show notes: Ministering training video:  https://www.lds.org/mycalling/ministering/effective-ministering?lang=eng   Elder Bednar talk:...

Want to know what are, perhpaps, the two most crucial questions you could possibly be asked? In this episose we watch Abinadi withstand Noah and his priests with complete conviction is his God and in his own calling.

In this episode we study Zeniff, a good guy who messes up, gets himself stuck, and has to find a way to get out. Sound familiar to you? What do we do to get ourselves in spiritual bondage, and how can we get out?

Do you have "seasons of peace" mixed with "seasons of war" in your life? In your family's life? Would you like to have "continual peace"? King Benjamin knows how!

God actually talked to Enos; so what did Enos do to start the process? This episode gives a few powerful principles of "mighty prayer" that could change your relationship with God!

Ever wonder how God feels about you? Jacob 5 is the longest chapter in the Book of Mormon and one of the best because it is, in essence, God's love letter to you!

 We all have faith-shaking temptations and experiences. Where do they come from? And how can you, like Jacob, become "unshakable"?

How many times (a day) have you had a question to which there seems no clear-cut, easy-to-find answer? In this episode we dive into the promise and the practices that help us to know, as the scriptures say, "all things"!

Nephi the seer sees our day and sees Satan working to "drag us down," but he also sees a way to stop that from happening. In this episode we study how to make Nephi's promise that "Satan will have power...no more" come true for you!

With Isaiah, it often ends up being, "I say, 'Huh?'" In this episode, with special guests Garret Shields and Dan McKinley, we give some study tips and insights that will make you exclaim, "I say, 'AHA!'"

Are we saved by grace or by works? Are Mormons Christian? How on earth can I crack the mystery of Isaiah? All these questions and more answered this week as we get ready for (and dive a bit into) the Isaiah chapters.

We don't need to be afraid of judgment! In this episode we study three things we underestimate about God that, if we can get right, will make the thought of final judgment one of joy and excitement rather than fear and anxiety.

Are you feeling a little spiritually sleepy? Or know someone who is? In this episode we study Lehi's teachings to his sons that help them "wake up!" and fight off the chains of the adversary.

In a world that seems, often, dark and depressing we can find hope in some amazing truths about Jesus from some traditionally tricky Isaiah chapters. In this episode we study a prophet quoting a prophet teaching us why we can have hope.

How do you build a boat (or any other big thing you feel God is asking you to do)? How do you do hard things when sometimes you feel so small? And once you decide you can do it, how do you actually do it? In this episode we discover three principles that can help us do new, big, hard things!

How can I get myself and my family to the Tree of Life? In this episode we take a closer look at one of the most well-known symbols in the Book of Mormon and pull out helpful principles for drawing ourselves and our families closer to God's love.

How do I become the person God wants me to be? We study 1 Nephi 2-4 looking for how Nephi went from being "young" to being a "man" and how we can do the same.