Jeremiah had perhaps the hardest job of any prophet—calling people to repentance when he knew for a fact that they wouldn’t listen. We discuss his particular gifts that helped him endure, specifically courage, faith, and his perception that the word of God burned inside of him like a fire.

The last 11 chapters of Isaiah are a series of poetic prophecies which sum up the life’s work of this legendary prophet—foretelling the all-encompassing hope of a new heaven and a new earth, where the whole world would be invited to partake of God’s blessings forever.

Isaiah foretells the woes of God’s “suffering servant,” and testifies of Yahweh’s power over chaos, sin, and death. We discuss the meaning of the word “gospel,” and, just to top it off, study the most powerful passages in all of scripture.

We discuss the incomparable nature of God, the origin of the word “gospel,” and the theory of “Deutero-Isaiah.”

Isaiah warned Israel of the dangers of blindness, the inevitability of justice, and, most of all, the transforming power of choice.

Latter-day Saints aren’t the first people whom God commanded to be a temple-going people. This has been a practice since Adam and Eve, a practice first described in scripture with any detail as the Tabernacle of Moses. LDS Content Developer Mike Madsen joins us for a discussion of the Tabernacle, how when it was revealed it reflected the Exodus the Jews had just endured, and what it still teaches us today.

When he was called to be a prophet, Isaiah learned that the refiner’s “fire” might have one of two effects: God could purify those who came into his presence, if they approached with the right attitude. Those who failed to humble themselves, on the other hand, faced a dangerous situation.

Part of what makes Isaiah hard to understand is that, at times, it's difficult to know what antecedents his pronouns refer to. As it turns out, that uncertainty is by design.

Though separated by centuries and perhaps hundreds of miles, Amos and Joel were surprisingly united in their warning of the “Day of the Lord,” in which God would visit wickedness with justice, and in their visions of the latter day glory he would bring to the earth.

Hosea marks the beginning of our study of the “prophetic” works of the Old Testament, and we discuss both the historical context of Hosea, and what he adds to Israel’s own understanding of its history. We also discuss the themes of insult to God and Forgiveness found in this powerful and poetic book of scripture.