The Scripture Study Project

By Zach and Krista

Religion & Spirituality Christianity

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A fresh and faithful study of the scriptures complete with study and teaching tips. Want more from your scripture study? Want to be a better teacher? Want answers to tough questions that are both faithful and intelligent? Welcome to The Scripture Study Project!

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10.15.2021

Elder Holland (and others) have called Liberty Jail a "prison-temple" for Joseph Smith and others that were with him. For over four months they suffered; but they also changed and became something new. In this episode we take a look ...

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10.15.2021 Sections 121-123 - Prison-Temple Elder Holland (and others) have called Liberty Jail a "prison-temple" for Joseph Smith and others that were with him. For over four months they suffered; but they also changed and became something new. In this episode we take a look ...
10.08.2021 Sections 115-120 - Arise The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints combines both the teachings, example, ministry, and leadership of a divine being with everyday, imperfect, mistake-laden, and very mortal beings. Both the God and the saint make up the Church. In this ...
10.01.2021 Sections 111-114 - Follies It might an obvious observation, but our lives' stresses and strains are often caused, not by world-ending sins, but by small but pervasive mistakes. Even the prophet Joseph Smith was called out for his "follies". In this episode we wrestle ...
09.26.2021 Section 109-110 - Accept We all want our prayers to be "accepted" just like those early Saints who joined with the prophet in prayer in and for the Kirtland Temple. We want to be heard and to hear God ourselves. In this episode we ...
09.20.2021 Sections 106-108 - Special What is "special" about our general Church priesthood leaders? In this episode we study from Section 107 just what prophets, apostles, seventies, and other are and, by implication (or by statement), what they are not. As we better understand the ...
09.13.2021 Sections 102-105 - Victory We titled this episode (as we do each one) with a word from the scripture block, and this one is ironic because, even though the Lord promises victory (DC 103:36) these sections are all about failure. We know what that ...
09.06.2021 Sections 98-101 - Affliction Over the past few months and, more acutely, weeks, there has been an increase in contentious feelings among us as people and, unfortunately, between us a disciples of Christ. In this episode we study the Lord's directions to early members ...
08.30.2021 Sections 94-97 - Build After the past year and then some we've all had, we need to devote some time and effort to [re]building our lives. In this episode we dive into the Lord's revelations on buildings and ponder our own place in the ...
08.21.2021 Section 93 - Fulness God is full of grace, truth, light, power, and joy. Jesus received the fulness as he grew from grace to grace. And the great imperative for us is to grow grow and receive that same fulness. Study with us in ...
08.16.2021 Sections 89-92 - Health The Word of Wisdom is not just a suggestion, it is not just about physical health, and it is not just a list of do's and don'ts. In this episode break out of the traditional study of Doctrine & Covenants ...
08.08.2021 Section 88 - Peace How can I foster peace in my home/ward/community/class/etc.? This question, universally appealing, is at the heart of our study this week. In the midst conflict within the leadership of the early Restored Church, the prophet Joseph Smith received what he ...
07.31.2021 Sections 85-87 - Divided Division and divisiveness seem to be quite in vogue in recent years, a problem which the Lord certainly foresaw. In Doctrine & Covenants 85-87 early Church members were dealing with multiple kinds of division: religious, spiritual, and political. Join us ...
07.24.2021 Section 84 - Power What is the Priesthood, exactly? Who has it? What does it do? The questions (and more) occupy our focus this episode as begin our study of one of the pinnacle revelations in the Doctrine & Covenants. Discover with us the ...
07.19.2021 Sections 81-83 - Bound The word "covenant" is one of the more oft-used words in the Church. However, in our traditional attempts to scribe it we may diminish the power of the principle and, thus, diminish our own ability to be more powerfully connected ...
07.03.2021 Section 76 - Vision If you were asked to guess which kingdom of glory you will go to, what would you say? How confident would you be in your answer? In this episode we study "The Vision" in D&C; 76 in search of truths ...
06.27.2021 Sections 71-75 - Expedient Often, as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ, it can be difficult to delineate between what is eternal and unchanging and what is more temporary and changeable. Whether it's statements in the scriptures or by Church leaders, particular ...
06.18.2021 Sections 67-70 - Abundance "Abundance" is certainly a buzz word in common parlance today, but the idea of abundance, divine abundance, originates from God. This week we study dive into a study of that divine abundance, how it works, and what we can do ...
06.12.2021 Sections 64-66 - Kingdom When the Prophet dictated the prophetic plea that the "kingdom of God go forth, that the kingdom of heaven may come" it was revealed, not just a future event, but a present one as well. We can and should belong ...
06.06.2021 Section 63 - Faithful "For better or worse, in sickness and health..." do those words describe your commitment to the Lord? This week we study, not just faith, but faithfulness and as we discover a fresh perspective, invest our mind and heart, and connect ...
05.29.2021 Sections 60-62 - Matters Do you like spinning plates? No, neither do we. In this episode we study the things that don't matter to the Lord and, by implication, the things that do matter to Him. As we learn together you might ask yourself ...
05.22.2021 Sections 58-59 - Foundation "Welcome to Zion" said no sign nor person when the early Saints entered Missouri. Instead, they found only a few homes and stores, a somewhat irreligious society, and a situation that prompted at least some degree of disappointment. Finding Zion ...
05.15.2021 Sections 51-57 - Inheritance Where is Zion? This is the question that drove early members of the Church to seek for revelation in 1831, that motivated them to continue their sojourn across the country, and catalyzed their conversion to and application of restored truths. ...
05.08.2021 Sections 49-50 - Discern Joseph Smith once wrote that all of us "must have the discerning of spirits" if we are to avoid deception and progress in the Kingdom of God. As we seek to follow President Nelson's challenge to "grow into the spirit ...
05.01.2021 Sections 46-48 - Gifts Perhaps the most-asked question in the whole Church is, "How do I recognize when the Spirit is speaking to me?" Early members of the Church had the same question and, as we study sections 46-48 this week, wee study the ...
04.24.2021 Section 45 - Embrace As Church members started a new life in a new place they had to encounter new and increasing problems. One of those--attacks on their faith from other inhabitants of Kirtland, printed in the newspaper, and spreading almost as quick as ...
04.19.2021 Sections 41-44 - Law Am I obeying the Lord's Laws? That's the question at the heart of our study this week. On the way we make our own (very presumptuous and super unofficial) list of ten commandments from the different laws and instructions the ...
04.10.2021 Sections 37-40 - Present "All things are present before me," says the Lord to the early saints. That phrase is mind-blowing especially when we start to consider its implications. However, for us, all things are not present; we have a past that might weigh ...
04.03.2021 Sections 30-36 - Voice We all have a voice and, it's evident from the Doctrine & Covenants, that the Lord expects us to use that voice to share the gospel. But how? and where? and why? This week learn from the Lord's instructions to ...
03.28.2021 Easter (Replay) For this week we replay an episode that originally aired two years ago: On Sunday he entered Jerusalem, on Monday he cleansed the temple, Tuesday and Wednesday he taught and Thursday through Sunday he suffered, died, and resurrected. What do ...
03.20.2021 Section 29 - Gather When the topic of the Second Coming of Christ comes up, if we're honest, there also come accompanying feelings of anxiety, worry, and even fear. However, when early Church members discussed the topic it filled them with excitement, hope, and ...
03.15.2021 Sections 27-28 - Contrary Joseph was corrected by an angel as he sought to procure wine for the sacrament. Hiram Page was corrected as he sought to receive revelation. Oliver Cowdery was corrected as he sought to serve as a Church leader. Correction, it ...
03.06.2021 Sections 23-26 - Calling We speak often of our "callings" in the Church; however, in the early days of the Restoration women and men weren't called to formally-named assignments in their wards, they were called to fulfill powerful and foundational purposes in the Kingdom ...
02.27.2021 Sections 20-22 - Organized The Lord organizes chaos. He did it at the creation of the world. He did it during His mortal ministry in organizing a Church. He did it in the early 1800's when He restored His Church to the earth. And ...
02.20.2021 Sections 18-19 - Repent We've all heard more than a few talks, lessons, and sermons on repentance. We know it's important, and we know that we should do it. But sometimes we don't actually know what it is and, more importantly, how to do ...
02.13.2021 Sections 14-17 - Witness The Lord called many in the early Restored Church to obtain and share a "witness" of the unfolding work. Today, we are likewise called to witness; however, our testimonies can sometimes be overlaid and overcomplicated with tradition, culture, trite phrases, ...
02.06.2021 Sections 12-13 / JSH 1:66-75 - Fellow To his "fellow servants" Joseph and Oliver the angel John, acting under direction from the Lord, gave power to further the work of the Lord. Similarly today, the Lord gives His "fellow servants"--both women and men--power to accomplish the work ...
01.30.2021 Sections 10-11 - Desire "What do I want?" This seemingly simple question drives our study this week. Joseph, Martin, Oliver, Hyrum, and many others who wanted to be a part of the unfolding restoration were directly quickly to examine their hearts--their wants and desires--and ...
01.22.2021 Sections 6-9 - Revelation "What is the Lord revealing to me?" That's the question at the center of our study this week. There is a long prophetic priority placed on each of us developing our ability to receive and recognize what the Lord wants ...
01.16.2021 Sections 3-5 - Embark Being called to join the work of the Lord can be an incredible experience; however, it also brings with it a natural need for refinement. Joseph Smith, Father Smith, Martin Harris, and so many others of us who have been ...
01.09.2021 History 27-65 / Section 2 - Work When Moroni visits Joseph Smith one of the primary messages he delivers (repeatedly) is that, as Joseph explained, "God had work for me to do". That pattern--God giving His children a work to do--extends both backwards and forwards through history. ...
01.04.2021 History 1-26 - Learn Joseph Smith had a swirl of questions in his mind and heart as he headed into the woods in 1820. When he came out of those woods he declared convincedly, "I have learned for myself." What happened between those questions ...
01.04.2021 Section 1 - Hearken In many ways the world in 1831 looked very similar to the world in 2021. A cholera epidemic that had been spreading in other countries finally hit the United States. The country was recovering from an intense season of political ...
12.31.2020 New Years - "Ring Out Wild Bells" A quick message from us to assure you we're still here (just enjoying the holidays), to tease some exciting changes coming for the podcast (based on your feedback), to gush our excitement for our study of the Doctrine and Covenants ...
12.14.2020 Moroni 10 - "perfected in Christ" In his final words to his modern readers Moroni "exhorts" us to "come unto Christ, and be perfected in him". The word "perfect" in scriptures, especially when applied to mortals, rarely means to be faultless; rather, it means to become ...
12.07.2020 Moroni 7-9 - "every good thing" Moroni, despite being faced with the bleakest of worlds focused his final words on the faith, hope, and charity that comes from and directs us to the Lord Jesus Christ. As we navigate our own final days of a historic ...
11.30.2020 Moroni 1-6 - "ordained" In a world "without order" Moroni writes repeatedly about ordainings and ordinances which, he explains, "keep them in the right way" and help his readers in "relying alone upon the merits of Christ" (Moroni 6:4). In some of the most-speed-read ...
11.23.2020 Ether 12-15 - "by faith" Living in the latter days has never been more wrought with difficulties: from a pandemic to civil and political unrest to natural disasters and other causes of worldwide depression. It may seem like we are, as Mormon once described, "a ...
11.16.2020 Ether 6-11 - "the great deep" In the briefly-told, repeatedly-cycling story of the Jaredites' righteousness and wickedness it was when they "remembered the great things that the Lord had done for [their] fathers in bringing them across the great deep" that the people find peace and ...
11.09.2020 Ether 1-5 - "greater things made manifest" President Nelson prophesied two years ago, "in coming days, it will not be possible to survive spiritually without the guiding, directing, comforting, and constant influence of the Holy Ghost. My beloved brothers and sisters, I plead with you to increase ...
11.02.2020 Mormon 7-9 - "God of miracles" It would have been understandable for Mormon or Moroni to focus on the negative as they witnessed the destruction of their people--but they didn't. "I will show unto you a God of miracles," said Moroni in full knowledge that we ...

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