The Scripture Study Project

By Zach and Krista

Religion & Spirituality Christianity

What's The Scripture Study Project about?

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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Sections 49-50 - Discern

05.08.2021

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 ...

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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 ...
10.26.2020 Mormon 1-6 - "clasped in the arms of Jesus" As Mormon describes the sad world that he lives in and the decay of his people he knows both that the record he keeps will not his people. However, he does know that the record can and will save future ...
10.19.2020 3 Nephi 27 - 4 Nephi - "What is it that ye desire of me" How would you respond if you were there in 3 Nephi and Jesus asked you, as one of his disciples, "What is that ye desire of me, after that I am gone to the Father?" If the resurrected Christ gave ...
10.12.2020 3 Nephi 20-26 - "my people, O house of Israel" What exactly does it mean to be "covenant Israel"? And what does it mean to really "let God prevail" in our own lives? These and other questions captivated us this week as we studied the Savior's teachings to the Nephites ...
09.28.2020 3 Nephi 17-19 - "tarry a little longer" With the constant canceling or postponing of plans, activities, and events, we may find ourselves more frequently with extra time on our hands and wonder what we should do. In this episode we study what Jesus does with the extra ...
09.21.2020 3 Nephi 12-16 - "all things had become new" Jesus' arrival among the Nephites, much like His ministry in Judea, signified the introduction of "new things" in addition to or replacement of "old things". He taught them new laws, gave them new commandments, and commanded them to live as ...
09.14.2020 3 Nephi 8-11 - "they heard a voice" As the Book of Mormon peoples experienced the signs of the Savior's death, including days of darkness, they heard, amidst all the commotion, a voice inviting them to repent and return to the Lord. As they opened their ears and ...
09.07.2020 3 Nephi 1-7 - "Lift up your head and be of good cheer" In a block of chapters that seem filled to the brim with destruction, decay, and difficulties it can be easy to focus on the negative. However, the Lord Himself commands, "Lift up your head and be of good cheer." In ...
08.31.2020 Helaman 13-16 - "got upon the wall" Surprise! The Nephites are bad; the Lamanites are good; a Lamanite is a prophet and is preaching to Nephites! In this episode we pull from this surprising story some surprising, non-traditional reasons why we should listen to the men and ...
08.24.2020 Helaman 7-12 - "remember him" The pride cycle is well known and oft-discussed but what we never talk about is how to stop it. Like a bike tire rolling there seems to be something almost inevitable about pride. Well, study with us this week as ...
08.16.2020 Helaman 1-6 - "serious difficulty" In this episode we meet some of the most destructive villains in the Book of Mormon and it's not the leaders of the armies or bands of robbers. What do you do against an enemy who is focused on your ...
08.10.2020 Alma 53-63 - "two thousand sons" Last episode we learned how to wage and win your own, individual battles against the adversary. In this episode we peer between the lines to see how to win the even-more-serious family battles. In short, what did the Book of ...
08.03.2020 Alma 43-52 - "preparations for war" Have you ever felt like life, your life, was a war? Ever felt like you were fighting just to keep your faith against an enemy who seems bent set on destroying it? In this episode we study the strategies and ...
07.27.2020 Alma 39-42 - "my son, go thy way" Corianton, one of Alma's sons, committed serious sins while serving a mission; however, he is also listed by Mormon as one of the penultimate heroes of the Book of Mormon. Similarly, we all make many and sometimes large mistakes and ...
07.20.2020 Alma 36-38 - "O Jesus, thou Son of God" Of all the sermons Alma gave in his long and storied ministry, his writings to his sons had to be his most passionate and personal. So it's no wonder that these chapters illustrate better than almost anywhere else both the ...
07.13.2020 Alma 32-35 - "no place to worship" What do you do if you can't worship the way you always have? Where do you go if you've been cast out of a social group? Who do you turn to when you're faith struggles and your heart aches? All ...
07.06.2020 Alma 30-31 - "I have all things as a testimony" On the heels of one of the greatest conversion stories in the Book of Mormon the Alma and his missionary companions encounter anti-Christs who attack faith, dissuade from obedience, and preach against God. In a world of relentless attacks on ...
06.29.2020 Alma 23-29 - "I ought to be content" In our last episode we read about the sons of Mosiah becoming instruments in God's hand to cause incredible change; in this episode we study what happens when being an instrument brings unexpected or undesired hardships. Special guest Ashley Laneri ...
06.22.2020 Alma 17-22 - "an instrument in the hand of God" In a world filled with an increasing desire for change and growth we may often find ourselves asking just how we can effectively facilitate change in our personal, family, and community lives. Study with us this week as we read ...
06.08.2020 Alma 8-16 - "How long shall we suffer" As he sat in a jail in Ammonihah, imprisoned for preaching and horrified at witnessing one of the worst atrocities in the Book of Mormon, Alma cried out to God, "How long shall we suffer these great afflictions, O Lord? ...
06.01.2020 Alma 5-7 - "can you imagine" 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 ...
05.25.2020 Mosiah 29-Alma 4 - "that he might reclaim them" 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, ...
05.18.2020 Mosiah 25-28 - "I have repented...and been redeemed" 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 ...

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