The Scripture Study Project

By Zach and Krista

What's The Scripture Study Project about?

Welcome to The Scripture Study Project, we are your hosts Krista and Zach Horton, and this is our podcast where we study scripture with you along with ”Come Follow Me”. Our goal each week is to help you discover new or renewed excitement for God and His word, invest your heart and personal life into your study, and connect with others as you teach and learn together.

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The Scripture Study Project episodes:

01.05.2024
Why should I read the Book of Mormon?
Why should I read the Book of Mormon? Did you know the Book of Mormon has a thesis statement? And did you know you can have one as you read? Show Notes: Connect with us on Instagram or Facebook Music: "Memories Replaced" by...
01.05.2024
Where, when, and how often should I read the Book of Mormon?
There are no shortage of resources to help you study the Book of Mormon. With all of those voices, it can sometimes be overwhelming to know just exactly where, when, how often, and with what tools you should be reading. Show...
01.05.2024
Who wrote the Book of Mormon?
Who wrote the Book of Mormon? Want a fresh perspective as you read the Book of Mormon? Try meeting the four Book of Mormon evangelists--the primary writers behind the stories and sermons and whose personal, human, testimony touches so many...
01.05.2024
How (and what) should I read (in) the Book of Mormon?
Is it okay to just read the Book of Mormon? And if so, how do I do it? Is there something I should be looking for? Show Notes: Connect with us on Instagram or Facebook Music: "Memories Replaced" by Josh Woodward
01.05.2024
Key Questions for the Book of Mormon - Miniseries Introduction
There are some important questions we can ask as we begin our study of the Book of Mormon (and/or repeatedly during our study throughout the year) that can make all the difference in what we are able to draw from...
07.02.2023
Why should I trust imperfect Church leaders?
Why should I trust imperfect Church leaders? This question, in one form or another, comes up frequently among latter-day saints or their friends because following living apostles, prophets, and other leaders is so central to our theology and practice. Well,...
06.01.2023
What do I do if I don’t ”feel” anything?
What did Peter do with himself after his denial? What did the women at the tomb do with the worry or the fear they felt? What did Cleopas do with his sadness? What did Thomas do with his doubts? What...
05.01.2023
How does identity influence judgment?
"What must I do to inherit eternal life?" This question (and others like it) was asked of the Savior by His disciples, others of His followers, and by detractors. The truth--that God's eternal identity, our eternal identity, and our willing...
04.01.2023
Are Latter-day Saints Christian?
Mirriam-Webster's dictionary defines the word Christian as "one who professes belief in the teachings of Jesus Christ." Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints certainly profess belief in Christ, and yet many, especially some vocal in the...
03.01.2023
Do I have to ”know” the Church is true?
We use the phrase "I know" in many settings and situations in our description of our faith. In this episode we ask if saying "I know" is a requirement and what might come before and after that statement that could...
02.01.2023
Do I really have to be perfect?
We are back with a new season of The Scripture Study Project with an all new approach. This season we are asking questions--sometimes hard, often personal, always important--that have everything to do with our relationship with God and then studying...
12.14.2022
Malachi - Message
Malachi was a messenger, and he prophesied of other messengers to come. Of course John the Baptist stands out as one primary fulfiller of prophesy; but all of us in some small way can be messengers who prepare the way...
12.03.2022
Haggai-Zechariah - Consider
My grandfather was an architect. I remember visiting him in his office and seeing the tools laid out on his basement drafting board and being captivated by the idea that someone could plan such large buildings. As I've grown older...
11.28.2022
Nahum-Zephaniah - The Day
At the end of the book of Zephaniah, the prophet expresses that in the last days, "the king of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of thee". Imagine for a moment: what if we took that verse literally...
11.18.2022
Jonah-Micah - Flee
The story of Jonah is a masterpiece of scriptural story that weaves together a very human and relatable character in Jonah with a compelling illustration of the true character of the Lord interlaced with suspense and surprise. It may be...
11.12.2022
Amos-Obadiah - Savior(s)
I remember years ago watching an episode of a hidden camera tv show where actors acted out a scene where one man, dressed as someone living on the streets, was given money by other only to have that money stolen...
11.10.2022
Hosea-Joel - Meaning in the Minor Prophets
Recently I heard a description of some of the reasons why members of the Church have struggled or are struggling with their faith. For a small group, they struggle because they no longer believe the Church is true. For a...
10.31.2022
Daniel 1-6 - Excellent
There's a story told almost 100 years ago in a Church magazine about a young man named Creed Haymond who ran track for his college. The night before a meet his coach offered the team alcohol to help them relax...
10.21.2022
Ezekiel - Watch
Hebrew prophets were valued because of their ability to foresee coming events and, then, warn people in the present. However, the true test of this foresight is, of course, whether or not these visions materialize. Today we study some of...
10.17.2022
Jeremiah 30-Lamentations: Shepherd
I used to play a game with my seminary students called "Boo Speak" where I would invite a student to leave the room and then, with the students left in the room, pick a word that we would try and...
10.07.2022
Jeremiah 1-20: Derision
I love art museums, and in recent years, I've had multiple chances to attend a few and one thing I've noticed, repeatedly, is the vast breadth of color and emotion represented in the displayed art. Incredible paintings of bright flower...
09.29.2022
Isaiah 58-66 - Ways
There are some pressing questions we must address this week: how can you make shapes and animals out of pancake batter, what's the best way to eat a strawberry, and how cay you maximize the milk-to-cookie ratio of an oreo....
09.23.2022
Isaiah 50-57 - Servant
Years ago I studied Isaiah 53 with a group of teenagers in a seminary class. As part of our experience I gave students a small piece of cardstock with a silhouette of Jesus printed on it on which I had...
09.18.2022
Isaiah 40-49 - Comfort
I once watched as someone illustrated Isaiah's visions and prophecies by drawing him as a stick figure then drawing a telescope in front of his face which indicated that Isaiah could see, both what was really close at hand, but...
09.10.2022
Isaiah 13-35 - Fat Things
When Krista and I were first married she introduced me to the idea of "empty calories"--foods that you could eat but that would give little to no nutrition (this was how she described many of the things I had grown...
09.02.2022
Isaiah 1-12 - Delight
Some commentators have described the book of Isaiah the climactic book of the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament. Isaiah's writings were certainly important to many later writers, including Nephi, Abinadi, Mormon, and Jesus Christ himself. When describing his own passion...
08.27.2022
Proverbs - Wisdom
One of my favorite things about learning from the Lord is that He teaches with images, stories, and symbols. I learned this week that the Hebrew word "māšāl" translated in verse 1 as "proverb" is translated in many other places...
08.08.2022
Psalms - Blessed
I searched for the word "Psalms" on the Church homepage this week and found that almost every General Conference return going on for multiple pages was a talk with a title taken from a psalm. From Pres. Nelson's famous, "Joy...
08.01.2022
Job - Perfect
One thing that took getting used to as I prepared for a mission to Germany was the Germany fairy tale. Contrary to many romantic tales where heroes prevail against evil and receive rewards for their efforts, Germany fairy tales contain...
07.23.2022
Esther - Scepter
Years ago in a seminary class where we were studying a scriptural account of a woman, one of the young men blurted out that he felt the lesson didn't apply to the boys in the class because it was about...
07.16.2022
Ezra, Nehemiah - Work
I've spent the last month getting to know and serve with the newly-called seminary teachers in my local stakes. As I talk with these amazing people it's obvious that they feel the weight of undertaking one of the most demanding...
07.08.2022
2 Kings 17-25 - Turn
In the Book of Mormon the prophet Nephi writes, prophetically, that people in a coming day will "trample under their feet…even the very God of Israel." In our bible study this week we see a fulfillment of that as wicked...
07.03.2022
2 Kings 2-7 - Unprecedented
This week on the Scripture Study Project we start a new month, a new book of scripture (2 Kings), and a new podcast format. We dive into the miracles of Elisha, look at the unprecedented ways in which individuals are...
06.27.2022
1 Kings 17-19 - Heard
Years ago, Peggy Worthen, wife of newly installed BYU president Kevin Worthen, spoke to the gathered student body. In her talk she referenced highway 6, a Utah road that leads from Provo to the eastern side of the state, including...
06.18.2022
2 Samuel, 1 Kings - Fallen
Then Elder Hinckley told a story in general conference about a time when he worked at a trainyard and heard that a passenger train had arrived without the baggage car. He explained, “We discovered that the train had been properly...
06.10.2022
1 Samuel - Ebenezer
I just started a summer institute class in my area (hello to any of my students that are listening) focused on improving our scripture study skills. This week we kicked off class by identifying the two most important questions asked...
06.05.2022
Ruth - kindness
John 3:16 is one of, if note the most, oft-quoted verses of the Bible: "For God so loved the that He gave his only begotten Son". One of the reasons that verse has become so popular is that it represents...
05.27.2022
Judges - Deliver
There's a chilling story President Kimball relates in his book "Miracle of Forgiveness" about a man who pulls himself from alcoholism, practices sobriety for years and readies himself to be sealed in the temple with his wife, and then, on...
05.20.2022
Joshua - Courage
I had a favorite object lessons from my seminary teaching days that introduced the idea of courage. I would take a rat trap, demonstrate how it could snap a pencil in half, then I would reset the trap and ask...
05.12.2022
Deut - Remember
Have you ever taken a "penny quiz"? If not, without looking, see how much you can remember about the penny. And when you realize you can only remember the barest details, ask yourself this: why is that something as common...
05.08.2022
Num 11-14, 20-24 - Spirit
Years ago, before even an apostle, President Eyring gave a powerful insight about spiritual sight. He taught that the repeated phrase, "thus we see" is often a scriptural writer pointing out what someone with spiritual sight will see when looking...
04.30.2022
Ex 35-40, Lev 1, 16, 19 - Holy
Our temples, benefiting from centuries, even millennia of experience, are structured in such a way to help us have powerful revelatory experiences as we come closer to God. This week as we study the end of Exodus and selections from...
04.22.2022
Ex 24, 31-34 - Goodness
This week we study a moment for Israel that taught them powerful truths about themselves and the Lord. Although they were not wrongly imprisoned like Joseph Smith, they had a "miserable experience" because of their own actions that brought them...
04.17.2022
Ex 18-20 - Peculiar
In this episode we study Exodus 18-20 but look, not just at the 10 commandments, but why they are worth thinking about in the first place. Show Notes: Connect with us on Instagram or Facebook Music: by Steve Oxen
04.01.2022
Ex 14-17 - Murmur
In our episode this week we study Exodus 14-17 and examine our relationship with our prophetic leaders. We'll examine miracles, murmuring, and mediation through rods and logs. Most importantly, we'll ask ourselves the question, "How can I draw more power...
03.25.2022
Ex 7-13 - Plagues
Perhaps the most common question asked about God is, "Why does God allow bad things to happen?" One recent survey found that this question, in some form or another, is at the heart of almost every faith question or struggle...
03.20.2022
Ex 1-6 - I Am
There were over 2,000 gods in the Egyptian pantheon. These ranged from Amun-Ra who was the god of sun and air, to Sopdu who was a god over a specific border and the forts on that border. In our episode...
03.11.2022
Gen 42-50 - Forgive
Corrie Ten Boom survived the horrors of a WWII concentration camp. Years later she spoke widely of her experience of the power of forgiveness teaching, "Forgiveness is not an emotion. Forgiveness is an act of the will." After one...
03.05.2022
Gen 37-41 - Prosper
Elder Holland once taught, "Every one of us has times when we need to know things will get better… For emotional health and spiritual stamina, everyone needs to be able to look forward to some respite, to something pleasant and...
02.27.2022
Gen 28-33 - Prevail
As with others before him, Jacob, son of Rebekah and Isaac, receives a new name from the Lord that indicates something the Lord desires or foresees he can become. Jacob's name change is an interesting one: from Jacob, which means...

What's The Scripture Study Project about?

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The Scripture Study Project episodes:

Why should I read the Book of Mormon?

Where, when, and how often should I read the Book of Mormon?

Who wrote the Book of Mormon?

How (and what) should I read (in) the Book of Mormon?

Key Questions for the Book of Mormon - Miniseries Introduction

Why should I trust imperfect Church leaders?

What do I do if I don’t ”feel” anything?

How does identity influence judgment?

Are Latter-day Saints Christian?

Do I have to ”know” the Church is true?

Do I really have to be perfect?

Malachi - Message

Haggai-Zechariah - Consider

Nahum-Zephaniah - The Day

Jonah-Micah - Flee

Amos-Obadiah - Savior(s)

Hosea-Joel - Meaning in the Minor Prophets

Daniel 1-6 - Excellent

Ezekiel - Watch

Jeremiah 30-Lamentations: Shepherd

Jeremiah 1-20: Derision

Isaiah 58-66 - Ways

Isaiah 50-57 - Servant

Isaiah 40-49 - Comfort

Isaiah 13-35 - Fat Things

Isaiah 1-12 - Delight

Proverbs - Wisdom

Psalms - Blessed

Job - Perfect

Esther - Scepter

Ezra, Nehemiah - Work

2 Kings 17-25 - Turn

2 Kings 2-7 - Unprecedented

1 Kings 17-19 - Heard

2 Samuel, 1 Kings - Fallen

1 Samuel - Ebenezer

Ruth - kindness

Judges - Deliver

Joshua - Courage

Deut - Remember

Num 11-14, 20-24 - Spirit

Ex 35-40, Lev 1, 16, 19 - Holy

Ex 24, 31-34 - Goodness

Ex 18-20 - Peculiar

Ex 14-17 - Murmur

Ex 7-13 - Plagues

Ex 1-6 - I Am

Gen 42-50 - Forgive

Gen 37-41 - Prosper

Gen 28-33 - Prevail