In some of the most action-packed, faith-promoting, and sometimes-confusing chapters of the Book of Mormon we dive into the question of how we get ourselves into "bondage" and how God gets us out! Study along for a brief overview of your study for the next three weeks, some compelling discussion from our episode two years ago, and an opportunity to learn, feel, and do something about your our situation.

Show Notes:

Visit our website scripturestudyproject.com or connect to us on Instagram or Facebook

Music: "Something Elated" by Broke For Free

Maybe you, like King Benjamin's audience, have had a spiritual experience that prompted in you a desire to change. But how do you actually do that? Does it matter? And why should you want to change in the first place? On this episode we study with guest Brandon Porter those very questions. Study along and (hopefully) feel your belief grow, your understanding deepen, your heart change, and take another step on the road to becoming someone new!

Show Notes:

Jeffrey R. Holland, "Teaching, Preaching, Healing," Ensign, June 2003.

Henry B. Eyring, "My Peace I Leave With You," General Conference, April 2017.

Visit our website scripturestudyproject.com or connect to us on Instagram or Facebook

Music: "Something Elated" by Broke For Free

With a worldwide pandemic and the companion efforts to stop it, reading about a people who were gathered in families, "being separate one from another", and who "remain[ed] in their tents" to hear the word of God seems very apropos. In this episode we begin to unlock the promise King Benjamin gives to his people in his masterful sermon that if they would hearken to his words and open their ears and hearts that "the mysteries of God may be unfolded to [their] view." Want to know what is going on and maybe even have a glimpse of what might be coming? King Benjamin and his people might just have some answers.

Show Notes:

Visit our website scripturestudyproject.com or connect to us on Instagram or Facebook

Music: "Something Elated" by Broke For Free

With a coming General Conference President Nelson designated as "different from any previous conference", followed by an Easter that we won't soon forget, in the midst of a world crisis that we are struggling to understand, we may feel a kinship with the young Joseph Smith who felt "great unease" about the world he lived in.  In this episode we ask the question, "How can I get answers to my questions the way Joseph Smith, Enos, and so many others got answers to theirs?"

Show Notes:

Russell M. Nelson, "Closing Remarks," General Conference, October 2019.

Visit our website scripturestudyproject.com or connect to us on Instagram or Facebook

Music: "Something Elated" by Broke For Free

During all of the craziness going on today it's more important than ever that we understand just how God works in the world today. In this episode we invite guest Kaylen Nelson on to dive into the oft-forgotten books of Enos through Words off Mormon and glean from 300 years of Nephite history truths about how God works through and around His children that might help us make sense of the world we currently live in. Knowing that God has "a wise purpose" for what's going on today, we can turn to His word to learn that wisdom for ourselves and our families.

Show Notes:

Tad R. Callister, "God's Compelling Witness: The Book of Mormon," October 2017.

Book of Mormon 2018 episode on Enos

Study Help: Structure of the Book of Mormon

David A. Bednar, "An Evening with Elder Bednar," February 2020.

Visit our website scripturestudyproject.com or connect to us on Instagram or Facebook

Music: "Something Elated" by Broke For Free

In a world where things are being hourly, minutely shaken up around us we need something to strengthen and solidify us. In Jacob's writings he mentions often his own and his desire  to help others receive unshakeable faith. In chapter 5 he quotes Zenos' allegory of the olive tree that, if likened to us, is a story of how God helps the trees of his vineyard grow, become strong (and unshakeable), and bear fruit of hope and peace. In chapter 7 Jacob's faith is tested by Sherem and, yet, remains unshakeable. So study with us this week as we learn how to solidify our faith in the face of uncertainty.

Show Notes:

Visit our website scripturestudyproject.com or connect to us on Instagram or Facebook

Music: "Something Elated" by Broke For Free

The German word "weltschmerz" describes a feeling of sadness at the sins of the world. Jacob described this same feeling when he said he felt great "anxiety" for the welfare of his people's souls. What, exactly, caused this pain for Jacob and what causes it for us? Study with us this week as we tackle some of the big sins Jacob sees in his world that seem all-too-real for modern readers.

Show Notes:

Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "Believe, Love, Do," October 2018. 

Visit our website scripturestudyproject.com or connect to us on Instagram or Facebook

Music: "Something Elated" by Broke For Free

One of the most famous phrases from the scriptures about the scriptures comes from Nephi's challenge for his readers to "feast upon the words of Christ." However, understanding what that actually means and how to do it can be tricky at best and daunting at worst. In this episode we give three tried-and-tested principles for better feasting in your personal scripture study and, thus, allowing God to better "tell you all things what you should do."

Show Notes:

Visit our website scripturestudyproject.com or connect to us on Instagram or Facebook

Music: "Something Elated" by Broke For Free

Have you ever wondered why, of all He could have done, God chose to use "the words of a book" to accomplish so much of His "marvelous work" in the last days? Why the Book of Mormon? Why now? As we study this week we answer these global questions and, much more importantly, the personal questions of just what this long-prophesied book can do for you. Want a Book of Mormon study pick-me-up, than this episode may be for you!

Show Notes:

Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "Are You Sleeping Through the Restoration?" General Conference, April 2014

Gary E. Stevenson, "The Ongoing Restoration," BYU Devotional, August 2019.

Visit our website scripturestudyproject.com or connect to us on Instagram or Facebook

Music: "Something Elated" by Broke For Free

Have you ever struggled reading the Isaiah chapters? Nephi says that he "delights" in Isaiah's words because they persuade people to come closer to Christ. In this episode, we reverse the traditional feelings about Isaiah and begin to scratch the surface of what these incredible chapters can do for you!

Show Notes:

Visit our website scripturestudyproject.com or connect to us on Instagram or Facebook

Music: "Something Elated" by Broke For Free