Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Scripture”
541: A Celebration of Dan Wotherspoon and Mormon Matters, Part 1 [ 58:52 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download 542: A Celebration of Dan Wotherspoon and Mormon Matters, Part 2 [ 1:19:15 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download 543: A Celebration of Dan Wotherspoon and Mormon Matters, Part 3 [ 40:57 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadThis three-part episode consists of a recording of a live event held Sunday evening, March 24, 2019 in Salt Lake City. It is an interview …
540: Millennial Mormons—Beliefs, Practices, and Authority Structures [ 1:16:39 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadIn the brilliant and fascinating new book, The Next Mormons: How Millennials Are Changing the LDS Church, Jana Riess, with collaboration from Benjamin Knoll shares …
531: Talking New Testament Translation and Its Ramifications with Thomas Wayment [ 1:27:39 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadAs Latter-day Saints begin to dig into the New Testament as part of this year’s scripture study, a terrific new resource, a translation from the …
527: (Encore) A Christmas Primer: Exploring the Nativity in Scripture, Legend, History, and Hearts, Part 1 [ 1:20:24 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download 528: (Encore) A Christmas Primer: Exploring the Nativity in Scripture, Legend, History, and Hearts, Part 2 [ 1:15:44 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadThis is an encore presentation of a December 2011 two-part Mormon Matters podcast episode examining the Christmas story as it traditionally gets told—looking closely at …
In this episode, Mormon Matters host Dan Wotherspoon shares his experiences with the Christmas Nativity stories presented in the New Testament, moving from literal belief, …
506: What Do Latter-day Saints Consider Authoritative?: Wrestling with Scripture, Prophetic Utterance, Personal Conscience, and an Expanding and Changing Canon, Part 1 [ 1:09:04 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download 507: What Do Latter-day Saints Consider Authoritative?: Wrestling with Scripture, Prophetic Utterance, Personal Conscience, and an Expanding and Changing Canon, Part 2 [ 1:03:51 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadAt this moment, with the 2018 October General Conference just weeks away, many Latter-day Saints are—consciously and unconsciously—going through in their minds and hearts how …
505: The Heart and Depth of Father Tom Roberts: How the Things He Sees, Studies, and Shares Might Prove a Great Boon for Many Latter-day Saints [ 1:25:45 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadNo one who has appeared on Mormon Matters has a more interesting, diverse, and ecumenical religious journey than Father Tom Roberts—one that also includes Mormonism from …
503: Reflecting on Major Themes in 500-plus Mormon Matters Episodes, Part 1 [ 51:51 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download 504: Reflecting on Major Themes in 500-plus Mormon Matters Episodes, Part 2 [ 57:40 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadEarlier this month, Mormon Matters released its 500th episode. In this two-part podcast, host Dan Wotherspoon speaks about the show’s evolution, but mostly he re-introduces …
483: The Prayer Wheel: "An Early Christian Handheld Device" [ 1:26:26 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadAt Mormon Matters we will occasionally focus on the importance of sticking with (though often with changed forms) spiritual practices even while in the midst …
479: (Encore) Mormon Views on Satan and the Origins of Evil, Part 1 [ 1:08:13 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download 480: (Encore) Mormon Views on Satan and the Origins of Evil, Part 2 [ 1:07:12 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadMost religions, cultures, and philosophies contain stories or theories about human evil and its origins. Some, including Mormonism, place a major portion of the blame …
465: Deeper Readings of Misunderstood and Under-Appreciated Scriptures, Part 1 [ 59:54 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download 466: Deeper Readings of Misunderstood and Under-Appreciated Scriptures, Part 2 [ 50:30 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadVery few of us give deep consideration to the nature of scripture and how it should be read and understood. We grow up (or come …
449: Teaching the Old Testament to Latter-day Saints [ 1:44:45 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadLinks to the remaining episodes below _________ These episodes are encore releases of seven different Mormon Matters podcast shows from the last time the LDS …
443: Seeking a Good Death: Spiritual Practice and Framings to Help Us Prepare Now for Our Eventual Deaths [ 1:29:39 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadIn this follow-up episode to our early December shows titled “Mormons Encountering Death”(MM 430–432), former hospice chaplain and meditation and contemplation teacher Phil McLemore joins …
Mormonism hangs its hat, so to speak, on the reality of revelation. It claims that God the Father and Jesus Christ visited a teenage boy …
A new book edited by Julie M. Smith, As Iron Sharpens Iron: Listening to the Various Voices of Scripture, does something wonderful. It takes something we …
As the LDS Sunday School Gospel Doctrine curriculum turns in coming weeks to the later chapters of the book of Alma and the stories they …
Scripture is not its own genre. Some scriptural texts are letters, some are songs or descriptions of rituals and liturgies, some poetry. Many sections are …
244: Genesis, Part 6--Isaac, Rebekah, Esau, and the Transformation of Jacob [ 1:51:23 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download 245: Genesis, Part 6--Isaac, Rebekah, Esau, and the Transformation of Jacob [ 1:18:16 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download 246: Genesis, Part 6--Isaac, Rebekah, Esau, and the Transformation of Jacob [ 56:10 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadIn this episode, the Mormon Matters “Genesis Team”—David Bokovoy, Tom Roberts, and Brian Hauglid—join host Dan Wotherspoon for a discussion of Genesis 24–33, which focus …
Among the most important and difficult wrestles in a faith transition are the struggles to move into new, better nuanced, and richer understandings of previously …
224: Genesis, Part 5—Entertaining Angels; Sodom and Gomorrah [ 2:00:54 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadIn this episode, the Mormon Matters “Genesis Team”–David Bokovoy, Tom Roberts, and Brian Hauglid–join host Dan Wotherspoon for a discussion of Genesis 18 and 19, …
In this episode, members of the Mormon Matters “Genesis Team”—David Bokovoy, Tom Roberts, and Brian Hauglid—discuss and give textual and theological analyses of the Genesis …
210: Genesis, Part 3--Cursing of Canaan and the Tower of Babel [ 1:21:53 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadIn this episode, the Mormon Matters “Genesis Team”–David Bokovoy, Tom Roberts, and Brian Hauglid–share good, fair, and scholarly framings of two difficult biblical stories: (1) …
In this episode that was co-produced with the Mormon Sunday School and Feminist Mormon Housewives podcasts, Eric Huntsman, Jared Anderson, and Lindsay Hansen Park join …
207: Teaching the Old Testament to Latter-day Saints [ 1:44:05 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadOne of the most difficult but important things we can do as Mormons who are alerted to the complexities of cultural differences and sacred writings …
In this two-part episode, we continue our series on the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible by examining one of scripture’s most difficult stories–God choosing to unleash a …
194: Genesis, Part 1--Creation, Garden, Expulsion, Cursing [ 1:01:09 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download 195: Genesis, Part 1--Creation, Garden, Expulsion, Cursing [ 1:07:39 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download 196: Genesis, Part 1--Creation, Garden, Expulsion, Cursing [ 1:15:57 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download 197: Genesis, Part 1--Creation, Garden, Expulsion, Cursing [ 1:14:51 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadThe texts that Latter-day Saints and other Christians call the Old Testament (differing from scholars, who use Hebrew Bible or Tanakh) is both wonderfully rich …
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has just announced the online release of a new edition of the LDS scriptures, with physical copies …
This episode examines the status of the claim that the Book of Mormon teaches that dark skin is a curse from God, that because of …
What does it mean to still claim that scripture is “true” or “inspired” when we fully recognize that much of it is fictional (parable, allegory, …
In this episode, Mormon Matters host Dan Wotherspoon and panelists Kristine Haglund, Dallas Robbins, and Philip Barlow discuss two topics: The LDS Church’s recent reaffirmation …
