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Talking Scripture
Tips to help you understand and find relevance in scripture. Mike Day and Bryce Dunford are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who love to teach the scriptures. They explain and illustrate relevance in the text and discuss ideas for understanding and applying Come Follow Me and beyond.
Episodes
- Talking Scripture
Ep 336 | D&C 94-97, Come Follow Me 2025 (September 1-7)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) The Kirtland Saints and the Jackson County Saints received the same command to build a temple…
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Ep 335 | D&C 93, Come Follow Me 2025 (August 25-31)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) Section 93 answers deep theological questions about the nature of God and His children.(01:41)…
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Ep 334 | D&C 89-92, Come Follow Me 2025 (August 18-24)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Official Church Statement on the Word of Wisdom → Timestamps: (00:00) The historical background to the Word of…
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Ep 333 | D&C 88, Come Follow Me 2025 (August 11-17)
→ Watch on YouTube → A Short Video on Silence Before the Second Coming in 3 Nephi 10 and D&C 88 → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) The First and…
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Ep 332 | D&C 85-87, Come Follow Me 2025 (August 4-10)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) The historical context. The first presidency clarifies the meaning of the “mighty and strong…
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Ep 331 | D&C 84, Come Follow Me 2025 (July 28-August 3)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) The historical context of Section 84.(02:49) The purpose of the priesthood and its attendant…
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Ep 330 | D&C 81-83, Come Follow Me 2025 (July 21-27)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) Jesse Gause was a counselor to the Prophet who could no longer fulfill the assignment.(02:48)…
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Ep 329 | D&C 77-80, Come Follow Me 2025 (July 14-20)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) An overview of the book of Revelation.(01:46) A look at the types of apocalyptic texts, and how…
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Ep 328 | D&C 76, Come Follow Me 2025 (July 7-13)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) An overview of D&C 76.(17:34) Jesus Christ, redeemer of all worlds. Only those who reject Him…
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Ep 327 | D&C 71-75, Come Follow Me 2025 (June 30-July 6)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) The background and an overview of these sections.(01:59) Fight darkness by spreading light…
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Ep 326 | D&C 67-70, Come Follow Me 2025 (June 23-29)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) These sections were revealed at a special conference in November 1831. William E. McLellin…
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Ep 325 | D&C 64-66, Come Follow Me 2025 (June 16-22)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) Ezra Booth sees Joseph Smith’s humanity and falls away from the Church.(02:15) We must build…
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Ep 324 | D&C 60-63, Come Follow Me 2025 (June 9-15)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) As you seek the Lord’s help in your life, recognize that there can be contraries regarding…
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Ep 323 | D&C 58-59, Come Follow Me 2025 (June 2-8)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) The Lord lays out the attributes of celestial people who will build Zion.(03:03) Be faithful in…
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Ep 322 | D&C 51-57, Come Follow Me 2025 (May 26-June 1)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) The building of Zion, the New Jerusalem.(26:45) The parable of the nobleman and the olive…
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Ep 321 | D&C 49-50, Come Follow Me 2025 (May 19-25)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) Beware of false teachings and false revelation. Even those with good intentions can be led…
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Ep 320 | D&C 46-48, Come Follow Me 2025 (May 12-18)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) The gifts of the Spirit are scattered among each of us.(22:39) Unto some it may be given all the…
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Ep 319 | D&C 45, Come Follow Me 2025 (May 5-11)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) Jesus is our Advocate with the Father.(07:10) The building of the city of Enoch.(10:38) A closer…
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Ep 318 | D&C 41-44, Come Follow Me 2025 (April 28-May 4)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) The 10 modern-day commandments.(11:36) How consecration works.(25:52) A hint that we are…
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Ep 317 | D&C 37-40, Come Follow Me 2025 (April 21-27)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) The principle of Consecration.(09:05) The Lord has made the earth rich and full. There is enough…
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Ep 315 | D&C 30-36, Come Follow Me 2025 (April 7-13)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) The historical background of these sections.(03:17) The process may be more important than the…
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Ep 314 | D&C 29, Come Follow Me 2025 (March 31-April 6)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) An overview – Christ will prevail.(07:25) The background to this section is the Joseph Smith…
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Ep 313 | D&C 27-28, Come Follow Me 2025 (March 24-30)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) The symbolism of the Feast in the First Israelite Temple.(22:32) The Sacrament in other…
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Ep 312 | D&C 23-26, Come Follow Me 2025 (March 17-23)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) An overview of the three interpretive layers to Section 25.(06:26) Second layer: the Lord…
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Ep 311 | D&C 20-22, Come Follow Me 2025 (March 10-16)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) The Constitution of the Church. People before programs.(07:00) The order of important…
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Ep 310 | D&C 19, Come Follow Me 2025 (March 3-9)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) The historical background of this section.(02:03) This revelation given to Martin Harris helps…
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Ep 309 | D&C 18, Come Follow Me 2025 (February 24-March 2)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) This section contains instructions for calling the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and building up…
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Ep 308 | D&C 12-17; Joseph Smith History 1:66-75, Come Follow Me 2025 (February 17-23)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) The historical background of the Knight family.(13:42) Philo Dibble’s experience with Newel…
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Ep 307 | D&C 10-11, Come Follow Me 2025 (February 10-16)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) The historical background to the translation process and the roles of Lucy and Martin…
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Ep 306 | D&C 6-9, Come Follow Me 2025 (February 3-9)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) The historical background of Section 6.(04:11) Two types of doubts.(05:38) How God speaks to our…
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Ep 305 | D&C 3-5, Come Follow Me 2025 (January 27-February 2)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) The background of Section 3.(07:03) The size and contents of the lost manuscript.(14:09) Joseph…
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Ep 304 | D&C 2; JSH 1:27-65, Come Follow Me 2025 (January 20-26)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) Joseph describes spiritual sight.(04:59) The weakness of youth is explained as a lack of…
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Ep 303 | Joseph Smith-History 1:1-26, Come Follow Me 2025 (January 13-19)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) The First Vision ends the apostasy.(09:28) A brief historical overview of Joseph’s…
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Ep 302 | D&C 1, Come Follow Me 2025 (January 6-12)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) A brief overview of the Doctrine and Covenants.(06:48) The D&C contains the words of Christ in…
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Ep 301 | The Restoration of the Fulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Come Follow Me 2025 (Dec 30-Jan 5)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) A brief overview of this lesson.(07:12) The significance of the timetable of the…
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Ep 300 | Moroni 10, Come Follow Me 2024 (December 16-22)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) Applying Moroni’s promise.(10:06) Why does Moroni say we should ask if these things are not…
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Ep 299 | Moroni 7-9, Come Follow Me 2024 (December 9-15)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) The Nephites are without order and have lost civilization.(01:43) Faith: Laying hold on every…
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Ep 298 | Moroni 1-6, Come Follow Me 2024 (December 2-8)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) The difference between authority and power in the priesthood.(18:51) We covenant to always…
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Ep 297 | Ether 12-15, Come Follow Me 2024 (November 25-December 1)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) Faith during doubt, darkness, and fear. There will be light in the darkness.(18:54) God can turn…
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Ep 296 | Ether 6-11, Come Follow Me 2024 (November 18-24)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) When the Brother of Jared sees the Lord’s finger it sparks his divine curiosity.(05:34) The…
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Ep 295 | Ether 1-6, Come Follow Me 2024 (November 11-17)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) Revelation, how heaven connects with earth.(13:55) Sometimes we have “air questions” and other…
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Ep 294 | Mormon 7-9, Come Follow Me 2024 (November 4-10)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) The Book of Mormon was organized by Mormon to address the problems of our day.(06:05) The Tree…
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Ep 293 | Mormon 1-6, Come Follow Me 2024 (October 28-November 3)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) An overview of these chapters.(01:09) Mormon is an excellent example of how to raise a righteous…
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Ep 292 | 3 Nephi 27-4 Nephi, Come Follow Me 2024 (October 21-27)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) Jesus teaches the simplicity of the gospel: faith, repentance, baptism, receiving the Holy…
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Ep 291 | 3 Nephi 20-26, Come Follow Me 2024 (October 14-20)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Timestamps: (00:00) The Savior’s favorite story is the triumph of the restoration and the gathering of the House of…
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Ep 290 | 3 Nephi 17-19, Come Follow Me 2024 (October 7-13)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Time Stamps: (00:00) Jesus is showing the process of speaking through His chosen disciples. (11:10) Don’t drink…
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Ep 289 | 3 Nephi 12-16, Come Follow Me 2024 (September 30-October 6)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Time Stamps: (00:00) The Sermon on the Mount compels us to let go of Terrestrial sins and become Celestial…
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Ep 288 | 3 Nephi 8-11, Come Follow Me 2024 (September 23-29)
→ Watch on YouTube → A Short Video on Silence Before the Second Coming in 3 Nephi 10 and D&C 88 → Detailed Show Notes → Time Stamps: (00:00) Prophets warn of…
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Ep 287 | 3 Nephi 1-7, Come Follow Me 2024 (September 16-22)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Time Stamps: (00:00) An overview of these chapters.(01:09) The greatest Christmas story. Jesus came just in time to…
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Ep 286 | Helaman 13-16, Come Follow Me 2024 (September 9-15)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Time Stamps: (00:00) An overview of these chapters.(02:05) Blind guides lead people on snipe hunts. When we lay hold…
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Ep 285 | Helaman 7-12, Come Follow Me 2024 (September 2-8)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Time Stamps: (00:00) The book of Helaman is a pattern for our day.(02:55) Modern-day secret combinations.(05:34) The…
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Ep 284 | Helaman 1-6, Come Follow Me 2024 (August 26-September 1)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Time Stamps: (00:00) An overview of these chapters.(01:48) Helaman’s conflict “in the very center” parallels our…
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Ep 283 | Alma 53-63, Come Follow Me 2024 (August 19-25)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Time Stamps: (00:00) An overview of these chapters.(02:37) Qualities of modern-day stripling warriors. Faith is a…
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Ep 282 | Alma 43-52, Come Follow Me 2024 (August 12-18)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Time Stamps: (00:00) A brief overview of all 20 of the war chapters contained in Alma.(15:34) When is conflict…
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Ep 281 | Alma 39-42, Come Follow Me 2024 (August 5-11)
→ Watch Mike’s video on Judgement and the Afterlife in Alma 40-42 | Ep 280 → Watch Ep 281 on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Time Stamps: (00:00) Alma…
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Ep 279 | Alma 36-38, Come Follow Me 2024 (July 29-August 4)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Time Stamps: (00:00) Alma’s letters to his sons remind us how to parent our children one-by-one. Bear testimony…
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Ep 278 | Alma 32-35, Come Follow Me 2024 (July 22-28)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Time Stamps: (00:00) An overview of these chapters.(02:03) Alma describes the phases of a testimony and explains…
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Ep 277 | Alma 30-31, Come Follow Me 2024 (July 15-21)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Time Stamps: (00:00) Strategies for those who have loved ones who are fighting against faith. First, learn to…
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Ep 276 | Alma 23-29, Come Follow Me 2024 (July 8-14)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Mike covers The Mosiah-First Translation in more detail in these videos: The Mosiah First Translation of the Book of…
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Ep 275 | Alma 17-22, Come Follow Me 2024 (July 1-7)
→ Watch on YouTube → Detailed Show Notes → Time Stamps: (00:00) An overview of these chapters.(02:20) Ammon’s approach to missionary work.(14:00) Lamoni asks…