To take advantage of our new recording studio, email us at thescripturesarereal@gmail.com In this episode Kerry and Josh Matson explore how Christ uses Malachi's prophecies. They look into his covenant promises and how that interacts with what President Nelson has been teaching and how the expansion of temples are part of that. They also tie that into the keys restored in the Kirtland Temple. They also talk about Malachi's tithing prophecies. We are grateful for our generous sponsors. We are als...
Oct 13, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Season 3Ep. 67
In this special edition, about which Kerry is as passionate as he has ever been about anything, he covers his special Education Week lecture that was interrupted by a fire alarm. He helps us see Christ's atoning sacrifice in a way that you never have before. Kerry explores elements of Christ's atoning sacrifice that surprised him and that helps us all better understand what He has done for us. Kerry delves into our greatest wound, our greatest potential, and the unity God want for all of us and ...
Oct 06, 2024•54 min•Season 3Ep. 66
In this episode John Tanner and Kerry explore the Savior's message to descendants of Lehi. They most especially focused on the institution of the Sacrament and the power and import of that ordinance. We are grateful for our generous donors and sponsors, and for our producer, Launchpad Consulting Studio, and for Rich Nicholls, who composed and plays the music for the podcast.
Oct 06, 2024•59 min•Season 3Ep. 65
If you have marketing, brand, or production needs, use who we do: Launchpad Consulting Studios. Email us at thescripturesarereal@gmail.com and we will get you in touch with them. In this episode Kerry and Rob Eaton explore the different ways Christ invites us to come to him, and how the context of the righteous descendants of Lehi changes the way we can understand the Sermon on the Mount. We are grateful for our generous donors, and for Launchpad Consulting Studios who produces the podcast, and ...
Sep 29, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 64
Don't miss this special episode. Our audience asked for help in studying section 109 like our prophet asked us to, so we gave it to you. Steve Harper, one of the greatest experts ever on the Doctrine and Covenants, helps Kerry explore Section 109, the Kirtland Temple dedicatory prayer. Last conference President Nelson asked us to study section 109, so in this episode we share with you the context, and show how it teaches again and again the power of covenants and how God wants to sanctify and ch...
Sep 22, 2024•50 min•Season 3Ep. 63
Make sure you tune in for the second episode this week. Viewers asked for help with doing what President Nelson asked us to when he said to study Section 109, so we did an episode where we explored that section for you. Kent mentions some articles in this episode. Here is the information for them: Benjamin R. Jordan, “‘Many Great and Notable Cities Were Sunk’: Liquefaction in the Book of Mormon,” BYU Studies 38/3 (1999): 119–22. Benjamin R. Jordan, “Volcanic Destruction in the Book of Mormon: Po...
Sep 22, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 62
Space for one more couple just opened for our Oct. 10 Church History Tour. Email now to get that spot on this very special tour: thescripturesarere@Gmail.com . In this episode Stephen Taeger and Kerry explore just a few verses and the incredible impact they can have on us as we realize the awe we should have for God and what He does for us. This launches them into a discussion about being able to recognize miracles and how doing so increases gratitude, faith, and the opportunity for more miracle...
Sep 15, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 61
For Marketing, Brand help, video/audio editing, Social Media marketing, filming and production services, use Launchpad Consulting Studios, like we do! You will be so glad! Contact them at launchpadconsultingstudio@gmail.com . You will be glad you did. In this episode Kerry and Andrew Skinner talk about the amazing prophecies of Samuel the Lamanite. They discuss the powerful lessons Samuel teaches and how it parallels what will happen in our day. They talk about the need to remember God and what ...
Sep 08, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 60
Join us for the spiritual cruise of a lifetime (with Kerry, Brent and Wendy Top, Jenny Oaks Baker, Elaine Dalton, Nathan Pacheco, Conlon and Rachel Bonner, Bruce Porter, and others)! We will leave from San Diego and hit luscious ports and try to create the kind of spiritual momentum we need in these times and as we start 2025. Go to goanddotravel.com, select the Momentum 25 West cruise, and use the promo code KERRY. Also, for any marketing, branding, advertising, and production needs, email thes...
Sep 01, 2024•58 min•Season 3Ep. 59
Get ready for Come Follow Me D&C/Church History! We are conducting a tour this Fall specifically to help us get ready for next year's Come Follow Me. We will go to the sites in a way that is specifically designed to help you get more out of next year's study. For information email the scripturesarereal@gmail.com. Also, join us on the cruise of a lifetime to start out 2025 with great spiritual momentum. Join us on the Momentum 25 West cruise, leaving from San Diego and going to luscious Baja ...
Aug 25, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 58
Join us on a Spiritual Momentum Cruise! Go to goanddotravel.com, choose the Momentum 25 West Cruise, and use the promo code KERRY to get a discount and join Kerry, Elain Dalton, Brent and Wendy Top, Jenny Oaks Baker, some of the Bonners, and a host of others for what will be an amazing cruise to launch us into the new year with tremendous spiritual momentum. Also join us for a Church History Tour to get ready for the 2025 Come Follow Me year. Email us at thescripturesarereal@gmail.com to learn m...
Aug 18, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Season 3Ep. 57
Join us for for an in-person Meet and Greet for The Scriptures Are Real fans on Tuesday, Aug. 20 at 6 pm in room 213 of the Joseph Smith Building at BYU. Also join us for a live online lecture on Wednesday the 28th at 6 pm MDT at our Patreon website, TSAR.website . We would love to be with you! In this episode Kerry and Lamar explore the rich and powerful symbolism of the war chapters. They talk about how in our day there truly are people who want to kill our testimonies and those of our loved o...
Aug 11, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Season 3Ep. 56
Join us in the Church History tour of a lifetime by emailing us at thescripturesarereal@gmail.com for details. Also join us for a fantastic cruise where Kerry will lecture, along with Brent Top and others, with music from Jenny Oaks Baker and the Bonners and many others. Get a discount at goanddotravel.com by entering the promo code KERRY. In this episode Robert Millet and Kerry Muhlestein explore how Alma teaches his son doctrine because he has learned what the core problem is that caused him t...
Aug 04, 2024•58 min•Season 3Ep. 55
Please consider joining us on a personalized Church History Tour in October by emailing for details at thescripturesarereal@gmail.com. Also consider joining us on the Momentum 25 West cruise. Go to goanddotravel.com for details. Alma 36-42 represents the largest section of a parent teaching children in any of our scriptures. Mark Ogletree and Kerry walk us through the amazing sermons with an eye towards parenting, or grandparenting, or uncle and aunting, etc. They help us see not only the princi...
Jul 28, 2024•53 min•Season 3Ep. 54
We would love to have you with us on our Church History Tour in October as we prepare for a Church History Come Follow Me year in six months. For information email us at thescripturesarereal@gmail.com In this episode Kerry and Gaylamarie discuss how to develop faith, and the role that desire, nourishing, and experimenting with real intent can play in the life of every kind of person. We are grateful for our sponsors, and for our producer, Launchpad Consulting Studio, and for Rich Nicholls, who c...
Jul 21, 2024•56 min•Season 3Ep. 53
If you would like to join us on our October Church History Tour, email us at thescripturesarereal@gmail.com In this episode Kerry and Andrew Skinner discuss the Anti Christs of the Book of Mormon and how they apply in our day. They also explore the reality of Anti Christs in our day, and how the things we learn in the Book of Mormon help us defeat the ideas of Anti Christs, and understand the Power of Christ, and help those who doubt understand the need for Christ in their lives. We are grateful...
Jul 14, 2024•58 min•Season 3Ep. 52
Email at thescripturesarereal@gmail.com to learn about our amazing Church History Tour in October. In this episode Kerry and Lori Denning explore the few verses of King Anti-Nephi-Lehi's speech and what we can learn from it. Neither was expecting that there was so much richness in that speech, but it became such a rich discussion that they didn't move on to other material. They discussed the transformation that took place for that group of people, and what it might look like for us. They also de...
Jul 07, 2024•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 51
In this episode John Hilton and Kerry discuss principles this block of scripture teaches us that will help us bring others to God through Christ, whether they are already members of the Church or not. They look at principles that help spread the Gospel, or help spread the Gospel inside of us and our loved ones, whatever their current spiritual state. We are grateful for our sponsors, who make the podcast possible. We are also grateful for our producer, BJ Muhlestein, and for Rich Nicholls, who c...
Jun 30, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 50
We would love to have you join us for a Church History tour this October. Email us at thescripturesarereal@gmail.com In this episode Ben Lomu, who played King Lamoni in the Book of Mormon Movies, helps us think through some of the things Lamoni must have thought and experienced. He also helps us think through what Ammon, Aaron, Abish, and others must have gone through. All of this helps us better understand this famous story and how it might be applied in our lives and how it might help us help ...
Jun 30, 2024•58 min•Season 3Ep. 49
Consider joining us at TSAR.website to get more thoughts on this week's reading, especially Alma 13, which we don't cover very much in this episode. In this episode Kylie Turley and Kerry talk about the horrific story of burning women and children at Ammonihah. The delve into the possibility that Amulek's family was part of the martyrs. They talk about how, either way, this would have affected Amulek, who had brought these people to believe and then watched them suffer for it. They use this to d...
Jun 23, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 48
To get even more on this powerful block of scripture, consider going to TSAR.website and joining to listen to Kerry's Daily Bread shorts on Alma 8-12. In this episode Jan Martin and Kerry discuss some of the principles from Alma and Amulek's powerful sermons. They talk about the importance of working to bear multiple witnesses. They talk about the need to learn how to fail successfully, and how that propels Alma towards Amulek and the sermons they preach together. They also talk about the way th...
Jun 16, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 47
Go to TSAR.website to access the incredible content Kerry spoke of in the podcast. In this episode Kerry and Andy explore the profound and piercing questions raised by Alma the Younger in Alma 5. They go through Alma's past, and how it got him to where he could understand and ask those questions. They also discuss the way Alma's questions help us become truly reborn, and the role that Christ and His atoning blood play in that. They focus on how real this can be for all of us and how we can make ...
Jun 09, 2024•1 hr 17 min•Season 3Ep. 46
In this episode Daniel Belnap and Kerry discuss elements of Nephite kingship and society that most people don't ever think of. They talk about the merging of Mulekite and Nephite cultures and the role that Davidic kingship played in that merge, and how we see echoes and ramifications of that throughout Nephite history. They also talk about how it impacts what happens in the various stories of the Book of Mosiah, and in the life of King Mosiah. They then tie this into your sins and Christ and for...
Jun 02, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Season 3Ep. 45
In this episode Aaron Shumway and Kerry discuss the powerful story of those who struggle with sin and being forgiven in several Book of Mormon stories, such as the church in Alma the Elder's day and the story of Alma the Younger. They discuss what this has to do with us in our lives, and the Savior's unrelenting, unending desire and ability to forgive us. They draw lessons from the power of the stories of forgiveness that are incredibly relevant for us today. We are grateful for our sponsors, an...
May 26, 2024•59 min•Season 3Ep. 44
For more lectures and other events, join sparcproject.org In this episode Kerry and Melinda Brown discuss what happens to Alma's community as they make a covenant with Christ. They show an inclusio in Mosiah 18 that helps us better understand the chapter. They look at what we covenant at baptism and explore what that really means, and how it happens for us today. They also discuss the importance of sacred places. They tie all of this into what it means to be on the covenant path. We are grateful...
May 19, 2024•49 min•Season 3Ep. 43
For great additional content that will bless your life, join us at TSAR.website ! You can get help understanding the Isaiah passages in this reading by buying Kerry's book "Learning to Love Isaiah." In this episode Kerry and Stephen discuss Abinadi's teachings. They go over the story to help us understand Abinadi and the power of his story. They then delve into the doctrine Abinadi teaches, especially how he teaches us about Christ and Christ's mission and how Christ is the Father and how He is ...
May 12, 2024•56 min•Season 3Ep. 42
Join us on the Momentum 25 Cruise from San Diego through luscious Mexico ports and back! Go to goanddotravel.com , look at the Momentum 25 west cruise, and enter in the promo code Kerry. This will be so much fun! In this episode Lamar and Kerry explore the sometimes confusing storyline of this part of the Book of Mormon. They talk about the story of people moving from Zarahemlah back to the land of Nephi-Lehi, and some of the interesting cultural currents that stem They talk about lessons to lea...
May 05, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 3Ep. 41
We really believe you can get help for you or loved ones who struggle with depression. Email depression@happierhormones.com . In this episode Robbie and Kerry discuss the power that King Benjamin's sermon had on his people, and how they became a holy and powerful covenant community. They look at how King Benjamin sought for feedback, and what he taught about maintaining changes and having the difference stay with you. They also explore the change that comes to us as we better recognize God's pow...
Apr 28, 2024•53 min•Season 3Ep. 40
Email depression@happierhormones.com to get help for you or your loved ones. To learn about our Church History Tour, email us at thescripturesarereal@gmail.com Consider gaining access to all the fabulous material at TSAR.website In this episode, Andrew Skinner and Kerry explore the great things we know about King Benjamin and how he set up his kingdom. They also look into all he did to prepare his people, and how he taught about our dependence on God and the effect this should have on us. They d...
Apr 21, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 3Ep. 39
Email depression@happierhormones.com to get help for you or your loved ones. Do it this week to get a discount! Consider gaining access to all the fabulous material at TSAR.website In this episode Josh Matson and Kerry explore the "minor prophets" of the Book of Mormon. They talk about Enos's experience, and even look into whether Enos is Jacob's son or a later descendent. They explore what we can learn from Enos, and how it applies to our families. They talk about the importance the Book of Mor...
Apr 14, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 38
