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Episode 17

Monday, October 5

13 min · 29 videos · Church News Podcast, Church News, Church Newsroom, Christian Homestead, The Scriptures Are Real, The Interpreter Foundation, Jesus Christ in Scripture, Unshaken

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In this episode

Oaks keynote: the gospel of Jesus Christ is for all

2:59

Church News Podcast · 51 min

A special conference edition of the Church News podcast in which hosts Jon Ryan Jensen and Mary Richards play excerpts from each October 2026 general conference address, organized by theme.

Church News · 4 min

A Church News theme roundup of five October 2026 conference talks on specific commandments: President Christofferson against gambling, Elder Cook on virtue, Elder Soares on the fast, and Elders Villanueva and Giuffra on tithing.

Church News · 4 min

A Church News theme roundup of four October 2026 conference talks on temple covenants: Elder Bednar on the Holy Spirit of Promise, Elder Gong on healing through temple work, Elder Morgan on generational covenants, and Elder Schmeil on covenants as a yoke with Christ.

Church News · 8 min

A Church News theme roundup tying President Oaks' April 2026 call to "choose to love" to six October 2026 conference talks on unity, wayward loved ones, truth with love, seeing others and peacemaking language.

Church News · 8 min

A Church News theme roundup, framed by King Benjamin's "believe in God" (Mosiah 4:9), of six October 2026 talks on trusting God: Elders Stevenson, Renlund, Kearon, Caussé, Hathaway and Dube.

Church News · 50 min

A special conference edition of the Church News podcast, hosted by Jon Ryan Jensen and Mary Richards, that plays a short excerpt from every address of the 196th Semiannual General Conference (October 3 and 4, 2026) in session order.

Church Newsroom · 4 min

The Newsroom's summary of the closing Sunday afternoon session, with a key quote from every speaker and President Oaks' Salt Lake Temple invitation.

Church Newsroom · 5 min

The Newsroom's summary of the Sunday morning session, themed around turning to Jesus Christ for peace amid trials, with a quote or two from each of the nine speakers.

Church News · 7 min

Church News' full write-up of President Oaks' Sunday morning talk, "The Gospel of Jesus Christ Is for All": overcoming doubts by drawing closer to Christ, learning by both scientific and spiritual methods, and four Book of Mormon teachings that God's grace extends to everyone.

Church News · 3 min

Church News' talk summary of President Uchtdorf's Sunday afternoon address: baptism and the sacrament make us a covenant people, and coming closer to Christ brings us closer to each other across politics and culture.

Church News · 3 min

Church News' talk summary of Elder Moisés Villanueva's testimony of tithing, centered on his convert mother's decision to pay a full tithe and the blessings he lists from Malachi 3:10.

Church News · 3 min

Church News' talk summary of Sunday School counselor Gabriel W. Reid's first conference address: Christ-centered teaching starts with discipleship and love for the people you teach.

Church News · 1 min

A Church News session page for the Sunday morning session on Oct. 4: who conducted, prayed and provided music, and the list of nine speakers with talk titles.

Church News · 3 min

Church News' talk summary of Elder Stevenson's address aimed partly at Primary children: three "fruits" of the gospel he loves, and an invitation to love, share and invite.

Church News · 3 min

Church News' talk summary of Elder Bednar's doctrinal address on ordinances, covenants and the ratifying role of the Holy Spirit of Promise, with a focus on temple sealing.

Church News · 3 min

Church News' talk summary of new Seventy Paul H. Sinclair's first conference talk, using the Samaritan woman at the well to urge members to help new converts and friends rather than judge them.

Church News · 2 min

Church News' talk summary of new Seventy Thabo Lebethoa's first conference talk: three ways to receive more of the Savior's light (faith, daily scripture study, daily repentance).

Church News · 1 min

A Church News session page for the closing Sunday afternoon session on Oct. 4: who conducted, prayed and provided music, the ten speakers with talk titles, and President Oaks' Salt Lake Temple Celebration invitation.

Church News · 3 min

Church News' talk summary of Elder Clark G. Gilbert's address on standing for truth with love, organized as five principles.

Church News · 3 min

Church News' talk summary of Young Women counselor Andrea Muñoz Spannaus' address to young women: seven practical habits for accomplishing their "crucial and important work," and an invitation to build a personal aspirations list from the 13th article of faith.

Church News · 4 min

A Church News write-up of President Henry B. Eyring's opening talk in the Sunday morning session, built around the line "Fear not, I am with thee" from "How Firm a Foundation" and Isaiah 41:10, and how disciples help the Lord keep that promise.

Church News · 3 min

Church News' summary of President Oaks' brief closing remarks to October 2026 general conference: revisit the talks, come to the Salt Lake Temple open house starting April 2027, and watch the new "Dedicate" video series.

Christian Homestead · 31 min

Jared gives his personal reactions to the Saturday morning session of October 2026 general conference, centered on President Christofferson's gambling talk, Elder Gong's openness about temple clothing, and repeated calls to share testimony and serve missions.

Church Newsroom · 6 min

The Newsroom's summary of the Saturday morning session, led by President Christofferson's declaration that "gambling is morally wrong," with quotes from all eight speakers.

Church Newsroom · 6 min

The Newsroom's summary of the Saturday afternoon session, themed around Christ's power to lift, covering three Apostles in depth and the seven other speakers briefly.

Come Follow Me: the channels on Isaiah's suffering servant and the covenant that holds

6:26

The Scriptures Are Real · 107 min

Kerry Muhlestein and four guests work through Isaiah 52, 53 and 54 for this week's Come, Follow Me reading: the captive daughter told to leave Babylon, the triumphant Messiah who is also the suffering servant, and Isaiah 54's promise that the covenant will not be removed.

The Interpreter Foundation · 33 min

Hosts Avram Shannon and his co-host talk with Jeffrey M. Bradshaw about how Isaiah 53 fits among Isaiah's servant songs and why even Jesus's own disciples did not read it as a prophecy of a suffering Messiah until after the Resurrection.

Jesus Christ in Scripture · 8 min

Tammy Hall and Donald W. Parry read Isaiah 54:1-10 as a love poem from Jehovah to covenant Israel, with Him as the faithful husband, and give a simple way to study it this week.

Unshaken · 34 min

Jared Halverson works verse by verse through Isaiah 50 (2 Nephi 7), the Lord's answer to Zion's complaint that He has forsaken her, and the third servant song's picture of a Messiah who submits to abuse and then stands like flint.

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