Episode 31
Friday, October 30
32 min · 10 sources · Church News, Church Newsroom, Informed Saints, Christian Homestead, RISE ZION
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In this episode
Latter-day Saint rookie Cooper Pratt helps Brewers win first World Series
0:49Church News · 2 min
Rookie shortstop Cooper Pratt, a Latter-day Saint, helped the Milwaukee Brewers win their first World Series on Oct. 28, beating Tampa Bay four games to one, and credited his Heavenly Father afterward.
Handbook now lets Primary children plan and run their own devotionals
2:56Church News · 3 min
The October 2026 General Handbook update lets wards and stakes hold children's devotionals, and this piece explains the purpose and shows how two stakes ran their first ones.
Eighth hymn batch adds Christmas songs; printed hymnbook set at 394
5:21Church News · 5 min
The eighth batch of "Hymns for Home and Church" adds eight songs, including "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" and "Be Thou My Vision," and the Church confirmed the printed book will hold 394 hymns.
BYU Law opens a Religious Liberty Clinic in winter twenty twenty-seven
7:41Church News · 2 min
BYU's law school will open a Religious Liberty Clinic in winter 2027, where students draft amicus briefs in religious freedom cases.
Eighth hymnbook release adds 'Be Thou My Vision' and 'O Come, O Come, Emmanuel'; printed book's cover unveiled
9:31Church Newsroom · 5 min
The Newsroom's announcement of the eighth "Hymns for Home and Church" release, with the full list of eight songs, a note on each, and the unveiling of the printed book's cover.
Informed Saints Halloween panel on the D&C 129 handshake test, with filmmaker Barrett Burgin
11:56Informed Saints · 66 min
A Halloween livestream panel on Doctrine and Covenants 129's handshake test for telling angels from devils, built around guest Barrett Burgin's short folk horror film "The Angel."
Christian Homestead's Jared reads President Oaks's new post as a hint of coming scripture
15:32Christian Homestead · 23 min
Jared reads President Oaks' new social media post (a rearranged excerpt of his October 2026 conference talk on the Book of Mormon and scripture for all nations) as one more hint that new scripture, including records of the lost tribes, is coming soon.
RISE ZION's Seth reads President Oaks's office photos as a sign of more scripture coming
18:59RISE ZION · 28 min
Host Seth walks through seven photos of his office that President Oaks posted on October 25, 2026, which end on an open Book of Mormon with 2 Nephi 29:7 highlighted, and links them to what President Oaks said in October 2026 general conference about more sacred records coming forth.
Christian Homestead: world stockpile warnings and the Church's preparedness pages
22:42Christian Homestead · 36 min
Jared reads through a Newsweek map of countries urging citizens to stockpile, the Pentagon's 90-day Fortress plan, and AI-driven cybersecurity stories including the "Black October" wave of hacks, then points viewers to the Church's own food storage and emergency preparedness pages.
Rise Zion pairs government preparedness news with a Utah leaders' letter
26:12RISE ZION · 25 min
Seth strings together Glenn Beck's "prepare for impact" warning, Britain's new Be Ready checklist, the Pentagon's 90-day Fortress base plan and an Iran intelligence memo, then reads a preparedness letter attributed to the Utah Area Presidency and closes with past conference counsel on food storage.
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