Episode 38
Saturday, November 7
40 min · 9 sources · Why We Believe, Church Newsroom, Church News, Jesus Christ in Scripture, Scripture Central, Christian Homestead, RISE ZION, Unshaken
Show notes
In this episode
Bishop Chris Williams on forgiving the drunk driver who killed his wife and two children
9:55Why We Believe · 50 min
Chris Williams, a bishop whose pregnant wife and two of his children were killed by a 17-year-old drunk driver in Salt Lake City in 2007, explains how deciding ahead of time to forgive carried him through the crash, the court case and the years after.
Elder Cook at BYU-Hawaii: Take Off the Mask, Be a Light
13:36Church Newsroom · 5 min
The Newsroom's account of Elder Cook's BYU-Hawaii young adult devotional, including historical examples of anonymity that the Church News story leaves out.
Church's 'Dedicate' temple series moves to Prime Video after nearly three million YouTube views
15:35Church Newsroom · 3 min
"Dedicate," the Church's six-part series following young adults through the renovated Salt Lake Temple, is now on Prime Video after nearly 3 million YouTube views.
Church adds military service field to Member Tools, updates Military Relations site ahead of Veterans Day
17:22Church News · 6 min
Timed to Veterans Day, the Church has added a way for members to mark their military service in Member Tools and updated its Military Relations website, alongside a roundup of existing resources for service members, veterans and their families.
Jesus Christ in Scripture hosts trace the future Jerusalem temple through Ezekiel
20:19Jesus Christ in Scripture · 7 min
The two hosts walk through Ezekiel 37 and 40 to 47 to show why Latter-day Saints expect a temple in Jerusalem before the Second Coming.
Elder Corbridge on Will: The One Thing God Doesn't Have (Stand Forever Ep. 39)
22:35Scripture Central · 59 min
Elder Lawrence E. Corbridge argues that belief and knowledge are not enough, because what finally decides a person's course is will, a choice driven by what they most want.
Christian Homestead revisits David O. McKay's 1947 talk on pilotless planes and 'robot warfare'
25:38Christian Homestead · 35 min
Jared reads a viewer-suggested section of David O. McKay's October 1947 conference talk "The Significance of World Trends," which describes pilotless planes and "robot warfare," and sets it beside today's drones, AI and plans for artificial light in the night sky.
RISE ZION: Temple symbols at sixteen in the new Children and Youth program
29:35RISE ZION · 29 min
Seth walks through the Church's November 3 announcement of Children and Youth refinements starting January 2027, playing clips from the Young Men and Young Women general presidency interviews, then speculates about where the temple emphasis is heading.
Unshaken's Jared Halverson on Ezekiel 18 to 22: the past 'shall not be mentioned'
33:24Unshaken · 38 min
A verse-by-verse teaching of Ezekiel 18 to 22 built around chapter 18's answer to the "sour grapes" proverb: each generation, and each person, is accountable for their own choices and can change at any time.
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