Podcast
The Scriptures Are Real
Hosted by Kerry Muhlestein · EN
The Scriptures Are Real (TSAR) with Kerry Muhlestein is a podcast where we look at elements of the scriptures that have become real to us. We interview both experts (people with language, archaeological, historical backgrounds, etc.), and lay folks, and explore times when the scriptures became real to them. This is done from the viewpoint of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We believe that there is real power in the scriptures and that as they become more real we can better apply them to our lives and draw more power from them.
If you listen to this podcast you will learn all kinds of interesting background information that will help you understand and learn more from the scriptures. We believe it will allow you to add real power to your life.
My gratitude to my co-host Lamar Newmeyer. Also to my friend Rich Nicholls, who composed the introductory music.
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Remembering Our Relationship with God and His Children (Deuteronomy)
1w ago01:23:49Tap to summarizeJoin us for the most spiritually uplifting week imaginable on the Momentum 27 West cruise. We will leave from San Diego and go to Cabo San Lucas and other great ports. I will speak as well as Elaine Dalton, Jasen Wade, and others. Jenny Oaks Baker and Nathan Pacheco will also perform. Use the promo code KERRY for a discount at https://www.goanddotravel.com/momentu... For fantastic extra content, join us at / enlightenedgeedu , where you will also be supporting the podcast. This week the extra content will help learn more about what Deuteronomy teaches about why God chose the place He sent Israel to be the Promised Land, and about how God wants us to care for those in need.In this episode Kerry and Phil Allred discuss God’s teachings about the importance of remembering Him. Then Kerry looks at Deuteronomy’s crucial teachings about what the covenant is and what happens when we do and don’t keep it. Then Kerry and Robbie Taggert discuss God’s laws for caring for the poor.We are grateful for our executive producers, P. Franzen, J. Parke, D. Watson, B. Van Blerkom, the Dawsons, M. Cannon, M. Rosema, B. Fisher, J. Beardall, D. Anderson, M. Zitar, J. Edwards, A. Dixon, T. Cottrell, and H. Umphlett, and for all our generous and loyal donors. We are also very grateful for all our Patreon members. We are so thankful for Beehive Broadcast for producing the podcast and for Rich Nicholls, who composed and plays the music for the podcast.
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S5 E39 Having Revelation and Faith, Even When the Journey Isn't What We Expected (Numbers)
2w ago01:01:08Tap to summarizeJoin us for the most spiritually uplifting week imaginable on the Momentum 27 West cruise. We will leave from San Diego and go to Cabo San Lucas and other great ports. I will speak as well as Elaine Dalton, Jasen Wade, and others. Jenny Oaks Baker and Nathan Pacheco will also perform. Use the promo code KERRY for a discount at https://www.goanddotravel.com/momentum-27-west-2For fantastic extra content, join us at https://www.patreon.com/c/EnlightenEdgeEDU , where you will also be supporting the podcast. This week the extra content will help learn more about elements of the Law of Moses that bring us to Christ with Kerry.In this episode Kerry and Josh Matson discuss how we learn about our mortal journey from the journey of the Israelites in the wilderness, and what it can teach us about how to grow faith when the journey doesn't go as we thought it would. Then Kerry and Michael Biggerstaff talk about how we can learn about the role of prophets and the necessity of our having the Spirit of Revelation in our lives. They also discuss unexpected lessons from the fiery snakes and the brass serpent.We are grateful for our executive producers, P. Franzen, J. Parke, D. Watson, B. Van Blerkom, the Dawsons, M. Cannon, M. Rosema, B. Fisher, J. Beardall, D. Anderson, M. Zitar, J. Edwards, A. Dixon, and H. Umphlett, and for all our generous and loyal donors. We are also very grateful for all our Patreon members. We are so thankful for Beehive Broadcast for producing the podcast and for Rich Nicholls, who composed and plays the music for the podcast.
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S5 E38 Will You Believe Christ Can Exalt You Or Will You Continue to Wander in the Wilderness? Such a Powerful Lesson from Ancient Israel! (Numbers)
2w ago01:20:58Tap to summarizeJoin us for the most spiritually uplifting week imaginable on the Momentum 27 West cruise. We will leave from San Diego and go to Cabo San Lucas and other great ports. I will speak as well as Elaine Dalton, Jasen Wade, and others. Jenny Oaks Baker and Nathan Pacheco will also perform. Use the promo code KERRY for a discount at https://www.goanddotravel.com/momentum-27-west-2For fantastic extra content, join us at https://www.patreon.com/c/EnlightenEdgeEDU , where you will also be supporting the podcast. This week the extra content will help learn more about elements of the Law of Moses that bring us to Christ with Kerry.In this episode Kerry and Dana Pike give a brief overview of Numbers and then discuss the role of the tabernacle in their journey. They also teach about the beauty of the priestly blessing. They explore what it really means to take upon them the name of God and the relationship that speaks of. They also help us see how we can have peace in the journey. Then Kerry helps us see how the Exodus story and the wandering in the wilderness teach us about our lives and our journey to be with God again. He ties together the storyline of the Exodus in a way that helps us see our struggle to believe Christ really can save and exalt us. Then Camille and Kerry explore what we can learn from the Daughters of Zelophahed and the way Moses and God treat them when their Father dies and they wonder about land inheritance. Blerkom, the Dawsons, M. Cannon, M. Rosema, B. Fisher, J. Beardall, D. Anderson, M. Zitar, J. Edwards, A. Dixon, and H. Umphlett, and for all our generous and loyal donors. We are also very grateful for all our Patreon members. We are so thankful for Beehive Broadcast for producing the podcast and for Rich Nicholls, who composed and plays the music for the podcast.
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S5 E38 Atonement, Purity, & Reconciliation: Really Understanding the Law of Moses (Leviticus part 2)
3w ago00:47:07Tap to summarizeJoin us for the most spiritually uplifting week imaginable on the Momentum 27 West cruise. We will leave from San Diego and go to Cabo San Lucas and other great ports. I will speak as well as Elaine Dalton, Jasen Wade, and others. Jenny Oaks Baker and Nathan Pacheco will also perform. Use the promo code KERRY for a discount at https://www.goanddotravel.com/momentum-27-west-2 For fantastic extra content, join us at https://www.patreon.com/c/EnlightenEdgeEDU , where you will also be supporting the podcast. This week the extra content will help learn more about elements of the Law of Moses that bring us to Christ with Kerry.In this episode Kerry and his colleagues have a roundtable discussion on ritual purity. They delve into what it really was, what it wasn't, and how it teaches us about holiness, and how purity and holiness are different. They discuss the difference between spiritual purity and ritual purity. They also look into how it helps us understand that God knows we will sin and fall short, and has planned for it by the atoning sacrifice of His Son. Kerry spends time really exploring the Day of Atonement and what it was and the symbols behind it and how that can help us come to Christ and be reconciled with God and become holy and spiritually pure through Christ's atoning sacrifice. Then Kerry and Rabbi Jarrod Grover discuss the ritual of sacrificing the Red Heiffer and what it could do and how we can think about it and how it points towards Christ and His cleansing and purifying abilities. We are grateful for our executive producers, P. Franzen, J. Parke, D. Watson, B. Van Blerkom, the Dawsons, M. Cannon, M. Rosema, B. Fisher, J. Beardall, D. Anderson, M. Zitar, J. Edwards, A. Dixon, and H. Umphlett, and for all our generous and loyal donors. We are also very grateful for all our Patreon members. We are so thankful for Beehive Broadcast for producing the podcast and for Rich Nicholls, who composed and plays the music for the podcast.
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S5 E37 Sacrifice, Atonement, and Redemption: Do you want to really understand it? (Leviticus part 1)
3w ago01:01:53Tap to summarizeJoin us for the most spiritually uplifting week imaginable on the Momentum 27 West cruise. We will leave from San Diego and go to Cabo San Lucas and other great ports. I will speak as well as Elaine Dalton, Jasen Wade, and others. Jenny Oaks Baker and Nathan Pacheco will also perform. Use the promo code KERRY for a discount at https://www.goanddotravel.com/momentum-27-west-2 For fantastic extra content, join us at https://www.patreon.com/c/EnlightenEdgeEDU , where you will also be supporting the podcast. This week the extra content will help learn more about elements of the Law of Moses that bring us to Christ with Kerry.In this episode Kerry and Avram Shannon discuss how the Law is fundamentally about atonement -- or reconciliation with God -- and sacrifice and the way God's law, whatever its form, helps us become holy, and the role of commandments and atonement in that process. They also delve into how the Law of Moses increased faith in Jehovah/Christ. They talk about how God is holy and wants us to be holy. They discuss the temple context of atonement in the text. Kerry explores the Law of the Redeemer, and what it did for Israel anciently and how it teaches us all about how Christ redeems us. Then Kerry and Avram discuss sacrifice in the Law of Moses and what it means and what the different kinds of sacrifice are. They help us see how we give ourselves to God, and how Christ's sacrifice helps us overcome sin and transgression and our fallen natures and find peace and wholeness and reconciliation with him.We are grateful for our executive producers, P. Franzen, J. Parke, D. Watson, B. Van Blerkom, the Dawsons, M. Cannon, M. Rosema, B. Fisher, J. Beardall, D. Anderson, M. Zitar, J. Edwards, A. Dixon, and H. Umphlett, and for all our generous and loyal donors. We are also very grateful for all our Patreon members. We are so thankful for Beehive Broadcast for producing the podcast and for Rich Nicholls, who composed and plays the music for the podcast.
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S5 E36 Learning from Ancient Temples about Modern Ones with Rabbis and Kerry (Temple and Sacrifice Thought)
Apr 1901:29:53Tap to summarizeFor fantastic extra content, join us at https://www.patreon.com/c/EnlightenEdgeEDU , where you will also be supporting the podcast. This week the extra content will help learn more about your temple worship by examining Egyptian temples with Kerry.This is a special episode to go with the Come Follow Me program's extra thoughts about Temple and Sacrifice. Kerry explores with Rabbi Jarrod Grover how the temple was about creating a relationship with God, and about overcoming what happened in the Garden of Eden. They also look at the Tree of Life symbolism and how God wants to be with us and we want to be with Him, and how God walks among us when we go to the temple. Then Kerry and Rabbi Joe Charnes talk about how temples are about holy encounters, such as holy encounters with place and with God, and how we must make place for the holy, and for God, within us. Then Kerry explores the tabernacle as a model for our journey to be with God again, drawing on symbolism and making room for Christ to make us new and like Him. We are grateful for our executive producers, P. Franzen, J. Parke, D. Watson, B. Van Blerkom, the Dawsons, M. Cannon, M. Rosema, B. Fisher, J. Beardall, D. Anderson, M. Zitar, J. Edwards, A. Dixon, and H. Umphlett, and for all our generous and loyal donors. We are also very grateful for all our Patreon members. We are so thankful for Beehive Broadcast for producing the podcast and for Rich Nicholls, who composed and plays the music for the podcast.
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S5 E35 Part 2: Finding and Rejecting God: packed Exodus lessons on what to do and not to do! (Exodus 19-34)
Apr 1901:15:39Tap to summarizeFor fantastic extra content, join us at https://www.patreon.com/c/EnlightenEdgeEDU , where you will also be supporting the podcast. This week the extra content will help you understand your temple experience better by drawing on the temples of ancient Egypt.In this episode Kerry explores the amazing experience Israel had in coming into the presence of God, Then Kerry and Andrew Skinner and Joshua Matson explore the golden calf episode in a roundtable, and then Kerry and Paul Hoskisson discuss more lessons we can learn from this event.We are grateful for our executive producers, P. Franzen, J. Parke, D. Watson, B. Van Blerkom, the Dawsons, M. Cannon, M. Rosema, B. Fisher, J. Beardall, D. Anderson, M. Zitar, J. Edwards, A. Dixon, and H. Umphlett, and for all our generous and loyal donors. We are also very grateful for all our Patreon members. We are so thankful for Beehive Broadcast for producing the podcast and for Rich Nicholls, who composed and plays the music for the podcast.
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S5 E34 Part 1: Finding and Rejecting God: packed Exodus lessons on what to do and not to do! (Exodus 19-34)
Apr 1901:17:58Tap to summarizeFor fantastic extra content, join us at https://www.patreon.com/c/EnlightenEdgeEDU , where you will also be supporting the podcast. This week the extra content will help you understand your temple experience better by drawing on the temples of ancient Egypt.In this episode Kerry explores the amazing experience Israel had in coming into the presence of God, and how most of them rejected coming into His presence. He also looks at how their story is an archetype of our journey to be with God, and what it means for us. He examines the experience of 70 elders of Israel coming into God's presence and becoming part of His household, and what this means for us and how it happens for us today. Then Kerry and Dr. Andrew Skinner explore how Israel provoked God and rejected Him, and what that may look like in our lives. Finally Kerry examines how we can learn about light from the story of Moses being with God.We are grateful for our executive producers, P. Franzen, J. Parke, D. Watson, B. Van Blerkom, the Dawsons, M. Cannon, M. Rosema, B. Fisher, J. Beardall, D. Anderson, M. Zitar, J. Edwards, A. Dixon, and H. Umphlett, and for all our generous and loyal donors. We are also very grateful for all our Patreon members. We are so thankful for Beehive Broadcast for producing the podcast and for Rich Nicholls, who composed and plays the music for the podcast.
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S5 E33 Powerful Salvation and the Nature of Jehovah in Exodus and Our Lives, Exodus Part 2 (Exodus 14-18)
Apr 1201:25:07Tap to summarizeFor fantastic extra content, join us at https://www.patreon.com/c/EnlightenEdgeEDU , where you will also be supporting the podcast. This week the extra content will help you see dozens and dozens of details about Egypt, the route of the Exodus and more. In this episode Kerry and Rosalynde Welch discuss the mature faith that is demonstrated by Israel in the Exodus and the song Moses and Miriam sing. They also explore how this story teaches us some key things about the nature of Jehovah/Christ and how He saves and how it should affect us. Then Kerry examines the story of the Exodus to help us see some of what God would like us to learn about His delivering power, and some of the effects that should have in our lives. Finally Kerry, Kent Jackson, and Josh Sears discuss in roundtable fashion some of the realities and quandaries of the Exodus story. We are grateful for our executive producers, P. Franzen, J. Parke, D. Watson, B. Van Blerkom, the Dawsons, M. Cannon, M. Rosema, B. Fisher, J. Beardall, D. Anderson, M. Zitar, J. Edwards, A. Dixon, and H. Umphlett, and for all our generous and loyal donors. We are also very grateful for all our Patreon members. We are so thankful for Beehive Broadcast for producing the podcast and for Rich Nicholls, who composed and plays the music for the podcast.
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S5 E32 Beholding Salvation Then and Now: Brad Wilcox, James Hoffmeier (leading Egypt and Exodus Expert), and Camille Olson on The/Our Exodus (Exodus 14-18)
Apr 1201:23:46Tap to summarizeFor fantastic extra content, join us at https://www.patreon.com/c/EnlightenEdgeEDU , where you will also be supporting the podcast. This week the extra content will help you see dozens and dozens of details about Egypt, the route of the Exodus and more.In this episode Kerry and Brad Wilcox discuss lessons we can learn from the Exodus. Then Kerry interviews James Hoffmeier, the leading expert on the realities of Israel in Egypt and the Exodus. Then Kerry goes into depth about the symbolism behind the flame that protected Israel and the creation imagery of dividing the Red Sea and creating Israel as a nation. Then Camille Fronk Olson discusses with Kerry what it means that Miriam was a prophetess.We are grateful for our executive producers, P. Franzen, J. Parke, D. Watson, B. Van Blerkom, the Dawsons, M. Cannon, M. Rosema, B. Fisher, J. Beardall, D. Anderson, M. Zitar, J. Edwards, A. Dixon, and H. Umphlett, and for all our generous and loyal donors. We are also very grateful for all our Patreon members. We are so thankful for Beehive Broadcast for producing the podcast and for Rich Nicholls, who composed and plays the music for the podcast.
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