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Seismic shifts in the religious and secular landscapes are destabilizing the faith of millions. Join religious educator Jared Halverson as he explores restored scripture, doctrine, history, and practice; examines patterns and pitfalls in navigating faith crisis; and wrestles with ways to make your faith unshaken.
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Hello my friends, I’m Jared Halverson and this is Unshaken. I’ve spent my life studying the scriptures, my professional career teaching them, and my education at a Bible-belt divinity school exploring ways they have been used and abused, attacked and defended. And I’d like to share with you some of the things I’ve learned. In March of 2020 I created a YouTube channel called Unshaken, and six months later we hit our one millionth view, as people around the world are eagerly pursuing an unshaken faith in God by immersing themselves in His word. More and more viewers have been asking for an audio-only version of the lessons on Unshaken, and this podcast is my attempt to meet those needs. What it lacks in the visuals shown on YouTube, or the polished sound of a podcast-only production, it hopefully makes up for in its accessibility to the drivers, joggers, and multi-taskers out there who want to study their scriptures “on the go.” To you, welcome to our verse-by-verse, Come Follow Me study of the scriptures. I pray that it helps your faith in Christ become unshaken.
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Disclaimer: The content of these podcasts is the sole responsibility of their creator and does not reflect the official position of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or the Church Educational System.
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Hello my friends, I’m Jared Halverson and this is Unshaken. I’ve spent my life studying the scriptures, my professional career teaching them, and my education at a Bible-belt divinity school exploring ways they have been used and abused, attacked and defended. And I’d like to share with you some of the things I’ve learned. In March of 2020 I created a YouTube channel called Unshaken, and six months later we hit our one millionth view, as people around the world are eagerly pursuing an unshaken faith in God by immersing themselves in His word. More and more viewers have been asking for an audio-only version of the lessons on Unshaken, and this podcast is my attempt to meet those needs. What it lacks in the visuals shown on YouTube, or the polished sound of a podcast-only production, it hopefully makes up for in its accessibility to the drivers, joggers, and multi-taskers out there who want to study their scriptures “on the go.” To you, welcome to our verse-by-verse, Come Follow Me study of the scriptures. I pray that it helps your faith in Christ become unshaken.
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Disclaimer: The content of these podcasts is the sole responsibility of their creator and does not reflect the official position of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or the Church Educational System.
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An in-depth study of Mosiah 4-6. This lesson focuses on applying the Atonement, being in remission, the goodness of God, the pit & the pedestal, question marks &exclamation points, the Infinite & the Intimate, giving generously, perpetual progress, children of Christ, staying changed, and more.
1An in-depth study of Mosiah 1-3. This lesson focuses on Benjamin's backstory, the power of the word, the gift of grace, the two ledgers, the Atonement of Christ, the Savior's dual nature, and more.
An in-depth study of the Book of Enos. This lesson focuses on what it might have been like to be raised by a parent like Jacob, the return of the prodigal, nurture and admonition, wrestling before God, soul hunger, sweeping guilt away, and more.
Part 2 of a 2-part study of Jacob 5-7 (this part will cover chapters 6-7). This lesson focuses on choosing life, quenching the Spirit, facing Sherem, anti-religious rhetoric, becoming unshaken, sign-seeking, Jacob's adieu, and more.
0:00 Introduction
0:56 Choosing Life
8:20 Quenchable Spirit or Unquenchable Fire
16:10 Facing Sherem
24:10 Anti-Religious Rhetoric
31:15 Becoming Unshaken
39:56 Attacking the Doctrine of Christ
54:36 Sign-Seeking
1:00:11 Deathbed Confession
1:10:09 Jacob's Adieu
1:21:44 Conclusion
Part 1 of a 2-part study of Jacob 5-7 (this part will cover chapter 5). This lesson focuses on Zenos, Olive trees, the 4 senses of scripture, the 4-Act play, grieving over the tree, grafting and scattering, planting in poor spots, the Lehite branch, the Great Apostasy, roots & branches, the Mother Tree, clearing away the bad, laboring in the vineyard, and more.
0:00 Introduction
4:19 Zenos's Allegory of the Olive Tree
9:46 The 4 Senses of Scripture
18:38 The House of Israel as a Tame Olive Tree
27:09 History in the Allegory - the 4-Act Play
30:04 Act 1 - Grieving over a Dying Tree
43:31 Grafting & Scattering Branches
50:05 Act 2 - Checking on the Trees
1:00:07 Planting in Poor Spots
1:10:48 The Lehite Branch
1:19:34 Act 3 - Apostasy
1:29:43 Branches Overcoming Roots
1:41:06 What Could I Have Done More
1:59:10 Gathered to the Mother Tree
2:10:14 Laboring for the Last Time
2:16:35 Clearing Away the Bad
2:20:25 Laboring with the Lord of the Vineyard
2:28:06 The Final Harvest
Part 2 of a 2-part study of Jacob 1-4 (this part will cover chapters 3-4). This lesson focuses on comfort for victims, confronting prejudice, looking up to the Lamanites, passing down your sins, unshaken faith, unsearchable depths, things as they really are, looking beyond the mark, and more.
0:00 Introduction
0:47 Comfort for Victims
12:51 Confronting Prejudice
22:55 Looking Up to the Lamanites
31:33 Not Passing Down Your Sins
36:54 Recording their Witness
45:56 Unshaken Faith in His Amazing Grace
51:39 The Unsearchable Depths of God
57:35 Things As They Really Are
1:01:15 Looking Beyond the Mark
1:07:27 Building on the Rejected Stone
1:15:57 Conclusion
Part 1 of a 2-part study of Jacob 1-4 (this part will cover chapters 1-2). This lesson focuses on Jacob's background, passing down the plates, prioritizing, faith and great anxiety, viewing the death of Christ, dichotomizing and demonizing, the 3 great sins, hard conversations, materialism & pride, problems with polygamy, and more.
0:00 Introduction
1:24 Biographical Background
8:05 Passing Down the Plates
18:10 Prioritizing
23:06 Faith & Great Anxiety
32:03 Believe in Christ & View His Death
47:56 Succeeding Nephi
51:19 Dichotomize & Demonize
54:35 The 3 Great Sins
1:02:21 Free of the People's Blood
1:08:07 Having the Hard Conversations
1:28:23 Materialism & Pride
1:38:21 Before Ye Seek for Riches
1:49:06 Unity & Equality
1:52:08 Problems with Polygamy
2:23:42 Broken Hearts & Lost Confidence
An Easter message linking the days of Holy Week to the elements of the Doctrine of Christ.
0:00 Introduction
2:57 Elevating Easter
5:48 Easter & the Doctrine of Christ
8:26 The Gospel in the Book of Mormon
13:29 Christ's Part in the Gospel
24:08 Palm Sunday's Faith
26:20 Monday's Repentance
28:36 Tuesday's Teachings
33:18 Wednesday's Rest
37:20 Thursday's Baptism & Holy Ghost
41:33 Friday's Endurance to the End
43:38 Saturday's Work for the Dead
46:48 Easter Sunday's New Beginning
50:42 The Doctrine of Christ in 2 Nephi 31
55:57 Conclusion
Part 2 of a 2-part study of 2 Nephi 31-33 (this part will cover chapters 32-33). This lesson focuses on lingering questions, feasting upon the word, the Spirit's guidance, consecrating our performance, writing in weakness, means & ends, Nephi's farewell, and more.
0:00 Introduction
0:53 Lingering Questions
6:07 Feast Upon the Words of Christ
23:15 Guided by the Holy Ghost
28:43 Learning from the Savior
34:19 Praying to Consecrate Every Act
41:49 Writing in Weakness, Speaking in Strength
47:21 Consecrating Our Efforts to Others
54:15 Glory & Charity
59:52 Means & Ends
1:05:10 Nephi's Farewell
1:13:31 Conclusion
Part 1 of a 2-part study of 2 Nephi 31-33 (this part will cover chapter 31). This lesson focuses on the Doctrine of Christ, divine truth in human language, fulfilling all righteousness, the 4th Article of Faith, the Right Way, enduring to the end, pressing forward, and more.
0:00 Introduction to Nephi's Farewell
5:24 The Doctrine of Christ
10:52 Divine Truth in Human Language
15:34 Baptized to Fulfill All Righteousness
24:25 The 4th Article of Faith
37:42 The Right Path in the Right Way
42:45 Enduring to the End
49:56 Entering the Gate
57:28 Pressing Forward
1:04:01 No Other Way
Part 2 of a 2-part study of 2 Nephi 26-30 (this part will cover chapters 28-30). This lesson focuses on contending churches, problems of pride, lullabies & pacifiers, line upon line, trusting in the arm of flesh, additional scripture, more nations than one, Jews & Gentiles, Millennial peace, and more.
0:00 Introduction
2:43 Contending Churches
10:12 The Problems of Pride
20:12 Lullabies & Pacifiers
27:39 Line Upon Line
32:53 Trusting in the Arm of Flesh
40:10 A Bible! A Bible!
48:25 Jewish-Born Salvation
58:49 More Nations than One
1:13:09 Gathered in One
1:18:35 Jews & Gentiles as Covenant People
1:27:43 Gathered & Restored to Millennial Peace
1:33:53 Conclusion
Part 1 of a 2-part study of 2 Nephi 26-30 (this part will cover chapters 26-27). This lesson focuses on avoiding the apocalypse, a striving Spirit, speaking from the dust, flaxen cords, priestcraft, radical inclusivity, a sealed book, the learned and the unlearned, a God of miracles, and more.
0:00 Introduction to Nephi's Ending
9:47 Preview of 3 Nephi
17:36 Avoiding Apocalypse
23:04 A Striving Spirit
27:14 Speaking from the Dust
38:45 Pride Spinning Flaxen Cords
43:29 Everything for the World's Benefit
50:56 Priestcraft
1:00:38 All Are Alike Unto God
1:07:54 Fighting Against Zion
1:17:17 A Sealed Book
1:30:36 The Learned & the Unlearned
1:44:10 A God of Miracles
1:49:35 A Marvelous Work and a Wonder
Part 2 of a 2-part study of 2 Nephi 20-25 (this part will cover chapter 25). This lesson focuses on understanding Isaiah, Nephi's plain prophecy, no other Messiah, saved by grace, all we can do, works of reconciliation, the deadness of the law, the right way, and more.
0:00 Introduction
0:37 Understanding Isaiah
15:24 Nephi's Plain Prophecy
24:12 No Other Messiah
33:45 Recording the Role of Christ
42:16 Grace After All We Can Do
53:45 The Works of Reconciliation
1:07:27 The Deadness of the Law
1:20:05 Focused Solely on Christ
1:28:25 The Right Way
1:33:14 Conclusion
Part 1 of a 2-part study of 2 Nephi 20-25 (this part will cover chapters 20-24). This lesson focuses on social sins, Assyria's "I" problem, the boastful ax, stems & stumps, the lion & the lamb, the destruction of Babylon, laughing at Lucifer, redeeming Zion, and more.
0:00 Introduction
3:34 Back to Isaiah
15:08 The Isaiah Chapters as a Whole
20:54 Punished for Social Sins
27:47 Assyria's "I" Problem
36:20 The Boastful Ax & Prideful Saw
45:39 Returning to the Mighty God
52:51 Stems & Stumps
1:09:42 The Lion & the Lamb
1:16:31 As the Waters Cover the Sea
1:24:09 My Strength & My Song
1:29:36 The Destruction of Babylon
1:45:45 Mocking the Enemy
1:54:41 Laughing at Lucifer
2:03:57 Redeeming Zion
Part 2 of a 2-part study of 2 Nephi 11-19 (this part will cover chapters 16-19). This lesson focuses on the Heavenly Throne, the call of a prophet; ears, eyes, and hearts; a great forsaking, a remnant shall return, a virgin shall conceive, bees and razors, soft streams or rushing rivers, a Great Light, unto us a Child is born, stretched out still, and more.
0:00 Introduction
2:41 The Heavenly Throne
8:44 The Call of a Prophet
14:22 Ears, Eyes, & Heart
27:52 A Great Forsaking
31:49 A Remnant Shall Return
46:35 A Virgin Shall Conceive
57:14 Bees & Razors
1:05:20 Destruction is Imminent
1:10:43 Soft Streams or Rushing Rivers
1:15:17 Trust the Lord, Not the Arm of Flesh
1:24:36 Seeing a Great Light
1:27:40 Unto Us a Child Is Born
1:34:22 Stretched Out Still
1:44:11 Conclusion
Part 1 of a 2-part study of 2 Nephi 11-19 (this part will cover chapters 11-15). This lesson focuses on 1st, 2nd, 3rd Isaiah, justice before mercy, 3 witnesses, dual delights, keys to understanding Isaiah, the mountain of the Lord, worldliness & pride, social sins, the Daughters of Zion, shelter in the storm, an army on the move, and more.
0:00 Introduction to the Isaiah Chapters
5:23 1st, 2nd, 3rd Isaiah
10:03 Justice Before Mercy
14:41 Motivation, Quotation, Explanation
17:08 The Three Witnesses
21:36 Dual Delights
31:04 5 Keys to Isaiah
46:04 3 Original Chapters
48:26 The Mountain of the Lord
56:09 Worldliness, Idolatry, Pride
1:08:32 None to Provide, None to Lead
1:13:43 Social Sins, Neglecting the Poor
1:20:30 Materialism & the Daughters of Zion
1:31:27 Washing Away the Filth
1:35:32 Shelter in the Storm
1:40:20 The Lord's Beloved Vineyard
1:47:52 Woes upon Israel
1:58:40 An Army on the Move
Part 2 of a 2-part study of 2 Nephi 6-10 (this part will cover chapters 9-10). This lesson focuses on Book of Mormon contraries, scattering & gathering, death & resurrection, the Infinite Atonement, the awful monster, O's and Woes, being spiritually minded, the keeper of the gate, naming Christ, reconciliation, and more.
0:00 Introduction
0:41 Book of Mormon Contraries
3:26 Scattering & Gathering, Death & Resurrection
11:50 Merciful Plan & Infinite Atonement
18:30 Overcoming the Awful Monster
26:38 The Way of Deliverance
37:24 Resurrection & Restoration
50:57 Woes to the Wicked
56:13 Vainness, Frailty, & Foolishness
59:56 Spiritually-Minded
1:06:01 The Keeper of the Gate
1:15:35 Holding Onto Our Sins
1:24:18 Come and Buy
1:32:32 Naming Christ
1:41:22 Choosing the Lord
1:48:33 Reconciled by Works, Saved by Grace
1:58:06 Conclusion
Part 1 of a 2-part study of 2 Nephi 6-10 (this part will cover chapters 6-8). This lesson focuses on fusing Old and New Testaments, a second scattering, pastoral perfectionism, likening Isaiah, carried on the shoulders, feeling forsaken, no one home, sparks & sorrow, worth the wait, giving God a pep talk, and more.
0:00 Introduction
2:40 Fusing Old & New Testaments
8:08 A Second Scattering
13:28 Pastoral Perfectionism
17:31 Likening Isaiah
22:46 Carried on the Shoulders
27:51 The 1st & 2nd Coming of Christ
34:52 Feeling Forsaken
39:16 When Daddy Comes Home
46:11 Sparks & Sorrow or the Light of the World
52:02 Worth the Wait
58:30 Giving God a Pep Talk
1:04:27 Children Coming to Help
1:12:15 Strengthening Zion
Part 2 of a 2-part study of 2 Nephi 3-5 (this part will cover chapter 5). This lesson focuses on a God who speaks to prophets, the manner of happiness, Nephi's temple, the Lamanite curse, a "skin of blackness," scourged unto destruction, and more.
0:00 Introduction
0:37 A God Who Speaks to Prophets
7:38 The Manner of Happiness
11:29 Nephi's Temple
18:50 The Lamanite Curse
27:39 A Skin of Blackness
40:00 White, Fair, Delightsome
48:42 Scourged unto Destruction
55:37 Conclusion
Part 1 of a 2-part study of 2 Nephi 3-5 (this part will cover chapters 3-4). This lesson focuses on Joseph in Egypt, Joseph Smith, the Bible and the Book of Mormon, restoring us, being sure, raising children, the death of Lehi, the Psalm of Nephi, depression and rejoicing, and more.
0:00 Introduction
3:06 Joseph of Lehi & Joseph of Egypt
10:26 Joseph Smith
16:09 Bible & Book of Mormon
24:14 Restoring Us to God
27:31 Confounding Joseph's Enemies
32:43 I Am Sure
37:15 Crying from the Dust
45:04 Raising Children Right
55:13 The Death of Lehi
1:01:33 The Psalm of Nephi
1:08:30 O Wretched Man that I Am
1:16:37 Depression & Rejoicing
1:27:30 Encircled in the Robes of Righteousness
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It is important to differentiate “The Law” in Nephi’s time, and “The Law” to which we are committed today. The Mosaic Law of Nephi’s time was an Aaronic Priesthood function, and as Paul repeatedly pointed out led to spiritual death. It was terminated with the atonement of Christ, and animal sacrifice ended. Christ required the sacrifice of “a broken heart and a contrite spirit.” We no longer require a Liahona to guide us through the wilderness because we have the Holy Ghost.
I greatly appreciate the deep dive into the question the Sadducees ask Jesus regarding eternal marriage.
This thought is really touching and impactful to me, and I'll add to it that I wonder how many times I don't even RECEIVE the seed that is being given to me.
Thank you so much for these podcasts. I truly appreciate the time, effort, and love you put into them.
"Let the cause inspire you and it will inspire courage within you."
I know Brett Harris! He cofounded an Author's Conservatory, so I'm doing that! They have a website full of help for young writers called "Do Hard Things". I just got super excited when I knew what you were talking about when you mentioned "Do Hard Things". 😁
thank you for explaining 'proving contraries.' as much as I think I understand something, I find there is a deeper more truthful explanation as you provided. thanks, as always!
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Best scripture study podcast! Jared Halverson is brilliant, yet explains verses, concepts, and spiritual principles that are life enhancing in a engaging, approachable and entertaining way. Ideal ‘Come Follow Me’ Study I am learning real-life applications to scripture study from this podcast on a deeper, clearer, and more fascinating way than ever before. My view on life and God and faith is richer and happily deeper because of Unshaken.
When I was a child my father hired an older man, the grandfather of one of my school friends, to find a good place to dig a well. in short order he identified a place where two underground streams crossed, using a forked green willow branch. My father dug the well there and not very deep down found a prolific water supply. The guy gave me tge stick and showed me how to use it and I was amazed that I could feel the 'oull' of the water too. I am sure that such things are not dead, even in the 21st century. I also believe it is still a gift!