Unshaken Saints

Genesis 24-27: ”Isaac & Rebekah”

An indepth study of Genesis 24-27, which recounts the experiences of Isaac, Rebekah, Jacob, and Esau. This lesson focuses on covenant couples, honoring agency in marriage, joining families, barrenness and birth, prizing the promises, and more.
0:00 Introduction
2:44 A Last Look at Lot
5:12 Salting the Earth
7:25 Creating Covenant Couples
12:38 Honoring Agency in Marriage
18:50 Holding the High Ground
22:41 Seeking a Covenant Companion
32:14 Remarkable Rebekah
45:17 Entwining Family Trees
52:42 The Right Place at the Right Time
58:01 Giving a Faithful Narraive
1:04:19 Speaking Kindly & Truly
1:09:03 Failed Hopes or False Conclusions
1:15:05 Urgency & Decisiveness
1:23:27 The Passing of Parents
1:28:50 Barrenness and Birth
1:38:01 Personalities of Esau & Jacob
1:46:52 Degrees of (Social) Glory
1:52:41 The Mess of Pottage
2:01:42 Renewing the Covenant
2:07:41 Isaac & Abimelech
2:25:05 "Stealing" the Blessing
2:41:07 Judging Jacob
2:46:10 Esau's Remorse
2:58:30 Covenant Continuation
3:00:55 Conclusion

Genesis 18-23: ”Abraham & Isaac”

An indepth study of Genesis 18-23, which recounts the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the account of Abraham and Isaac. This lesson focuses on the law of hospitality, Sarah's laughter, the sanctuary of standards, the sins of Sodom, sacrifice and faith, wrenching the heart strings, and more. 
0:00 Introduction
1:53 True Messengers
4:32 Hospitality
10:00 Sarah's Laughter
17:48 Pleasure this Side of Paradise
20:02 Too Hard for God
25:23 Revealing Secrets
29:13 Condescension & Comprehension
33:19 Bartering with God
44:10 Inching Toward Sodom
48:42 The Sanctuary of Standards
54:07 Sins of Sodom
1:12:35 Homosexuality
1:45:50 Standing Up to Sodom
2:03:19 Fleeing Sodom
2:13:55 Don't Look Back
2:19:22 Lot's Daughters
2:24:37 Sarah's Repeated Test
2:29:16 Abraham & Abimelech
2:41:07 Isaac's Birth
2:47:00 Hagar & Ishmael
2:58:43 Making Peace
3:02:31 Abraham & Isaac
3:16:20 Sacrifice
3:26:01 Teaching the Atonement
3:38:49 The Death of Sarah
3:45:11 The Faith of Abraham & Sarah
3:52:48 Life from Death

Genesis 12-17; Abraham 1-2: ”Abraham & Sarah”

An indepth study of Genesis 12-17 and Abraham 1-2, which recounts the life of Abraham and Sarah leading up to the birth of Isaac. This lesson focuses on the Abrahamic Covenant, the blessings of the fathers, exclusivity and inclusivity, choosing between Sodom and Salem, pride from above and pride from below, the significance of circumcision, and more.
0:00 Welcome
3:32 Looking to Abraham & Sarah
10:09 Looking for More
14:40 The Fathers vs. My Fathers
21:36 The Daughters of Onitah
26:47 Abraham Delivered & Called
33:18 Journey to the Promised Land
40:43 Priesthood Promises
44:43 The Importance of Posterity
47:02 Temple Sealings & the Abrahamic Covenant
50:49 Exclusivity vs. Inclusivity
57:19 Seeking & Finding
1:02:21 Establishing Altars
1:10:41 The Sacrifice of Sarah
1:23:43 Abraham & Lot
1:37:43 Rescuing Lot
1:45:36 Sodom or Salem
1:53:40 Melchizedek
2:06:14 The Promise of Seed
2:14:33 The Confines of Covenant
2:19:52 Waiting for the Cup to Fill
2:28:17 Sarah & Hagar
2:40:51 Pride from Above and Pride from Below
2:49:55 Facing Awkward Conversations
2:53:19 Ishmael
2:57:58 Covenant Renewed
3:03:20 Circumcision
3:10:43 Sarah
3:19:58 Immediate Obedience
3:21:45 Wanting the Blessings of Abraham

Genesis 6-11; Moses 8: ”The Flood”

An indepth study of Genesis 6-11 and Moses 8, which recounts the ministry of Noah, the Flood, and the Tower of Babel. This lesson focuses on Falls and Floods, ignoring consequences, preachers of righteousness, the Ark and the Temple, a New Creation, the Rainbow, shortcuts to heaven, and more. 
0:00 Welcome
2:10 3 Falls & 3 Floods
6:31 Marriage Outside the Covenant
10:10 Refusing to Hearken
12:05 Ignoring Consequences
15:43 Violence & Corruption
21:58 Caught Up or Held Back
27:07 Noah's Character & Commission
37:35 Flood & Famine
40:09 A Merciful Flood
54:07 The Ark
1:06:51 Gopher Wood & Pitch
1:14:17 A New Creation
1:20:06 The Rainbow
1:30:33 Wickedness Resumes
1:32:02 Animals' Fear of Man
1:37:24 Noah, Ham, & the Curse of Canaan
1:52:46 The Tower of Babel
2:04:09 Conclusion

Moses 7: ”The Lord Called His People Zion”

An indepth study of Moses 7, which recounts the visions of Enoch and Zion being caught up to heaven. This lesson focuses on building Zion, the devil's laughter, the God Who weeps, coming to know God's heart, Mother Earth, flooding the world with truth, and more.
0:00 Welcome
1:59 Joseph Smith Translation and Moses 7
7:26 Building Zion
12:47 Study of Moses 7
15:52 Conversations at Higher Elevations
19:37 Wickedness Spreads
26:29 Enoch's Faith, Power, & Language
31:16 Zion, City of Holiness
39:34 Visions of Wickedness
42:49 Satan's Laughter
48:01 Noah's Converts
49:55 A Weeping God
1:00:33 The Two Great Commandments
1:05:04 The Wickedness of the World
1:09:26 Sorrow over Our Suffering
1:15:45 The Suffering of the Savior
1:18:14 Understanding God's Heart
1:22:11 The Flood
1:26:49 The Coming of Christ
1:29:38 Mother Earth
1:40:42 A Flood of Truth
1:49:23 Conclusion

Genesis 5; Moses 6: ”Teach these Things Freely”

An indepth study of Genesis 5 and Moses 6, which recounts the genealogy of Adam and the ministry of Enoch. This lesson focuses on experiential knowledge, multi-generational families of faith, the sense of inadequacy, divine reassurances, moving mountains and rerouting rivers, celestial homesickness, and more.
0:00 Introduction
0:59 Moses 6-7 background
4:06 Cognitive vs. Experiential Knowledge
9:28 Artwork of Cain & Abel
17:47 The Births of Cain and Seth
23:01 Naming Seth
25:53 Genealogy of Adam
29:27 Pulled between Opposing Forces
35:12 Multigenerational Families of Faith
38:52 Scriptural Literacy
42:18 Passing down Priesthood
46:36 Prophesying & Preaching
49:52 Enoch
54:29 Heart, Ears, and Eyes
59:44 What Enoch was Up Against
1:04:11 Sense of Inadequacy
1:07:54 Divine Reassurance
1:13:38 Opening Ears & Filling Mouths
1:26:23 Moving Mountains & Rerouting Rivers
1:30:23 Spiritual Sight
1:37:23 Reactions to the Call to Repent
1:40:37 A Wild Man
1:46:21 Knowing Those Who Know God
1:49:34 Enoch's (and Adam's) Message
2:00:15 Tasting and Prizing
2:07:35 The Law of the Gospel; Birth & Rebirth
2:18:13 Celestial Homesickness
2:24:08 Conclusion

Genesis 3-4; Moses 4-5: ”Choose for Thyself” (The Fall)

An indepth study of the Fall accounts in Genesis 4-5 and Moses 4-5. This lesson focuses on stages of faith, Lucifer's rebellion, temptation, the Fortunate Fall, Eve's courageous decision, risking death for a greater life, hiding from Heaven, coats of skins, Cain and Abel, and more.
0:00 Introduction
2:07 Introducing the Fall
4:09 Stages of Faith
15:48 Proving Contraries
19:34 The Fall of Lucifer
38:00 Tempting Eve
43:38 Preserving Agency & Accountability
51:04 The Evolution of Sin
57:20 Adam's Choice & Eve's Proposal
1:04:13 The Fortunate Fall
1:13:00 Beguiled? Deciding Alone
1:18:50 Willing to Risk It
1:26:17 Hiding their Nakedness
1:37:14 Curses as Blessings in Disguise
1:42:44 And He Shall Rule Over Thee
1:51:15 Thorns & Thistles, Sweat & Bread
1:56:09 Eve as Mother
1:59:31 Coats of Skins
2:01:38 Cherubim: Time to Prepare
2:11:16 Learning the Law of Sacrifice
2:25:13 The Real Fall
2:28:49 Faith to Have a Family
2:35:03 Cain & Satan
2:43:07 Cain & Abel
2:49:52 Cain's Posterity
2:55:22 Redemption from the Fall
2:57:56 Artwork from Eden

Genesis 1-2; Moses 2-3; Abraham 4-5: ”In the Beginning”

An indepth study of the Creation accounts in Genesis 1-2, Moses 2-3, and Abraham 4-5. This lesson focuses on spiritual principles in the days of Creation, spiritual and physical creation, being children of God, the Sabbath, the symbolism of "dust" and "rib," the need for a "help meet," being "naked and unashamed," the Christ in creation, and more.
0:00 Introduction
0:57 Studying the Creation: scientifically or spiritually
11:59 Creation accounts
23:11 Premortal Plan / Spiritual Creation
27:38 Creation ex nihilo
33:26 Overarching lessons from Creation
45:47 Days of Creation
46:57 Day 1
51:59 Day 2
55:44 Day 3
1:00:36 Day 4
1:03:28 Day 5
1:05:41 Day 6
1:06:57 Day 7
1:13:29 Review of Days
1:14:59 Children of God
1:26:42 The Temple in Genesis 2
1:28:26 Initiatory: Dust and Rib
1:39:06 Endowment: The Garden of Eden
1:43:46 Sealing: Eve and Womanhood
2:05:40 Naked and Not Ashamed
2:09:47 Christ in Creation

Moses 1; Abraham 3: ”My Work and My Glory”

An indepth study of Moses 1 and Abraham 3, which tell of Moses' epiphanies and Abraham's astronomy/theology lesson. This lesson focuses on proving the contraries of "the Infinite" and "the Intimate" when it comes to God, and "Dust" and "Divinity" when it comes to ourselves; overcoming the adversary; focusing on what matters most; the "orbits" of stars and souls; the premortal plan; and more.
0:00 Welcome Back!
4:17 Old Testament Intro
24:18 Background of Moses 1
35:31 Approach to Old Testament study
39:29 Study of Moses 1
40:25 God's Work and Glory
47:01 Coming into God's Presence
49:43 The Infinite and the Intimate
1:07:32 Dust and Divinity
1:15:32 Overcoming the Adversary
1:51:12 The Second Round of Revelation
1:55:49 Science and Religion
2:05:42 Things that Matter Most
2:10:39 Study of Abraham 1
2:36:48 Controversy over the Book of Abraham

Official Declarations 1 & 2: ”Long Promised Day” (polygamy and race & the priesthood)

An indepth study of Official Declarations 1 & 2, the Manifesto of Wilford Woodruff ending the practice of plural marriage, and the revelation of Spencer W. Kimball extending the priesthood to all worthy males, regardless of race. This lesson focuses on plural marriage, prophetic guidance, independent testimony, non-negotiables, dealing with change, racial issues in LDS history, and more.
Time stamps:
   - Background on Official Declaration #1 - 1:46
   - Study of Official Declaration #1 - 30:37
   - Excerpts of 3 addresses by Wilford Woodruff - 46:54
   - Navigating Change - 1:23:59
   - Background on Official Declaration #2 - 1:31:05
   - Study of Official Declaration #2 - 2:18:48