Unshaken Saints

Matthew 6-7: The Sermon on the Mount Continues

A verse-by-verse study of Matthew 6-7 (the second half of the Sermon on the Mount). This lesson focuses on reciprocity & generosity, going past perfection, purifying our motives, the Lord's Prayer, treasures in heaven, overanxiety, seeking the kingdom of God, judging others, motes & beams, pearls & swine, stones & bread, wide gates & narrow ways, rock & sand, and more.
0:00 Introduction
0:43 Temple Changes
9:27 Reciprocity or Generosity
20:41 The Golden Rule
27:23 Going Past Perfection
29:19 Serving to Be Seen
42:15 Praying to Be Heard
53:35 The Lord's Prayer
1:16:41 Fasting
1:18:27 Treasures in Heaven & the Light of the Eye
1:23:53 No Man Can Serve Two Masters
1:30:54 Overanxiety
1:41:29 Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God
1:46:41 Judging Others
1:55:41 Motes & Beams
2:03:23 Pearls Before Swine
2:11:17 Ask & Ye Shall Receive
2:18:31 Stones or Bread
2:27:51 Wide Gates or the Narrow Way
2:30:05 By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them
2:38:54 Words, Deeds, or Relationships
2:45:23 Building on Rock or Sand
2:56:52 Conclusion

Matthew 5: The Sermon on the Mount

A verse-by-verse study of Matthew 5, the first chapter of the famous "Sermon on the Mount." This lesson focuses on being perfected in Christ, the mount or the plain, preparing for His preaching, getting set, poor in spirit, mourning and meekness, hunger and thirst, mercy and purity, peacemaking and persecution, salt and light, to destroy or fulfill, exceeding the Pharisees, anger management, adultery & lust, marriage & divorce, honesty & integrity, perfection pending, and more.
0:00 Introduction
2:13 Teaching the Savior's Sermon
9:08 Perfect or Perfected
17:08 Matthew or Luke, Mount or Plain
22:11 Preparing for His Preaching
28:44 Jesus Gets Set for His Sermon
37:58 The Beatitudes, Founded on Faith
41:13 Poor in Spirit
45:07 Mourning & Comfort
49:07 Meekness
52:58 Hunger & Thirst
59:15 Mercy, Purity, & Peacemaking
1:04:09 Persecuted for the Savior's Sake
1:12:20 The Beatitudes as Cumulative Crescendo
1:17:55 Woes to the Well-Off
1:25:54 Salt & Light
1:40:58 Destroy or Fulfill
1:55:00 Exceeding the Pharisees
2:03:18 The Antitheses
2:07:52 Anger Management
2:21:46 The Two Great Commandments
2:31:56 Agreeing with Your Adversary
2:39:39 Adultery & Lust
2:54:20 Marriage & Divorce
3:02:20 Honesty & Integrity
3:11:00 Reciprocity
3:16:43 Love Your Enemies
3:28:10 Perfection Pending
3:33:50 Conclusion

John 2-4: Water to Wine, Nicodemus, and the Woman at the Well

A verse-by-verse study of John 2-4 (which includes the stories of Jesus changing water to wine, the visit of Nicodemus, and Christ's conversation with the Samaritan woman at the well). This lesson focuses on the marriage at Cana, filling the waterpots, faith precedes the miracle, multiplying our joy, cleansing the Temple, being born again, catching the wind, understanding symbolism, ascending or descending, God's love for the world, John decreasing and Jesus increasing, Jews and Samaritans, gifts to give, deep wells and living water, where or how we worship, spirit and truth, fields to harvest, the healing of the nobleman's son, and more. 
0:00 Introduction
2:27 The Grand Inquisitor
11:34 John 2-4 and The Chosen
14:59 The Marriage at Cana
19:46 Mary's Plea
25:40 Filling the Waterpots
34:06 Water to Wine
37:55 Faith Precedes the Miracle
41:34 Lessons from the Miracle
47:39 Multiplying Our Joy
53:40 Cleansing the Temple
1:07:10 Zeal and Authority
1:16:44 Nicodemus
1:23:20 Born Again
1:28:31 Catching the Wind
1:32:52 Great Expectations
1:38:30 Understanding Symbolism
1:45:57 Ascending or Descending Wisdom
1:52:10 For God So Loved the World
2:07:19 John Decreasing, Jesus Increasing
2:18:33 Receiving a Testimony of Christ
2:27:03 Jesus & His Disciples Baptize
2:32:33 Passing through Samaria
2:37:41 The Woman at the Well
2:44:13 Literary Foils
2:47:15 Jesus, Samaritans, & Gifts to Give
2:55:46 Deep Wells & Living Water
3:05:56 A Call to Share & a Call to Repent
3:13:33 Where or How We Worship
3:24:56 In Spirit and in Truth
3:35:32 Jesus Reveals His Identity
3:40:59 Leaving Her Waterpot
3:45:11 Meat to Eat & Fields to Harvest
3:55:10 Gaining Our Own Testimony
4:00:00 Healing the Nobleman's Son
4:05:08 Conclusion

Matthew 4, Luke 4-5: ”The Temptations of Christ”

A verse-by-verse study of Matthew 4 and Luke 4-5 (Christ is tempted and His ministry begins). This lesson focuses on the authority of John the Baptist, the mission of the Messiah, the timing of temptation, fasting, stones to bread, pride going before the fall, the kingdoms of the earth, types of temptation, Christ's Messianic announcement, fighting words, fishers of men, filling the nets, Peter's guilt gap, preaching with power, staying or spreading, and more.
0:00 Introduction
2:32 The Authority of John the Baptist
16:41 The Mission Call of the Messiah
30:31 The Timing of Temptation
37:50 Fasting in the Wilderness
47:02 Temptation #1 - Stones to Bread
55:16 Not by Bread Alone
1:02:37 Temptation #2 - Leap from the Temple
1:10:21 Temptation #3 - Worldly Kingdoms
1:21:58 The Final Victory (for now)
1:32:43 The Three Types of Temptation
1:44:18 Jesus in the Synagogue of Nazareth
1:50:38 Jesus Quotes Isaiah 61
1:57:57 Christ's Messianic Announcement
2:06:37 A Prophet in His Own Country
2:12:31 Fighting Words
2:21:34 Shining Light in Darkness
2:27:29 Fishers of Men
2:34:26 Filling the Nets
2:43:10 Simon Peter's Guilt Gap
2:47:08 Leaving Full Nets
2:52:15 Preaching with Power, Not as the Scribes
3:06:07 Casting Out Devils & Healing the Sick
3:15:07 Staying or Spreading
3:22:39 Conclusion

Matthew 3, Mark 1, Luke 3: ”To Fulfill All Righteousness”

A verse-by-verse study of Matthew 3, Mark 1, and Luke 3, which recount the ministry of John the Baptist and the baptism of Jesus Christ. This lesson focuses on the Gospel of Mark, John the Baptist in the wilderness, preaching repentance, locusts and wild honey, a generation of vipers, stones unto Abraham, the axe and the fan, the Jordan River, the condescension of Christ, fulfilling all righteousness, teaching children about baptism, Luke's genealogy of Jesus, up and down the 4th Article of Faith, and more. 
0:00 Introduction
4:23 Unshaken Saints on Instagram
8:39 The Book of Mark
30:24 The Beginning of the Gospel
35:27 Preaching Repentance in the Wilderness
42:11 Urgency in Preparation
47:39 Locusts, Honey, Camel Hair, and Leather
57:17 A Generation of Vipers
1:08:26 Fruits of Repentance & Stones unto Abraham
1:13:39 The Axe at the Root
1:15:19 Counsel to the Repentant
1:28:08 Activism or the Doctrine of Christ
1:33:30 One Mightier than I
1:36:59 Winnowing the Wheat
1:47:34 The Baptism of Jesus
1:54:29 The Jordan River
2:00:51 The Condescension of Christ
2:10:07 Thus it Becometh Us
2:14:42 To Fulfill All Righteousness
2:24:15 Covenant, Experience, Relationship
2:28:58 Teaching Children about Baptism
2:39:29 The Baptism and Its Aftermath
2:42:27 Luke's Genealogy of Jesus
2:57:42 Up and Down the 4th Article of Faith
3:04:55 Conclusion

John 1: ”The Word Made Flesh”

A verse-by-verse study of John 1. This lesson focuses on the Gospel of John, pit or pedestal, the Logos, Life & Light, John the Baptist, the Word made flesh, grace for grace, the identity of John the Baptist, preparing the way of the Lord, receiving the Holy Ghost, calling disciples, Andrew & Peter, Philip & Nathanael, under the fig tree, and more.
0:00 Introduction
1:28 The Jesus of the Gospels
3:44 The Gospel of John
7:58 Pit or Pedestal
10:49 Authorship, Audience, Aim
15:55 Characteristics of the Book of John
21:42 Miracles & I Am Statements
26:52 In the Beginning Was the Word
40:25 Logos
46:57 The Joseph Smith Translation
55:41 Christ of Creation & Lord of Life & Light
1:08:01 John the Baptist
1:11:41 Becoming the Children of God 1:19:25 The Word Made Flesh
1:30:41 Grace for Grace
1:42:45 Law, Grace, & Truth
1:49:43 The Identity of John the Baptist
1:58:41 Preparing the Way of the Lord
2:07:52 Lamb & Dove, Descend & Abide
2:12:50 Receive the Holy Ghost
2:18:03 Disciples of John become Disciples of Jesus
2:22:43 Come and See
2:27:08 Andrew & Peter
2:36:25 Philip Called to Follow
2:40:54 An Israelite without Guile
2:49:44 Called from Under the Fig Tree
2:52:28 Greater Things than These
2:54:36 Conclusion

Matthew 2 & Luke 2: O Come Let Us Adore Him

A verse-by-verse study of Matthew 2 and Luke 2, which together tell the Christmas story. This lesson focuses on waking the Baby, Matthew vs. Luke, registering in Bethlehem, no room for Jesus, the shepherds' faith, swaddling clothes, Mother Mary, circumcision & purification, Simeon, Anna, Jesus baby blessing, Herod the Great, seeking sincerely, the Star of Bethlehem, the gifts of the wise men, revelations & stewardships, the massacre of the innocents, questions & answers, tarrying in Jerusalem, growing up in God, and more.
0:00 Introduction
3:25 Waking the Baby
8:59 Matthew vs. Luke
13:19 Registered in Bethlehem
18:55 No Room for Jesus
31:18 Shepherds in the Fields
38:55 Savior, Christ, & Lord
41:58 Swaddling Clothes
47:41 The Heavenly Host & the Shepherds' Faith
54:05 Contemplative Mother Mary
56:55 Circumcision & Purification
1:08:40 Simeon the Spiritual
1:18:37 Jesus's Baby Blessing
1:22:59 Anna the Enduring
1:31:25 Matthew's Nativity Scene
1:36:44 Herod the Great
1:44:44 O Little Town of Bethlehem
1:49:44 Seeking Sincerely
1:53:39 Star of Bethlehem
1:59:06 Gold, Frankincense, & Myrrh
2:09:06 Revelations & Stewardships
2:14:01 Time in Egypt
2:18:36 The Massacre of the Innocents
2:26:58 Returning the Branch to Nazareth
2:34:07 Jesus Grows Up
2:41:26 Tarrying Behind in Jerusalem
2:49:57 Questions & Answers
2:56:13 Seeking Jesus
3:05:44 About His Father's Business
3:09:07 Continuing Condescension
3:12:01 Growing Up in God
3:24:00 Conclusion

Matt. 1 & Luke 1: Intro to the Four Gospels & ”Nothing Shall Be Impossible”

A verse-by-verse study of Matthew 1 and Luke 1, along with an explanation of the audiences and approaches of the four Gospel writers. This lesson focuses on the four Gospels, the genealogy of Jesus, women in the Savior's family tree, the Davidic dynasty, Joseph of Nazareth, the fulfillment of prophecy, Zacharias & Elisabeth, the mission of John the Baptist, doubt and becoming dumb, the Annunciation, the Magnificat, John's baby blessing, and more. 
0:00 Introduction
2:29 What Is a Gospel?
10:32 Development of the Gospel Tradition
24:22 The Synoptic Gospels
31:05 The Four Gospels: Aim, Audience, Approach
45:56 Harmonize or Separate?
54:33 The Gospel of Matthew
1:08:22 The Genealogy of Jesus
1:15:02 The Tribe of Judah
1:18:16 Women in the Family Tree
1:28:27 The Davidic Dynasty
1:32:25 Joseph of Nazareth
1:36:18 3 x 14
1:40:42 Joseph the Just
1:48:16 The Angel Comes to Joseph
1:55:21 Fulfilling Prophecy
1:58:31 Joseph Acts in Faith, Not Fear
2:04:17 The Book of Luke
2:08:25 Zacharias & Elisabeth
2:18:33 Zacharias in the Temple
2:25:56 The Mission of John the Baptist
2:38:14 Doubting and Becoming Dumb
2:48:49 Zacharias Returns to Elisabeth
2:54:37 The Annunciation to Mary
2:59:50 Mary's Faith & Submissiveness
3:09:56 Mary & Elisabeth
3:16:40 Mary's Magnificat
3:24:19 The Birth & Naming of John
3:30:16 John's Baby Blessing
3:40:24 Conclusion

Introduction to the New Testament: ”From Malachi to Matthew”

An introduction to the New Testament, covering its Old Testament background and the history of the Intertestamental Period. This lesson focuses on the Old and New Testaments, supercessionism, the Age of Empires, Hellenization, worldly influences, the end of the prophets, apostasy and priestcraft, faithful martyrs, the Maccabean revolt, Hanukkah, help from heaven, and more.
0:00 Introduction to Unshaken
9:42 Scripture Study
17:11 The New Testament's Old Testament Roots
28:11 Supercessionism
32:51 Glorious Old & Glorious New
35:35 Jewish & Christian Inheritance
42:46 Old Testament Survey
48:05 Old Testament Figures to Remember in the NT
59:40 The Age of Empires
1:07:30 Hellenization
1:19:23 The Influence of Worldly Empires
1:26:25 The End of the Prophets
1:35:02 Apostasy in Israel
1:40:36 Priestcraft & Corruption
1:45:26 Making Sense of Suffering
1:54:05 Faithful Martyrs
1:58:15 Resurrection, Eternal Family, & Work for the Dead
2:02:13 Mattathias & His Sons
2:09:42 Judah the Hammer
2:15:10 Hanukkah
2:21:18 The Battles Continue
2:26:17 Help from Heaven
2:32:51 Hope for the Prophets' Return
2:35:32 Conclusion

Christmas Recap: Old Testament Top-10s

A year-end review of our study of the Old Testament. This lesson focuses on filling our personal Ark of the Covenant, gives Top-10 lists of miracles, heroes, heroines, villains, types & shadows of Christ, and Messianic Prophecies.
0:00 Introduction
1:29 The Puppies
3:39 Old Testament Study
7:15 Scriptural Punishment
9:35 Filling Our Own Ark of the Covenant
21:40 Top 10 Miracles
29:58 Top 10 Heroes
40:26 Top 10 Heroines
48:39 Top 10 Villains
58:49 Top 10 Types & Shadows of Christ
1:06:49 Top 10 Messianic Prophecies
1:18:37 Experiencing the Scriptures
1:23:34 The Road to Emmaus
1:30:10 The Jews' Scriptural Gift
1:35:35 Conclusion