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God’s children are searching in greater numbers for answers and hoping for miracles as they look to Jesus Christ for relief. On ‘Temple Bound,’ hosted by Will Humphreys, explore how temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints offer not just solace but also powerful tools for navigating these turbulent times through faith in Jesus Christ.

Tune in every Monday to hear Will Humphreys engage with guests who bring inspiring stories, profound teachings, and insights into accessing divine guidance through temple worship.

Each episode promises to enrich your understanding and strengthen your connection to the Savior in unique and transformative ways.

Whether you’re seeking answers, yearning for peace, or in need of a miracle, ‘Temple Bound’ is your weekly spiritual refuge, helping you anchor your soul to the Savior. Join us on this sacred journey to deepen your faith and discover the blessings of temple worship.

Latest Episodes:

Four Temple Themes from General Conference to Study for the Next Six Months Nov 09, 2026

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Brad Farr returns for his six month review of General Conference, read through the lens of temple and family history work. Brad goes through every talk from the October conference, pulls out each mention of temples, covenants, and family history, and organizes them into four themes. Will Humphreys and Brad talk through each one with stories from the talks and from their own families.

The overall theme Brad found: the Church has more temples and more temple attendance, and conference speakers focused on who we become because of the time we spend there.

What you’ll learn in this episode

Conference stats: 37 talks across four sessions, shorter average talk lengths, two former NFL players speaking at the same conference, and the first Primary general president from outside the United States
Why gambling was addressed for the first time since President Hinckley’s 2005 talk
How covenants bind us to Christ and give us access to his power, including what it means to be yoked to him
How temple covenants heal, unite, and bless generations, and the “tentacles of divine providence” teaching shared in Elder Morgan’s talk
How the temple helps align our will with God’s, using the story of Haggai and Elder Bednar’s “quest of a lifetime”
Why covenant keeping is a lifelong process, and what it means to have covenants ratified by the Holy Spirit of Promise
Brad’s method for studying General Conference by topic
How Brad’s family is preparing for his daughter’s mission

The four themes Brad identified

Covenants bind us to Christ and give us access to his power
Temple covenants have the power to heal, unite, and bless generations
The temple helps us align our hearts and priorities with God’s will
Covenant keeping is a lifelong process, not a one time event

Talks referenced: Elder Gong, President Oaks, Elder Bednar, Elder Hathaway, Elder Morgan, Elder Sikahema, Sister Runia, and others from the October General Conference.

Free resource: Brad’s full study document with all talks listed, the episode talking points, and additional temple and covenant quotes.

October 2026 General Conference Review - Google Docs.pdf

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The Endowment as a Parenting Masterclass with Keith and Carolyn Harr Nov 02, 2026

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Have you ever looked at your kids and wondered why the Lord trusted you with them? Keith and Carolyn Harr come back to Temple Bound for a conversation about how the endowment shows a parenting model. Keith spent 30 years teaching seminary and institute. Together they raised nine children and now have 38 grandchildren. They say plainly that they didn’t always get it right.

Will and the Harrs go through the endowment and look at how Heavenly Father parents His children. He gives a clear law. He respects choice and allows consequences. Then He provides a covering through Jesus Christ. They talk about the difference between joy and keeping kids happy, rescuing versus supporting, guilt versus shame, how to handle adult children’s choices, and what the adversary’s role in the endowment shows parents. They also talk about creativity and hard work, and about trusting that Christ’s Atonement covers our gaps as parents.

In this episode you’ll learn:

Why Moses 1:39 gives parents a foundation: God’s work is our joy, and a parent’s focus can be the same
The difference between helping kids find joy and keeping them happy all the time
How the endowment models clear boundaries, agency, and consequences
When to step in and when to let a child feel the weight of a choice
Guilt versus shame: why Adam and Eve hid, and how guilt points us to Christ
Why advice to adult children works best when they ask for it, and how to pray for them in the meantime
How parents give the adversary power by placing anything, even their children, above God
What the fig leaves and the garment show about shame and covering
Why the creation account is a reminder to let each child “fill the measure of their creation”
How downtime, creativity, and hard work build self reliance and confidence
Why feelings of inadequacy can bring us to Christ instead of pulling us away from Him

Scriptures and references mentioned: Moses 1:39, 1 Nephi 10 to 11, Alma 32 to 34, Alma 42 (Corianton), 2 Nephi 9, C.S. Lewis “The Weight of Glory,” Elder Lawrence Corbridge, Lectures on Faith

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Brad Wilcox on Grace and the Temple Oct 26, 2026

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Many faithful members answer every temple recommend question honestly and still don’t feel worthy. In this episode, Will and Heather Humphreys sit down with Brother Brad Wilcox, BYU professor and author of the talk “Worthiness Is Not Flawlessness,” to talk about grace, trust, and what it means to stand with Jesus Christ.

Brother Wilcox shares the story of a woman in a temple recommend interview who said, “I’m never worthy, not by myself. But I’m not alone. I’m standing with Jesus Christ, and together we’re worthy.” From there, the conversation covers scrupulosity, the symbols of grace in the temple, hope for parents of struggling adult children, and a new way to think about daily repentance during the sacrament.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

Why worthiness means trying and staying honest, not being perfect
How grace works as enabling power, not a reward you earn after doing all you can
Why “Satan is not the judge in Israel” and how to trust the bishop and stake president who serve as judges
How temple symbols, including the veil and clasped hands, teach grace
What a BYU study of over 600 students found about grace, depression, anxiety, and scrupulosity
Why God is happy with day two on day two, an idea from Emily Belle Freeman
How 2 Nephi 10:2 offers hope to parents whose children have stepped away
The difference between weakness and rebellion: which way you’re facing
How to use the sacrament to look forward, not only back, by asking for grace for the week ahead
Why grace has to be received, explained through a package left on the front porch and a free scholarship
How temple work for the dead lets us return grace for grace

Scriptures mentioned: Matthew 11:28 to 30, 2 Nephi 2:6, 2 Nephi 10:2, Matthew 1:23

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Temple Bound is brought to you by the Light on a Hill Foundation, a nonprofit focused on building and strengthening families across the globe.

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How Temple Ritual Orients Us to Christ and Gives Us Rest with Dr. Jennifer Lane Oct 19, 2026

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Why does the Lord teach through ritual in the temple? What does Freemasonry have to do with the endowment? Why has the endowment presentation changed over time?

In this episode of Temple Bound, Will Humphreys talks with Dr. Jennifer Lane, author of Let’s Talk About Temples and Ritual from Deseret Book. Jennifer taught religious education at BYU Hawaii for almost two decades, served as dean, and now researches at BYU’s Neal A. Maxwell Institute. She holds a PhD in the history of Christianity.

They cover how ritual shapes who we become, how Old Testament temple worship connects to temples today, and how temple worship gives us rest and power through Jesus Christ during hard seasons.

What you’ll learn:

Why ritual is a way of learning that changes the heart, not only the mind
How everyday routines like a trip to the mall work as rituals, and why disciples need “counter liturgies”
How temple ritual orients us to person, place, and time: Jesus Christ, the path home, and the eternal view of mortality
What Pacific golden plovers teach about knowing where we’re going
How Old Testament sacrifice and today’s temple ordinances both point to the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ
Why the temple uses symbols, and how scripture helps us read them
How Jennifer found peace at the temple in the days before her mother passed away
A clear answer to the Freemasonry question: the language matters less than who is speaking
Why the endowment presentation changes, and what continuing revelation has to do with it
Why serving in the temple for others transforms us and places us in the Savior’s hands

Resources mentioned:

Let’s Talk About Temples and Ritual by Jennifer C. Lane, available at Deseret Book in print and digital
Finding Christ in the Covenant Path: Ancient Insights for a Modern World by Jennifer C. Lane
Jennifer’s articles, free online through the BYU Religious Studies Center: rsc.byu.edu - https://www.google.com/url?q=https://rsc.byu.edu/author/lane-jennifer-c&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1791870259144016&usg=AOvVaw2jSGR3daS1lVWjOex4sPW0

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Why Does the Church Spend So Much on Temples? An Answer from Exodus with Tamara Uzelac Hall Oct 12, 2026

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Why does the Church of Jesus Christ spend so much on temples when the money could feed the poor? Tammy Uzelac Hall answers that question from the book of Exodus. She reads it in the original Hebrew.

Tammy and Will follow the gold and silver Israel carried out of Egypt into the building of the tabernacle. They look at what the name "I AM" means in Hebrew and how it ties to the answers we give in temple recommend interviews. Then they turn to the women of the Old Testament who changed the story: Shiphrah and Puah, the daughters of Zelophehad, and the Shunammite woman, whose answer "It is well" comes from the Hebrew word shalom.

The episode closes with a clip from Sister Sharon Eubank on why temples matter more to lasting change than money alone.

What you'll learn:

Why the Lord told the Israelites to ask the Egyptians for jewels of gold, silver, and fine clothing before the Exodus
What the name "I AM" means in Hebrew and how D&C 68:6 explains it
Why the tabernacle was built from offerings brought by "whosoever is of a willing heart"
How the women of Israel spun the linen and colored fabrics for the tabernacle
Why the Garden of Eden is considered the first temple and what "Eden" means in Hebrew
How answering "I am" in a temple recommend interview is answering in the Lord's name
Why God measures the sacrifice, not the size of the offering
The meaning of shalom and the story behind the hymn "It Is Well with My Soul"
Sister Sharon Eubank's answer to why the Church builds temples instead of putting everything into humanitarian aid

Scriptures discussed: Exodus 1, 3, 11, 12, 35; D&C 68:6; Mosiah 18; Numbers 27; 2 Kings 4; 1 Nephi 16

Find Tammy: Sunday on Monday podcast at ldsliving.com/podcasts

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Covenants Aren't Contracts: Grace, Faith, and the Temple Oct 05, 2026

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Many people are taught that grace is a gift with no strings attached. Accept Christ and it's done. Cooper Johnson spent 15 years studying what the word grace meant to the people who first heard it, and he found that in the ancient world, grace was the start of a relationship that asks something of you in return.

In this episode of Temple Bound, host Will Humphreys and Cooper talk about his return to the Church after 10 years away, the questions that pushed him to study the Atonement, and how the original Greek and Hebrew words for grace, faith, belief, and knowing changed the way he reads scripture. Cooper now teaches temple prep in a young single adult ward. He shares how he frames worthiness, symbolism, and covenants for people preparing to enter the temple for the first time.

What you'll learn:

What the Greek word charis meant to Paul's first century audience, and why grace was always relational
How pistis, the word translated as faith, carries the meaning of loyalty and faithfulness
Why "believe" in John 3:16 means to trust and rely on Christ, not just agree that He exists
What ginosko teaches about knowing God through experience in John 17:3
How hesed describes God's covenant love
Why covenants are connections, not contracts
How to see worthiness as readiness instead of perfection
Why God teaches through symbolism, and why symbols lose meaning when they're overexplained
What "endowed" means: to be clothed with power
Why staying with a scripture, talk, or temple experience until it opens up to you matters

Resources mentioned:

Elder David A. Bednar, "In the Strength of the Lord" (2001)
John Barclay's work on grace and Paul
Brent Schmidt, Relational Grace and Relational Faith
Jennifer Lane's book on the temple
Melinda Brown's teaching on law as love

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Stop Asking to Be Helped. Start Asking to Be Healed. Sep 28, 2026

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Shayden Bertagnolli has sat across from more grieving families than he ever expected when he became a therapist. That's what pushed him into men's mental health, and it's what shaped the idea at the center of this episode. Pornography addiction was never really about pornography. It's about pain nobody ever taught these men to name.

In this conversation, Shayden and Will Humphreys break down why men suppress pain instead of naming it, why so many chase approval and call it love, and what the temple initiatory ordinance actually represents (a wound being washed, anointed, and covered). If you've ever felt stuck, or you love someone who is, this episode gives you a new way to see it.

What you'll learn:

Why pornography is a solution to pain, not the problem itself, and why treating the symptom keeps men stuck
What "attunement" means and why so many boys stop being truly seen around age six or seven
Why men chase approval through achievement when they've internalized the false idea that love has to be earned
How the temple initiatory ordinance mirrors what every parent does for a child's wound: wash it, anoint it, cover it
Why asking God to "help me overcome this" keeps men in a cycle of shame, and what changes when they ask to be healed instead
Three practical questions parents can ask their kids to open up conversations that usually stay hidden
Why the average age of first exposure to pornography is now 10 to 11 years old, and what to do about it

Guest: Shayden Bertagnolli, licensed therapist and founder of Motyv, creator of the Liberate program for men working through pornography addiction and pain. Learn more at motyv.com.

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How Your Covenants Help You Help Others Overcome Addiction Sep 21, 2026

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Former Bishop Tim Raymond has sat across from more men confessing pornography addiction than he can count. His conclusion after years in that chair: the addiction was never really the problem. Pride was.

In this episode, Will Humphreys and Tim unpack what actually helps someone come back from pornography addiction, why the standard reactions of shame and judgment make things worse, and why Ezra Taft Benson's 1989 talk "Beware of Pride" became the single biggest influence on Tim's ministry outside of the Book of Mormon.

This is the first of three episodes for Recovery Awareness Month. The next two feature a married couple who nearly lost their marriage to this addiction, and a therapist who has spent years treating men through it.

What you'll learn:

Why the first reaction to a confession decides whether someone comes back for help again
The difference between the addiction you can see and the pride underneath it that you can't
Why pornography addiction is no longer only a young man's struggle
What humility actually means (it's not what most people think)
Five faces of pride most people don't recognize in themselves
Why "just stop" never works as a long term solution
The one sin Tim says actually matters, and it isn't the one you're thinking of

Guest: Tim Raymond served as a bishop for several years, working closely with youth and counseling individuals and families through repentance and addiction recovery. He is a father of seven and currently serves as an ordinance worker in the Gilbert Temple.

Referenced in this episode: "Beware of Pride" by President Ezra Taft Benson, delivered at General Conference in April 1989 and read by his counselor Gordon B. Hinckley.

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Pornography Nearly Ended Their Marriage. The Temple Rebuilt It. Sep 14, 2026

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This is episode 100 of Temple Bound, and it kicks off the show's three-part series for Recovery Awareness Month. Natalie and Cory Wadsworth sit down with Will to talk about what came after that night: years of counseling, weekly drives to the temple, and how a marriage on the brink of divorce became, in their words, the best of friends.

What you'll learn:

Why pornography addiction is rarely about sex, and what it's actually a coping mechanism for
Why the addiction gets worse over time if it isn't addressed, and why willpower alone doesn't fix it
Why isolation is what lets an addiction grow, and why recovery can't happen alone
What a wife needs to hear in the moment she finds out (and why "it's not about you" changed everything for Natalie)
Why their bishop told them to keep attending the temple and taking the sacrament during recovery, not step back from it
Why relapse is part of the process, not proof that recovery failed
How they rebuilt trust after years of hiding, and what their marriage looks like now, eight years later

This conversation is honest about how hard this road is. It's also honest about what's possible on the other side of it.

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Natalie's email: njhwadsworth@gmail.com

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The Episode That Started Temple Bound, Brett Blake on Raising Missionaries Sep 07, 2026

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Will re-releases episode one of Temple Bound, a conversation with Brett Blake that never got the audience it deserved the first time around. Brett served as a mission president in Denver during COVID and shares what he learned about preparing youth for missions through temple worship and family history.

What you'll learn:

Why a testimony of and love for Jesus Christ matters more than any missionary training checklist
How the temple gives missionaries an actual endowment of power, not just spiritual encouragement
Why Brett tells parents the goal isn't the mission. It's the relationship with the Savior
What Brett saw in a generation of missionaries dealing with anxiety and isolation after COVID
How repentance, not perfection, is what prepares a missionary's heart
Why "what does love look like here" became Brett's guiding question as a parent and mission leader
The story of a missionary who found forgiveness after years of running from his past

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