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Unshaken Saints

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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Latest Episodes:

Matthew 13; Luke 8, 13: The Parables of the Kingdom Mar 18, 2023

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A verse-by-verse study of Matthew 13, and Luke 8 and 13 (this part will cover the Parable of the Sower). This lesson focuses on teaching through parables, ears to hear, wayside soil, stony ground, thorny ground, good soil, satan's strategies, God as the Gardener, the seed growing secretly, prophecies of the Gathering, the Wheat & Tares, the Mustard Seed, the Leaven, the Treasure, the Pearl of Great Price, the Gospel Net, the Householder, the Barren Fig Tree, and more.

0:00 Introduction

9:22 The Parable of the Sower

12:50 Those with Ears to Hear

18:59 Why Parables

36:15 Explaining the Parable

44:43 Wayside Soil

49:03 Stony Ground

1:03:52 Thorny Ground

1:09:31 Good Ground

1:16:29 Satan's Strategies

1:28:06 God as the Gardener

1:38:52 Alma 32

1:46:57 The Seed Growing in Secret

1:51:18 Prophecies of the Gathering

2:03:42 The Wheat & Tares

2:10:53 Gathering Out the Wheat

2:21:44 The Mustard Seed

2:31:37 The Leaven

2:36:31 Explaining the Wheat & Tares

2:44:41 The Treasure & the Pearl

2:52:45 The Parable of the Gospel Net

2:57:55 The Householder

3:04:57 Suffering and Sin

3:10:28 The Barren Fig Tree

3:13:34 Healing the Crippled Woman

3:20:05 Misunderstanding the Sabbath

3:24:20 Who Will Be Saved

3:30:29 Jesus' Three Days

3:34:48 Conclusion

Matthew 11-12, Luke 11: ”I Will Give You Rest” Mar 13, 2023

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A verse-by-verse study of Matthew 11-12, and Luke 11. This lesson focuses on sending people to Jesus, John the Baptist as "more than a prophet," playing religion, much required, trusting the Father, rest for the heavy laden, the two-sided handcart, gleaning grain, scriptural precedents, the Sabbath made for man, the withered hand, bruised reeds, a house divided, with me or against me, sign seeking, the family of Christ, and more.

0:00 Introduction

8:22 Sending People to Jesus

26:08 Shaken Reeds & Soft Raiment

33:57 More than a Prophet

40:55 Responding to John's Message

49:29 Playing Religion

55:52 Much Given, Much Required

1:02:14 Trusting the Father & Revealing Him

1:07:51 Rest for the Heavy Laden

1:16:20 Seeing the Father through the Son

1:21:30 The Two-Sided Handcart

1:30:47 Gleaning Grain on the Sabbath

1:37:10 Scriptural Precedents

1:45:41 The Sabbath Was Made for Man

1:54:16 Healing the Withered Hand

2:06:23 Bruised Reeds & Smoking Flax

2:14:01 A House Divided Against Itself

2:20:17 With Me or Against Me

2:26:04 Blasphemy Against the Holy Ghost

2:34:44 The Family of Christ

2:38:58 Sign Seeking

2:44:02 Empty, Swept, and Garnished

2:51:53 The Mother of the Lord

2:54:18 Conclusion

Matthew 9-10, Mark 5, Luke 9: When Virtue Flows Mar 03, 2023

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A verse-by-verse study of Matthew 8-10, Mark 5, and Luke 9 (covering the raising of the daughter of Jairus, the healing of the woman with the issue of blood, and the calling and instructing of the Twelve Apostles). This lesson focuses on glad tidings, certain women, a 911 call, an issue of blood, the hem of His garment, emotional roller coasters, touching Christ, making the impossible possible, blind eyes & a dumb mouth, calling and qualifying, wise as serpents & harmless as doves, taking no thought, preparing for persecution, perceptions of prophets, don't look back, and more.

0:00 Introduction

6:40 Glad Tidings of the Kingdom

10:09 Certain Women

14:50 Jairus's 911 Call

22:38 The Woman with the Issue of Blood

31:40 Nothing Bettered, Only Worse

35:19 The Hem of His Garment

40:30 The Emotional Roller Coaster

47:59 Who Touched Me?

57:36 Thy Faith Hath Made Thee Whole

1:03:58 Be Not Afraid, Only Believe

1:11:35 Raising the Daughter of Jairus

1:18:59 Faith to Make the Impossible Possible

1:29:35 Blind Eyes & a Dumb Mouth

1:38:06 Sheep without a Shepherd

1:41:33 Context for the Call

1:55:03 The Original Twelve Apostles

2:03:01 Instructions to the Twelve

2:13:01 Wise as Serpents, Harmless as Doves

2:17:09 Take No Thought Beforehand

2:21:25 Prepare for Persecution

2:33:05 Confessing Christ at All Costs

2:38:59 Perceiving Prophets as Prophets

2:45:41 Don't Look Back

2:50:27 Conclusion

Matthew 8, Mark 2-4, Luke 7: A Ministry of Miracles Feb 26, 2023

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A verse-by-verse study of Matthew 8, Mark 2-4, and Luke 7, covering the miracles involving the leper, the centurion's servant, Peter's mother-in-law, the storm at sea, the legion of devils, the man with the palsy, the son of the widow of Nain, and the woman who anointed the Savior's feet). This lesson focuses on braving the multitudes, questioning power or permission, the cleansing ritual, the Messianic secret, giving God His marching orders, the demands of discipleship, letting Jesus sleep, home & friends, physical and spiritual healing, the calling of Matthew, eating with publicans and sinners, to fast or to feast, new wine in old bottles, passing judgment, the most love and the most forgiveness, and more.

0:00 Introduction

8:47 Cleansing the Leper

13:53 Braving the Multitudes

17:37 Questioning Power or Permission

28:02 The Cleansing Ritual

43:00 Keeping the Messianic Secret

46:04 Healing the Centurion's Servant

52:51 Giving God His Marching Orders

1:03:27 Healing Peter's Mother-in-Law

1:08:35 The Demands of Discipleship

1:19:39 Let the Dead Bury their Dead

1:24:52 The Storm at Sea

1:31:18 Letting Jesus Sleep

1:43:12 A Legion of Devils

1:57:13 Naming Legion & Casting Him Out

2:11:39 Go Home to Thy Friends

Matthew 6-7: The Sermon on the Mount Continues Feb 16, 2023

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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 Feb 09, 2023

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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 Feb 02, 2023

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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” Jan 27, 2023

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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” Jan 20, 2023

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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” Jan 18, 2023

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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

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