The Scriptures Are Real

Tyler Griffin, associate dean of religious education and master teacher, offers a thoughtful look at Holy Week. He explores the Last Supper, Jesus’ unity with the Father and the promise of peace. He walks listeners through Gethsemane’s sorrow and submission and reflects on the Atonement’s cost and God’s love.

Eric Huntsman, biblical scholar of Gospel chronology and Holy Week traditions, offers a fresh lens on Spy Wednesday. He reframes it as Loving Wednesday, highlights the anointing’s symbolism, and shares family rituals that honor women who witness of Christ. Conversations touch on chronology debates, Gospel differences in anointing stories, and practical devotional practices for Holy Week.

Lani Hilton, a religious educator who creates family-centered Holy Week and temple resources. She explores Jesus teaching in the temple, the widow's offering, seed and resurrection imagery, prophecies about the temple, parables on readiness, and service as love. Short, practical ideas for celebrating Holy Tuesday and connecting temple, worship, and family practice.

Hank Smith, BYU scholar and faculty member, offers concise New Testament perspectives. He discusses Jesus’ walks from Bethany and the fig tree object lesson. They unpack symbolic teaching, the temple cleansing as a stand against spiritual extortion, and practical ways to observe Holy Monday like temple attendance and heart-examination.

Eric Huntsman, scholar and author who leads Holy Land pilgrimages and writes on the final days of Jesus. He explores Palm Sunday in Jerusalem, family Holy Week traditions, music and art that deepen worship. Short practical ideas are offered for processions, readings, and honoring the season.

Elaine Dalton, former Young Women leader known for youth and family ministry, and Jenny Oaks Baker, professional violinist who performs sacred music, join Kerry. They discuss witnesses of the Resurrection like Mary Magdalene and the road to Emmaus. They explore Easter traditions, music as worship, using gifts to serve, and share personal testimonies about the risen Christ.

Paul Hoskisson, Old Testament scholar clarifying Hebrew names. Andrew Skinner, linguistic historian unpacking 'I AM.' Brad Wilcox, religious educator exploring women and deliverance. They examine midwives and Moses’ birth, the name Moses, the burning bush phrase ehyeh asher ehyeh, and whether Jehovah was known before Moses. Multiple takes on divine names, translation issues, and symbolic images of rescue and covenant.

Rabbi Jarod Grover, a Toronto rabbi versed in Jewish interpretation, and Andrew Skinner, a biblical scholar of the Old Testament, explore the Joseph narrative. They trace family conflict, Joseph’s rise in Egypt, historical context, the famine-driven reunion, testing and forgiveness, typological parallels with Christ, and Judah’s transformation and sacrificial plea.

We have fantastic extra content for you that you will love on our Patreon Website / enlightenedgeedu . Please join us there so that you can participate in our in-depth lessons. This week we will use footage and maps and pictures to help the story become real as we learn lessons from the text. Join us for our Palm Sunday walk. Learn more at https://www.facebook.com/events/1567692857885760/ . Also check out the performance of The Redeemer by Jenny Oaks Baker at https://www.jennyoaksbaker.com/. In this episode Kerry records in Egypt at the site of the canal that tradition says Joseph built as part of the seven years of plenty. He shows and explains some Egyptian elements from the Joseph Story. Then Kerry and his wife Julianne walk along the Nile as they explore some of the elements of the Joseph story that are applicable to all of us. Then Kerry dives into the Judah and Tamar story to help us see why it is there, to understand it in its original ancient context, and how it will help us understand Christ and many other things we will encounter later in our Old Testament reading. We are grateful for our executive producers, P. Franzen, J. Parke, D. Watson, B. Van Blerkom, the Dawsons, M. Cannon, M. Rosema, B. Fisher, J. Beardall, D. Anderson, M. Zitar, J. Edwards, A. Dixon, and H. Umphlett, and for all our generous and loyal donors. We are also very grateful for all our Patreon members. We are so thankful for Beehive Broadcast for producing the podcast and for Rich Nicholls, who composed and plays the music for the podcast.

Camille Fronk Olsen, a scholar of scripture and longtime religion teacher, reflects on women in Genesis and their active spiritual roles. Short segments explore Rebecca as a prophetic partner, Zipporah’s covenant act, Tamar’s ingenuity to preserve lineage, and Leah and Rachel’s complex sisterhood. The conversation highlights how women shaped covenant families and exercised direct relationships with God.