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The Scriptures Are Real

Kerry Muhlestein
The Scriptures Are Real
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    S5 E45 The Saul within Us: Rising with God and Falling without Him as lessons from Saul (1 Sam. 8-16)

    06/07/2026 | 1h 5 mins.
    Join us for a live recording event on July 8. Email us at TheScripturesAreReal@gmail.com to learn about how to join us.
    This week on Patreon we will help you see where things happened and also teach you in detail about the story of Saul and the rescue of Jabesh Gilead. We will also show you in great detail about Jonathan and why Jonathan would have been such a good king and how he is similar to David and how that interacts with David's story.
    In this episode Kerry teaches us about the call of Saul and especially how God helps him become a new man. He explores the concept of being born again and what it has to do with all of us and what we should learn from it and how we need to have it happen in our lives. He talks about the children of the prophets and what that seems to be in the Old Testament world. Then Kerry and Paul Hoskisson analyze the problem that Israel had when they wanted to have a king. They tell us how we make the same mistake today. Then Kerry and Josh Matson reveal a Dead Sea Scrolls passage that can help us understand the Saul story better, and the explore that story. Then Kerry does a deeper analysis of what caused Saul to fall and how his flaw is a flaw we all have and what we need to learn in order to avoid his mistake.
    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, T. Cottrell, 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.
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    Being Heard by God and Hearing Him: Hannah, Sacrifice and Samuel (1 Samuel 1-7)

    05/31/2026 | 50 mins.
    This week on Patreon we will help you see where things happened and also teach you in detail about the story of the lost ark and regaining with, with videos, pictures, maps and meaningful lessons.
    In this special episode Kerry helps us learn more from the powerful story of Ruth. He and Camille Fronk Olson then teach about the power of the story of Hannah, and Kerry helps us see the story of Samuel’s call in a way that helps us understand modern prophets and prophetic succession better. He also talks about lessons we can learn from Samuel’s call that can help us learn to Hear Him and learn to be more obedient and attuned to the Spirit.
    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, T. Cottrell, 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.
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    Spiritual Resilience and Overcoming Hardship with Ruth and Jodi Orgill Brown (Ruth)

    05/31/2026 | 1h 19 mins.
    his week on Patreon we will help you see where things happened and also teach you in detail about the story of the lost ark and regaining with, with videos, pictures, maps and meaningful lessons. In this episode Kerry and Jodi Orgill Brown discuss in depth how we can learn from Ruth about covenant, being like Christ, and how we can overcome the most devastating things with faith, covenant, charity and Christ. This was a discussion that was planned to be shorter, but became so moving that we wanted everyone to be able to keep learning and growing from it. 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, T. Cottrell, 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.
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    S5 E42 The True Meaning of Judgment, and Choosing What Kind of Judge to Be (Book of Judges)

    05/24/2026 | 1h 29 mins.
    Join us for a live recording and Q&C on July 8 in Lehi, and celebrate over 5 million listens with us. Email us at TheScripturesAreReal@gmail.com to hold your place.
    Also, join us for the most spiritually uplifting week imaginable on the Momentum 27 West cruise. We will leave from San Diego and go to Cabo San Lucas and other great ports. I will speak as well as Elaine Dalton, Jasen Wade, and others. Jenny Oaks Baker and Nathan Pacheco will also perform. Use the promo code KERRY for a discount at https://www.goanddotravel.com/momentu...
    For fantastic extra content, join us at / enlightenedgeedu where you will also be supporting the podcast. This week the extra content will help us learn more about the story of the Judges in the Promised Land. With a lot of pictures and video that go beyond what is in the podcast, Kerry goes into great detail about how the whole things worked and allows you to picture it with much greater clarity.

    In this episode Kerry teaches you what it the word judge and judgement really mean, and how it will affect the way you understand hundreds of scriptures and hugely important concepts in the Gospel. Then in a roundtable the oddities and importance of the era of the judges is explained. Then Kerry and Camille Fronk Olson discuss Debora as a prophetess and judge. Then Kerry and George Pierce explain archaeology that will help you understand the era. Then Kerry helps us draw on some of the most important lessons from the Book of Judges by comparing the Gideon and Samson stories.

    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, T. Cottrell, 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.
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    God Conquers What We Fear: Joshua and God Fighting for Us (Book of Joshua)

    05/17/2026 | 1h 20 mins.
    Join us for the most spiritually uplifting week imaginable on the Momentum 27 West cruise. We will leave from San Diego and go to Cabo San Lucas and other great ports. I will speak as well as Elaine Dalton, Jasen Wade, and others. Jenny Oaks Baker and Nathan Pacheco will also perform. Use the promo code KERRY for a discount at https://www.goanddotravel.com/momentu... For fantastic extra content, join us at / enlightenedgeedu where you will also be supporting the podcast. This week the extra content will help us learn more about the story of the conquest of the Promised Land. With a lot of pictures and video that go beyond what is in the podcast, Kerry goes into great detail about how the whole things worked and allows you to picture it with much greater clarity.

    In this episode Kerry and Dana Pike discuss the book of Joshua and what God does for His people and how God helped them overcome those things they had been afraid of. Kerry talks about how things worked at Jericho, and how they conquered other parts of the Promised Land and how God brought it all about. Kerry also explores what we learn about the covenant and covenant renewal in the video, and then Kerry discusses how God helped them conquer the Canaanites in the north.

    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, T. Cottrell, 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.
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About The Scriptures Are Real
The Scriptures Are Real (TSAR) with Kerry Muhlestein is a podcast where we look at elements of the scriptures that have become real to us. We interview both experts (people with language, archaeological, historical backgrounds, etc.), and lay folks, and explore times when the scriptures became real to them. This is done from the viewpoint of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We believe that there is real power in the scriptures and that as they become more real we can better apply them to our lives and draw more power from them. If you listen to this podcast you will learn all kinds of interesting background information that will help you understand and learn more from the scriptures. We believe it will allow you to add real power to your life. My gratitude to my co-host Lamar Newmeyer. Also to my friend Rich Nicholls, who composed the introductory music.
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