Unshaken Saints
Jared Halverson
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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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.
Episodes
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Nov 25, 2022 • 3h 18min
The Books of Nahum, Habakkuk, & Zephaniah: ”His Ways Are Everlasting”
An in-depth study of the books of Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah. This lesson focuses on a God who is slow to anger, gods of the imagination, Moralistic Therapeutic Deism, wondering why, unbelievable truth, waiting patiently, living by faith, surefooted climbers, the final destruction, strange apparel, searching with candles, the Day of the Lord, light prophets, reversing Babel, and more.
0:00 Introduction
2:03 Nahum, Habakkuk, & Zephaniah
6:54 Nahum's Burden
10:13 Slow to Anger
21:38 A God of Power & Goodness
28:19 Imagining a Different God
33:18 Moralistic Therapeutic Deism
39:10 Freed from Assyrian Affliction
44:43 Strengthening the Army
51:29 Lamenting Our Losses
58:18 Exposing Evil
1:05:03 Falling Like Others Before
1:16:01 Habakkuk Wonders Why
1:22:34 Unbelievably True
1:30:46 Things We Know & Things We Don't Know
1:37:51 Patiently Waiting
1:43:42 The Just Shall Live by Faith
1:50:54 Woes to Babylon
2:05:34 God's Ways Are Everlasting
2:12:27 We Have Proved Him in Days that Are Past
2:20:05 Surefooted on the High Places
2:23:22 Zephaniah & the Destruction of the World
2:30:21 Clothed with Strange Apparel
2:36:17 Searching Jerusalem with Candles
2:40:16 The Day of the Lord Is Near
2:45:49 Warning the Nations
2:55:33 Light Prophets or a Just God
3:01:15 Gathering Wheat & Tares and Reversing Babel
3:08:28 Rejoicing in the Lord
3:14:31 Conclusion
25 snips
Nov 19, 2022 • 3h 29min
The Books of Jonah and Micah: ”Swallowed Up”
An in-depth study of the Book of Jonah and the Book of Micah. This lesson focuses on history or story, anti-biblical attacks, storms at sea, forsaking our own mercy, feeling the right emotions, the gourd and the worm, the fool's prayer, wickedness and oppression, hard sayings and unpopular prophets, economic cannibalism, priestcraft, the Babe of Bethlehem, distilled discipleship, falling and getting back up, the mercy of God, and more.
0:00 Introduction
2:12 History or Story
6:25 Rhetorical Ideographs
18:23 Jonah as Key to Attacking the Bible
24:54 Conservatives vs. Liberals
36:51 Questions about Jonah
41:33 Jonah Called to Nineveh
46:38 Storm at Sea
55:21 Thrown Overboard
1:05:56 Jonah Repents
1:12:34 Forsaking Your Own Mercy
1:17:14 Jonah Preaches in Nineveh
1:27:32 Anger at God's Mercy
1:34:52 Feeling the Right Emotion
1:37:54 The Gourd & the Worm
1:43:18 One Last Lesson
1:52:32 The Fool's Prayer
1:57:16 The Book of Micah
2:02:12 The Sins of Israel
2:11:15 Wickedness & Oppression
2:15:18 Hard Sayings or Popular Prophets
2:23:57 Economic Cannibalism
2:26:54 Priestcraft
2:34:22 Promises for the Last Days
2:46:50 The Babe of Bethlehem
2:55:06 The Case Against Israel
3:00:11 Discipleship in a Single Verse
3:06:43 Dishonesty & Nothing to Show for It
3:11:44 Are Any Righteous Left?
3:16:40 To Fall and Rise Again
3:21:09 Left Speechless by God's Mercy
3:27:56 Conclusion
Nov 10, 2022 • 3h 36min
Amos & Obadiah: ”The Lion Hath Roared”
An in-depth study of the books of Amos and Obadiah. This lesson focuses on prosperity & pride, forgetting the brotherly covenant, robbing true potential, the roar of the lion, fat cows, passing judgment, ease in Zion, visions of judgment, the plumbline, Amos's prophetic call, famine in the land, scattering & gathering, a farmer's heaven, our brother's keeper, saviors on Mount Zion, and more.
0:00 Introduction
4:55 The Book of Amos
9:14 Prosperity & Pride
12:49 Warning the Surrounding Nations
19:22 Forgetting the Brotherly Covenant
29:48 Iniquity in Israel
35:22 Robbing True Potential
42:09 The Roar of the Lion
50:56 The Lord's Case Against Israel
1:00:42 Fat Cows, Feeding Themselves
1:07:40 Passing Judgment on Israel
1:16:48 Lamentation over Israel
1:28:01 Sins on the Right & the Left
1:35:19 Running from Symptoms, Not Curing Disease
1:38:38 Rejecting False Worship
1:47:19 At Ease in Zion
1:54:46 You Can Run, But You Can't Hide
2:02:05 Visions of Judgment
2:07:37 The Plumbline
2:14:51 Amos Didn't Ask for This
2:21:41 When God Gets in the Way of Your Worldliness
2:31:11 Famine in the Land
2:43:11 A Vision of the Lord
2:48:41 Scattering & Gathering
2:54:55 A Farmer's Heaven
2:59:45 The Book of Obadiah
3:02:28 A Warning to Edom
3:09:46 Our Brother's Keeper
3:21:39 Deliverance or Destruction?
3:26:44 Saviors on Mount Zion
3:34:11 Conclusion
17 snips
Nov 5, 2022 • 3h 33min
The Books of Hosea and Joel: ”Forgiving the Unfaithful”
An in-depth study of the Book of Hosea and the Book of Joel. This lesson focuses on covenant infidelity, symbolic names, the door of hope, paying a ransom, removing bounds, outward or inward, similes for sin, the scattering of Israel, the law of the harvest, getting what we deserve, a plea to return, the last days, imminent destruction, a trumpet in Zion, signs of the times, spiritual outpourings, the Valley of Decision, and more.
0:00 Introduction
5:29 The Book of Hosea
9:29 A Wife of Whoredoms
15:36 Symbolic Children
27:57 Infidelity & Reconciliation
42:31 The Door of Hope
56:26 Ransom for a Second Chance
1:03:43 The Apostasy of Israel
1:12:17 Israel & Judah, Removing Bounds
1:17:11 Outward or Inward
1:27:23 Similes for Sin
1:39:54 Eaten by the Eagle, Bucked off the Bull
1:47:43 The Scattering of Israel
1:55:18 The Law of the Harvest
2:00:54 God Never Gives Up on Us
2:10:38 Calling by the Prophets
2:16:53 Getting What We Deserve
2:26:05 A Final Plea to Return
2:35:02 The Book of Joel
2:37:04 Destruction Awaits
2:44:49 A Trumpet in Zion
2:52:55 The Signs of the Times
3:03:42 The Spirit Poured Out Upon All Flesh
3:12:11 The Valley of Judgment
3:21:27 The Valley of Decision
3:26:50 Conclusion
33 snips
Oct 27, 2022 • 4h 24min
The Book of Daniel: ”Enemy Territory”
An in-depth study of the book of Daniel. This lesson focuses on Babylonification, sticking to our standards, revelation and interpretation, statue or stone, the fiery furnace, faith and submission, undiluted discipleship, the lion's den, the four beasts, the Ancient of Days, the Abomination of Desolation, repentance and forgiveness, comeliness and corruption, opposition to the covenant, the Last Days, and more.
0:00 Introduction to Daniel
7:06 Babylonification Begins
18:49 Sticking to Your Standards
35:31 Revelation & Interpretation
47:46 Seeking Answers to Difficult Questions
56:51 Nebuchadnezzar's Dream: Statue or Stone
1:16:02 The Image of Babylon
1:29:51 But If Not
1:38:57 The Fiery Furnace
1:49:12 Cutting Down the Great Tree
2:08:23 The Writing on the Wall
2:21:31 Undiluted Discipleship
2:32:33 The Lion's Den
2:46:15 The Four Beasts
3:00:47 The Ancient of Days
3:11:53 The Abomination of Desolation
3:19:16 A Prayer of Repentance
3:29:34 His Mercies, Not Our Righteousness
3:43:36 Comeliness Turned to Corruption
3:53:10 Strengthened by the Lord
3:59:28 Opposition to the Covenant
4:08:34 The Last Days
4:21:38 Conclusion
4 snips
Oct 21, 2022 • 6h 9min
The Book of Ezekiel: ”Watchmen on the Tower”
An in-depth study of the book of Ezekiel. This lesson focuses on visions of God, a watchman's responsibility, visual aids, the destruction of Jerusalem, a new heart, untempered mortar, covenant infidelity, the reality of repentance, dividing lines, cleansing the cauldron, shepherds in Israel, dry bones, the two sticks, God and Magog, living water from the Temple, and more.
0:00 Introduction to Ezekiel
9:34 The Vision of Ezekiel
25:15 Ezekiel's Call to Serve
37:35 A Watchman's Responsibility
53:29 Visual Aids of Jerusalem's Destruction
1:14:04 Remembering the God We've Rejected
1:21:31 The End Is Near
1:26:05 Secret Wickedness in Sacred Places
1:40:06 Scattering & Gathering with a New Heart
1:46:49 More Visual Aids
1:56:33 Untempered Mortar
2:10:04 No One Can Save You Now
2:19:42 Covenant Infidelity
2:39:01 The Reality of Repentance
2:57:15 A Funeral Dirge & a History Lesson
3:05:37 Drawing Dividing Lines
3:17:20 Unfaithful Sisters
3:21:57 Cleansing the Cauldron
3:31:06 Warning Tyre about Economics
3:43:44 Woe unto Egypt
3:48:20 Watchmen on the Tower
3:59:43 To the Shepherds in Israel
4:27:24 Redeeming the People of God
4:43:10 The Valley of Dry Bones
4:51:02 Joining the Two Sticks
5:11:53 Gog and Magog
5:27:08 Measuring the Temple
5:34:58 God Comes Home
5:43:36 The Glory of the Lord's House
5:53:09 Traffic Patterns & Living Water
6:07:02 Conclusion
Oct 13, 2022 • 4h 26min
Jeremiah 30-Lamentations 5: ”A New Covenant”
An in-depth study of the second half of Jeremiah and the book of Lamentations. This lesson focuses on grace in the wilderness, finding the last Easter egg, an inward covenant, real estate in Zion, an unburnable book, the fall of Jerusalem, an ever-shrinking remnant, the gathering of non-Israel, asking the way to Zion, tears of sorrow, prayers of deliverance, and more.
0:00 Introduction
5:42 The Promise of Healing
20:24 Grace in the Wilderness
28:29 Finding the Last Easter Egg
36:12 Unaccustomed to the Yoke
41:28 A Wife Proposing to Her Husband
48:41 An Inward Covenant
57:57 A Safe Investment
1:07:35 A Messianic Promise
1:18:37 Covenant Keepers
1:25:51 The Unburnable Book
1:40:12 In Prison Court & Mirey Dungeon
1:50:52 A Compssionate Outsider
2:00:46 The Fall of Jerusalem
2:07:21 A Remnant Remains
2:15:40 Don't Trust in Egypt
2:26:16 You Can Run But You Can't Hide
2:30:14 An Ever-Shrinking Remnant
2:39:17 Warnings to the Nations
2:52:42 The Gathering of Non-Israel
3:04:11 Asking the Way to Zion
3:12:54 Warning the Babylonians
3:30:03 The Fall of Jerusalem
3:36:31 Captive in Babylon
3:42:59 The Weeping Prophet
3:55:50 Sorrowing Over the Fallen City
4:03:56 A Prayer for Deliverance
4:15:54 The State of Society
4:19:44 A Final Prayer
4:22:45 Conclusion
12 snips
Oct 5, 2022 • 4h 38min
Jeremiah 1-29: ”Fire In the Bones”
An in-depth study of Jeremiah 1-29. This lesson focuses on the martyrdom of Isaiah, the background of Jeremiah, foreordination, covenant infidelity, broken cisterns, breaking the soil, mistaking the outward for the inward, defiling our garments, a false sense of security, the destruction of Judah, fishers and hunters, potter's clay, fire in the bones, the shepherds in Israel, the Lord's Council, ripe or rotten, making the best of Babylon, and more.
0:00 Introduction
2:42 The Martyrdom of Isaiah
8:36 The Background of Jeremiah
15:27 Jeremiah Foreordained
25:24 Jeremiah's Mission
35:25 Covenant Infidelity
44:24 Living Springs or Broken Cisterns
49:36 Cheating on the Lord
1:02:10 Idolatry as Adultery
1:06:35 Returning to the Lord
1:17:28 Break the Soil & Circumcise the Heart
1:26:05 Reversing Creation
1:30:45 Are Any Righteous Left?
1:40:38 Refusing to Repent
1:45:54 Mistaking the Outward for the Inward
2:00:55 Too Late to Change?
2:08:50 Mourning Over the World's Wickedness
2:17:24 False Idols or the True God?
2:21:57 God's Covenant, His Judgment, & His Love
2:30:20 Defiling their Garments
2:37:04 A False Sense of Security
2:45:23 The Destruction of Judah
2:54:34 Fishers & Hunters
3:07:16 Trees of Life & Sabbaths of Peace
3:14:01 Potter's Clay & Smashing the Pot
3:25:48 Fire in the Bones
3:36:00 A Call to Surrender
3:42:44 Their Only Hope
3:47:03 To the Shepherds in Israel
3:56:47 The Lord's Council
4:03:35 Ripe or Rotten?
4:13:16 Silencing the Prophet
4:19:17 Bearing the Babylonian Yoke
4:25:40 Making the Best of Babylon
4:34:57 Conclusion
14 snips
Sep 28, 2022 • 3h 24min
Isaiah 58-66: ”Beauty for Ashes”
An in-depth study of Isaiah 58-66. This lesson focuses on the true fast, the delightful Sabbath, hatching eggs of iniquity, groping for the wall, the armor of God, beauty for ashes, robes of righteousness, marriage and a new name, watchmen on the walls, treading the winepress alone, reshaping the clay, filthy rags, the law of the harvest, giving birth to the kingdom of God, and more.
0:00 Introduction
3:44 The False Fast
12:50 The True Fast
32:18 The Sabbath, a Delight
43:59 Sin as Separation
50:44 Hatching the Eggs of Iniquity
58:01 Groping for the Wall
1:05:16 Truth Is Fallen
1:09:58 The Armor of God
1:16:35 Rise & Shine
1:19:44 The Gathering
1:36:50 Beauty for Ashes
1:48:25 Priests & Ministers in Robes of Righteousness
1:58:10 Marriage & a New Name
2:02:08 Watchmen on the Walls
2:08:20 Treading the Winepress Alone
2:16:42 Vengeance, Love, & Perfect Empathy
2:27:02 Filthy Rags
2:33:03 Reshaping the Clay
2:37:31 Reaping What We Sow
2:47:36 New Heavens & a New Earth
2:54:06 Rejecting False Worship
3:02:23 Giving Birth to the Kingdom of God
3:14:01 Happy Endings?
3:21:29 Conclusion
24 snips
Sep 21, 2022 • 3h 39min
Isaiah 50-57: ”Man of Sorrows”
An in-depth study of Isaiah 50-57. This lesson focuses on feeling forsaken, the tongue of the learned, fading fashions, sparks, beautiful garments and beautiful feet, the suffering servant, substitutionary atonement, the Savior's seed, enlarging the tent, everlasting kindness, higher ways & higher thoughts, wasted money, the water cycle, those who don't fit the mold, a place and a name, covenant infidelity, and more.
0:00 Introduction
3:21 The Isaiah Relay in the Book of Mormon
9:40 Feeling Forsaken
19:44 The Tongue of the Learned
21:40 Submitting to His Persecutors
27:50 Fading Fashions
30:57 The Lord's Light or Our Sparks
35:18 Examples of Persevering Faith
44:40 Trust in the Lord
57:53 Putting on Your Beautiful Garments
1:11:26 Beautiful Feet
1:24:06 Depart from Babylon
1:27:19 Shutting the Mouths of Kings
1:31:12 The Suffering Servant
1:45:43 The Substitutionary Atonement
1:53:25 Sheep, Shepherd, & and the Savior's Seed
2:12:02 Enlarging the Tent
2:20:57 Everlasting Kindness
2:29:05 The Smith Blowing the Coals
2:35:38 Purchase Price & Wasted Money
2:41:46 Higher Ways & Higher Thoughts
2:47:11 The Water Cycle
2:51:04 To Those Who Don't Fit the Mold
3:02:14 Something Better, A Place & A Name
3:16:44 Woe to the Wicked
3:20:15 Covenant Infidelity
3:27:31 No Peace to the Wicked
3:35:06 Conclusion
