By Study and By Faith
By Study and By Faith: BYU Speeches
Looking for examples of faith and scholarly knowledge working together for good? This weekly podcast showcases BYU devotionals and forums that blend reason and science with faith, university disciplines with discipleship, and the scholarly with the sacred. Expand your mind while strengthening your spirit by listening to these unique speeches.
Episodes
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Oct 16, 2025 • 31min
Seeing Through the Generations | Neil L. Anderson | May 2006
Looking through the generations, both past and future, we find an enhanced perspective of who we are and who we can become. Click here to see the speech page!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 9, 2025 • 45min
“Let Us Think Straight” | M. Russell Ballard | August 2013
We are in a day and a time when we must stand in unity to defend Christ. Women possess unique abilities to defend our Savior with power. Click here to see the speech page.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Oct 2, 2025 • 31min
“True Doctrine, Understood, Changes Attitudes and Behavior”| Todd B .Parker | January 2015
Todd B. Parker explains that real change doesn’t start with behavior—it begins when we understand true doctrine, letting the Spirit shape our attitudes and actions from the inside. Click here to view the full speech.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 25, 2025 • 35min
Remember Lot's Wife | Jeffrey R. Holland | January 2009
Jeffrey R. Holland reminds us that faith isn’t rooted in longing for the past but in trusting God’s promise of what is yet to come—and that when we refuse to “look back,” we open ourselves to a future full of hope. Click here to view the full speech.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 18, 2025 • 36min
It Might Have Been | Carlos E. Asay | November 1995
Carlos E. Asay warns that life’s greatest regrets often come from the paths we never took—and urges us to seek God daily, learn both by study and faith, and use our gifts now so we’ll never look back and say, “It might have been.” Click here to view the full speech.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 11, 2025 • 21min
Successfully Failing Pursuing Our Quest for Perfection | Kevin J Worthen | January 2015
Kevin J. Worthen invites us to recognize that failure, when met with resilience and faith, becomes a stepping-stone in our quest for perfection. Click here to view the full speech.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 4, 2025 • 26min
Scholarship and Faith: Insights from My BYU Experience | Adam T. Woolley | May 2022
BYU implements a unique form of teaching centered around scholarship and faith that draws us closer to the Savior’s example. Click here to view the full speech. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 4, 2025 • 26min
Scholarship and Faith: Insights from My BYU Experience | Adam T. Woolley
BYU implements a unique form of teaching centered around scholarship and faith that draws us closer to the Savior’s example. Click here to view the speech page. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 28, 2025 • 28min
Learning in an Eternal Context | Lynn E. Garner
There is a limit to how much we can learn in this life, so we must gain knowledge that has the most worth, learning by study and by faith. Click here to view the speech page. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 21, 2025 • 30min
True Doctrine, Understood, Changes Attitudes and Behavior | Todd B. Parker
Studying the scriptures daily, listening to the words of Christ, and driving darkness from our lives are ways to understand true doctrine. Click here to view the speech page. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
