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The Wonder of Scripture

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The Wonder of Scripture with Laura Bridgewater

11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Friday, September 18
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The Wonder of Scripture with Kimberly Matheson

11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Friday, December 04
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The Wonder of Scripture with Frederick Akinbo

11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Friday, November 20
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The Wonder of Scripture with Alexandra Mackenzie Johns

11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Friday, November 13
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The Wonder of Scripture with Michalyn Steele

11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Friday, November 06
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The Wonder of Scripture with Steven C. Harper

11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Friday, October 30
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The Wonder of Scripture with Spencer Fluhman

11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Friday, October 23
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The Wonder of Scripture with Jenny Pulsipher

11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Friday, October 16
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The Wonder of Scripture with Tyler Gardner

11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Friday, October 09
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The Wonder of Scripture with Ryan Sharp

11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Friday, October 02
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The Wonder of Scripture with Clinton Whipple

11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Friday, September 25
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The Wonder of Scripture with John B. White

11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Friday, September 11
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The Wonder of Scripture Lecture Series

The Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:9–13) with Mark Ellison (April 10, 2026)

Mark Ellison
By Mark Ellison
April 23, 2026 01:12 PM
Mark Ellison explores Matthew 6:9–13 as a powerful pattern for daily discipleship. Drawing on scripture, early Christian practice, and personal experience, he shows how each line of the prayer connects us to the life and mission of Jesus Christ. From moments of spiritual exhaustion to renewed hope, this message invites readers to approach God with honesty, trust His character, and live one day at a time as participants in His kingdom.
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Evolution, Leviathan, and Suffering: Imagining a Poetic Restoration-based Reading of Job with Steven Peck (April 3, 2026)

Steven Peck
By Steven Peck
April 10, 2026 11:52 AM
Steven Peck explores the book of Job through poetry, imagination, and personal reflection. Challenging the idea that scripture offers easy answers, he highlights the power of asking deeper questions—especially about suffering, creation, and God’s role in a complex world. Drawing on science, literature, and faith, Peck invites listeners to see Job not just as a story of patience, but as a bold and meaningful wrestle with the realities of existence.
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Charity and the Stranger in James Montgomery's "A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief" with Leslee Thorne-Murphy (March 27, 2026)

Leslee Thorne-Murphy
By Leslee Thorne-Murphy
March 27, 2026 11:00 AM
Leslee Thorne Murphy explores “A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief” as more than a hymn—it’s a poetic meditation on Matthew 25 and a powerful invitation to see Christ in the people around us. Tracing the life of poet James Montgomery and the historical context of the hymn’s original publication, Murphy uncovers how personal experience, imagination, and scripture come together to create something spiritually transformative.
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The Wonder of Scripture Lecture Series

Psalm 22 and the God Who Hides with Rosalynde F. Welch (March 13, 2026)

Rosalynde F. Welch
By Rosalynde F. Welch
March 13, 2026 11:00 AM
Rosalynde F. Welch explores Psalm 22 as a revelatory text for an age of divine hiddenness. Beginning with the story of Onkelos and the idea of God’s presence becoming manifest through interpretation, Welch examines the psalm’s movement from lament to praise and the mysterious gap where divine rescue is implied but not narrated. She shows how readers across time—Queen Esther, Jesus’s disciples, Melissa Inouye, and especially Jesus Christ himself—enter that gap and find God there. Reading Psalm 22 through Mark’s account of the Crucifixion, Welch argues that Christ’s cry of abandonment opens scripture as a place where hiddenness becomes presence, where lament turns toward praise, and where God is encountered through the act of faithful interpretation.
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Using Our Bodies to Create Spiritual Space with Amy Jensen (March 6, 2026)

Amy Jensen
By Amy Jensen
March 06, 2026 11:00 AM
Amy Jensen explores the sacred role of the body in spiritual life—arguing that our minds, hearts, and physical experiences are not separate from discipleship, but essential to it. Drawing on scripture, personal story, and artistic insight, she shows how we can “create spiritual space” by intentionally partnering with God in the lived, embodied moments of our daily lives.
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Creation, Community, and Creativity: The Wonder of Scripture with Lisa DeLong (February 27, 2026)

By Lisa DeLong
February 27, 2026 11:00 AM
Lisa DeLong examines creation as both cosmic act and everyday practice. Drawing on scripture (notably the Book of Moses), art, and personal practice, she argues that creation is a mutual process: texts and makers change as we return to them. Emphasizing craft, constraint, and the role of beauty, the talk connects divine patterns (golden ratio, temple geometry) with ordinary acts of creativity—painting, music, community-building, even crafting an elegant spreadsheet. The result is a theological and practical vision: human agency, exercised with skill and beauty, participates in God’s work of bringing about immortality and eternal life.
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