Things of My Soul
This podcast features recordings of classes taught by Brother Bryce Dunford, an Institute instructor for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Each season is a separate course, covering topics such as dating, the Book of Mormon, temples ancient and modern, the character of Christ, the parables of Jesus, and the eternal family. The episodes offer scriptural study and doctrinal lessons drawn from his experience teaching institute classes. His current classes can be found on his other podcast, "Brother Dunford," and on his website, BrotherDunford.org.
Episodes
Science of Dating 13: The Rules of Revelation for Dating
Heavenly Father will help you find an eternal companion, but we must understand some of the rules of revelation the apply to dating.
Science of Dating 12: Heavenly Father Will Help You
Heavenly Father's greatest priority is helping create eternal families.
Science of Dating 11: Pitfall #10: Being Afraid to Try
Pitfall #10. Like the one who only received one talent, our human nature often causes us to be so afraid of failure that we do not try. This, the Lord rebuked in the parable. He wants a people that would rather fail than not try.
Science of Dating 10: Pitfall #9b: Not Recogizing When Change is Not Occuring
Pitfall #9; Part B is staying in a relationship with deal-breakers and hoping change will occure and not recognizing that change is not occuring and will likely result in a broken relationship. In this class we talk about how to recognize then change is and is not occuring.
Science of Dating 09: Pitfall #9a: Not Allowing Repentance and Change
Pitfall #9; Part A is not allowing others to repent or change; expecting them to be perfect. That is hypocritical since none of us will offer our spouse a perfect partner. We must grant each other and ourselves a probationary state.
Science of Dating 08: Pitfalls #7 & #8: Not Jumping In & Not Jumping Out When You Should
Pitfall #7 is not jumping in when you should (preference on the deal-breaker list) and pitfall #8 is not jumping out when you should (deal-breaker on the preference list).
Science of Dating 07: Pitfall #6: Not Considering What You Need
Pitfall #6 is not considering that perhaps your best partner is someone who sees what you do not.
Science of Dating 06: Pitfall #5: Love vs. Being in Love
Pitfall #5 is not knowing the difference between 'Being in Love' (the thrill) and love (the choice, the committment).
Science of Dating 05: Pitfall #4: Inappropriate Dating; Part 2
Pitfall #4 is when you are dating at one level (ie. on a date with a 1), but your focus and purpose is at another level (ie. you're looking for a match). In this class, we look at appropriate dating at levels 4, 5, and 6.
Science of Dating 04: Pitfall #4: Inappropriate Dating; Part 1
Pitfall #4 is when you are dating at one level (ie. on a date with a 1), but your focus and purpose is at another level (ie. you're looking for a match).
Science of Dating 03: Pitfall #3: Letting Your Heart Jump to 6
Pitfall #3 is when we let our hearts jump to marriage before we know if we are a match.
Science of Dating 02: Pitfall #2: Not Understanding the Purpose of Relationship Dating
Pitfall #2 is when you do not understand not take full advantage of relationship dating. We are looking for a match; which is the absence of deal-breakers.
Science of Dating 01: Pitfall #1: Skipping Friendship Dating
Pitfall #1 is the tendancy to jump right to relationship dating. It is often awkward and uncomfortable. There is a better way: Friendship Dating.
Hear Him 26: Pray for the Boat
We often pray that God will change our circumstance. But He is often causing the circumstance becasue He knows they are for our good. We must also learn to pray for God to change US.
Hear Him 25: Hear Him in His Children
Heavenly Father is not very far away. He is not difficult to find. He has placed Himself in His children. Learn to look for Him in others.
Hear Him 24: Hear Him in Prosperity
Heavenly Father's children often forget Him the very moment He blesses them. We must learn to hear Him in prosperity in order to break out of the vicious pride cycle described in the Book of Mormon.
Hear Him 23: Hear Him in Adversity: Liberty Jail; Part 3
Part 3. We can learn some tremendous lesson from Joseph Smith in Liberty Jail about hearing Him in the Dark.
Hear Him 22: Hear Him in Adversity: Liberty Jail; Part 2
Part 2. We can learn some tremendous lesson from Joseph Smith in Liberty Jail about hearing Him in the Dark.
Hear Him 21: Hear Him in Adversity: Liberty Jail; Part 1
We can learn some tremendous lesson from Joseph Smith in Liberty Jail about hearing Him in the Dark.
Hear Him 20: Hear Him in Adversity: Nephi & Laman
Nephi illustrates how to hear God in adveristy.
Hear Him 19: Hear Him in Adversity
The Book of Mormon opens with a powerful lesson on hearing God in our challenges.
Hear Him 18: Hear Him Through the Prophet
Christ sends us blessings as we obey the words He sends through His prophets.
Hear Him 17: A House of Preservation & Healing
His house is also a house of preservation and healing.
Hear Him 16: A House of Learning; Part 2
Revelation will flow more readily when we seek to better understand the symbols in His house.
Hear Him 15: A House of Learning; Part 1
Revelation will flow more readily when we seek learning in His house.
Hear Him 14: Meet Him in His House
We build temples to give God a place to manifest Himself to His people and to allow us to be in His presence.
Hear Him 13: How to Get More Out of the Scriptures
Understanding some simple study techniques will help us get more our of the scriptures.
Hear Him 12: Hear Him Better by Studying the Scriptures
The scriptures promise increased communication and help from Heaven when we diligently study the scriptures.
Hear Him 11: You are NOT a Tare
It is our human nature to compare ourselves to others and see ourselves as not enough. We are the wheat that we keep out as a tare.
Hear Him 10: Let HIM In
Far too often we keep the Savior at a distance, loving Him and being terrified of Him at the same time. He is pleading for us to open the door and let Him in. Not when we are all dressed up and the house is clean, but where we are dripping with mud and standing in a mess. It is not condemnation He will bring.
Hear Him 09: Remove the Tares of False Stories and Doubtful Disputations
For many of us, the biggest tares disguised as wheat are the stories we tell ourselves and what Paul calls 'doubtful disputations.'
Hear Him 08: Wheat and Tares in Our Lives
One of the biggest challenges in our day is distinuishing between friend and foe. Too ofter we let in poison and avoid those who would have blessed our lives.
Hear Him 07: Hear Him by Forgiving Others
The Lord will pour out blessings in our lives if we forgive others.
Hear Him 06: Hear Him by Taking Better Care of Your Body
We all have a spiritual navel; a connection to the divine. How we treat our body has a tremendous effect on the flow of nutrients through out navel.
Hear Him 05: Lord, Teach Us to Pray
Perhaps the best way to Hear Him is to pray better and more frequently.
Hear Him 04: Rules of Revelation
The journey of the Jaredites to America reveals several key rules of revelation.
Hear Him 03: Messages to the Mind
When we understand the many ways God speaks to our mind, we invite more revelation and our confidence grows.
Hear Him 02: Messages to the Heart
When we understand the many ways God speaks to our heart, we invite more revelation and our confidence grows.
Hear Him 01: "This is my Beloved Son. Hear Him!"
We live in a day very similar to the Prophet Joseph Smith, in which there is a "war or words" and a "tumult of opinion." The solution is still the same: Hear Him! and not the crowd.
Book of Mormon 14: The Book of Mormon's Message About Itself
The Book of Mormon testifies of the role it should play in our lives.
Book of Mormon 13: Helaman: Secret Combinations
The Devil has a secret, which he tells to those who follow him. They form secret combinations. Modern-day secret combinations are much more advanced. The Book of Helaman teaches how to succeed when we face secret combinations
Book of Mormon 12: Helaman: Pride and Pain
The prosperity of the Book of Helaman and its subsequent pride are patterns of our day. We must learn the shortcut.
Book of Mormon 11: Helaman: Wars of the Heart
The Book of Helaman predicts that the wars of our day will be wars of the heart. We cannot use the sword. Only the Gospel of Christ will work.
Book of Mormon 10: Helaman: A Pattern of Our Day
The coming of Christ in the Book of Mormon is a pattern of His Second Coming in our day. Therefore, the days BEFORE His coming in 3 Nephi are a pattern of the days BEFORE his Second Coming. The Book of Helaman is a guide to succeed in our day.
Book of Mormon 09: Ending the War Begun in Heaven: The Strippling Warriors
Within the story of the war chapters, there is a smaller story which seems to illustrate the very point these war chapters are trying to proclaim. The preservation of the strippling warriors is a prophecy of the preservation of the righteous in the war against Satan. We must be modern-day strippling warriors.
Book of Mormon 08: Ending the War Begun in Heaven: The Two Mistakes
After Captain Moroni's preparations, the Nephites were prepared for the Lamanites and had all power over them. The war should have ended after one battle. However, the Nephites opened the front door and let them in by making two mistakes. Many, today, make the same mistakes and let the enemy in.
Book of Mormon 07: Ending the War Begun in Heaven: Amalickiah
The great war in the Book of Mormon is a pattern of the war that began in pre-mortal life. These chapters are our instruction manual to end the spiritual war in our day. Amalickiah is a type of Satan and reveals Lucifer's strategy.
Book of Mormon 06: How to Combat the Influence of an Anti-Christ
Four Anti-Christs in the Book of Mormon teach us how to combat the influence of modern-day Anti-Christs.
Book of Mormon 05: Noah Blindness (Mosiah)
We now turn to Topic #2: The Book of Mormon Was Written For Our Day. The Book of Mormon warns that one of our greatest challenges in the latter days is avoiding Noah Blindness. The book of Mosiah provides solutions.
Book of Mormon 04: Hope & Grace for Grace
To claim the blessing and power of the Atonement of Christ, we must have hope. Growth comes line upon line through a process called Grace for Grace.
Book of Mormon 03: The Atonement of Christ; Part 2
Our Savior experienced the totality of mortal exisitence and knows each of us perfectly. That allows Him to tailor the mortal experiences we each need.
Book of Mormon 02: The Atonement of Christ; Part 1
Our Savior answered the ends of the law in order to reclaim us from the demands of justice. We explore what He accomplished in answering the law and what He can then do in our lives.
Book of Mormon 01: The Dilemma & the Invitation
The Book of Mormon has a dilemma. Each of us is part of the solution. Accept the invitation the book extends to overcome the dilemma.
Temple 14: Why Else Do We Build Temples?
Often, we think that ordinance work is the only reason to attend the temple. In this class, we explore other reasons we build temples.
Temple 13: How to Make Marriage Last Forever
The Lord has given 2 requirements to make marriage last for eternity, but we often emphasis the wrong one.
Temple 12: The Outer Law of Consecration
Consecrating all we have to the Lord will only be the first step of living the outer Law of Consecration. In this class we discuss the other 2 steps.
Temple 11: The Inner Law of Consecration; Part 2
Part 2 of our discussion about the inner law of consecration.
Temple 10: The Inner Law of Consecration; Part 1
Our Heavenly Father is willing to give us all that He has. We must, therefore be willing to give Him all that we have. We must obey the inner law of consecration.
Temple 09: The Temple Law of Chastity
How is the temple version of the Law of Chastity different than the chapel version?
Temple 08: The Laws of Sacrifice & the Gospel
How do we know what to obey and what to sacrifice? The Law of the Gospel is the set of instuctions that allow us to keep the first two covenants.
Temple 07: The Law of Obedience
The first law of Heaven and the first covenant of the Endowment is the Law of Obedience. If we first made this covenant at baptism, how is the temple version difference?
Temple 06: The Doctrinal Backdrop: Families
In retelling the story of the creation, the Lord reveals His greatest purpose: to exalt families. When our greatest purpose matches His, we will enjoy the fullness of His happiness.
Temple 05: The Doctrinal Backdrop: Our Probationary State
The covenants of the Endowment are made within a storyline. It is vital to understand that storyline. It also reveals some key truths about our convenants, like our Father's expectation for this probationary state.
Temple 04: Clothed & Named
Like Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, we all need to take off the fig leaves we use to cover our sins and put on the coats of skins that the Father offers us. Also, when we take upon us a name, we accept an new identity and a new way of living.
Temple 03: Anointed
Like the Israelites at Passover, we need to mark ourselves with the Savior's atonement in order to receive His blessings. In our day, the world is also seeking to place their mark on us.
Temple 02: Washed
Connecting several dots, we can better understand the purpose of being washed in the temple.
Temple 01: Chapel Ordinances
Chapel ordinances help us overcome telestial habits and become more terrestrial. Temple ordinances help us move from terrestrial to celstial.
Restoration 14: Race and the Priesthood
What led Brigham Young to withhold the priesthood from black males? New information may help you see the situation differently.
Restoration 13: Plural Marriage
In this class, we explore some of the reasons that may have contributed to the early saints practicing plural marriage. There is so much we do not know.
Restoration 12: Eternal Marriage
How do we make the things most important to us last the longest? The Lord has given 2 requirements. We often emphasis the wrong one.
Restoration 11: The Law of the Church; Part 2
Part 2 of our discussion of the Law of the Church.
Restoration 10: The Law of the Church; Part 1
The Lord revealed a law unto Joseph Smith in Kirtland, Ohio. This law should define the members of the Church.
Restoration 09: The Doctrine & Covenants
The Doctrine & Covenants is a sacred book of scripture, unique in our cannon. Learning the role it plays in the restoration is vital.
Restoration 08: Missionary Work
Each of us are missionaries. The Book of Mormon shows us how and how not to.
Restoration 07: Why We Need Temples
In our chapels, we preform ordinances that invite us to leave the telestial world and enter a terrestrial world. In our temples, we perform ordinances that then invite us to leave the terrestrial world behind and be more celetial.
Restoration 06: Our Greatest Responsibility
As modern-day Abraham, it is our responsibility to bless all the families of the earth with exaltation. Someday we will offer to the Lord a book containing the completed ordinances of all our families.
Restoration 05: The City of Zion: Past, Present, Future
Like in the days of Enoch, the people of God are going to build a city of safety for the saints to dwell. We examine the history of that city, its current state, and our hope for the future.
Restoration 04: The Watchman on the Tower
We are led by Seers, who see the danger while it is a far off. While they are not perfect, they do see what we do not. Our spiritual survival depends on heeding their warnings.
Restoration 03: Priesthood
Pres. Nelson warned that too many men and women in the Church do not understand nor claim their priviledges of the pristhood. We explore the difference between hierarchical and patriarchal priesthood as well as the difference between authority and power.
Restoration 02: Truth
Second, in order of restoration, was the restoration of lost truth. We must not make "more of less" of the truth.
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