Brother Dunford
Brother Dunford is a podcast hosted by Bryce Dunford, an Institute instructor for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Each season presents the audio from a separate class he is currently teaching. It is primarily intended for Institute students between the ages of 18 and 35. Listeners are invited to register for a class through BrotherDunford.org, and his earlier classes can be found on his other podcast, "Things of My Soul."
Episodes
Miracles 10: The Miracle of Agency
We often pray for pain to be removed from our lives. But what if it were? The miracle of allowing us to choose for ourselves requires opposition in all things.
Miracles 09: Miracles of Unanswered Prayers
Sometimes Heavenly Fathers does not answer our prayer because He has something much better for us in the future.
Miracles 08: Faith, Divine Purpose, and Miracles
While faith can CAUSE some miracles to happen, miracles cannot interfere with Heavenly Father's divine purposes in our lives.
Miracles 07: Rules of Revelation
Continuing our discussion of the miracle of divine guidance, we look at some of the rules of revelation.
Miracles 06: Miracles of Guidance/Direction
One of the greatest miracles that happens on a daily basis is the miracle of being divinely driected. We can recieve revelation from on high.
Miracles 05: The Miracle of Our Redemption
When we think of miracles, we often think of temporal miracles such as healings. We ought not forget the greatest miracle of all: our redemption.
Miracles 04: Miracles of Strength/Endurance
What is today is not the day of deliverance? What does the Savior offer when the burden is not going to be taken away any time soon: miralces of strength or endurance.
Miracles 03: Miracles of Rescue/Deliverance
When we seek a miracle of rescue or deliverance, we need to take a step into the river and trust the miracle will come as I move forward. But I should also remember that He often asks us to row as long as we have strength. But recue us He will.
Miracles 02: Miracles of Increase
Like the feeding of the 5,000, we often seek miracles of increase. Whether we seek to multiply OUR ability to do His work, or to increase what we receive from Him, the ask is often the same: "What have ye?"
Miracles 01: Has the Day of Miracles Ceased?
One of the prophesied signs of the latter-days in the belief "that miracles are done away." (Moroni 8:26). But "it is by faith that miracles are wrought." (Moroni 7:37). The miracles of Jesus stand as a testimony that He will do miracles in our lives if we allow Him to. This class is a deep dive into some of those miracles and how they "are wrought."
Jesus Christ 10: Inviting His Sanctification
Christ is able to make us holy, but we must open the door and let him in.
Jesus Christ 09: Receive the Holy Ghost
Recognizing the many ways that the Holy Ghost speaks to us and then following wil invite more revelation.
Jesus Christ 08: Baptism and Covenants
Why was Jesus, a sinless person, baptized? The answer reveals why covenants are essential in our lives.
Jesus Christ 07: Repentance
One of the most misunderstood principles of the gospel is repentance. We often mistake the lower level of "church" repentance for the higher level of daily repentance.
Jesus Christ 06: Faith
We can claim great blessings, including justification of sin, it we exercize faith. But how do we do so?
Jesus Christ 05: Endure to the End
One of the conditions of justification is that we endure to the end. Jesus come to Earth to show us how to do that.
Jesus Christ 04: The Conditions of Justification
The Savior is willing to apply this infinite payment to justice in our behalf, but we must qualify. His gospel contains the conditions of His justification.
Jesus Christ 03: That He Might Know According to the Flesh
The Savior suffered the totality of the human experience. Every infinite pain, affliction, sickness. Every one of them, to an infinite level. He knows how to succor us, how to save us, and how to judge us.
Jesus Christ 02: He Answered the Ends of the Law
After taking a look at why WE need this fallen, mortal world, we now look at what it cost Him to provide it. The Savior's atonement "answered the ends of the law."
Jesus Christ 01: Why We Need His Atonement
We need this mortal life, but it comes at a tremendous cost. The Atonement of Christ is what it cost the Father to grant us this mortal life and probaionary state.
Tree of Life 09: Can You See the Tree in Our Day?
The restoration of the gospel is the greatest manifestation in our day of God's love. But so many are blind to it because of the loss of plain and precious truths from the Bible.
Tree of Life 08: Nephite Blindness
Nephite blindness is when our strengths cause us to think we do not need God. Our strengths then become our weakness.
Tree of Life 07: The Rod for the Nephite Building
We need not be fooled by the imitation happiness of pride. The Book of Mormon provides some wonderful antedotes.
Tree of Life 06: The Nephite Building
Like the Lamanties, the Nephties were also fooled by an imitation happiness that once again fools many today: the addictive belief that I am better than you. This is a major message of the Book of Mormon. Do not foolishly turn away from God because He blesses you.
Tree of Life 05: The Lamanite Building & Mist
The Lamanties were fooled by an imitation happiness that also fools many today: the always saw their pain as being someone else's fault. The mist that blinded their eyes was their hatred for and anger towards the Nephites.
Tree of Life 04: Story #2_The Tree in the Book of Mormon
Story #2 is the story of the Book of Mormon. First let's look for the tree; the manifestation of God's love to the Nephites and Lamanites.
Tree of Life 03: Story #1_The New Testament
We turn now to Nephi's version of the tree of life. Instead of seeing the symbolic version, Nephi is told 3 stories and asked to find each element in that story. The first is the story of the New Testament. New Testament blindness is when we reject Christ because He is not the Messiah we wanted Him to be.
Tree of Life 02: Sweet Above All That is Sweet
There are 8 words used to describe the tree of life and its fruit. Each one is given with a superlative. As is: "most sweet, above all that I ever before tasted." Why so much emphasis? And what does Lehi's dream reveal is the protection that comes when we truly believe that the greatest joy in our life comes from the love of God.
Tree of Life 01: The Four Groups
Lehi saw four distinct groups of people in his dream of the tree of life. They reveal some vital lessons about getting to and staying at the tree.
Temple 10: How to Make a Family Eternal
While it is essential to MAKE the right covenants, the true power comes from KEEPING that covenant.
Temple 08: Grant Yourself a Probationary State
One of the doctrines taught in both scripture and in the temple is that this life was intended from the very beginning to be a probtionary state.
Temple 07: House of His Presence
The temple is the House of His Presence and brings increased divine attention.
Temple 06: Healing and Help
The water that is often found in front of the temple is a symbol, given to Ezekiel, of the healing power of the temple.
Temple 05: Fig Leaves and Coats of Skins
When Adam and Eve transgressed, they wanted to hide from God. They made aprons of fig leaves to cover themselve. We do the same. We must learn to REMOVE our fig leaves and REPLACE them with coats of skins.
Temple 04: The Compass
The symbol of the compass is an entriguing one. They are used to draw circles. Understanding that symbolism helps clarify our covenants.
Temple 03: The Navel
We are connected to God through a spiritual navel. How much flows through that navel is up to us.
Temple 02: The Nail in the Sure Place (Isa. 22)
Isaiah describes Christ as a nail in a sure place. Understanding that symbolism will help us keep sacred covenants with Him.
Temple 01: The Square
Our journey through mortality includes traveling through the telestial and terrestrial worlds. To enter the celestial world, we must let go of all things telestial and terrestrial. In the temple, we find help to leave the terrestrial world and enter the celestial. The symbol of the square exemplifies our need for Christ and temple covenants.
Leadership 01: Greatest/Least
The Savior has declared that those who appointed to be the greatest are also the least and servant of all.
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