Each year, religion professors at Brigham Young University (BYU) produce hundreds of publications on subjects related to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast brings this research into one place to enlighten the everyday seeker of truth. Interviewing the author, we discuss why the study was done, why it matters, and why the professor chooses to be both a scholar, and a disciple. This is Y Religion.
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Each year, religion professors at Brigham Young University (BYU) produce hundreds of publications on subjects related to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This podcast brings this research into one place to enlighten the everyday seeker of truth. Interviewing the author, we discuss why the study was done, why it matters, and why the professor chooses to be both a scholar, and a disciple. This is Y Religion.
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Recent Episodes
May 15, 2026
Episode 146: God's Steadfast Love While Everyone Did What Was Right in Their Own Eyes (Aaron Schade)
Host Dr. Rosalynde Welch interviews Professor Aaron Schade, who reframes the book of Judges as a testament to God's steadfast love amidst spiritual decline and broken covenants.
May 1, 2026
Episode 145: "Thou Shalt Utterly Destroy" Understanding the Biblical Hērem in Scripture
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN">What do we make of times in scripture where violence occurs, especially when the destruction comes because of God's commands? In this episode, Professor <span class="outlook-search-highlight" data-markjs="true">David</span> M. <span class= "outlook-search-highlight" data-markjs="true">Calabro</span> discusses his article "'Thou Shalt Utterly Destroy': Understanding the Biblical</span> <span lang="EN" xml:lang= "EN">Ḥ</span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN">ērem", which grapples with the troubling and often misunderstood concept of</span> <span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN">ḥ</span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN">ērem</span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN">—the ritualized devotion of people, cities, and goods to God that appears in the conquest narratives of Deuteronomy and Joshua.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN"><span class= "outlook-search-highlight" data-markjs="true">Calabro</span> explains that while</span> <span lang="EN" xml:lang= "EN">ḥ</span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN">ērem is frequently read today as indiscriminate violence or genocide, its ancient meaning is far more complex. Rooted linguistically in ideas of holiness and consecration,</span> <span lang="EN" xml:lang= "EN">ḥ</span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN">ērem reflects an ancient Near Eastern way of framing warfare in theological, often hyperbolic terms. By placing Israel's scriptures alongside archaeological evidence, inscriptions from neighboring cultures, and restored gospel truths, the episode shows how biblical language of total destruction functioned within a shared cultural hyperbolic idiom, and that</span> <span lang="EN" xml:lang= "EN">ḥ</span><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN">ērem is not ultimately about ethnicity or nationality, but about covenant loyalty, repentance, and one's response to God. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN">Rather than resolving all moral and theological questions, <span class= "outlook-search-highlight" data-markjs="true">Calabro</span>'s work invites listeners to read these texts with greater historical awareness, humility, and a willingness to work with God to understand His ways.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" xml:lang= "EN">Publications:</span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoListParagraph"><span lang="EN" xml:lang= "EN"><a title="https://rsc.byu.edu/wilderness-monarchy/thou-shalt-utterly-destroy" href= "https://rsc.byu.edu/wilderness-monarchy/thou-shalt-utterly-destroy" data-outlook-id="bbe5b94e-737b-4364-94d4-8e0348bdd353">"Thou Shalt Utterly Destroy"</a> : <a title= "https://rsc.byu.edu/wilderness-monarchy/thou-shalt-utterly-destroy" href= "https://rsc.byu.edu/wilderness-monarchy/thou-shalt-utterly-destroy" data-outlook-id= "4aeea46d-f058-44f9-88ca-5f50fd7ecfe6">Understanding the Biblical Ḥērem</a> in <a title= "https://rsc.byu.edu/book/wilderness-monarchy" href= "https://rsc.byu.edu/book/wilderness-monarchy" data-outlook-id= "0f0b2a02-2bd4-42b6-8619-746e2bbd7f15">From Wilderness to Monarchy</a></span> <span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN">(Religious Studies Center, 2025)</span></li> <li class="MsoListParagraph"><span lang="EN" xml:lang= "EN"><a title="https://rsc.byu.edu/great-lasting-war/behold-our-god-us" href="https://rsc.byu.edu/great-lasting-war/behold-our-god-us" data-outlook-id="691bb652-9516-4186-8cac-daab013e19fb">"Behold Our God Is with Us"</a>: <a title= "https://rsc.byu.edu/great-lasting-war/behold-our-god-us" href= "https://rsc.byu.edu/great-lasting-war/behold-our-god-us" data-outlook-id="dede6d0f-3863-4efc-b8f7-5bc4ce3bf32b">Realism and Divine Focus in Mormon's War Narratives</a> in <a title= "https://rsc.byu.edu/book/great-lasting-war" href= "https://rsc.byu.edu/book/great-lasting-war" data-outlook-id= "7a9d1d20-92b8-4616-bc23-ca65a5e75e9d">This Great and Lasting War</a> (Religious Studies Center, 2025)</span></li> <li class="MsoListParagraph"><span lang="EN" xml:lang= "EN"><a title="https://rsc.byu.edu/tender-mercies-loving-kindness/third-look-lords-hand-stretched-out-still-isaiah-2-14" href= "https://rsc.byu.edu/tender-mercies-loving-kindness/third-look-lords-hand-stretched-out-still-isaiah-2-14" data-outlook-id="7e5b602f-5159-4cce-b215-750e9d8784da">A Third Look at the Lord's Hand "Stretched Out Still" (Isaiah 2–14)</a> in <a title="https://rsc.byu.edu/book/tender-mercies-loving-kindness" href="https://rsc.byu.edu/book/tender-mercies-loving-kindness" data-outlook-id="c4f5cef9-d108-4f68-b784-22fdb11ddf7b">Tender Mercies and Loving-Kindness</a> (Religious Studies Center, 2025)</span></li> <li class="MsoListParagraph"><span lang="EN" xml:lang= "EN"><a title="https://rsc.byu.edu/eyes-ancients/arms-his-love" href="https://rsc.byu.edu/eyes-ancients/arms-his-love" data-outlook-id="c0c6996d-5080-4288-b085-15e767fa33f6">The Arms of His Love</a>: <a title= "https://rsc.byu.edu/eyes-ancients/arms-his-love" href= "https://rsc.byu.edu/eyes-ancients/arms-his-love" data-outlook-id= "3e38152b-2bfd-443d-b1ed-f48f78f62250">Gesture and Meaning in the Book of Mormon</a> in <a title= "https://rsc.byu.edu/book/eyes-ancients" href= "https://rsc.byu.edu/book/eyes-ancients" data-outlook-id= "cc6f28c8-01da-402f-947e-bb19bacd8b81">In the Eyes of the Ancients</a> (Religious Studies Center, 2026)</span></li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" xml:lang="EN">Click <a title= "https://religion.byu.edu/directory/david-calabro" href= "https://religion.byu.edu/directory/david-calabro" data-outlook-id= "cd1c2ad6-75cb-4ce0-91a8-352cb90d37a9">here</a> to learn more about <span class="outlook-search-highlight" data-markjs= "true">David</span> <span class="outlook-search-highlight" data-markjs="true">Calabro</span></span></p>
April 15, 2026
Episode 144: Amplifying Prophetic Voices (Scott Esplin)
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.0pt;"><span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"> How can we better incorporate prophetic messages in our lives, while also using them to bless the lives of those we love? In this episode, Scott C. Esplin, dean of Religious Education at BYU, discusses his article "Department and Individual Efforts to Amplify Prophetic Messages," coauthored with Brad Streeter, Rory Bigelow, Aaron Shumway, and David Peck. Drawing on a panel presentation from the 2024 Church Educational System Religious Educators Conference, Dean Esplin explores how religious educators can more faithfully emphasize and transmit the teachings of living prophets. Responding to counsel from Elder Clark G. Gilbert, the panel framed gospel teaching through the metaphor of an amplifier, namely prophetic messages serve as the input, educators function as the amplifier, and students receive the output. Further, Dean Esplin explains that prophets teach with clarity, repetition, and inspired emphasis, centering their messages on Jesus Christ, covenant belonging, and revealed priorities for our time. Ultimately, gospel teachers succeed when they faithfully proclaim the Lord's words and invite learners, through the Spirit, to hear and act. <span style= "mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Publications:</span></p> <ul> <li class="MsoNormal"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><a href= "https://rsc.byu.edu/vol-25-no-3-2024/department-individual-efforts-amplify-prophetic-messages"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">"Department and Individual Efforts to Amplify Prophetic Messages,"</span></a> <span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> with Brad Streeter, Rory Bigelow, Aaron Shumway, and David Peck,</span> <a href= "https://rsc.byu.edu/religious-educator/vol-25-no-3-2024"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Religious Educator</span></a><span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">, 25.3 (2024)</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><a href= "https://rsc.byu.edu/book/raising-standard-truth"><span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Raising the Standard of Truth: Exploring the History and Teachings of the Early Restoration</span></a><span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">, Religious Studies Center (2020)</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><a href= "https://rsc.byu.edu/book/voice-my-servants"><span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The Voice of My Servants: Apostolic Messages on Teaching, Learning, and Scripture</span></a><span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">, Religious Studies Center (2010)</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Elder Clark G. Gilbert, </span><a href= "https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/broadcasts/s-and-i-training/2022/01/13gilbert?lang=eng"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">"A Prophet in the Land: Current Prophetic Emphases to Young Adults,"</span></a> <span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Seminaries and Institutes Annual Broadcast (2023)</span></li> <li class="MsoNormal"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Elder Clark G. Gilbert, </span><a href= "https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/broadcasts/miscellaneous-events/2024/01/12gilbert?lang=eng"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">"Speak, Lord; for They Servant Heareth,"</span></a> <span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Seminaries and Institutes Annual Broadcast (2024)</span></li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style= "mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; background: white; mso-background-themecolor: background1;"> <span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> Click</span> <span style= "color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href= "https://religion.byu.edu/directory/scott-esplin"><span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> here</span></a></span> <span style= "font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"> to learn more about Scott Esplin</span></p>
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