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  • Saviors before Sinai: Lessons from the Childhood of a Prophet in Exodus 1–6

    Saviors before Sinai: Lessons from the Childhood of a Prophet in Exodus 1–6
    Mar 23 2026
    The story of the Exodus begins not with miracles or plagues, but with acts of quiet courage. In this Old Testament Reflection on Exodus 1–6, Rosalynde Welch explores the network of women who ensure the survival of the infant Moses—midwives, a mother, a sister, a princess, and a wife—each acting at great personal risk to preserve a life that will one day help liberate a people. Welch reflects on how these early chapters of Exodus reveal a deeper pattern in sacred history: God’s saving work often unfolds through “small-s saviors,” ordinary men and women who cooperate to protect life, resist injustice, and prepare the way for deliverance. Drawing connections from ancient Israel to the abolitionist work of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, she invites us to consider how quiet acts of courage and partnership can shape the course of history.
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    12 mins
  • Chosenness, Recognition, and Reconciliation: Reflections on Genesis 42–50

    Chosenness, Recognition, and Reconciliation: Reflections on Genesis 42–50
    Mar 16 2026
    In this study of Genesis 42–50, Kristian Heal explores themes of chosenness, favoritism, recognition, and reconciliation in the Joseph narrative, examining how hidden identity, repentance, and divine providence shape the theological meaning of the story.
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    5 mins
  • Maxwell Institute Podcast #202: Book of Mormon Ethics, featuring Dr. Courtney Campbell

    Maxwell Institute Podcast #202: Book of Mormon Ethics, featuring Dr. Courtney Campbell
    Mar 12 2026

    What if your daily scripture study is actually ethical training? In this episode Rosalynde Welch sits down with editor and scholar Dr. Courtney Campbell to unpack Moral Visions: Ethics and the Book of Mormon (edited with Kelly Sorensen). They take the Book of Mormon seriously as an ethical text: not just a list of dos and don’ts, but a set of moral visions that shape who we are, how we live together, and what kind of communities we build.

    Campbell and Welch walk through three big moves in the book: how the Book of Mormon teaches (the “scene of instruction”), what it says about everyday ethics (from clothing and conspicuous consumption to prosperity), and why those moral teachings matter — prophecy as moral memory and social criticism aimed at creating flourishing, covenantal communities.

    What you’ll take away:

    • A fresh lens for reading the Book of Mormon: ethics as vision, not only rule-following.
    • How narrative, memory, and prophecy function as tools for communal moral formation.
    • Concrete ethical concerns the book raises for the 21st century: social cohesion, economic justice, and peacemaking.
    • A new appreciation for why the Book of Mormon’s stories still matter—because they aim to shape communities that last.
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    56 mins
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