S2 E89 Taking Charge of Testimony Bonus Episode and Joint Podcast (week of Nov. 19, third episode)
The Scriptures Are Real
Kerry Muhlestein
4.8 • 540 Ratings
🗓️ 19 November 2023
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
In this bonus episode and joint podcast, Emilia Rabe continues her podcast by asking Kerry about how he developed and maintains testimony.
You can use the code Kerry25 for a discount on Kerry's books at Seagullbook.com
If you are interested in the workshops on the Book of Mormon (Dec. 7-9), or on Egypt and the Gospel (Dec. 15-16), email thescripturesareal@gmail.com.
We are grateful for our sponsor, Lisa Spice, and our editor, BJ Muhlestein, and for Rich Nicholls who composed and plays the music for the podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone. Welcome to How Did You Gain a Testimony. Today's episode is super fun because it's a joint podcast with Carrie Molstein. |
| 0:14.4 | Yep. And this is a joint podcast with The Scriptures Are Real, the podcast that I do, kind of a bonus episode for us. |
| 0:21.0 | Yeah, perfect. It's super fun and exciting. I'm so grateful that I get to interview Carrie today |
| 0:26.3 | and that, yeah, I'm just really excited. So do you want to give at least my podcast an introduction |
| 0:31.5 | on yourself? Sure. And then we'd love to hear a little bit about you. So my name is Kerry |
| 0:37.0 | Mealstein. |
| 0:37.7 | I'm a professor of ancient scripture at BYU. |
| 0:40.0 | I'm an Egyptologist and Hebraist and all that kind of stuff. |
| 0:44.5 | I have six kids, one grandchild. |
| 0:46.8 | And Emily is actually in my Old Testament class right now. |
| 0:52.2 | So getting to know her that way, that's a lot of fun. |
| 0:55.1 | And our podcast focuses on elements of the scriptures that have made them become very real for us. |
| 1:01.7 | We kind of follow, come follow me, but we, we try and focus on things that have made them |
| 1:05.2 | become more real or that help us understand them in a different way. So that's the kind of thing I love. |
| 1:47.9 | Yeah, that's so cool. And I listened to an episode or two of your podcast. I loved it. Felt the spirit so strong. It's just like insanely relatable. And it's just so good. So I really liked it. I felt the same thing. I checked out your podcast a little bit. And I thought, oh, there's some really powerful things in here. They're really, really wonderful, powerful. So that's why I thought, well, let's do a joint one. It's a little bit of kind of different than what we usually have on my podcast. So I'll call it a bonus episode. It's not doing come follow me, but I think we will talk about some things that have made the scriptures and other things become very real. So I hope it's enjoyable for my listeners and for yours. |
| 1:50.2 | No, for sure. I'm really excited. |
| 1:52.9 | But a little bit of an intro on me. |
| 1:54.2 | My name is Amelia Rave. |
| 1:55.3 | I'm a student at BYU. |
| 2:00.5 | I'm majoring in psychology, minoring in ancient Near Eastern Studies. |
| 2:01.8 | I kind of want to go into religious psychology is the goal. But I mean, I just have to interrupt you like how cool. |
| 2:09.6 | Because I got my bachelor's in psychology with a minor in Hebrew, but that was basically |
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