Cwic Media- LDS Podcast / Latter-day Saints

Sound in the Background is the Ocean - There is something very serene and awe-inspiring being out in the middle of the ocean left just to yourself. - Great restaurant - What does it mean that the Lamanites will "Blossom as the Rose?" Website - www.cwicmedia.com

Andrea Hales Talks Of Her Discussions With Native LDS Andrea runs a podcast called "Tribe of Testimonies," where she interviews active members of the Church who are Native American. Much of their discussions focus on the many Native American practices and beliefs that run parallel with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. She brings a unique perspective that I think you will enjoy. Look for her podcast, Tribe of Testimonies on your favorite podcast app. Website - www.cwicmedia.com

The Temple Drama (Psalms) Is Everywhere In The Scriptures Why is the Book of Psalms the most quoted Old Testament book in the New Testament? Why is it so prevalent in the last week of Jesus' mortal life? Is the Ancient Israelite Temple Drama found in the Book of Mormon? Website - www.cwicmedia.com

8-26-22 Walk (Sit Down) - The growth of feminism and the change of women's roles has developed more from material and technological change than from activism - Material change to decisions is often just a secondary reason for choice. First is your character, and spirituality. - At FSY, a great program, some teachers are adopting Critical Race Theory language and trying to use it in their lessons. Website - www.cwicmedia.com

Do We Understand Other Changes Must Occur To Change Temple Marriage? - Some believe that temple marriage between a man and a woman is not a core doctrine. - Some invest a lot in the hope for temple change - What other temple changes and core doctrine changes would have to take place with a change of Temple Gender and Temple Marriage? Website - www.cwicmedia.com

BYU Launches Next Identitarian Head of the Hydra Course called "Feminist Theories" - This course might more appropriately be called, "Feminist CRITICAL Theories" - The Hydra of Critical Social Justice - Equal Opportunity vs Equity (Forced Outcome) - Faith over Secularism - True Christianity over The Religion of Academia Website - www.cwicmedia.com

The Psalms' Narrative Is A Royal Plan of Salvation Using LeGrand Baker and Stephen Ricks' outline of acts and scenes, I show how you can read the Psalms in light of the Ancient Israelite Temple Drama. Website - www.cwicmedia.com

The State Is Taking the Place of the Parent Lance Christensen has been involved in California politics and education for decades. He talks about the problems in California that will be coming to every state and the need to combat those in education who are trying to create young "Revolutionaries" out of the students. Lance is currently running for the top Education position in California, Superintendent of Public Instruction. Website - www.cwicmedia.com

Cwic Walk 8-12-22 Free speech advocacy has moved from the left to the right. How and why did this happen? K-12 will move very quickly to an environment unreasonable for reasonable parents. Each year will gain momentum, and the curve will increase. Everything is political theater. Regardless of your opinion of President Trump, the track record here is abysmal for investigations. We seem bent on creating a new US Banana Republic. Both the left and the right are quickly losing faith in our institutions. Website - www.cwicmedia.com

Though Scrambled, The Psalms Are The Ancient Israelite Temple Drama This episode sets the stage for the 3-Part series on the Psalms. We cover the background of the archaeological finds that show the Psalms as the temple drama. Then, we introduce the three acts of the drama and show one of the Psalms and how an understanding of the drama completely changes how we read the Psalms. Understanding the Psalms as the ancient Israelite temple drama will enrich our own temple experience as well as other scripture studies. Website - www.cwicmedia.com

Cwic Walk 8-5-22 Google is the new parent, and we are now rearing Google Babies. Kids, both young and adults, are turning more to Google than their parents for advice. This creates a large divide on spiritual issues. The philosophies of men run rampant. They are a big part of the mist in Lehi's dream. A warning from President Nelson. Those who say they are "spiritual" but not religious have more mental illness, eating disorders, neuroticism, anxiety, and depression, according to a study in the British Journal of Psychology. Website - www.cwicmedia.com

Are Dating Apps Destroying LDS Dating and Society? Some fascinating data on men's and women's use of Tinder. Women "swipe right" an average of only 4.5% of male profiles while men "swipe right" an average of 60% of female profiles. What does this mean? What are the consequences? How does this relate to Latter-day Saint dating? Are singles wards a net positive or a net negative? Latter-day Saint YSA's have an 18% activity rate. Is this still the right course? Website - www.cwicmedia.com

Not Compassion, Not Justice, But Faith Not Compassion, Not Justice, But Faith - Job moves back and forth from humility and commitment to contending and bitterness. This is a process we all go through. He is "wrestling" with the Lord. - Joseph Smith's words from Liberty Jail in D&C Sections 121 & 122 give great context to the Book of Job. - Compassion and Justice are not enough. The Lord wants your trust/faith and a deeper relationship with you. Website - www.cwicmedia.com

Job is Written Like a Play - The author appears to be writing against the cultural beliefs of the Deuteronomists - Job is considered by many to be the greatest piece of literature ever written - Bad things happen to good people Website - www.cwicmedia.com

Are Healing and Consolation All The Gospel Offers? A pendulum swing has occurred in Latter-day Saint culture. We have moved from high-demand, high expectations in the pursuit of the gospel to "healing" and focusing on crisis, anxiety, and consolation. But what is the message of the Gospel and the purpose of the Atonement? Is there an ideal beyond Spiritual Survival and a perpetual cycle of "woundedness?" Is our culture moving more toward a "Therapy Gospel?" There is an ideal that the Plan of Salvation placed affords us. It is attainable, and it is worth it. It goes far beyond Spiritual Survival and being healed. It is the opportunity that God has given us to become like Him, to inherit all that He has, and to fulfill the measure of our creation. Website - www.cwicmedia.com

Esther Is Not A Theological Book - Vashti's motives are unknown - Be careful of Identitarianism in Biblical and LDS Scholarship - Esther risks her life for her people - The Book of Esther is built on Irony - The Festival of Purim is instituted where the Book of Esther is read Website - www.cwicmedia.com

Jerusalem and Babylonian/Persian Jews - Who was taken to Babylon? - Who returned to Jerusalem from Babylon? - Defending the Kingdom Website - www.cwicmedia.com

Conflating President Nelson and Equity - Los Angeles Unified School District has created a barrage of propaganda for Identitarianism and Critical Race Theory which includes the determined teaching of the breakdown of gender - BYU Marriott School of Business attaching President Nelson's photo and message to "abandon attitudes of prejudice." Website - www.cwicmedia.com

NEA President Becky Pringle Rallies Her "Delegates" - Nothing in her speech is about the education of the kids - Angela Davis, the Marxist, is held up as an icon - Work for Justice and Equity "All day, every day" - "Resistance is Joy" - The spiritual path of revolution Website - www.cwicmedia.com

Morning Walk and Talk - Senator Hawley and Berkeley professor exchange on language, truth, and violence - Response to "Where Are The Men In The Church" episode - BYU and a new organization to fight The Religion of Academia Website - www.cwicmedia.com

Do The Reforms Under King Josiah Set The Stage For Lehi's Jerusalem? - We plant a seed for Isaiah and Hezekiah and The Suffering Servant - Was King Josiah who we are told he was? - What did the Deuteronomistic Reforms do to the Religion in Judah? - Losing "The Lord of Hosts" and The Brazen Serpent Website - www.cwicmedia.com

Such a Void Creates A Great Opportunity For The Church - With the west disparaging boys, men, and the "patriarchy," the Church should be a refuge for men. - Jordan Peterson covers three accusations made by Critical Social Justice, mostly against men. - We should be putting up billboards metaphorically saying, "Men, You are Welcome Here!" Website - www.cwicmedia.com

There Are Fewer Male Members Of The Church - What messaging are we giving men? - Do we adequately portray a positive male experience in the Church? - So many women's programs, so many single women in the pews Website www.cwicmedia.com

The Prophetic Mantle - What is meant by the story of the two she-bears? - Spiritual blindness Website - www.cwicmedia.com

Identitarianism Seeks to Destroy the Traditional Family Language can be a virus to our understanding of the world. Ibram Kendi's new book, "How To Raise An Antiracist", often replaces "parent" with "caregiver". It is a conscious decision to redefine parent/child roles. The primary target of Identitarianism is the Traditional Family. Website - www.cwicmedia.com

Love Is A Verb First. It Is A Price. -Mercy = payment, cost, sacrifice. The Love of God is His sacrifice and his work for us. - Love is expressed as part of a relationship, not just a feeling. - The "Mercy Seat" on the Ark of the Covenant represents the Throne of God and His Love for us. - When we love, we are willing to pay the price. - Is God's love unconditional? Website - www.cwicmedia.com

Elijah The Miracle Worker - Elijah is almost alone in his priesthood and support of Jehovah - His confrontation with the priests of Baal or similar to our circumstances today - Mt Horeb is a temple stage that brings in the "still, small voice" Website - www.cwicmedia.com

Gratitude Should Come With The Principles of the US Constitution - Sets the stage to leverage agency for good and bad - Other ideologies fight against these "established" principles - The US and the Constitution are born through the shedding of blood - The founding of the US is based on "abasing one self", not "exalting oneself". - Lehi's Dream and the Doctrine of Christ Website - www.cwicmedia.com

Church Culture Throws a Wrench in The Spiral of Silence The Spiral of Silence is a communication theory of why voices are stifled by others. However, what are the reasons Church members stifle their own voices? If one is asking why the Brethren don't say more, maybe they do. And maybe one should ask first what they themselves should do. Anxiously engaged in a good cause through "their" own free will. Website - www.cwicmedia.com

Where Does The Problem Lie? - Telos is the "supreme end of man's endeavour" - Cicero. Or, Moses 1:39, "this is my work and my glory -- to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man." - What is the purpose of mortality? - What is the purpose of God? Do we choose to put the problem on other fallen men and women, or do we worry first about our own fallen state? Do we push for a certain type of political "justice" over faith and repentance, or do we focus our efforts and worship within the context of The Plan of Salvation and the "supreme end of man's endeavor"? Website - www.cwicmedia.com

David's great character vs Enduring to the End David is King of Juday for 7 `1/2 years David Takes Bathsheba, Ensures Uriah's Death Solomon, like Jesus, rides into Jerusalem on a mule from the East Solomon, like his father David and Saul before him, falls short of the King of Kings Website - www.cwicmedia.com

Why Is There A Growing Number of Pro-Choice Members Of The Church? We give a timeline of the strong and consistent position of the Church on abortion. Can a Pro-Choice view be reconciled with these statements? We analyze a Pro-Choice Member's argument on why he is Pro-Choice. Website - www.cwicmedia.com

The Ritual Anointings and Coronations of the Kings Are Temple Imagery The contrasts of physical stature and the heart.

Principles of Truth vs Critical Social Justice This is a condensed version of a Course I have developed which will be available on www.cwicmedia.com on July 1st. We will also provide "Cheat Sheets" for free covering various contrasted principles and tools. The course will treat, in much greater detail, the fight for Christianity, the Church, and the Family. How did we get here? What are the underlying principles of Critical Social Justice and Identitarianism? How can we contrast some of these principles with the Gospel, The Doctrine of Christ, and those things you know to be true? Website - www.cwicmedia.com

There are 4 phases to the priesthood that all societies must pass through in order to create Zion, or an idea of Utopia. Marxian worldviews are not compatible with these phases of the priesthood, nor with the Doctrine of Christ. In order to create a Marxian Utopia, the first three phases must be diminished or preferably eliminated. Therefore, all Utopias are built through tyranny and become dystopian. Website - www.cwicmedia.com

We All Need a Redeemer, a "Go'el" Website - www.cwicmedia.com

Royalty and The Word (DBR) in Judges - The Canaanites continued to live with Israel in the Promised Land - Deborah is a DBR name and means "Bee Lady" - Samson tells a riddle with a lion and bees - Samson's hair represents his covenant Website - www.cwicmedia.com

Joshua's Altar where excavation began in 1982, but not until now has its report been created. Kosher animal bones, the same design as the Second Temple Altar, and the right time period all denote the authenticity of the large altar structure found in the exact right place on Mt. Ebal. Now, just recently a lead "Curse Tablet" has been found at the altar made of lead and engraved with the curse language of Joshua 8. And it's in Hebrew! And it mentions YHW (Jehovah), If authentic, this find could turn Biblical Scholarship on its head. It means the Israelites were a separate people from the Canaanites and provides archeological evidence for the Exodus. Website- www.cwicmedia.com

Higher Administration Includes a "Marxist" and Critical Race Theorists - More Soon to Come BYU Hawaii leftists have moved into higher administration positions and are in charge of curriculum, hiring, and policies. The new hiring filter, "Living Lab" is above and beyond an already complete non-discrimination policy at BYU Hawaii. It is used to hire more "like-minded" faculty. Classes include History of Surfing and Hawaiian Studies seen through a Marxist lens (description from the professors) and Introduction to Antiracism with assigned readings from Ibram Kendi which now apparently has a new title. Website - www.cwicmedia.com

The Tie Between Joshua and Joseph Joshua is written in covenantal language. Much of what is happening in this book is covenant. "Choose you this day whom ye will serve" is part of a covenant with the Israelites. Joseph and Joshua are tied by blood and bones. Website - www.cwicmedia.com

At the National Press Club Elder Bednar Speaks in DC Direct questions often elicit direct answers. Elder Bednar answers questions on gay marriage in the temple, women and the priesthood, and Trans persons in the Church. Website- www.cwicmedia.com

Mormon Land Podcast Frames BYU "Awareness Document" in Racial Terms The Salt Lake Tribune's Mormon Land Podcast episode shows that the continual conflation of hard leftist ideology with social issues is an ongoing concern. The BYU Awareness Document (Petition) has nothing to do with race. Nothing of the sort is ever mentioned. I read the "petition" in the episode. Full Mormon Land Podcast Episode - https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2022/05/25/mormon-land-byus-black/ Or here - https://soundcloud.com/mormonland/byus-black-menaces-talk-about-their-mission-to-raise-awareness-and-wipe-out-racism-episode-235 BYU Awareness Document (Petition) - https://chng.it/cLVMsBxk

Which "Jesus" Do You Choose? - Some early Greek manuscripts have Barabbas as "Jesus Barabbas". - Barabbas was a Zealot, an insurrectionist, a political "Messiah" - There were several political "Messiahs" around the time of Jesus' mortal life. - What kind of "King" is Jesus? Website - www.cwicmedia.com

Conversation with a Post-Mormon on Postmodernism and The Church - Faith, what is it? - Shelves - Everything in life is placed on a shelf - Chris fell away from the Church "philosophically" - Ex-Mormons quickly realize that there is a lack of community - The New Atheist movement failed because of Wokism - Greg - "The number one reason for people leaving the Church today is NOT Church history. It is Identitarianism." - Many "good Mormons" fall prey to Identitarianism. Website - www.cwicmedia.com

- Surrounded by a gang - Fighting like it's the end - The Lord's blessing when you're living right Website - www.cwicmedia.com

Serpents, Arrows, Beasts, & Swords The Hebrew name for the Book of Deuteronomy is, "Sefer Devarim" - The Book of the Words! This book is framed with our concept of "DBR". Within just a few short verses, we get symbolism from The Brazen Serpent, Lehi's Dream, Isaiah's Temple Vision, and The Garden of Eden. Amazing! Website - https://www.cwicmedia.com

Resist "the invading ideologies that seek control . ." - In the Last Days, good will be called evil, and evil will be called good. - "We must stand fast against the values and practices that draw us away from the Lord's teachings and our covenants." - A Gospel-Centered Approach to racism - Reverend Amos Brown, "I assure you, that if all of the so-called religious groups in this nation followed the example of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, we shall save the soul of America." Full Video - https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/broadcasts/watch/ensign-college-may17-devotional/2022/05?lang=eng Website - www.cwicmedia.com

Inside Baseball for Church Leadership Where do local Church leaders fall short in their leadership skills? How to lead in our digital age Being an online influencer in an "Influencer Economy". Working with mental illness in the Church Developing the right culture Website - https://www.cwicmedia.com

". . the first thing He would make sure you understand is your true identity!" President Nelson speaks against Identitarianism, against "isms". Our highest identity is that of a Child of God. Some identities do not bring us to the Celestial Kingdom. Do not honor labels over honoring each other. Full Talk - https://youtu.be/IvS5wDoKoBk?t=4904 Website - https://www.cwicmeida.com

The Brazen Serpent, Lehi's Dream, and The Woman Caught in Adultery The Brazen Serpent represents Jesus Christ. This story is told with Temple Imagery. We can compare it to The Garden of Eden and Lehi's dream to give us the necessary context to understand the symbolism and metaphors. Website - https://www.cwicmedia.com