Scripture Storyteller: Recent Episodes
Ann Wright Graham
The Jaredites pack up their boats, and with their glowing stones for light, they are blown by the wind and guided by God to the promised land.
The brother of Jared comes up with an idea for how they can have light in their boats, and the answer has a surprising outcome.
Moroni includes the plates that contain the story of the Jaredites, who had once lived in the north part of the promised land. Jared and his family are guided by God from the Tower of Babel to the seashore.
Mormon gathers all the Nephites to the land of Cumorah for a final battle with the Lamanites.
Back and forth, the Nephites and the Lamanites attack each other and take over cities and are driven back again.
The battles continue between the Nephites and the Lamanites. And at only 16 years old, Mormon is asked to lead the Nephite Army.
Just as Jesus had prophesied, by the fourth generation, the people have all gone from being completely righteous to completely wicked.
Jesus comes to His apostles again, to teach them more about His church. And to give them a special gift.
Jesus asks Nephi to bring Him the record that Nephi has been writing. And then He tells the people of other scriptures that they need to have.
Jesus returns to the people who have gathered at the temple in Bountiful and prays with them and for them.
It's time for Jesus to leave for the day, but He loves the people so much, He stays a little longer to bless them.
After the three days of darkness is over, Jesus appears to the people who are left and teaches them.
When destruction and darkness come to the land, the people know the sign has been given of Jesus Christ's death.
The leader of the Gadianton robbers, Giddianhi tries to convince Lachoneus, the governor of the Nephites to join them or be destroyed.
Just like Samuel the Lamanite prophesied, the signs of Jesus Christ's birth begin to happen.
With the Nephites choosing wickedness and the Lamanites following God, Samuel, a Lamanite, is sent to Zarahemla to share some amazing prophesies.
Nephi has proven that he will always choose God's will... so God is willing to grant Nephi His power.
Nephi prays on the tower in his garden and it draws a crowd that he then prophesies to.
More and more Lamanites choose to follow God and more and more Nephites choose to follow the Gadianton robbers.
Nephi and his brother Lehi travel through the Nephite and the Lamanite lands teaching about God and Jesus.
The Lamanites, and the Nephite rebels, take advantage of the trouble among the Nephites, and capture half of the Nephite lands.
Kishkumen and now Gadianton are causing trouble, while Helaman tries his best to lead the Nephite people.
The Nephites have trouble choosing a new Chief Judge and the Lamanites take advantage of the trouble in Zarahemla.
Pahoran writes back to Moroni and tells him of the rebellion that has happened in the capital city of Zarahemla.
When Moroni receives a letter from Helaman, telling him everything that's been happening in the western part of the land, he decides to send his own letter to Chief Judge, Pahoran.
Helaman and the Nephite army are not getting much help from the government, but they know that God will help them take back their western cities.
Helaman and his 2000 young men continue to help Antipus and the Nephite army defend the western part of their land.
Helaman leads the 2000 young Ammonite men to help the Nephite armies in the west part of the land.
Moroni and the Nephites continue to try to defend themselves against the Lamanite armies and Helaman agrees to lead a group of 2,000 young Ammonite men.
Ammoron becomes the new king of the Lamanites and continues to attack the Nephites. But Moroni, Teancum, and Lehi have got wisdom and strength from God on their side.
King Amalickiah is marching the Lamanite army back toward the Nephite lands. But Moroni is busy trying to stop a rebellion among the Nephites themselves.
The Lamanites may have gone home, but Moroni keeps working to strengthen and protect the Nephite lands.
King Amalickiah sends his Lamanite armies to attack the Nephites, but Moroni has prepared them well.
While Amalickiah convinces the Lamanites to go to war against the Nephites, Moroni is preparing the Nephites to defend themselves.
When he doesn't have any luck becoming the king of the Nephites, Amalickiah tries his hand at becoming the king of the Lamanites.
When Amalickiah starts trouble in the Nephite lands, Captain Moroni reminds the people to defend their freedom.
With Captain Moroni's leadership and help from God, the Nephites are able to defeat the Lamanite army.
The Lamanites are coming to fight the Nephites again. But Captain Moroni prepares them to defend themselves.
Alma returns to his home in Zarahemla, and spends some time speaking to his oldest son, Helaman.
After Alma teaches the poor Zoramites, Amulek also teaches them, and they decide to join the people of God.
Some of the Zoramites want to hear what Alma has to say. Especially the poor people who have been kicked out of the synagogues.
After learning that the Zoramites were making some very interesting choices, Alma takes a team of his friends and sons to go and teach them.
Alma rejoices in the work of God in the land. And then comes up against Korihor, who is trying to undo God's work.
Since they have promised not to use weapons, the people of Anti-Nephi-Lehi need to escape from the rest of the Lamanites who want to destroy them.
Brothers, Ammon, Aaron, Omner and Himni gather to talk about the amazing success in teaching the Lamanites about God.
The Amalekites and Amulonites are preparing to come to battle against the people of Anti-Nephi-Lehi. But the people of God are no longer interested in fighting.
With the King of the Lamanites joining the church, Aaron and his brothers begin to travel through the whole land, teaching the people about God.
After being set free from prison, Aaron and his friends travel to the land of Nephi to teach King Lamoni's father.
While Ammon had gone to the land of Ishmael, his brother Aaron had gone to the land of Jerusalem. But it had not gone well there.
King Lamoni wants Ammon to meet his father. But the meeting doesn't quite go the way he expects it to.
King Lamoni and his wife, the Queen and many of the people in Ishmael believe Ammon's words and choose to follow God.
The sons of King Mosiah have been teaching among the Lamanites for 14 years! We finally get to hear how things have been going in the land of Nephi.
Even though the people of Ammonihah did not believe that their city could be destroyed, the Lamanites destroy it in only one day.
When Alma and Amulek leave Ammonihah, they come to the land of Sidom, where they find the men who had been chased out of Ammonihah, including Zeezrom.
Alma and Amulek have delivered the message that God wanted them to give to the people in Ammonihah. But most of the people do not take it well.
Amulek has called out Zeezrom and his tricky questions. Now it's Alma's turn to speak to him and the people of Ammonihah.
Alma and Amulek have been teaching the people in the city of Ammonihah. Now a lawyer named Zeezrom wants to see if he can trick them.
Alma and Amulek have been traveling through the city of Ammonihah telling the people the things that God wants them to hear.
Alma travels to the cities of Gideon, Melek, and Ammonihah to teach the people about God.
With so many people starting to make wrong choices in Zarahemla, Alma decides to give up the position of Chief Judge and go out and teach the people.
In the fifth year of the Judges, a man named Amlici and his followers cause a war in the land of Zarahemla.
The first year of the Judges finds Alma the Chief Judge and High Priest in judgement of a man named Nehor.
With no one to be the next king after Mosiah, he proposes a plan for the people of Zarahemla to have judges instead.
While King Mosiah and Alma the High Priest lead the people in the land of Zarahemla, there are young people who don't want to follow what they are teaching.
With so many new people in the land of Zarahemla, King Mosiah decides to gather them together.
Alma and his people find themselves in a difficult situation. But nothing is too hard for God.
After being in bondage to the Lamanites for years, King Limhi's people finally come up with a plan to escape.
King Limhi finishes telling Ammon what has been happening to his people since his grandfather, Zeniff left Zarahemla.
The Lamanite army marches against Limhi's people when they learn that 24 of their daughters are missing.
Alma is hiding from King Noah and his priests. But that doesn't stop him from teaching what he learned from Abinadi and baptizing many people.
Abinadi continues to teach King Noah and his priests and does not back down when they threaten his life.
Abinadi is back! Teaching the people what God wants them to know. But King Noah and his priests are not very happy about it.
King Zeniff has named his son Noah the new king. But King Noah has his own ideas about how to rule his kingdom.
Zeniff leads a group of people from the land of Zarahemla, back to the land of Lehi-Nephi, where King Laman of the Lamanites allows them to settle, but not without consequences.
Ammon and his men from the land of Zarahemla learn about King Limhi and the people in the land of Lehi-Nephi and about a land that they found with a people that had been destroyed.
King Mosiah sends Ammon and a group of men back to the land of Lehi-Nephi to find out what happened to the group that Zeniff led out of Zarahemla some years before.
King Benjamin finishes speaking to his people in Zarahemla, and introduces their new king, his son Mosiah.
King Benjamin watches his people experience the joy of repentance and he teaches them more.
King Benjamin is nearing the end of his life and wants to speak to his people in Zarahemla one last time.
King Benjamin is now the leader of the people in Zarahemla. He has a few important words to speak to his sons, before he prepares to speak to all the people.
Mormon, who is compiling all the records into one book, writes a short explanation of why he includes the small plates of Nephi.
When Amaleki gets the plates, he writes about how his people, the Nephites, find the city of Zarahemla.
The small plates are handed down from generation to generation and just a few things are added to the book.
Jacob's son Enos promises to write on the plates. He forgets for a while, but then writes the story of his repentance.
Jacob meets up with a man named Sherem, who is going to try his hardest to convince Jacob that there is no Jesus Christ.
Jacob wants his people to learn more about God's plan. So he shares a prophecy of Zenos which compares the people of Israel to an olive tree.
Jacob is now the spiritual leader of the Nephites. And God has a few things for him to say to the people.
Most of the book of Second Nephi is prophecy made by Nephi, his younger brother Jacob, and the prophet Isaiah. And they all center on one person: Jesus.
After their father, Lehi has died, Laman and Lemuel cause so much trouble for Nephi that he takes his family and leaves.
Lehi shares a few final words of wisdom with all of his family before he dies. And Nephi shares his prayer.
Knowing he only has a few more days to live, Lehi gathers his family and shares some final words of wisdom with them.
Nephi loves reading the scriptures to his family... especially Isaiah! And when his brothers don't quite understand, he is happy to explain it to them.
The wilderness travelers finally reach the sea! And God commands Nephi to build a boat to cross it.
Marriages, broken bows, and a curious brass ball... the wilderness travelers are having all kinds of adventures.
Nephi has just seen an amazing vision! Now he wants to share what he has learned with his family... especially his brothers.
An angel has been showing Nephi a vision of what his father, Lehi saw, and so much more! Now the angel is showing him the final part of his vision.
Nephi's vision continues as the angel shows him more about what will happen in the future.
Nephi's vision continues as the angel shows him more to understand his father Lehi's dream.
Nephi has been thinking about all of the things that his father Lehi saw, and Nephi wants to see this vision for himself! And he knows that God will show it to him if he asks.
After Lehi told his family about his amazing dream, he then he prophesied of things that were going to happen in the future.
One night in the wilderness, Lehi has a dream. This dream teaches him (and us) about God and His plan.
Lehi's sons have retrieved the brass plates from Jerusalem and returned to their parents in the wilderness. But God has another reason for them to go back to Jerusalem one more time.
Lehi’s sons are still in Jerusalem, trying to get the brass plates from Laban. Their first try had not worked. Their second try had not worked. But Nephi still trusted that God would provide a way.
Lehi’s sons are in Jerusalem, trying to get the brass plates from Laban. Their first try had not worked. But Nephi was not going to give up. And he had an idea for a second try.
Lehi and his family have just obeyed God and left the city of Jerusalem. Now they are headed out into the wilderness.
We begin our first story in the Book of Mormon in the city of Jerusalem, 600 years before Jesus is born. A man named Lehi lives there with his family. And God is about to change their lives.