God’s Word in Our Hearts

Learning from the Old Testament

Ross Baron and Kerry Muhlestein
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  • Introduction
  • Section One: Torah
  • The Matriarchs
    Administrators of God’s Covenantal Blessings
    Camille Fronk Olson
  • New and Everlasting
    The Relationship Between Gospel Covenants in History
    Kerry Muhlestein, Joshua M. Sears, and Avram R. Shannon
  • The Plan of Salvation in the First Six Books of the Old Testament
    Paul Y. Hoskisson
  • The Promise and the Provocation
    The Sinai Narrative
    Daniel L. Belnap and Andrew C. Skinner
  • The Cry of the Widow, the Fatherless, and the Stranger
    The Covenant Obligation to Help the Poor and Oppressed
    David Rolph Seely and Jo Ann H. Seely
  • “Lest Thou Forget the Lord”
    Moses’s Deuteronomic Charge to Remember
    Philip Allred
  • Section Two: Writings
  • Empowering Young Adult Women Through Female Role Models in the Old Testament
    Jean B. Bingham and Barbara Morgan Gardner
  • Rahab and the Perpetuation of Deliverance
    Amy H. Fisher
  • Naomi, Ruth, and Boaz
    Borders, Relationships, Law, and Hesed
    Gaye Strathearn and Angela Cothran
  • “I Will Bless the Lord at All Times”
    Blessing God in the Old Testament
    Dana M. Pike
  • “Hast Thou Considered My Servant Job?”
    John S. Tanner
  • Section Three: Prophets
  • Sitting Enthroned
    A Scriptural Perspective
    Jennifer C. Lane
  • Isaiah and the Great Arraignment
    Terry B. Ball
  • “The Lord God Which Gathereth the Outcasts” (Isaiah 56:3–8)
    Daniel L. Belnap
  • The Imprisonment of Jeremiah in Its Historical Context
    Kevin L. Tolley
  • “One Like the Son of Man Came with the Clouds of Heaven”
    The Context and Influence of the Son of Man Prophecy in Daniel 7
    Jared W. Ludlow
  • Covenants, Kinship, and Caring for the Destitute in the Book of Amos
    Joshua M. Matson
  • Marriage, Adultery, and Jehovah’s Covenant with Israel in Hosea
    Kent P. Jackson

About the Book

This collection of essays is designed to assist teachers and students of the Old Testament in deepening their understanding of this sacred scripture and fostering a closer relationship with God. Recognizing that Old Testament cultures and peoples may be unfamiliar to many readers, the editors have compiled works from Latter-day Saint scholars to enhance comprehension. The essays, written from diverse perspectives, explore the Torah, the Writings, and the Prophets, aiming to nurture God’s word in our hearts and enrich the lives of those we teach.

ISBN 978-1-9503-0472-1

Published in 2025

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