The 2026 Sunday School class for the Syracuse Utah Stake. https://davidgolding.com en-us David Golding Class sessions Audio recordings and lessons from the Enhancing Your Scripture Study course. no episodic David Golding davidgolding@me.com David Golding Session No. 2 Discussion about how Jesus approached scripture and what that means for our own study approaches. In this session, we revisit a couple of the study techniques we learned in the previous session and do a thorough reading of the gospels' account of Jesus attending the synagogue of his hometown. We ask questions about how Jesus approached scripture in his time, how we might approach scripture, and what invitations await us in our efforts to enhance our scripture study.

]]> Thu, 15 Jan 2026 19:00:00 -0700 enhancing-session-2 https://davidgolding.com/audio/02-learning.mp3 01:02:15 no David Golding Session No. 3 Exploring conceptual tools like sources and provenance to learn about where the scriptures came from. This lesson introduced more tools for our scripture study, in particular the tools of "provenance" and "transmission history" to learn about the sources behind the Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price. Special attention on the biblical transmission history.

]]> Thu, 22 Jan 2026 19:00:00 -0700 enhancing-session-3 https://davidgolding.com/audio/03-origins.mp3 01:03:28 no David Golding Session No. 4 How the Bible came together over centuries to become an authoritative library for Jews and Christians. We discuss the original nature of the Bible, the "biblia," or "library" to learn how this collection of texts influenced the ways it has been read and interpreted over the centuries.

]]> Thu, 29 Jan 2026 19:00:00 -0700 enhancing-session-4 https://davidgolding.com/audio/04-library.mp3 01:01:53 no David Golding Session No. 5 A dive into the canonization of the Bible and how this helps us understand better what books made the cut. The story of who influenced the canonization of the Bible and when the scriptual canon took shape helps us understand the books we read, why they were selected, and what theological or political debates they answered anciently.

]]> Thu, 5 Feb 2026 19:00:00 -0700 enhancing-session-5 https://davidgolding.com/audio/05-canon.mp3 00:54:08 no David Golding Session No. 6 Learning how to examine a word from the Bible and gather information about its meanings and contexts. The earliest manuscripts of the Bible were written in ancient Hebrew and Greek. This lesson provided a tutorial for how to concentrate on a word and use online tools to look up its ancient meanings and contexts.

]]> Thu, 12 Feb 2026 19:00:00 -0700 enhancing-session-6 https://davidgolding.com/audio/06-word-study.mp3 01:05:32 no