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Portrait of Rebekah

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  I love Rebekah. I love her diligence and her closeness to the Lord. I love that when she had a problem, she knew exactly where to go- to the Lord. Her story is fairly simple. There's not a lot of extra historical text to add in, so I didn't feel like I had quite enough information for an episode. I did want to create a portrait of her though, so here it is! I'll be back next month with an episode about Rachel and Leah (and maybe I'll squeeze a little Rebekah in too). If you want some fun reading while you're waiting, check out the book Rebekah by Orson Scott Card! Click here to download to download a PDF of the artwork. Art may be used for non-commercial personal and educational purposes. If shared, please attribute Lexie Austin/The Savior Said as author.
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S3 E3: Portraits of the Old Testament, Hagar

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  Click here to download a PDF of the artwork Art may be used for non-commercial personal and educational purposes. If shared, please attribute Lexie Austin/The Savior Said as author. This episode is dedicated to our dog who passed away this week, Captain Kirk. Now, on to Hagar: Content warning- discussion of rape and consent Reminder to check judgements at the door- reminder that there’s not a good girl/bad girl dichotomy HAGAR Hagar’s story really bothered me this time. Some of the titles of texts about Hagar: Biblical Battle of the Wombs, the Rape of Hagar, Also, IT’S NOT FAIR! Who was Hagar? - 1 Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an aEgyptian , whose name was bHagar . Egyptian born, may have been raised in Sarai and Abram’s household or might have come back with them from Egypt. 2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my amaid ; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And ...
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S3 E2: Portraits of the Old Testament, Sarah

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  Click here to download a PDF of the artwork. Art may be used for non-commercial personal and educational purposes. If shared, please attribute Lexie Austin/The Savior Said as author. Notes for Sarah: People are neither completely good nor bad- it is tempting to paint them as one or the other in this story. We are complex and their story is just as complex. Literature- the good girl/bad girl dichotomy. Check your judgements at the door- I had a HARD time with this! How the Bible introduces Sarah and Abraham: Genesis 11: 27 ¶ Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the aChaldees . 29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was aSarai ; and the name of Nahor’s wife, bMilcah , the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. Is Iscah another name for Sarai? Possibly… Wikipedia: The difficult genealogy of A...
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S3:E1 Portraits of the Old Testament- Eve

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  Click here to download a free PDF of this portrait. Art may be used for non-commercial personal and educational purposes. If shared, please attribute Lexie Austin/The Savior Said as author. References for this episode include: Women of the Old Testament by Camille Fronk Olson Lessons from Eve by Russell M Nelson  Show notes: Introduction to me and why Introduction to format Introduction to sources - Old Testament, scriptures in general including LDS scriptures - Women of the Old Testament by Camille Fronk Olson (CFO) - Leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints - Greek Septuagint - Hebrew Midrash - Others like the Quran, Nag Hammadi, early Christian texts, Dead Sea Scrolls, etc. -EVE- Eve is important to contemplate because the way we look at Eve many times impacts and influences the way we view women and the woman’s place in the home and church. CFO- For example, if we scorn mother Eve as the cause of the world’s woes and the loss of paradise for humankind...
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S2 E49 (Dec. 21-27) "He Shall Come into the World to Redeem His People”

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 It's Christmas Mixtape time!  We take the suggested readings from Come Follow Me and listen to some songs that echo the sentiment in the scriptures. Also, I say goodbye in our final episode together.  Track listing: #1 Mother by Love & The Outcome #2 Noel by Lauren Daigle #3 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (He Has Come For Us) by Meredith Andrews #4 Come Thou Long Expected Jesus by Laura Story #5 O Come O Come Emmanuel by David Archuleta #6 Redemption Song by Mikeschair
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S2 E48 (Dec. 14-20) “Come unto Christ, and Be Perfected in Him”

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Awww, this is our last scripture reading assignment together! 😢 Waterworks ahead! This week we talk about Moroni's promise, how we can feel the Spirit answer the question "Is the Book of Mormon true?", and the work that Christ has for us to do. Also I begin saying goodbye to all of my amazing listeners! We have one episode left, the Christmas episode.
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S2 E47 (Dec. 7-11) "May Christ Lift Thee Up"

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This week we talk about how to judge righteously, the light of Christ and I interview a very brave lady: my friend Brianne! She tells us some things she's pondered as she read Moroni 8 and about the miracles she's witnessed in her son's life. Listen at: Podbean:  https://thesaviorsaid.podbean.com/ Spotify:  http://ow.ly/Zpg650uuNjg iTunes:  http://ow.ly/RGeQ50uuNjb Stitcher:  http://ow.ly/H4Lu50uuNja
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