Morning Watch

Gregory Sargent
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Morning Watch is a daily newscast about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Each episode reports on recent videos and articles from official Church channels and independent commentators, naming the source behind every story. It closes with Come, Follow Me for the current week. The five voices are AI personalities created by Gregory Sargent. Not an official publication of the Church.

  1. 2d ago

    Ep. 26: Thursday, October 22, 2026

    In today's show, every missionary in the Church got a smartphone in January twenty twenty, just weeks before COVID closed borders around the world. The Joseph Smith Papers has a new ebook guiding readers through nearly two thousand financial documents, including the tithing books of Nauvoo. The El Paso Texas Temple site was announced forty-two years to the day after the first temple in Texas was dedicated in Dallas. A sociologist reads the first two words of the Book of Mormon, I, Nephi, as the start of a story about how faith gets built and rebuilt, and more. And to close the show, Come Follow Me, on this week's reading in Jeremiah. In this episode: • Church News traces fifteen years of missionary work moving from paper to smartphones • Joseph Smith Papers releases ebook for its completed Financial Records series • El Paso Texas Temple site announced, 42 years to the day after Dallas • Sociologist Jess Paul Jones reads Nephi's record as a study in identity • Christian Homestead counts Second Coming warnings in eighty years of conference talks • Youth Sunday lessons close October's 'Your Body Is Sacred' month with covenant identity • Unshaken on Jeremiah's Temple Sermon: membership doesn't offset broken covenants Sources: • Church News: Digital and online developments in missionary work https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2026/10/21/missionary-work-digital-online-developments-last-15-years/ • Church Newsroom: Joseph Smith Papers Financial Records Series Ebook Now Available http://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/joseph-smith-papers-financial-records-series-ebook • Church Newsroom: Location Announced for the El Paso Texas Temple http://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/location-announced-for-the-el-paso-texas-temple • Church News: El Paso Texas Temple location announced https://www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2026/10/19/el-paso-texas-temple-site-announced/ • The Interpreter Foundation: Jess Paul Jones: “I, Nephi” (1 Nephi 1:1): Reading the Small Plates of Nephi as Identity development https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO_wqJjAbOU • Christian Homestead: Possibly the Biggest Second Coming Warning We've EVER Received! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5PlYYtS0tk • Unshaken: Hiding Behind the Temple: Making God's House a Den of Thieves (Jeremiah 4-7) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NoD6DAMfXk Show notes and transcript: https://gregsargent.com/morning-watch/2026-10-22

  2. 3d ago

    Ep. 25: Wednesday, October 21, 2026

    In today's show, a member of the Presiding Bishopric tells BYU students where tithing goes, including one point five eight billion dollars spent caring for people in need in twenty twenty-five. Elder Ronald A. Rasband recalls having just ten couples to fill a long list of senior missionary requests. Elder Dale G. Renlund finds a lesson about infinite love in the older brother from the parable of the prodigal son. An Egyptologist traces the Book of Mormon promise to prosper in the land back to ancient Egyptian wisdom texts, and more. And to close the show, Come Follow Me, on this week's reading in Jeremiah. In this episode: • Bishop Budge explains where tithing goes in BYU devotional • Church News explainer: a century of calls for senior missionaries, and the gap that remains • Elder Renlund's Maxwell Lecture on the infinite Atonement • Church News traces missionary training from a BYU class to home MTC • Egyptologist traces the Book of Mormon's 'prosper in the land' promise to Egyptian wisdom texts • Christian Homestead: Ephraim prayer's Second Coming line, and the Liberty Jail storm • Thoughtful Faith on why God heals some and not others • Unshaken reads Jeremiah 2 and 3 as a marriage the Lord won't give up on Sources: • BYU Speeches: Sacred Resources, Sacred Purposes: Caring for God’s Children Around the World | L. Todd Budge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBsjwPCj5Ng • Church News: Senior missionaries: A look at the seasoned disciples in the Church’s legion of missionaries https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2026/10/19/latter-day-saint-senior-missionaries-service-overview/ • Church News: Elder Renlund on infinity, eternity and the power of Christ’s Atonement https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2026/10/20/elder-renlund-on-infinity-eternity-and-power-of-christ-atonement-neal-a-maxwell-institute-lecture/ • Church News: Provo MTC: A base camp for discipleship https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2026/10/20/provo-mtc-a-base-camp-for-discipleship/ • Church News: The unexpected and continued blessings of ‘home MTC’ https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2026/10/20/unexpected-and-continued-blessings-of-home-mtc-missionary-training-centers/ • The Interpreter Foundation: David M. Calabro: To “Prosper in the Land”: A Book of Mormon Concept and Its Old World Roots https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvkxnFMOkXo • The Interpreter Foundation: Dennis Newton: Text Mining the Words of Nephi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4By9gsNLWqU • The Interpreter Foundation: Parker Joseph Stone: Nephi’s Ark Temple: Cosmic Kingship and the Sacred Voyage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1HwpmWCTmE • The Stick of Joseph: The Hebrew Wordplay Woven Throughout the Book of Mormon | Jeff Markham https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV8q_UP7jzE • Christian Homestead: Why Is this Happening? Lots of Updates. Something Very Unlikely Happened Last Night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNCWTqdIZ9k • Thoughtful Faith: MIRACLES: What Happens When God Says No? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv1SRHfh3TQ • Unshaken: Spiritual Adultery: Cheating on the Lord (Jeremiah 2-3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Y7w7dpGMs Show notes and transcript: https://gregsargent.com/morning-watch/2026-10-21

  3. 4d ago

    Ep. 24: Tuesday, October 20, 2026

    In today's show, Elder Gerrit W. Gong wants artificial intelligence to sit for a new exam, one that grades its moral compass. Kyrgyzstan's president greets an Idaho rodeo cowboy as the Utah hero. A Milwaukee Brewers rookie celebrates a playoff win by spraying Fanta. ESPN's Pat McAfee opens a Book of Mormon on College GameDay, and more. And to close the show, Come Follow Me, on this week's reading in Jeremiah. In this episode: • Elder Gong proposes "Humanity's First Exam" to test AI's moral compass • Rebekka Matheson at BYU: the refiner's fire is other people's trials • Latter-day Saint cowboys play Kyrgyz goat rugby at the World Nomad Games • Brewers rookie Cooper Pratt's Fanta celebration opens a door to his faith • Relief Society releases In the Lord's Way, a resource for leaders helping members in need • Church News editor on gambling: delete the betting apps • Church News tallies the numbers behind 'hastening the work' • Church's social account answers faith questions during College GameDay at BYU • Ex-NFL lineman Mark Asper on faith, getting cut, and a whiteboard in Buffalo • Jesus Christ in Scripture: why Jeremiah acted out his prophecies Sources: • Church Newsroom: Elder Gong Calls for Moral Compass in Age of AI at G20 Interfaith Forum http://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/elder-gong-artificial-intelligence-g20-interfaith-forum • Church News: In case you missed it: President Oaks’ first year as Prophet, the 2026 G20 Interfaith Forum, 2 temple dedications, plus 6 more stories https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2026/10/18/week-in-review-president-oaks-one-year-as-prophet/ • Church News: Elder Gong proposes a new test for AI: Humanity’s First Exam https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2026/10/18/elder-gong-proposes-ai-moral-evaluation-humanitys-first-exam/ • Gary E. Stevenson: "Resilient Hope, Shared Future" | 2026 G20 Interfaith Forum Welcome Dinner Remarks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4qQXXdh4O8 • Christian Homestead: "First Time?" Prophecy is Unfolding RIGHT NOW in Salt Lake City . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3AhjDXTKtE • Church News: Music & the Spoken Word: ‘The faith that unites us’ https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2026/10/17/music-and-the-spoken-word-tabernacle-choir-faith-unites-us/ • Church Newsroom: President Oaks Calls for Peacemaking at G20 Interfaith Forum in Salt Lake City http://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/g20-interfaith-forum-salt-lake-city-president-oaks • BYU Speeches: Presence in the Refiner’s Fire | Rebekka Matheson | October 2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejeS-nrkBsc • Church News: Latter-day Saint cowboys play ‘goat rugby’ and forge friendships at World Nomad Games https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2026/10/15/latter-day-saint-cowboys-play-goat-rugby-forge-friendships-world-nomad-games/ • Church News: Beyond the Fanta: Milwaukee shortstop Cooper Pratt’s faith and journey to the big leagues https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2026/10/14/fanta-milwaukee-brewers-shortstop-cooper-pratt-faith-journey-mlb/ • Church News: New tool helps with supporting members in becoming more self-reliant https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2026/10/14/new-lds-tool-helps-support-members-becoming-more-self-reliant/ • Church News: Jon Ryan Jensen: Salvation is not a matter of luck or chance, but choice https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2026/10/17/jon-ryan-jensen-salvation-is-not-a-matter-of-luck-or-chance-but-choice-gambling/ • Church News: Missionary Work magazine: A message to our readers https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2026/10/17/missionary-work-magazine-message-to-our-readers/ • Church News: ‘The majesty of this moment’: How the Lord is hastening His work with members, missionaries and temples https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2026/10/17/the-majesty-of-this-moment-lord-is-hastening-his-work-members-missionaries-temples/ • Church News: Church uses College GameDay momentum to answer questions about faith on social media https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2026/10/19/college-football-gameday-byu-church-social-media-answer-faith-questions/ • Why We Believe: NFL Lineman Mark Asper Shares Why the Gospel Is the Greatest Team Sport Ever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWKLriBdi_4 • Jesus Christ in Scripture: Why Did Jeremiah Act Out His Prophecies?│Jeremiah https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hj6Y0buXvc Show notes and transcript: https://gregsargent.com/morning-watch/2026-10-20

  4. 5d ago

    Ep. 23: Monday, October 19, 2026

    In today's show, we start with this day in history: on October nineteenth, nineteen seventy-one, the Genesis Group held its founding meeting in Salt Lake City, and Ruffin Bridgeforth Junior was named its president. Then, BYU football climbs to number two in the nation after an upset win over Notre Dame. It's the Cougars' highest ranking since nineteen eighty-four. The Church's full-time missionary force passes ninety thousand, the most in its history. Plus, President Henry B. Eyring dedicates the Montpelier Idaho Temple with a story about his late wife, who sat for hours outside the Bountiful temple when she could no longer go in, and more. And to close the show, Come Follow Me, on this week's reading in Jeremiah. In this episode: • October 19: Genesis Group, Dallas temple, Burundi • BYU climbs to No. 2, its highest ranking since 1984, after beating Notre Dame • Missionary force at record 90,000 as Church News compares the two age changes • Third 'Dedicate' episode premieres in Mexico City, posts this morning • President Eyring dedicates Montpelier Idaho Temple, the Church's 225th • Noelle Pikus Pace at BYU Women's Conference: be whole, not flawless • Elder Soares at NYU: unity without uniformity • Elder Stevenson tells missionaries the Book of Mormon is their most important companion • BYU opens new Arts Building at fine arts college's centennial • Church members in Panama hand out emergency kits after the earthquake • Informed Saints: Matt Roper traces nearly two centuries of Book of Mormon geography • Christian Homestead reads the new missionary work special issue • Young Women and Aaronic Priesthood lessons for October 25 meet on humility, virtue and the sacred body • Lynne Hilton Wilson reads Jeremiah 1 to 22 through its women • Come Follow Me: study channels center Jeremiah week on the 'fire in the bones' of chapter twenty Sources: • BYU Athletics (byucougars.com): Football jumps to No. 2 after defeating Notre Dame https://byucougars.com/news/2026/10/18/football-jumps-to-no-2-after-defeating-notre-dame • AP News: AP Top 25 highlights: Miami is No. 1, and No. 2 BYU sees its best ranking since '84 https://apnews.com/live/top-25-college-football-poll-10-18-2026 • ESPN: Kalani Sitake, 'a BYU fan first,' emotional after Cougars' upset of Notre Dame https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/50207876/no-8-byu-rallies-outlasts-no-2-notre-dame-move-6-0 • ESPN: Big 12 admits error in Notre Dame-BYU, says Irish had time for one more play https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/50208529/big-12-admits-error-says-notre-dame-had-one-more-play • Yahoo Sports: Bear Bachmeier gets his revenge: ‘Notre Dame disrespected me and my family’ https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/bear-bachmeier-gets-revenge-notre-125101117.html • OutKick: BYU QB Bear Bachmeier says Notre Dame 'disrespected' him and his family following upset win over Irish https://www.foxnews.com/outkick-sports/byu-qb-bear-bachmeier-says-notre-dame-disrespected-him-family-following-upset-win-irish • USA TODAY: Bear Bachmeier gets his revenge: 'Notre Dame disrespected me and my family' https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/big12/2026/10/18/bear-bachmeier-disrespected-notre-dame-byu-qb/92316351007/ • Yahoo Sports: Heisman Trophy betting odds: Favorites, contenders, future picks for Week 8 including Bachmeier, Legree https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/heisman-trophy-betting-odds-favorites-001232368.html • BYU Cougars Wire (USA TODAY Sports Media Group): Bear Bachmeier had a performance not seen in 30 years https://byucougarswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/cougars/football/2026/10/18/bear-bachmeier-career-game/92318497007/ • Church News: The surges and waves of the missionary age changes https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2026/10/18/missionary-age-changes-surges-waves/ • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: How Can the Temple Strengthen My Connection to My Family? | Dedicate Part 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuDfoMDL-7k • Church Newsroom: Hundreds Gather in Mexico for Premiere of Third ‘Dedicate’ Episode http://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/new-dedicate-episode-premieres-in-mexico • Church Newsroom: ‘Dedicate’ Premiere in Brazil Opens Hearts to the Temple http://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/dedicate-premiere-in-brazil-opens-hearts-to-the-temple • Church News: Church’s ‘Dedicate’ series shows young adults building faith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM8RymJys_w • Church Newsroom: President Eyring Dedicates the Montpelier Idaho Temple http://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/president-eyring-dedicates-the-montpelier-idaho-temple • Church Newsroom: Elder Ronald A. Rasband Dedicates the First Temple in Nicaragua http://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/elder-ronald-a-rasband-dedicates-the-first-temple-in-nicaragua • Church News: Elder Rasband dedicates Managua Nicaragua Temple, the country’s first https://www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2026/10/18/elder-rasband-dedicates-managua-nicaragua-temple-first-in-country/ • Church News: President Henry B. Eyring dedicates Church’s 225th temple in Montpelier, Idaho https://www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2026/10/18/henry-b-eyring-dedicates-montpelier-idaho-temple/ • Church News: Ground broken for Austria’s first temple https://www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2026/10/17/ground-broken-for-vienna-austria-temple-first/ • Church Newsroom: Open House Begins for Modesto California Temple http://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/open-house-begins-for-modesto-california-temple • Church News: ‘We sing and we shout: “Hallelujah!”’ says Elder Gong in Miraflores temple dedicatory prayer https://www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2026/10/13/miraflores-guatemala-city-temple-dedicatory-prayer-elder-gerrit-w-gong/ • Church Newsroom: The Newly Completed Modesto California Temple https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPjIoncGIx8 • BYU Women's Conference: "To Be Whole, Not Flawless" by Noelle Pikus Pace | BYU Women's Conference, 2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8hYBDDAfR8 • Ulisses Soares: A World of Faith | Forum On Faith Closing Keynote Remarks, New York University October 2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5wZF-AVueQ • Church News: Elder Stevenson on the ‘heavenly companionship’ between missionaries and the Book of Mormon https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2026/10/14/elder-gary-e-stevenson-heavenly-companionship-between-missionaries-book-of-mormon-provo-mtc-devotional/ • Church News: BYU College of Fine Arts and Communication celebrates 100 years https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2026/10/15/byu-new-arts-building-centennial-celebration/ • Church News: Church sends emergency aid to Panama after earthquake https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2026/10/16/church-lds-sends-emergency-aid-to-panama-after-earthquake/ • Informed Saints: Heartland or Mesoamerica? What the Early Saints Believed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhjHpUL-aW8 • Christian Homestead: New Special Publication Released! Does the Church Understand the Moment We're In? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh2sYikY5z4 • Scripture Central: Jeremiah 1-22: The Rebellion of Judah | Handmaidens, Harems, Heroines I Lynne Hilton Wilson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUxKBLQlkLo • Unshaken: Come Follow Me - Jeremiah 1-29: "Fire in the Bones" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIL8vL6-R8A • Unshaken: Known Before the Womb: Discovering Your Premortal Identity and Mission (Jeremiah 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4bkhNMMyxw • Church News: ‘Come, Follow Me’ for Oct. 19-25: What have Church leaders said about Jeremiah 1-3, 7, 16-18, 20? https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2026/10/18/come-follow-me-october-19-25-what-have-church-leaders-said-about-jeremiah-1-3-7-16-18-20/ • The Scriptures Are Real: E66 Led, Nurtured and Molded: God pleading with Judah through Jeremiah (Jereimah 1-20) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn_F5JsbzvM • followHIM Podcast: followHIM Favorites • Oct 19–25 • Come, Follow Me 2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxVBCoJrB2U • Scripture Central: Fire in the Bones | Jeremiah 1-20 | Come Follow Me 2026 | John Hilton III | Oct 19-25 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzxgjQLWUtY • followHIM Podcast: OT243 Jeremiah 1–3; 7; 16–18; 20 • Dr Jeff Thompson • Oct 19–25 • Come, Follow Me 2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9y_taTfUFY Show notes and transcript: https://gregsargent.com/morning-watch/2026-10-19

  5. Oct 16

    Ep. 22: Friday, October 16, 2026

    In today's show, we start in October eighteen forty-two, when Joseph Smith was in hiding and the Nauvoo newspaper had to speak for him. The twenty twenty-seven youth theme gets its logo, a silhouette of the Salt Lake Temple with the door and the angel Moroni picked out in gold. It also gets a new album of eight songs. Free tickets open at ten this morning for Luz de las Naciones, with about a thousand volunteer performers. And a branch in Hendersonville North Carolina becomes the first Pohnpeian-language ward outside Micronesia, and more. And to close the show, Come Follow Me, on this week's reading in Isaiah. In this episode: • Times and Seasons speaks for a prophet in hiding, October 1842 • 2027 youth theme Rejoice in Christ gets logo, website and eight-song album • Luz de las Naciones tickets open today for November shows • First Pohnpeian-speaking ward outside Micronesia organized in North Carolina • Elder Soares closes NYU Forum on Faith with an Amazon rivers image • President Oaks opens G20 Interfaith Forum in the Tabernacle • Christian Homestead ties tithing to the Second Coming • Unshaken on Isaiah 64 and 65: the potter, the idols of luck, and labor not in vain Sources: • Church Newsroom: 2027 Youth Theme Website, Logo, Music Album Released http://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/2027-youth-theme-website-logo-music-album-released • Church News: 2027 youth theme logo, music, other resources now available https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2026/10/16/2027-youth-theme-logo-music-other-resources-now-available/ • Church Newsroom: Church to Host ‘Luz de las Naciones’ Latin America Celebration November 13-14 http://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/church-to-host-luz-de-las-naciones-latin-america-celebration-november-13-14 • Church News: First Pohnpeian-speaking ward outside Micronesia created in U.S. https://www.thechurchnews.com/members/2026/10/06/new-pohnpeian-speaking-ward-created-hendersonville-north-carolina/ • Church Newsroom: Elder Soares in New York City: Faith Can Build Bridges Across Differences http://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/elder-soares-new-york-city-forum-faith • Church News: President Oaks welcomes world religious leaders to G20 Interfaith Forum https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2026/10/16/dallin-oaks-welcomes-world-religious-leaders-g20-interfaith-forum/ • Christian Homestead: It's ALL in Preparation for the Second Coming! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EScu2GBhf70 • Unshaken: Reshaping the Clay: The Potter's Promises in Isaiah 64-65 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5evw2NgQUdo Show notes and transcript: https://gregsargent.com/morning-watch/2026-10-16

  6. Oct 14

    Ep. 21: Wednesday, October 14, 2026

    In today's show, we start with our own look back: twenty-eight years ago today, the First Presidency announced a temple in Baton Rouge, the first in Louisiana. Then President D. Todd Christofferson calls gambling morally wrong, and he backs it with a number: nearly half of America's seventeen-year-old boys placed a bet last year. A hymn in the new hymnbook started out as a song for a composer's newborn grandson. Plus two researchers say the face inside a stuck family locket is the Prophet Joseph Smith himself, and more. And to close the show, Come Follow Me, on this week's reading in Isaiah. In this episode: • Baton Rouge Louisiana Temple announced 28 years ago tomorrow • President Christofferson tells members gambling is morally wrong • Sally DeFord's song for a newborn grandson became a hymn in the new hymnbook • Church News lists the changes from President Oaks's first year as prophet • Bednars return to BYU-Idaho for its twenty-fifth anniversary devotional • Researchers argue the Larson locket photo shows Joseph Smith • Come Follow Me, Isaiah 58 to 66: from groping for the wall to gates that never shut Sources: • RISE ZION: President Christofferson Just CONDEMNED Sports Betting & Prediction Markets... And It Went VIRAL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coaL7Z6Ob6Y • Church News: Written for a grandson, new hymn ‘Close as a Quiet Prayer’ teaches truth to all children https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2026/10/10/written-for-a-grandson-new-hymn-close-as-a-quiet-prayer-teaches-truth-to-all-children/ • Church News: See a list of announcements and changes in the Church since President Oaks became Prophet https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2026/10/13/president-dallin-oaks-church-announcements-changes/ • BYU-Idaho Speeches: BYU-Idaho 25th Anniversary Devotional | Elder & Sister Bednar | October 8, 2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpcb4imbmaU • Church News: Elder and Sister Bednar return to BYU–Idaho for its 25th anniversary https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2026/10/10/elder-david-bednar-25th-anniversary-byu-idaho-devotional/ • Church Newsroom: Elder and Sister Bednar Join BYU–I 25th Anniversary Celebrations http://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/elder-and-sister-bednar-join-byu-idaho-25th-anniversary-celebrations • Church History Matters Podcast: Is the Joseph Smith Daguerreotype Real? Latest Research I Joseph Smith I Church History Matters EP01 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AbKX-GOYm4 • Unshaken: Like a Blind Man Groping for the Wall: The Direction of Isaiah 59-60 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyBDxXS65do • Scripture Central: Isaiah 58-66 Millenium, Sabbath, Restoration | Handmaidens, Harems, Heroines I Lynne Hilton Wilson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvgjw9q1wks Show notes and transcript: https://gregsargent.com/morning-watch/2026-10-14

  7. Oct 12

    Ep. 20: Monday, October 12, 2026

    In today's show, we start with our own look back: sixty-three years ago today, the Polynesian Cultural Center was dedicated in Laie Hawaii, and it opened next to a college because Elder Gordon B. Hinckley turned down a site beside the temple. Church News pulls one invitation from each of fifteen apostles at October conference, including a warning that gambling, even for fun, leads the wrong way. Elder Gerrit W. Gong dedicates a temple that puts Guatemala City alongside Lima Peru as the only cities outside the United States with two temples. A BYU historian says looking for Lehi's DNA is like looking for a drop of food coloring in a swimming pool, and more. And to close the show, Come Follow Me, on this week's reading in Isaiah. In this episode: • Hinckley picks the spot: Polynesian Cultural Center dedicated, 1963 • Fifteen apostles, fifteen assignments: Church News lists one invitation from each senior leader at October conference • Elder Gong dedicates Miraflores Guatemala City Guatemala Temple • President Oaks's first year as Church President: temples, apostles, ninety thousand missionaries • Dedicate episode two takes young adults under the Salt Lake Temple • BYU Maya specialist says the Nephites weren't the Maya • Christian Homestead: Is Salt Lake the New Jerusalem? • Elder Soares on Isaiah's true fast, plus Unshaken on fasting and family giving Sources: • Church News: In case you missed it: Church leaders speak at October 2026 general conference, Elder Bednar teaches chaplains, plus 8 more stories https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2026/10/11/week-in-review-october-2026-general-conference-chaplain-seminar/ • Church News: 15 invitations from October 2026 general conference by the First Presidency, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2026/10/10/invitations-from-october-2026-general-conference-president-oaks/ • Church News: This week on social: Leaders reflect on general conference messages and new ‘Dedicate’ video https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2026/10/09/this-week-on-social-general-conference-dedicate-video-teaching-tips/ • Church News: Christ is ‘the heart of the temple’: Elder Gong dedicates Miraflores Guatemala City Guatemala Temple https://www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2026/10/11/elder-gong-dedicates-miraflores-guatemala-city-guatemala-temple/ • Church Newsroom: Elder Gong Dedicates the Miraflores Guatemala City Temple http://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/elder-gong-dedicates-the-miraflores-guatemala-city-temple • Church News: Ground broken for temple in Maceió, one of Brazil’s 24 temples https://www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2026/10/11/groundbreaking-maceio-brazil-temple-elder-cuvelier-presiding/ • Church News: ‘This is sacred ground’: Elder Rasband dedicates the Ephraim Utah Temple https://www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2026/10/11/sacred-ground-elder-rasband-dedicates-ephraim-utah-temple/ • Church Newsroom: Construction Begins for Iquitos Peru Temple with Groundbreaking Ceremony http://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/construction-begins-for-iquitos-peru-temple-with-groundbreaking-ceremony • Church Newsroom: Groundbreaking Ceremony Held for the Maceió Brazil Temple http://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/groundbreaking-ceremony-held-for-the-maceio-brazil-temple • Church News: Guatemala City: The second city outside the U.S. to have 2 temples https://www.thechurchnews.com/temples/2026/10/10/guatemala-city-second-city-outside-us-to-have-2-temples/ • Church News: What happened during President Oaks’ first year as Church President? https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2026/10/11/president-oaks-first-year-church-president-prophet/ • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Strengthening Foundations: The Salt Lake Temple Renewal | Dedicate Episode 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEjhriKqgLk • Informed Saints: Were the Nephites the Maya? A BYU Mesoamericanist Answers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIyaD_Aze7U • Christian Homestead: A Second Coming Timeline — Anytime, I think! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfk04zLwEj0 • Christian Homestead: Response to Stick of Joseph: Is The New Jerusalem in Salt Lake City? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nA8S-vivfs • Unshaken: The Sabbath: A Day of Do's or a Day of Don'ts? (Isaiah 58-59) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2yyFL_FUIY • Ulisses Soares: Is Not This the Fast That I Have Chosen? | Come, Follow Me 2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4Ryg1UgjxU • Unshaken: A True Fast or Just Going Hungry? The Call of Isaiah 58 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_8l0E-tqJk • Church News: ‘Come, Follow Me’ for Oct. 12-18: What have Church leaders said about Isaiah 58-66? https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2026/10/11/come-follow-me-october-12-18-what-have-church-leaders-said-about-isaiah-58-66/ • Unshaken: Come Follow Me - Isaiah 58-66: To Bind Up the Brokenhearted https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns4WNx8a6GA • The Scriptures Are Real: E65 Anointed to Deliver: Christ, Jubilee and Judgment with Sister Reyna Aburto and Robert Millet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzyVkp_IrSM • Unshaken: False Gods and Counterfeit Altars: The Warnings of Isaiah 57 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE5_FADB5MA Show notes and transcript: https://gregsargent.com/morning-watch/2026-10-12

  8. Oct 9

    Ep. 19: Friday, October 9, 2026

    In today's show, we start with our own feature from a hundred and fifty-one years ago today, when the Salt Lake Tabernacle was dedicated under a roof that skeptics said would fall once the scaffolding came down. From there, the Church's gift to a Juneteenth museum in Fort Worth Texas, announced on the day Dr. Opal Lee turned one hundred. Elder Bednar remembers fearing that turning Ricks College into a university would kill its spirit. A portrait artist sets a tiny photograph from a family locket beside Joseph Smith's death mask, and more. This week's Come Follow Me reading is in Isaiah, and we close the show with insights on it from Jesus Christ in Scripture and the followHIM Podcast, along with Scripture Central and Unshaken. In this episode: • The Salt Lake Tabernacle Is Dedicated • Ideas for celebrating Family History Month • Orchestra at Temple Square fall concert on October 23 • Church donates $3 million to National Juneteenth Museum • Elder Larreal's three principles at a BYU–Pathway devotional • Worldwide Church relief after natural disasters • President Chibota ministers in the Philippines • Sister Runia testifies to missionaries of three true things • Newsroom on the Juneteenth Museum gift and Fort Worth service • Temple Square's new and familiar sights • Elder Gilbert: He hath borne our griefs • Elder and Sister Bednar at BYU-Idaho's 25th anniversary devotional • Christian Homestead: are we in preparation mode for the Second Coming? • Christian Homestead: could chapels become temples? • Christian Homestead: an impending third witness? • RISE ZION: does the locket daguerreotype show Joseph Smith? • RISE ZION: wards gather for the Dedicate premiere • Thoughtful Faith: why most Christians can't say Jesus is God • The Stick of Joseph: what happens when the prodigal returns • Come Follow Me: Isaiah 50–57 and a look ahead to Isaiah 58–66 Sources: • Church News: Ideas for celebrating Family History Month https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2026/10/09/ideas-for-celebrating-family-history-month-familysearch/ • Church News: Orchestra at Temple Square concert on Oct. 23 to feature music by Tchaikovsky, from ‘Star Wars’ https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2026/10/09/orchestra-temple-square-fall-concert-star-wars-tchaikovsky/ • Church News: Church donates $3 million to Juneteenth museum construction in Fort Worth, Texas https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2026/10/08/church-lds-donates-3-million-to-junteenth-museum-construction/ • Church News: Elder Larrael shares 3 principles to help ‘receive divine help, strength, direction, and peace’ https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2026/10/08/elder-pedro-larreal-byu-pathway-worldwide-devotional-3-principles/ • Church News: Worldwide Church brings peace to people in distress after natural disasters https://www.thechurchnews.com/living-faith/2026/10/08/church-brings-peace-to-people-in-distress-after-natural-disasters/ • Church News: President Chibota ministers in Philippines during first international assignment https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2026/10/07/primary-general-president-rosemary-chibota-ministers-in-philippines-first-international-assignment/ • Church News: Sister Runia testifies to missionaries of 3 things that are true https://www.thechurchnews.com/leaders/2026/10/07/sister-tamara-w-runia-provo-mtc-things-that-are-true/ • Church Newsroom: Church Supports Juneteenth Museum in Texas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDUD_690b-Q • Church Newsroom: Church Supports National Juneteenth Museum, Community Service Effort in Fort Worth http://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/church-support-national-juneteenth-museum • Church Newsroom: Photo Essay: Temple Square’s New and Familiar Sights http://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/october-2026-general-conference-photo-gallery • Clark G. Gilbert: "He Hath Borne Our Griefs, and Carried Our Sorrows" | Come, Follow Me 2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZHdkSaadNI • BYU-Idaho Speeches: BYU-Idaho Weekly Devotional - Elder David A. & Sister Susan K. Bednar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbZDKMF1Jcw • Christian Homestead: We're in "Preparation Mode" for the Second Coming? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-4qVd-S-0o • Christian Homestead: Stake Centers & Chapels to be CONVERTED into Temples? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej2fCDSkZpk • Christian Homestead: "Impending" Third Witness? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar26YUkn0QY • RISE ZION: NEW Forensic Evidence: Did Joseph Smith REALLY Look Like This? Is it a Match? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sISimJnmMg • RISE ZION: The Church just Asked LDS Families to Gather TONIGHT... What is Happening? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSAP8iSSo_c • Thoughtful Faith: Why most Christians can’t say Jesus is God https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rItG3PeoRuE • The Stick of Joseph: What Happens When The Prodigal Son Returns? | Ashly Stone & Austin Fife https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOFlngJh_TU • Jesus Christ in Scripture: Will Jesus Really Return in Red? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6ROORwTg8w • Jesus Christ in Scripture: Are You Fasting the Right Way? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9GxyHtrejk • followHIM Podcast: The One-Armed Judo Champion • followHIM Favorites • Oct 12–18 • Come, Follow Me 2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F_tAUgJhQY • followHIM Podcast: Isaiah 58–66 • Sister Sharon Eubank • Oct 12–18 • Come, Follow Me 2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYjR3lQkOCY • Scripture Central: Making All Things New | Isaiah 58-66 | Come Follow Me 2026 | John Hilton III | Oct 12-18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXwwZ1vAOhY • Unshaken: Everlasting Kindness: The Promises of Isaiah 54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g9xf1fzlmk • Unshaken: The Suffering Servant: The Atonement in Isaiah 53 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4eHA-g-4MU Show notes and transcript: https://gregsargent.com/morning-watch/2026-10-09

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Morning Watch is a daily newscast about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Each episode reports on recent videos and articles from official Church channels and independent commentators, naming the source behind every story. It closes with Come, Follow Me for the current week. The five voices are AI personalities created by Gregory Sargent. Not an official publication of the Church.

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