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2 Nephi 3-5 Part 2 • Dr. Jan J. Martin • Feb 12 - Feb 18 • Come Follow Me Feb 07, 2024

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Dr. Jan Martin discusses modern research and study on several difficult passages in the Book of Mormon, while bearing testimony of the Savior Jesus Christ and the Book of Mormon as the word of God.
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00:00 Part I–Dr. Jan J. Martin
00:07 2 Nephi 5 Covenant and prayer
01:25 Taking problems to the Lord
04:49 Separation and boundaries
08:20 The pain of Nephi’s separation
12:03 The group left behind
13:11 2 Nephi 5:19-20 – the Lord’s promises to Laman and Lemuel
16:04 2 Nephi 5:21 - Breaking a covenant
20:38 Different verse breaks and careful teaching
23:44 Cursing or covenant breaking
28:28 Unpacking difficult topics
30:21 Darkness is metaphorical
32:42 Historical research regarding skin color and bias
36:24 Teaching with caution
39:10 Additional resources
40:03 Righteous vs unrighteous not Nephite vs Lamanite
42:27 2 Nephi 5:22 and making assumptions
45:09 Letting go of past assumptions
46:31 2 Nephi 5:25 covenant keeping and happiness
50:19 Dr. Martin shares her testimony of Jesus and the Book of Mormon
54:17 End of Part II– Dr. Jan J. Martin

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John Bytheway: Co-host
David Perry: Producer
Kyle Nelson: Marketing, Sponsor
Lisa Spice: Client Relations, Editor, Show Notes
Jamie Neilson: Social Media, Graphic Design
Annabelle Sorensen: Creative Project Manager
Will Stoughton: Video Editor
Krystal Roberts: Translation Team, English & French Transcripts, Website
Ariel Cuadra: Spanish Transcripts
"Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonald
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2 Nephi 3-5 Part 1 • Dr. Jan J. Martin • Feb 12 - Feb 18 • Come Follow Me Feb 07, 2024

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How do we address difficult topics in the scriptures? Dr. Jan Martin explores the importance of record-keeping and covenant-keeping throughout trials.
Show Notes (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese): https://followhim.co/book-of-mormon-episodes-1-13/
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00:00 Part 1–Dr. Jan Martin
01:48 Introduction of Dr. Martin
02:56 The concept of covenants
05:38 Nephi’s purpose
08:05 Enduring difficulty through covenantal relationships
11:22 Remembering what the Lord has done
13:26 Lehi’s conversation with his family
17:11 Purpose alleviates suffering
20:12 Joseph of Egypt and Joseph Smith
24:22 The Book of Mormon is to maintain covenants
27:51 God’s perspective and many Josephs
35:25 Wilfred Woodruff and Lorenzo Snow
37:55 Joseph Smith and testimony
39:12 Covenant renewal among the Lehites
42:02 2 Nephi 5:4
43:54 Grief and death
50:45 An imperfect family
52:53 Suzerainty
55:07 Six essential parts
1:03:15 Ishmael’s daughters fearful of the future
1:06:25 Commandment to be cheerful
01:11:15 Gratitude and journaling
01:12:55 End of Part 1–Dr. Jan Martin

25¢ for Eternity • followHIM Favorites • Feb 5 - Feb 11 • Come Follow Me Feb 01, 2024

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2 Nephi 1-2 Part 2 • Dr. Lili Anderson • Feb 5 - Feb 11 • Come Follow Me Jan 31, 2024

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Dr. Lili De Hoyos Anderson continues to explore agency, stretching our spirit over our flesh, and trusting God amidst our afflictions.
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00:00 Part II–Dr. Lili De Hoyos Anderson
00:07 Lehi teaches of a Fortunate Fall
02:47 The purposes of affliction and Dr. Anderson’s personal challenges
09:09 God consecrates our afflictions
14:36 Being antifragile
18:59 God’s miraculous alchemy
20:57 Becoming like God requires sacrifice
23:23 Trusting God amidst afflictions
25:30 Choosing glory
31:23 Choosing requires freedom
32:19 Agency vs. freedom
35:56 Stretching our spirit over our flesh
40:00 The spirit is willing
43:23 Leading by example and action
48:21 Grace, works, and agency
49:24 Corrie ten Boom
53:54 Dr. Anderson shares her testimony of Jesus Christ
59:11 End of Part II– Dr. Lili De Hoyos Anderson

2 Nephi 1-2 Part 1 • Dr. Lili Anderson • Feb 5 - Feb 11 • Come Follow Me Jan 31, 2024

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What would be included in your Last Lecture? Dr. Lili De Hoyos Anderson addresses Lehi’s final lessons for his family and the importance of building Zion, awakening from spiritual slumber and strengthening one another in relationships.
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00:00 Part 1–Dr. Lili De Hoyos Anderson
00:30 Teaser to the episode
01:21 Dr. Anderson shares overview of today’s podcast
03:01 Bio of Dr. Anderson
05:54 Zion and the Gathering of Israel
09:04 A land consecrated
10:57 The Bible and Jesus Christ
12:41 Unique characteristics of North America
16:33 Freedom and rights and the Restoration
19:14 Lehi exhorts his children to wake up
21:17 Covering sins
25:40 Fearing other’s perceptions
29:19 Divine discontent
32:12 Hank shares a story of General Conference experience
34:30 To cover
37:45 Tips for teaching younger audiences
38:15 Providing for families, men, and boys
32:14 Inspiration and adaptability
44:06 Trusting God and service in marriage
49:57 The importance of the ideal and adapting when we don’t meet it
54:55 A lesson from elephants
57:30 President Russell M. Nelson urges us to awake
59:06 Spouses building one another
1:04:52 End of Part 1–Dr. Lili De Hoyos Anderson

Robbed at gunpoint • followHIM Favorites • Jan 29 - Feb 4 • Come Follow Me Jan 25, 2024

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Ever wondered how choosing to have a good day can make all the difference? Join us for a real-life story of resilience, humor, and the power of choice.
Thanks to the followHIM team:
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Dr. Hank Smith: Co-host
John Bytheway: Co-host
David Perry: Producer
Kyle Nelson: Marketing, Sponsor
Lisa Spice: Client Relations, Editor, Show Notes
Jamie Neilson: Social Media, Graphic Design
Annabelle Sorensen: Creative Project Manager
Will Stoughton: Video Editor
Krystal Roberts: Translation Team, English & French Transcripts, Website
Ariel Cuadra: Spanish Transcripts
"Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonald
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1 Nephi 16-22 Part 2 • Dr. Tyler J. Griffin • Jan 29 - Feb 4 • Come Follow Me Jan 24, 2024

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Dr. Tyler Griffin emphasizes the privilege and power of discipleship as well as the power of the Book of Mormon as an inexhaustible source of strength, knowledge, and hope.
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00:00 Part II–Dr. Tyler Griffin
00:07 Jacob and Joseph are born
03:33 Getting closer to God and softening hearts
07:45 God never asks us to do addicting things
08:43 Planting seeds and growing connections
12:20 Becoming like Jesus and studying Isaiah
17:13 God reestablishes the covenant
20:39 Comfort and the covenant
24:02 God cannot forget us
30:37 Hebrew poetry
33:14 Gathering matters
36:46 Power in our own wrestles
40:17 Righteous isn’t flawless
43:20 Righteousness is repenting
44:17 Dr. Griffin shares his belief about friends in the community
45:29 Dr. Griffin shares his testimony of Jesus and the Book of Mormon
49:25 End of Part II– Dr. Tyler Griffin
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Lisa Spice: Client Relations, Editor, Show Notes
Jamie Neilson: Social Media, Graphic Design
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Will Stoughton: Video Editor
Krystal Roberts: Translation Team, English & French Transcripts, Website
Ariel Cuadra: Spanish Transcripts
"Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonald
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1 Nephi 16-22 Part 1 • Dr. Tyler J. Griffin • Jan 29 - Feb 4 • Come Follow Me Jan 24, 2024

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Why does the Lord lead us into unfamiliar wildernesses? Tyler Griffin examines God's nourishing and strengthening power and how revelation and strength come gradually.
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00:00 Part 1–Dr. Tyler Griffin
00:18 Review of last week’s episode
00:43 Preview of 1 Nephi 18-22
02:16 Bio of Dr. Tyler Griffin
03:20 The Lord is with us
07:03 Marriages occur and blessings follow
08:08 Marriage provides strength
10:26 The group continues to travel
11:30 The Liahona
14:55 Trusting the Lord
17:15 Miracles and challenges
20:48 Reminders of discipleship
22:11 Nephi takes ownership of the broken bow
25:42 Trusting God and taking steps
28:21 God works with wooden bows and a single arrow
32:33 Finding God amidst affliction
36:13 God requires action
39:17 Transactional relationships vs covenantal relationships
41:42 Two reactions to one set of trials
44:31 Staying positive in trials
47:50 Shouldering heavy burdens
49:32 President Emily Freeman and building a relationship with Christ
51:33 Moroni began to look forward
53:53 Nahum and Joseph Smith
58:50 Shipbuilding and the Lord has more in store
1:00:25 Taking steps without knowing the entire path
1:06:05 The Lord reveals in steps
1:09:57 End of Part 1–Dr. Tyler Griffin
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Kyle Nelson: Marketing, Sponsor
Lisa Spice: Client Relations, Editor, Show Notes
Jamie Neilson: Social Media, Graphic Design
Annabelle Sorensen: Creative Project Manager
Will Stoughton: Video Editor
Krystal Roberts: Translation Team, English & French Transcripts, Website
Ariel Cuadra: Spanish Transcripts
"Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonald
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The frothy beer • followHIM Favorites • Jan 22 - 28 • Come Follow Me Jan 18, 2024

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Will the student body officer cave to peer pressure?
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Kyle Nelson: Marketing, Sponsor
Lisa Spice: Client Relations, Editor, Show Notes
Jamie Neilson: Social Media, Graphic Design
Annabelle Sorensen: Creative Project Manager
Will Stoughton: Video Editor
Krystal Roberts: Translation Team, English & French Transcripts, Website
Ariel Cuadra: Spanish Transcripts
"Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonald
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1 Nephi 11-15 Part 2 • Dr. Joshua Sears • Jan 22 - 28 • Come Follow Me Jan 17, 2024

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Dr. Sears continues to explore Nephi’s Dream and the crucial nature of the Abrahamic Covenant in the fortunate Scattering and Gathering of Israel.
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00:00 Part II–Dr. Joshua Sears
00:07 The New and Everlasting Covenant
02:25 Doctrinal misunderstanding informs biblical interpretation
04:49 Blindness to the covenants
06:47 Losing covenant consciousness
10:21 Covenants fulfilled in the Last Days
13:10 Jesus and the vision
16:38 The Book of Mormon reorients to the Abrahamic Covenant
20:53 The Abrahamic Covenant was not totally fulfilled in the Meridian of Time
22:27 Salvation as a people
25:26 The Restoration is to restore people to a covenantal relationship with God
26:43 1 Nephi 13:38
28:18 The Book of Mormon restores everyone to the covenant
30:50 1 Nephi 15 Nephi shares what he has learned
32:26 The fluidity of the concept of gentiles
34:48 Focus on covenants instead of Columbus
36:02 Lamanties as a type of those who need to return to the Covenant Path
39:51 The Lord’s work
43:46 The power of covenants to those who have strayed
46:58 The Book of Mormon is full of hope
48:48 Lazarus and wayward souls
53:15 Spiritual Alzheimer’s
54:13 Dr. Sears shares his testimony of Jesus and the Book of Mormon
59:06 End of Part II– Dr. Joshua Sears
Thanks to the followHIM team:
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Kyle Nelson: Marketing, Sponsor
Lisa Spice: Client Relations, Editor, Show Notes
Jamie Neilson: Social Media, Graphic Design
Annabelle Sorensen: Creative Project Manager
Will Stoughton: Video Editor
Krystal Roberts: Translation Team, English & French Transcripts, Website
Ariel Cuadra: Spanish Transcripts
"Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonald
https://www.marshallmcdonaldmusic.com

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