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Do you ever feel that preparing for your weekly Come, Follow Me lesson falls short? Join hosts Hank Smith and John Bytheway as they interview experts to make your study for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Come, Follow Me course not only enjoyable but original and educational. If you...

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The Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ (An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon) cover

The Book of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ (An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon)

Jun Joseph Smith

Mentioned 4 months ago

Genesis 24-33 Part 1 • Bro. Mike Harris • Mar. 2-8 • Come, Follow Me

The Book of Mormon was referenced as containing the same Hebrew idiom about lifting or casting eyes, illustrating a pattern of revelation.

I think the phrase is also in the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price.

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KJV, Pew Bible, Large Print, Hardcover, Black, Red Letter, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, King James Version cover

KJV, Pew Bible, Large Print, Hardcover, Black, Red Letter, Comfort Print

Thomas Nelson

Mentioned 4 months ago

Genesis 24-33 Part 1 • Bro. Mike Harris • Mar. 2-8 • Come, Follow Me

The Bible was discussed as not being a historical textbook but a scriptural text, emphasizing symbolic interpretation over literal history.

The Bible is not a historical textbook. Or to quote President Nelson, talking about the Book of Mormon, there is history in it, but it is not a historical textbook.

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Life's Lessons Learned

Dallin H. Oaks

Mentioned 4 months ago

Genesis 24-33 Part 1 • Bro. Mike Harris • Mar. 2-8 • Come, Follow Me

The host noted reading President Dallin H. Oaks' book, which offered tender insight about the deep wound felt after losing a spouse.

I was reading President Dallin H. Oaks' book. It's titled Life Lessons Learned. He gives sweet, tender insight into what it was like when his first wife died. When we lose a spouse, we are usually unaware how deeply wounded we are.

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Finding Jesus Christ In the Old Testament

Annabelle Sorensen

Mentioned 5 months ago

Genesis 18-23 Part 2 • Dr. Carli Anderson • Feb. 23 - Mar. 1 • Come, Follow Me

The hosts promoted a free digital version of the book, noting it provides concise insights from previous Old Testament episodes and offering a link to purchase the print edition.

We've got more of Genesis to cover on Follow Him. As a thank you to our wonderful listeners, we'd love to gift you the digital version of our book, Finding Jesus Christ in the Old Testament. It offers short, meaningful insights drawn from our past Old Testament episodes. Visit followhim.co, that's followhim.co, to download your free copy today and you'll also find the link to purchase the print edition.

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Seeing Women in the Old Testament

Carli Anderson

Mentioned 5 months ago

Genesis 18-23 Part 1 • Dr. Carli Anderson • Feb. 23 - Mar. 1 • Come, Follow Me

Carly was noted as a contributing author for the newly released book, which was just published for the current Come, Follow Me study.

She's a contributing author for the book called Seeing Women in the Old Testament.

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The Blessings of Abraham Becoming a Zion People

E. Douglas Clark

Mentioned 5 months ago

Genesis 12–17; Abraham 1–2 Part 1 • Dr. Jenae Nelson • Feb. 16-22 • Come, Follow Me

The speaker said the book was really good and highlighted its focus on Abraham as a model for Zion.

Scholar E. Douglas Clark, there's a book that he's written, The Blessings of Abraham Becoming a Zion People. It's really good.

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Israel, The Lord's Chosen People

Dellas W. Lee

Mentioned 5 months ago

Genesis 12–17; Abraham 1–2 Part 1 • Dr. Jenae Nelson • Feb. 16-22 • Come, Follow Me

The host described the book as super thick and suggested it was a useful reference on the fathers of Israel.

Here's another one. This is Israel, the Lord's Chosen People by Dallas W. Lee. It's super thick.

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The Gospel of Mark - Bible Study Book

Lisa Harper

Mentioned 5 months ago

Thoughts to Keep in Mind #2 • The Covenant • Dr. Ross Baron • Feb. 9-15

The hosts cited Ben Witherington's commentary, noting his explanation that Jesus taught no new marriages would be initiated in the resurrection.

He wrote a commentary on the Gospel of Mark called The Gospel of Mark. His name's Ben Witherington. Page 328, he said, quote, Jesus is saying that no new marriages will be initiated.

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Sermons and Missionary Services of Melvin Joseph Ballard

Bryant S. Hinckley

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Thoughts to Keep in Mind #2 • The Covenant • Dr. Ross Baron • Feb. 9-15

The speakers referenced the book, quoting a passage on page242 about the resurrection and marriage doctrine.

That's in Sermons and Missionary Service of Melvin J. Ballard, page 242. God is a God of miracles. Jesus Christ is the Lord of the entire earth. The Abrahamic covenant is to include all of his children to bring them back.

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Supersonic Saints

John Bytheway

Mentioned 5 months ago

Faith at Full Throttle • followHIM Favorites • Feb. 9-15 • Come Follow Me

Hank noted that John had written a book titled Supersonic Saints about courageous Latterday Saint pilots, stating he had compiled the stories and loved the first chapter.

John, if I remember right, you wrote two books about these kind of stories. These airplanes and these Latterday Saint pilots. They're called Supersonic Saints. This is in the second one? Yeah. I loved it so much. It's the first chapter in the second one. And I didn't write these. I just compiled them.

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The C. S. Lewis Signature Classics

C. S. Lewis

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Genesis 6–11; Moses 8 Part 2 • Bro. Michael Cottle • Feb. 9-15 • Come, Follow Me

They mentioned C.S.Lewis's The Screwtape Letters as a counterintuitive story where a devil trains an apprentice devil on how to tempt humans.

I think C.S. Lewis, he wrote Screwtape Letters in that story. It's counterintuitive a little bit, but it's a devil training an apprentice devil how to tempt and torment and get the human. He says to the apprentice devil, he says, our cause is never more in jeopardy, meaning that Satan's cause is never more in jeopardy than when a human looking around on a universe and sees no evidence of God and still obeys.

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The Book of Moses

Aaron P. Schade

Mentioned 5 months ago

Moses 7 Part 1 • Bro. Danny Ricks • Feb. 2-8 • Come, Follow Me

The speakers expressed gratitude for modern revelation and specifically praised the Book of Moses as a precious morsel given by God, noting its role in the translation of Moses chapter7. They treated it as a valuable scriptural resource.

So grateful for the book of Moses.

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Original Version), by Harriet Beecher Stowe (Redemption Edition)

It was used as an example of a book character, Mrs. St. Clair, who is self-deceptive and always feels like a victim, which Dr. Haws said was a reminder of the dangers of self-deception as mentioned in James.

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So many incredible things from that book. But Mrs. St. Clair is someone who maybe as clearly as any character in any book I've read who always feels the victim.

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It was used as an example of a book character, Mrs. St. Clair, who is self-deceptive and always feels like a victim, which Dr. Haws said was a reminder of the dangers of self-deception as mentioned in James.

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So many incredible things from that book. But Mrs. St. Clair is someone who maybe as clearly as any character in any book I've read who always feels the victim.

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John W. Welch

The Sermon on the Mount in the Light of the Temple (Society for Old Testament Study Monographs)

The book was published by Ashgate Publishers and talks about the temple significance of the elements in the Sermon on the Mount. For example, the book discussed the menorah and how putting your light on a candlestick means adding your light to the light of the temple.

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And it was published by an academic press in London called Ashgate Publishers.

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The book was published by Ashgate Publishers and talks about the temple significance of the elements in the Sermon on the Mount. For example, the book discussed the menorah and how putting your light on a candlestick means adding your light to the light of the temple.

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And it was published by an academic press in London called Ashgate Publishers.

And I'll mention one last one.

You remember when it says if you come to the altar and you realize that your brother has ought against you, the altar? How many altars were there in Jesus' day? There's only one altar.

Here you come into the altar of the temple and you're told, if you have ought against your brother, stop what you're doing, leave your sacrifice, get out there and get reconciled.

If there are any hard feelings, we can't do at the altar what we need to do.

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Adam Miller

An Early Resurrection

The speaker said they loved a part of this book, which Adam Miller wrote, about promises being a certain way of looking forward. The speaker went on to discuss how the book taught them how to live in the present, as if they had already passed through death's veil and into the presence of God.

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Promises are a certain way of looking forward.

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The speaker said they loved a part of this book, which Adam Miller wrote, about promises being a certain way of looking forward. The speaker went on to discuss how the book taught them how to live in the present, as if they had already passed through death's veil and into the presence of God.

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Promises are a certain way of looking forward.

My job is to live right now as if I had already passed through death's veil and into the presence of God.

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Fanny Kelly

My Captivity

A Pioneer Woman's Story of Her Life Among the Sioux

The speaker remembered reading this book by Elizabeth Smart and how it helped her through a horrific experience. Elizabeth Smart said that she remembered how often her mother told her, "I love you no matter what." The speaker continued by saying that she was sustained by these words and that it helped her get through that time.

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I love you no matter what

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The speaker remembered reading this book by Elizabeth Smart and how it helped her through a horrific experience. Elizabeth Smart said that she remembered how often her mother told her, "I love you no matter what." The speaker continued by saying that she was sustained by these words and that it helped her get through that time.

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I love you no matter what

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Maud Petersham

The Christ Child

The book 'The Christ Child' was mentioned as one of the books Dr. Adam S. Miller has authored.

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He's the author of more than a dozen books, including Original Grace, one coming out this Christmas called The Christ Child, one that has a Book of Mormon focus called The Seven Gospe...

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The book 'The Christ Child' was mentioned as one of the books Dr. Adam S. Miller has authored.

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He's the author of more than a dozen books, including Original Grace, one coming out this Christmas called The Christ Child, one that has a Book of Mormon focus called The Seven Gospels, The Many Lives of Christ in the Book of Mormon.

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Adam S. Miller

Seven Gospels

The Many Lives of Christ in the Book of Mormon

The book 'The Seven Gospels' was mentioned as one of the books Dr. Adam S. Miller has authored and has a Book of Mormon focus.

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He's the author of more than a dozen books, including Original Grace, one coming out this Christmas called The Christ Child, one that has a Book of Mormon focus called The Seven Gospels

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The book 'The Seven Gospels' was mentioned as one of the books Dr. Adam S. Miller has authored and has a Book of Mormon focus.

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He's the author of more than a dozen books, including Original Grace, one coming out this Christmas called The Christ Child, one that has a Book of Mormon focus called The Seven Gospels, The Many Lives of Christ in the Book of Mormon.

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Wally Amos

The Famous Amos story

The face that launched a thousand chips

It was the main focus of the podcast episode, with discussions on its core message regarding justice, righteousness, and the consequences of not being different from the world. It was also discussed that the book ends on a hopeful note.

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Amos kind of gets a bad rap as being all doom and gloom.

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It was the main focus of the podcast episode, with discussions on its core message regarding justice, righteousness, and the consequences of not being different from the world. It was also discussed that the book ends on a hopeful note.

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Amos kind of gets a bad rap as being all doom and gloom.

Some of you have come up to hear the pleasing word of God, the word which healeth the wounded soul. And I have to enlarge the wounds of those that are already wounded.

You were supposed to be different. You weren't. So here comes destruction.

I love that right after it, it says the lion verse eight, Amos 3 8, the lion hath roared.

And I love that illustrations of that, that we saw of having the tabernacle in the center and all the tribes around it. It was such a beautiful visual of this is how it's supposed to be. God is with you.

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Richard Paul Evans

The Christmas Box (1) (The Christmas Box Trilogy)

It was mentioned as a story about a man who prayed for salvation and then acted as if he saved himself. It was used as an example of forgetting God in the day of deliverance.

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He said a man was patching a pitched roof of a tall building when he began sliding off.

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It was mentioned as a story about a man who prayed for salvation and then acted as if he saved himself. It was used as an example of forgetting God in the day of deliverance.

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He said a man was patching a pitched roof of a tall building when he began sliding off.

Oh yeah. As he neared the edge of the roof, he prayed, save me Lord and I'll go to church every Sunday. I'll give up drinking. I'll be the best man this city has ever known.

As he finishes his prayer, a nail snagged onto his overalls and saved him.

The man looked up to the sky and shouted, never mind God, I took care of it myself.

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Brad Wilcox

52 Life-Changing Questions from the Book of Mormon

It was mentioned as a book that included the question "Why have ye gathered yourselves together?" from Helaman 7:13, which the hosts found interesting and insightful.

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John Hilton III and Brad Wilcox wrote this little book called 52 Life Changing Questions from the Book of Mormon and they jumped on this as like a really good question.

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It was mentioned as a book that included the question "Why have ye gathered yourselves together?" from Helaman 7:13, which the hosts found interesting and insightful.

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John Hilton III and Brad Wilcox wrote this little book called 52 Life Changing Questions from the Book of Mormon and they jumped on this as like a really good question.

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Jackie Hill Perry

Ephesians - Bible Study Book with Video Access

A Study of Faith and Practice

Dr. Richardson discussed the book of Ephesians, emphasizing conversion as a process of becoming a new creature in Christ, revealed through prophets, seers, and revelators.

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Paul's letters are always vigorous expressions of his person.

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Dr. Richardson discussed the book of Ephesians, emphasizing conversion as a process of becoming a new creature in Christ, revealed through prophets, seers, and revelators.

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Paul's letters are always vigorous expressions of his person.

Thus, at least textually, we know that a mystery can be known, but Paul's letter to the Ephesians did more than teach that God knows the answers. Even though he may not be revealing what they are, Paul taught the Ephesians that Christ had made known unto us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he has purposed in himself.

More than just knowing all things, Paul taught, as Elder Neal A. Maxwell said, Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ are actually giving away the secrets of the universe.

Mystery cannot be known except by revelation.

I do not know what faith is, but I do know what faith looks like. Faith looks like those who give their all to God without knowing what all is.

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Ambrose Bierce

The Devil's Dictionary

Satirical Definitions of Everyday Words

It was mentioned when the speaker noted that Abraham was not a perfect man, and questioned if it was a quote from the book where the bible is described as suitable for the needs of one's neighbour.

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Is it Ambrose Beers in this devil dictionary who describes the Bible as a work of scriptural scripture, admirably suited to the needs of my neighbor?

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Episode: Genesis 18-23 -- Part 2 : Dr. Daniel C. Peterson

It was mentioned when the speaker noted that Abraham was not a perfect man, and questioned if it was a quote from the book where the bible is described as suitable for the needs of one's neighbour.

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Is it Ambrose Beers in this devil dictionary who describes the Bible as a work of scriptural scripture, admirably suited to the needs of my neighbor?

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ESV Bibles

ESV Illuminated Scripture Journal

1 Corinthians

The speaker quoted a passage from the book where Paul reflected on his past persecution of the church with regret, claiming to be the least of the apostles.

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And he says this, this is verse 8 in 1 Corinthians 15, last of all, he was seen of me also as one born out of due time for I am the least of the apostles that I am not meet to be called an apostle bec...

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The speaker quoted a passage from the book where Paul reflected on his past persecution of the church with regret, claiming to be the least of the apostles.

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And he says this, this is verse 8 in 1 Corinthians 15, last of all, he was seen of me also as one born out of due time for I am the least of the apostles that I am not meet to be called an apostle because I persecuted the church of God.

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Alexis De Tocqueville

Democracy in America

The classic work was cited to illustrate observations about 19thcentury American society during the market revolution.

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He ends up writing a great book called Democracy in America.

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The classic work was cited to illustrate observations about 19thcentury American society during the market revolution.

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He ends up writing a great book called Democracy in America.

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Deborah Tannen

You Just Don't Understand

Women and Men in Conversation

This book was referenced to discuss research on how men and women statistically formulate their sentences differently, revealing distinct bonding and data transfer goals in their communication styles.

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And one of the things that she points out is when the female is talking statistically, she's way more inclined to see it as a bonding function.

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This book was referenced to discuss research on how men and women statistically formulate their sentences differently, revealing distinct bonding and data transfer goals in their communication styles.

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And one of the things that she points out is when the female is talking statistically, she's way more inclined to see it as a bonding function.

But what Deborah found with the men is the data is actually more important, which is weird, which is why we get hung up on what you said.

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Fawn M. Brodie

No Man Knows My History

The Life of Joseph Smith

It was mentioned that an essay within this book discusses Joseph Smith's ability to forgive, almost to a fault, and how quickly he was willing to do so.

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I remember reading in the No Brother Joseph book, there's an essay on Joseph's miss ability to forgive. Almost to a fault that he was just so quick to forgive

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It was mentioned that an essay within this book discusses Joseph Smith's ability to forgive, almost to a fault, and how quickly he was willing to do so.

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I remember reading in the No Brother Joseph book, there's an essay on Joseph's miss ability to forgive. Almost to a fault that he was just so quick to forgive

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