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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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John D Lee

Mormonism Unveiled

The Life and Confession of John D. Lee, Including the Life of Brigham Young (Hardcover)

It was the first comprehensive anti-Mormon book, published by Eber Howe and containing negative affidavits about Joseph Smith collected by Flastus Hurlbut.

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Mormonism Unveiled is the first comprehensive anti-Mormon book

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It was the first comprehensive anti-Mormon book, published by Eber Howe and containing negative affidavits about Joseph Smith collected by Flastus Hurlbut.

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Mormonism Unveiled is the first comprehensive anti-Mormon book

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DANIEL TYLER

SCRAPS OF BIOGRAPHY

UNABRIDGED ORIGINAL CLASSIC - FOR LATTER-DAY SAINTS

It was mentioned in relation to the account of Polly Knight's health struggles and her desire to reach Missouri before her passing.

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In fact, Newl Knight, her son, wrote in his autobiography, My mother's health was very poor and had been for a considerable time.

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It was mentioned in relation to the account of Polly Knight's health struggles and her desire to reach Missouri before her passing.

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In fact, Newl Knight, her son, wrote in his autobiography, My mother's health was very poor and had been for a considerable time.

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Darren Phelps

The Misunderstood Journey

A Memoir

It was mentioned as a book worth reading to understand more about the personality and complexities of W.W. Phelps.

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And it's worth reading every word but something something sat him off here a little bit and Joseph has to or the Lord has to kind of approve him and of course he says.

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It was mentioned as a book worth reading to understand more about the personality and complexities of W.W. Phelps.

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And it's worth reading every word but something something sat him off here a little bit and Joseph has to or the Lord has to kind of approve him and of course he says.

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David McCullough

Truman

The podcast mentioned that the host was reading a book by David McCullough about Harry Truman, and it helped the host understand the context of the time period and the landscape of Jackson County, Missouri.

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He says as he describes Independence, he says it was the land that the people came for, the high rolling fertile open country of Jackson County with its clear springs and two considerable rivers, the...

— Episode: Doctrine & Covenants 58-59 : Dr. Alexand...

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The podcast mentioned that the host was reading a book by David McCullough about Harry Truman, and it helped the host understand the context of the time period and the landscape of Jackson County, Missouri.

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He says as he describes Independence, he says it was the land that the people came for, the high rolling fertile open country of Jackson County with its clear springs and two considerable rivers, the little blue and the blue. Every essential was at hand, limestone quarry, splendid blue grass pastures, ample timber where the creeks and the rivers ran, they counted hickory ash, elm, sycamore, willow, poplar, cottonwood, and oak in three or four varieties, walnut, the most prized and was the most abundant. It was land beautiful to see, rising and falling in broad swells and giving away to long horizons. Prairie grass was high and green, wildflowers, wild herbs, metal rose, turtle head, snake root, wolfberry, I don't know what any of these are, thimbleweed grew in fragrant profusion everywhere.

One more paragraph to cut through the grass with a plow took six to eight yoke of oxen, but beneath the crust the dark prairie soil could be two to six feet deep in places along the river bottoms, it was 20 feet deep.

This is McCullough quoting a guidebook author, he says Josiah Gregg, the guidebook author, having seen all the country from the Missouri to the Rio Grande, declared the rich and beautiful uplands in the vicinity of independence might well be denominated the garden spot of the far west.

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Adam S. Miller

Letters to a Young Mormon, Second Edition

It was mentioned as a source of the idea that prophets are not perfect and still require repentance, impacting the listeners' perspective on leadership.

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It's okay. They, like, they need repentance too and that's okay.

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It was mentioned as a source of the idea that prophets are not perfect and still require repentance, impacting the listeners' perspective on leadership.

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It's okay. They, like, they need repentance too and that's okay.

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Lucy Mack Smith

Revised and Enhanced History of Joseph Smith by His Mother

It was described as a book that could change one's life, being very readable and helping to understand the origins of Joseph Smith's character and the restoration.

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I think I saw that ministry of Joseph Smith by his mother. Is that what you were holding? Just be careful. Yeah, I mean I'm not getting royalties but man be careful this book may just change your life...

— Episode: Doctrine & Covenants 51-57 : Dr. Maclane...

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It was described as a book that could change one's life, being very readable and helping to understand the origins of Joseph Smith's character and the restoration.

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I think I saw that ministry of Joseph Smith by his mother. Is that what you were holding? Just be careful. Yeah, I mean I'm not getting royalties but man be careful this book may just change your life.

It almost has a fill of the saints. You know the saints volume is very readable. It's even harder than the other editors did a fantastic job with it. But it reads like that. It just reads so beautifully and her language and her the way she describes it.

It will help for me I use it every semester in my class but it helps my students to see just why Joseph becomes what he becomes. You know, you better to who better to tell you about someone then their mother.

Right? Then their mother. It surprises me.

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Jeannine K. Brown

Scripture as Communication

Introducing Biblical Hermeneutics

It was mentioned as a fantastic article by Stephen Harper that discussed communication theory in relation to scripture, helping with understanding the nuances and meaning.

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And this is where much of of this comes from.

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It was mentioned as a fantastic article by Stephen Harper that discussed communication theory in relation to scripture, helping with understanding the nuances and meaning.

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And this is where much of of this comes from.

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Noelle Adams

Restoration (The Worthings Book 4)

It was discussed as a new book about spiritual gifts, and the idea that God has blessed whole cultures and communities with special gifts for the benefit of all.

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He said what if we were to extend the principles outlined in section 46 to consider the ways in which God has graced not just individual women and men but also whole cultures and communities with spec...

— Episode: Doctrine & Covenants 46-48 : Dr. Ron Bar...

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It was discussed as a new book about spiritual gifts, and the idea that God has blessed whole cultures and communities with special gifts for the benefit of all.

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He said what if we were to extend the principles outlined in section 46 to consider the ways in which God has graced not just individual women and men but also whole cultures and communities with special gifts to be shared for the benefit of all.

Watch and Be Ready: Preparing Spiritually for the Second Coming of Christ Cover

Brent L. Top

Watch and Be Ready

Preparing Spiritually for the Second Coming of Christ

It was mentioned as Brent Top's most recent book at the time, relating to the second coming, which is a central theme in Doctrine and Covenants 45.

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Brent, this is perfect today because Brent's most recent book is called Watch and Be Ready

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It was mentioned as Brent Top's most recent book at the time, relating to the second coming, which is a central theme in Doctrine and Covenants 45.

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Brent, this is perfect today because Brent's most recent book is called Watch and Be Ready

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Brent L. Top

What's on the Other Side? - What the Gospel Teaches Us about the Spirit World

It was a book that Brent wrote following up on the research from 'Glimpses Beyond Death's Door', though his son mocked him for writing it.

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When you mentioned the book, Glimpses Beyond Deaths Door and then Desirette Book asked me to follow up and did a little book called What's On The Other Side.

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It was a book that Brent wrote following up on the research from 'Glimpses Beyond Death's Door', though his son mocked him for writing it.

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When you mentioned the book, Glimpses Beyond Deaths Door and then Desirette Book asked me to follow up and did a little book called What's On The Other Side.

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ESV Bibles

ESV Illuminated Scripture Journal

1–2 Timothy and Titus (Paperback)

It was mentioned as a book the speaker studied during their search for truth, where they were learning and not able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

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I remember clearly reading in in Timothy I've been learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth

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It was mentioned as a book the speaker studied during their search for truth, where they were learning and not able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

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I remember clearly reading in in Timothy I've been learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth

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Bruce R. McConkie

Mormon Doctrine

It was used as an example of how little information was available for early Mormons, if it were written in 1830, it would have been a short book.

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Well, you know, if Elder McConkie had written Mormon Doctrine in 1830, it would have been a really short book.

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It was used as an example of how little information was available for early Mormons, if it were written in 1830, it would have been a short book.

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Well, you know, if Elder McConkie had written Mormon Doctrine in 1830, it would have been a really short book.

Being God's Man in Leading a Family: Real Life. Powerful Truth. For God's Men (The Every Man Series) Cover

Stephen Arterburn

Being God's Man in Leading a Family

Real Life. Powerful Truth. For God's Men (The Every Man Series)

It was mentioned in the context of discussing meekness and how it can be applied in the home, particularly for fathers and mothers in raising their families.

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I read a book, one of your books about being a man of God and look in verse 9 section 31 verse 90 says, you're going to be a man of God and look in verse 9.

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It was mentioned in the context of discussing meekness and how it can be applied in the home, particularly for fathers and mothers in raising their families.

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I read a book, one of your books about being a man of God and look in verse 9 section 31 verse 90 says, you're going to be a man of God and look in verse 9.

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John Stott

The Beatitudes

Developing Spiritual Character (John Stott Bible Studies)

It was mentioned in a discussion about meekness, and the speaker referenced a book on the subject that highlighted the importance of being poised under provocation.

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I read a book years ago written by, I think he was the Institute Director at University of Utah and he wrote a book on The Beatitudes and under meekness, he said, meekness is poised u...

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It was mentioned in a discussion about meekness, and the speaker referenced a book on the subject that highlighted the importance of being poised under provocation.

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I read a book years ago written by, I think he was the Institute Director at University of Utah and he wrote a book on The Beatitudes and under meekness, he said, meekness is poised under provocation.

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Richard Lyman Bushman

On the Road with Joseph Smith

An Author's Diary

It was mentioned as a book by Richard Bushman and a page number was provided for a specific quote within it, which related to the restored gospel's positive impact on lives.

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no that's it's in a little book that he wrote called on the road with Joseph it's page 111 if anybody wants the reference

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It was mentioned as a book by Richard Bushman and a page number was provided for a specific quote within it, which related to the restored gospel's positive impact on lives.

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no that's it's in a little book that he wrote called on the road with Joseph it's page 111 if anybody wants the reference

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Kevin Shorkey

Sin Makes You Stupid

There's a Better way to Live!

It was mentioned as a book by Sherry Do which discusses the negative consequences of sin, including irrationality and a high cost.

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Sherry do has a chapter in one of her books I think it's called Sin Makes You Stupid and it costs a lot too

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It was mentioned as a book by Sherry Do which discusses the negative consequences of sin, including irrationality and a high cost.

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Sherry do has a chapter in one of her books I think it's called Sin Makes You Stupid and it costs a lot too

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Thomas G. Alexander

Mormonism in Transition

A History of the Latter-day Saints, 1890–1930, 3rd ed.

It was discussed in relation to the shift in the church's practices and structure between 1880 and 1930, including the development of curriculum and youth programs.

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And then John, that's where a lot of that comes from is this idea of curriculum and young men's young women's programs, all of that primary all comes into its own there in that 50-year period.

— Episode: Doctrine & Covenants 20-22 : Dr. Jordan...

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It was discussed in relation to the shift in the church's practices and structure between 1880 and 1930, including the development of curriculum and youth programs.

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And then John, that's where a lot of that comes from is this idea of curriculum and young men's young women's programs, all of that primary all comes into its own there in that 50-year period.

Spiritual roots of human relations, Cover

Stephen R. Covey

Spiritual roots of human relations,

It was referenced for the correlation between Moses 1:39 and the sacrament, relating immortality, Jesus's body and resurrection to the bread, and eternal life and the atonement to the water.

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Steven Covey in spiritual roots of human relations the book that my dad had from like the 70s or something. He equated Moses 139 with the sacrament. Immortality, that's the bread, that's Jesus' body....

— Episode: Doctrine & Covenants 20-22 : Dr. Jordan...

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It was referenced for the correlation between Moses 1:39 and the sacrament, relating immortality, Jesus's body and resurrection to the bread, and eternal life and the atonement to the water.

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Steven Covey in spiritual roots of human relations the book that my dad had from like the 70s or something. He equated Moses 139 with the sacrament. Immortality, that's the bread, that's Jesus' body. That's accomplished. He was resurrected the first fruits in eternal life. That's because of his blood, that's the wine, the water, the atonement.

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