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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 are looking for resources to make your LDS study fresh, faithful, and fun--no matter your age--then join us every Wednesday morning. Show notes: https://followhim.co YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FollowHimOfficialChannel Instagram: Instagram.com/followhimpodcast Facebook: Facebook.com/followhimpodcastThe followHIM Podcast is not affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The opinions expressed on episodes represent the views of the guest and podcasters alone.

  1. 1d ago

    Daniel 1–7 • Dr. Ben Bikman • Nov 9–15 • Come, Follow Me 2026

    Touched by an episode? Click here to send a voice note. SHOW NOTES/TRANSCRIPTS English: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT246EN French: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT246FR German: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT246DE Portuguese: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT246PT Spanish: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT246ES NOW AVAILABLE IN Spanish @followHIMespañol French @followHIMFrançais Portuguese @followHIMPortuguês ALL EPISODES/SHOW NOTES followHIM website: https://www.followHIM.co FREE PDF DOWNLOADS OF followHIM QUOTE BOOKS New Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastNTBook Old Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastOTBook Book of Mormon: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastBMBook WEEKLY NEWSLETTER https://tinyurl.com/followHIMnewsletter SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/followhimpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/followhimpodcast Thanks to the followHIM team: Steve & Shannon Sorensen: Cofounder, Executive Producer, Sponsor David & Verla Sorensen: Sponsors Dr. Hank Smith: Co-host John Bytheway: Co-host David Perry: Director Kyle Nelson: Marketing, Sponsor Lisa Spice: Client Relations, Editor, Show Notes Will Stoughton: Video Editor Krystal Roberts: Translation Team, English & French Transcripts, Website Ariel Cuadra: Spanish Transcripts Amelia Kabwika: Portuguese Transcripts Heather Barlow: Communications Director Sydney Smith: Social Media, Graphic Design "Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonald https://www.marshallmcdonaldmusic.com

    Daniel 1–7 • Dr. Ben Bikman • Nov 9–15 • Come, Follow Me 2026

  2. Oct 29 ·  Bonus

    The Kid in the Korner was Kalani • followHIM Favorites • Nov 2–8 • Come, Follow Me 2026

    Touched by an episode? Click here to send a voice note. SHOW NOTES/TRANSCRIPTS English: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT245EN French: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT245FR German: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT245DE Portuguese: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT245PT Spanish: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT245ES NOW AVAILABLE IN Spanish @followHIMespañol French @followHIMFrançais Portuguese @followHIMPortuguês ALL EPISODES/SHOW NOTES followHIM website: https://www.followHIM.co FREE PDF DOWNLOADS OF followHIM QUOTE BOOKS New Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastNTBook Old Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastOTBook Book of Mormon: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastBMBook WEEKLY NEWSLETTER https://tinyurl.com/followHIMnewsletter SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/followhimpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/followhimpodcast Thanks to the followHIM team: Steve & Shannon Sorensen: Cofounder, Executive Producer, Sponsor David & Verla Sorensen: Sponsors Dr. Hank Smith: Co-host John Bytheway: Co-host David Perry: Director Kyle Nelson: Marketing, Sponsor Lisa Spice: Client Relations, Editor, Show Notes Will Stoughton: Video Editor Krystal Roberts: Translation Team, English & French Transcripts, Website Ariel Cuadra: Spanish Transcripts Amelia Kabwika: Portuguese Transcripts Heather Barlow: Communications Director Sydney Smith: Social Media, Graphic Design "Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonald https://www.marshallmcdonaldmusic.com

    The Kid in the Korner was Kalani • followHIM Favorites • Nov 2–8 • Come, Follow Me 2026

  3. Oct 28

    Ezekiel 1–3; 33–34; 36–37; 47 • Dr. Matthew Grey • Nov 2–8 • Come, Follow Me 2026

    Touched by an episode? Click here to send a voice note. SHOW NOTES/TRANSCRIPTS English: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT245EN French: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT245FR German: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT245DE Portuguese: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT245PT Spanish: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT245ES NOW AVAILABLE IN Spanish @followHIMespañol French @followHIMFrançais Portuguese @followHIMPortuguês ALL EPISODES/SHOW NOTES followHIM website: https://www.followHIM.co FREE PDF DOWNLOADS OF followHIM QUOTE BOOKS New Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastNTBook Old Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastOTBook Book of Mormon: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastBMBook WEEKLY NEWSLETTER https://tinyurl.com/followHIMnewsletter SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/followhimpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/followhimpodcast Thanks to the followHIM team: Steve & Shannon Sorensen: Cofounder, Executive Producer, Sponsor David & Verla Sorensen: Sponsors Dr. Hank Smith: Co-host John Bytheway: Co-host David Perry: Director Kyle Nelson: Marketing, Sponsor Lisa Spice: Client Relations, Editor, Show Notes Will Stoughton: Video Editor Krystal Roberts: Translation Team, English & French Transcripts, Website Ariel Cuadra: Spanish Transcripts Amelia Kabwika: Portuguese Transcripts Heather Barlow: Communications Director Sydney Smith: Social Media, Graphic Design "Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonald https://www.marshallmcdonaldmusic.com

    Ezekiel 1–3; 33–34; 36–37; 47 • Dr. Matthew Grey • Nov 2–8 • Come, Follow Me 2026

  4. Oct 22 ·  Bonus

    What If It’s Actually a Blessing? • followHIM Favorites • Oct 26–Nov 1 • Come, Follow Me 2026

    Touched by an episode? Click here to send a voice note. SHOW NOTES/TRANSCRIPTS English: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT244EN French: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT244FR German: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT244DE Portuguese: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT244PT Spanish: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT244ES NOW AVAILABLE IN Spanish @followHIMespañol French @followHIMFrançais Portuguese @followHIMPortuguês ALL EPISODES/SHOW NOTES followHIM website: https://www.followHIM.co FREE PDF DOWNLOADS OF followHIM QUOTE BOOKS New Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastNTBook Old Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastOTBook Book of Mormon: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastBMBook WEEKLY NEWSLETTER https://tinyurl.com/followHIMnewsletter SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/followhimpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/followhimpodcast Thanks to the followHIM team: Steve & Shannon Sorensen: Cofounder, Executive Producer, Sponsor David & Verla Sorensen: Sponsors Dr. Hank Smith: Co-host John Bytheway: Co-host David Perry: Director Kyle Nelson: Marketing, Sponsor Lisa Spice: Client Relations, Editor, Show Notes Will Stoughton: Video Editor Krystal Roberts: Translation Team, English & French Transcripts, Website Ariel Cuadra: Spanish Transcripts Amelia Kabwika: Portuguese Transcripts Heather Barlow: Communications Director Sydney Smith: Social Media, Graphic Design "Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonald https://www.marshallmcdonaldmusic.com

    What If It’s Actually a Blessing? • followHIM Favorites • Oct 26–Nov 1 • Come, Follow Me 2026

  5. Oct 21

    Jeremiah 31–39; Lamentations 1; 3 • Sister Alyssa Edwards • Oct 26–Nov 1 • Come, Follow Me 2026

    Touched by an episode? Click here to send a voice note. SHOW NOTES/TRANSCRIPTS English: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT244EN French: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT244FR German: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT244DE Portuguese: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT244PT Spanish: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT244ES NOW AVAILABLE IN Spanish @followHIMespañol French @followHIMFrançais Portuguese @followHIMPortuguês ALL EPISODES/SHOW NOTES followHIM website: https://www.followHIM.co FREE PDF DOWNLOADS OF followHIM QUOTE BOOKS New Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastNTBook Old Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastOTBook Book of Mormon: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastBMBook WEEKLY NEWSLETTER https://tinyurl.com/followHIMnewsletter SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/followhimpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/followhimpodcast Thanks to the followHIM team: Steve & Shannon Sorensen: Cofounder, Executive Producer, Sponsor David & Verla Sorensen: Sponsors Dr. Hank Smith: Co-host John Bytheway: Co-host David Perry: Director Kyle Nelson: Marketing, Sponsor Lisa Spice: Client Relations, Editor, Show Notes Will Stoughton: Video Editor Krystal Roberts: Translation Team, English & French Transcripts, Website Ariel Cuadra: Spanish Transcripts Amelia Kabwika: Portuguese Transcripts Heather Barlow: Communications Director Sydney Smith: Social Media, Graphic Design "Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonald https://www.marshallmcdonaldmusic.com

    Jeremiah 31–39; Lamentations 1; 3 • Sister Alyssa Edwards • Oct 26–Nov 1 • Come, Follow Me 2026

  6. Oct 17 ·  Bonus

    I Made It. I Can Fix It. • followHIM Favorites • Oct 19–25 • Come, Follow Me 2026

    Touched by an episode? Click here to send a voice note. SHOW NOTES/TRANSCRIPTS English: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT243EN Spanish: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT243ES French: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT243FR Portuguese: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT243PT German: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT243DE NOW AVAILABLE IN Spanish @followHIMespañol French @followHIMFrançais Portuguese @followHIMPortuguês ALL EPISODES/SHOW NOTES followHIM website: https://www.followHIM.co FREE PDF DOWNLOADS OF followHIM QUOTE BOOKS New Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastNTBook Old Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastOTBook Book of Mormon: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastBMBook WEEKLY NEWSLETTER https://tinyurl.com/followHIMnewsletter SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/followhimpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/followhimpodcast Thanks to the followHIM team: Steve & Shannon Sorensen: Cofounder, Executive Producer, Sponsor David & Verla Sorensen: Sponsors Dr. Hank Smith: Co-host John Bytheway: Co-host David Perry: Director Kyle Nelson: Marketing, Sponsor Lisa Spice: Client Relations, Editor, Show Notes Will Stoughton: Video Editor Krystal Roberts: Translation Team, English & French Transcripts, Website Ariel Cuadra: Spanish Transcripts Amelia Kabwika: Portuguese Transcripts Heather Barlow: Communications Director Sydney Smith: Social Media, Graphic Design "Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonald https://www.marshallmcdonaldmusic.com

    I Made It. I Can Fix It. • followHIM Favorites • Oct 19–25 • Come, Follow Me 2026

  7. Oct 14

    Jeremiah 1–3; 7; 16–18; 20 • Dr. Jeff Thompson • Oct 19–25 • Come, Follow Me 2026

    Touched by an episode? Click here to send a voice note. How do you lead people who have the agency not to follow you? Dr. Jeff Thompson, inaugural director of BYU’s Sorensen Center for Moral and Ethical Leadership, joins Hank and John to explore Jeremiah’s 40 years of faithful service without success and what his story teaches us about letting go of control, trusting the Lord, and leading through our own unique gifts. SHOW NOTES/TRANSCRIPTS English: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT243EN ALL EPISODES/SHOW NOTES followHIM website: https://www.followHIM.co FREE PDF DOWNLOADS OF followHIM QUOTE BOOKS New Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastNTBook Old Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastOTBook Book of Mormon: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastBMBook WEEKLY NEWSLETTER https://tinyurl.com/followHIMnewsletter SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/followhimpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/followhimpodcast TIMECODES 00:00:00 Welcome 00:01:41 Meet Dr. Jeff Thompson 00:03:51 Jeff's background and bio 00:05:35 Jeff's lead role in a musical 00:09:24 Why Jeremiah is relatable 00:13:56 The Sorensen family's quiet influence 00:16:15 Jeremiah's tough times and tough assignment 00:20:05 Divine identity and unique gifts 00:23:27 Being yourself in the Church 00:28:00 Harmony is being different together 00:31:25 A student's hidden leadership gift 00:34:11 Being gentle with youth who don't fit in 00:38:04 Finding your calling: zookeepers 00:41:54 The Christ-Centered Leader Model 00:44:09 Love, agency, and accountability 00:47:29 Seeing the three principles in Jeremiah 00:49:42 Letting people learn from mistakes 00:52:04 Jeff's mohawk story 00:55:06 Learning through consequences 00:58:09 Leadership that keeps the door open 01:02:04 Love and accountability together 01:06:20 Leading with questions 01:09:17 Why we reach for control 01:13:18 Compliance versus conversion 01:15:38 Grace for parents 01:18:39 The potter and the clay 01:21:37 Growth mindset 01:23:04 A man who changed on death row 01:26:43 Jeremiah's raw honesty 01:29:09 Jeff's dramatic reading 01:33:29 Faith and pain together 01:35:46 Leadership measured by faithfulness 01:37:40 Jeff's story about his children 01:41:12 Giving the burden to the Savior 01:43:22 Hope for families in the middle of it 01:45:53 "Church is still in them" 01:48:54 Control is the opposite of faith 01:51:04 Jeremiah will be okay 01:52:29 Why Jeff returns to scripture 01:54:48 Where real power comes from 01:57:33 Closing thanks 01:59:22 End of Episode - Dr. Jeff Thompson

    Jeremiah 1–3; 7; 16–18; 20 • Dr. Jeff Thompson • Oct 19–25 • Come, Follow Me 2026

  8. Oct 8 ·  Bonus

    The One-Armed Judo Champion • followHIM Favorites • Oct 12–18 • Come, Follow Me 2026

    Touched by an episode? Click here to send a voice note. SHOW NOTES/TRANSCRIPTS English: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT242EN Spanish: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT242ES French: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT242FR Portuguese: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT242PT NOW AVAILABLE IN Spanish @followHIMespañol French @followHIMFrançais Portuguese @followHIMPortuguês ALL EPISODES/SHOW NOTES followHIM website: https://www.followHIM.co FREE PDF DOWNLOADS OF followHIM QUOTE BOOKS New Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastNTBook Old Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastOTBook Book of Mormon: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastBMBook WEEKLY NEWSLETTER https://tinyurl.com/followHIMnewsletter SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/followhimpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/followhimpodcast Thanks to the followHIM team: Steve & Shannon Sorensen: Cofounder, Executive Producer, Sponsor David & Verla Sorensen: Sponsors Dr. Hank Smith: Co-host John Bytheway: Co-host David Perry: Director Kyle Nelson: Marketing, Sponsor Lisa Spice: Client Relations, Editor, Show Notes Will Stoughton: Video Editor Krystal Roberts: Translation Team, English & French Transcripts, Website Ariel Cuadra: Spanish Transcripts Amelia Kabwika: Portuguese Transcripts Heather Barlow: Communications Director Sydney Smith: Social Media, Graphic Design "Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonald https://www.marshallmcdonaldmusic.com

    The One-Armed Judo Champion • followHIM Favorites • Oct 12–18 • Come, Follow Me 2026
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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 are looking for resources to make your LDS study fresh, faithful, and fun--no matter your age--then join us every Wednesday morning. Show notes: https://followhim.co YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/FollowHimOfficialChannel Instagram: Instagram.com/followhimpodcast Facebook: Facebook.com/followhimpodcastThe followHIM Podcast is not affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The opinions expressed on episodes represent the views of the guest and podcasters alone.

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  • Creator
    Hank Smith & John Bytheway
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    918
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 followHIM
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