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LDS Come Follow Me Book of Mormon

January 29–February 4:

“I Will Prepare the Way before You”

1 Nephi 16–22

February 5–11:

“Free to Choose Liberty and Eternal Life, through the Great Mediator”

2 Nephi 1–2

Inclusive and love-centered come follow me insights.



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Bookmarks:

0:00 Intro

0:29 Liz & Ryan Giles from The Fourth Option

2:26 Finding the Liahona

8:08 What the Liahona has to do with marrying a same-sex partner

15:08 Step-by-step revelation

20:32 How are we like Laman and Lemuel when others follow God in ways we don’t understand?

24:28 Does God have favorites??

33:04 Snakes and overcomplicating the gospel

39:27 All things are possible & trust the personal revelation of others

41:12 Allowing others (including church leaders) and ourselves to have weaknesses.

50:35 A fresh take on the gathering of Israel

54:31 Recognizing and learning from weaknesses in scripture

62:18 Don’t misuse this verse to support Christian Nationalism

67:47 The wicked taketh the truth to be hard

75:02 Grace

79:31 How opposition in all things moves us towards God

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Books and Other Resources Referenced:

-Liz & Ryan’s podcast episode on Listen, Learn, & Love: https://soundcloud.com/user-818501778/episode-726-liz-and-ryan-giles-two-gay-women-same-sex-marriage-attending-church?si=fb4bf8162fd44125bb392fa8de31a433&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

-Link to ‘The Positive Gospel’ (podcast co-hosted by Liz and Ryan): https://www.youtube.com/@ThePositiveGospel

Book of Mormon for the Least of These

-Vol 1: https://amzn.to/3tISbqo

-Vol 2: https://amzn.to/3RQ3Hbo

-Vol 3: https://amzn.to/3ShBDiV

-Podcast with authors of ‘Book of Mormon for the Least of These’: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-722-margaret-olsen-hemming-fatimah-salleh-book/id1347971725?i=1000638056286

Book of Mormon Reader’s Editions:

-Grant Hardy: https://amzn.to/47jPUzK

-Replica: https://amzn.to/41Ls66u

-Rees & England: https://amzn.to/3TWvg5s

Bible Translations for Isaiah Chapters

-Robert Alter Hebrew Bible Translation: https://amzn.to/3vtj3eI

-NRSV The New Oxford Annotated Bible: https://amzn.to/48odgp7

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LDS Come Follow Me Book of Mormon

January 15–21:

“Come and Partake of the Fruit”

1 Nephi 6–10

January 22–28

“Armed with Righteousness and with the Power of God”

1 Nephi 11–15

Inclusive and love-centered come follow me insights.

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Bookmarks:

0:00 Intro

1:02 Going back to Jerusalem

2:23 What would Ishmael and his family be giving by leaving Jerusalem?

5:47 Laman and Lemuel and others “rebel”

10:52 What did Lehi see in his dream?

12:51 What does Lehi’s dream have to do with King Josiah, Deuteronomy, and Heavenly Mother?

19:46 A lesson for us about the great and spacious building.

21:27 The the fruit and gospel of Jesus Christ should bring JOY

23:22 “Your religion is making me feel bad.” “That’s how you know it’s working.”

25:04 Is God really the same yesterday, today, and forever?

27:16 Starting with 1 Nephi 11-15 (Jan

28:23 Nephi asks what the tree means and sees Mary, the mother of Jesus

31:23 We know God loves Their children. We don’t need to be certain of everything.

34:56 The tree and its fruit are LOVE.

36:32 Is the iron rod the word of God, or the Word of God?

40:00 Is the Book of Mormon a history of Indigenous people? No.

46:03 The great and abominable church, sheep, and goats

49:44 What Christopher Columbos led by God? Please rethink this.

55:47 Building Zion

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Books and Other Resources Referenced:

-In Her Image Podcast about Lehi’s Dream & Heavenly Mother: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/60-the-mother-in-lds-theology-with-dr-val-larsen-part-1/id1566494543?i=1000579820530

-Marget Barker about Josiah Reforms (BYU Devotional): https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?filename=18&article=1038&context=mi&type=additional

Book of Mormon for the Least of These

-Vol 1: https://amzn.to/3tISbqo

-Vol 2: https://amzn.to/3RQ3Hbo

-Vol 3: https://amzn.to/3ShBDiV

-Podcast with authors of ‘Book of Mormon for the Least of These’: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-722-margaret-olsen-hemming-fatimah-salleh-book/id1347971725?i=1000638056286

Book of Mormon Reader’s Editions:

-Grant Hardy: https://amzn.to/47jPUzK

-Replica: https://amzn.to/41Ls66u

-Rees & England: https://amzn.to/3TWvg5s

Bible Translations for Isaiah Chapters

-Robert Alter Hebrew Bible Translation: https://amzn.to/3vtj3eI

-NRSV The New Oxford Annotated Bible: https://amzn.to/48odgp7

Some of the links above are affiliate links. This means that if you purchase something after clicking the link, I may receive a small commission. You do not pay any more or less as a result of using the link. All profits are donated to charity using the links is a free and easy way to support Latter-day Stonecatchers.

LDS Come Follow Me

Jan 1-7: Another Testament of Jesus Christ; Introductory Pages of the Book of Mormon

Jan 8-14: “I Will Go and Do”; 1 Nephi 1–5

The new year we are moving from the New Testament to the Book of Mormon as the focus of our Come Follow Me study. 1 Nephi provided some unexpected insights and lessons that I think are so applicable to us today.

Bookmarks:

0:00 Intro

1:51 The focus of this podcast

6:26 Connection (not conversion) is our goal

11:09 Historicity of the Book of Mormon?

16:07 Helpful resources

20:25 1 Nephi 1 - Scripture or journal?22:36 Nephi goes against the prosperity gospel

24:27 What does it mean that the record is “true” and “made according to my knowledge”?

25:46 The prophets came from outside Jerusalem

30:06 1 Nephi 2 “Chosen” to leave their religion, land, and temple to travel into the wilderness

35:20 Would we be Laman and Lemuel?

37:42 The prosperity gospel (let’s please stop teaching it)

40:01 How the way I view Nephi killing Laban has changed

45:57 Was Nephi justified in killing Laban? Is God Violent?

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Books and Other Resources Referenced:

Book of Mormon for the Least of These

-Vol 1: https://amzn.to/3tISbqo

-Vol 2: https://amzn.to/3RQ3Hbo

-Vol 3: https://amzn.to/3ShBDiV

-Podcast with authors of ‘Book of Mormon for the Least of These’: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-722-margaret-olsen-hemming-fatimah-salleh-book/id1347971725?i=1000638056286

Book of Mormon Reader’s Editions:

-Grant Hardy: https://amzn.to/47jPUzK

-Replica: https://amzn.to/41Ls66u

-Rees & England: https://amzn.to/3TWvg5s

Bible Translations for Isaiah Chapters

-Robert Alter Hebrew Bible Translation: https://amzn.to/3vtj3eI

-NRSV The New Oxford Annotated Bible: https://amzn.to/48odgp7

Peter Enns, The Sin of Certainty: https://amzn.to/47p73rF

Brian McLaren, A New Kind of Christianity: https://amzn.to/3TQQKku



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Quotes Shared:

Dieter F. Uchtdorf (iron gate):

“...as good as our previous experience may be, if we stop asking questions, stop thinking, stop pondering, we can thwart the revelations of the Spirit...We can block the growth and knowledge our Heavenly Father intends for us. How often has the Holy Spirit tried to tell us something we needed to know but couldn't get past the massive iron gate of what we thought we already knew?”

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/broadcasts/article/worldwide-leadership-training/2012/01/acting-on-the-truths-of-the-gospel-of-jesus-christ?lang=eng

 Camille N. Johnson (personal revelation):

“"Every time someone says something that is hurtful or makes you doubt what you're doing, just remind yourself: I know how to receive personal revelation for myself and for my family."

God knows you. He knows your situation. He knows your heart. Trust in the Lord, learn to hear His voice, and then go forward with confidence and relief.”

https://www.instagram.com/p/CuucFegO19u/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

LDS Come Follow Me 2023

October 23–29

1 and 2 Timothy; Titus; Philemon

“Be Thou an Example of the Believers”

Paul has some beautiful teachings on faith and grace. We’ll discuss what it means to have “faith unfeigned” and the two keys Paul gives to avoid a “shipwreck of faith” (or we would say in modern terms, a “faith crisis”).

Unfortunately, this letter to Timothy isn’t all good. Paul has some backwards views on women and their role in the church. (Actually, and I forgot to mention this in the podcast, this could potentially be easily explained by the fact that most biblical scholars don’t think Paul actually wrote these letters, but that they were written after his death by someone else in his name. This could explain why the misogynistic parts of 1 Timothy 2 don’t align with other things Paul said and did). But no matter who wrote them, we’ll discuss them.

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Bookmarks:

0:00 Intro

1:19 The end of the law is love

2:53 What is “faith unfeigned”?

7:01 “strong assertions” vs “faith unfeigned” 

8:19 The law is only good if used “lawfully”

12:30 What does Paul mean that he is chief among sinners?

16:34 Jesus’ mercy should be a pattern for us

17:09 How to avoid shipwrecking your faith

22:22 Jesus would have all be saved. Do we doubt His ability to do that?

24:21 Doubts and angry prayers are ok!

27:29 Paul’s misogyny…

39:34 Laying good works up in store. What kind of good works?

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Books & Articles Referenced:

Adam Miller Podcast: https://faithmatters.org/stories-and-sin-a-conversation-with-adam-miller/

Original Grace: https://amzn.to/45OwS3S

The Sin of Certainty: https://amzn.to/3Q6kqq7

Richard G. Scott talk (Adam & Eve Quotes): https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1996/10/the-joy-of-living-the-great-plan-of-happiness?lang=eng

Ensign article: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2002/01/the-choice-that-began-mortality?lang=eng

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LDS Come Follow Me 2023

August 28-September 3

1 Corinthians 8–13

“Ye are the body of Christ”

These chapters in 1 Corinthians contain some of my favorite teachings from Paul, particularly about the Body of Christ and Charity. We’ll also talk about the sacrament and how love is greater than knowledge.

Bookmarks:

0:00 Intro

0:37 Love is greater than knowledge

1:12 When we think we know something, we know nothing

9:42 Seek the advantage of others, rather than your own 

12:33 Paul’s personal bias is showing…

18:04 The Body of Christ

21:57 The most important lesson from the Body of Christ analogy

28:06 Paul teaches about the sacrament

30:38 Who is unworthy to partake of the sacrament?

37:54 Charity never faileth

44:25 We all see through a glass darkly, so what should we do?

Faith After Doubt: https://amzn.to/3L2uqio

The Sin of Certainty: https://amzn.to/3qWu06r

Faith Matters Podcast with Peter Enns (author of The Sin of Certainty): https://faithmatters.org/the-sin-of-certainty-a-conversation-with-peter-enns/

The Universal Christ: https://amzn.to/3PlRyv6

Talks Referenced

Dallin H. Oaks saying we don’t know as much as we think we know: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2019/10/17oaks?lang=eng

Dieter F. Uchtdorf iron gate quote: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/broadcasts/article/worldwide-leadership-training/2012/01/acting-on-the-truths-of-the-gospel-of-jesus-christ?lang=eng

Dieter F. Uchtdorf love quote: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2009/10/the-love-of-god?lang=eng

Thomas S. Monson love quote:

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2014/04/love-the-essence-of-the-gospel?lang=eng

The Amazon links above are affiliate links, which means you will not pay any more but Latter-day Stonecatchers will receive a small commission. All profits are donated to charity, so purchasing using the links above is a free and fantastic way to support latter-day stonecatchers and charities.

LDS Come Follow Me 2023

August 21–27

1 Corinthians 1–7

“Be Perfectly Joined Together”

Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians includes some powerful teachings about unity in diversity and a profound, but too often misunderstood truth, that we are the temple of God. Although I don’t believe this verse has anything to do with modesty or chastity, we’ll discuss those topics as well since they are bound to come up in YW and YM this weekend. We also take on another of the clobber passages found in Paul’s writings, including a discussion of Paul’s overall s3xual ethic.

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Bookmarks:

0:00 Intro

0:17 Paul calls for for perfect unity

3:47 Aligning with Christ rather than church leaders

6:49 Why the foolish things are chosen

8:59 Paul forgetting everything but Jesus Christ

9:45 Why I don’t like the phrase “the natural man”

16:45 What does Paul mean when he says “milk before meat”?

18:42 Be careful not to build on anything but Jesus, including church leaders!

21:56 I think we’re learning the wrong things from the truth that “ye are the temple of God”

31:24 Addressing the typical lessons about our body being a temple–modesty, chastity, and word of wisdom

34:21 General principles about the law of chastity

37:34 Paul reiterates that we should align with Christ, not mortal leaders

38:44 Being peacemakers

42:17 Paul calls for the excommunication of certain people–I disagree.

44:04 Clobber passage - considering Paul’s sexual ethic



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NRSV Bible: https://amzn.to/3s2E4ei

Chastity Discussion Guide from Jennifer Finlayson-Fife: https://www.finlayson-fife.com/blog/post/chastity-discussion-guide-teachers-and-parents

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