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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. 3 days ago ·  Bonus

    Missionary’s Miracle Contact… Lens • followHIM Favorites • July 27-August 2 • Come Follow Me

    SHOW NOTES/TRANSCRIPTS English: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT231EN French: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT231FR German: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT231DE Portuguese: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT231PT Spanish: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT231ES YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/O4hDCUaHsS8 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: Producer 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

    Missionary’s Miracle Contact… Lens • followHIM Favorites • July 27-August 2 • Come Follow Me

  2. 4 days ago

    Ezra; Nehemiah Part 2 • Dr. Christina Olson • July 27 - August 2 • Come, Follow Me

    Dr. Christina Olson continues with Ezra and Nehemiah, tracing temple, law, and walls–and the beautifully imperfect work of becoming a covenant people again. SHOW NOTES/TRANSCRIPTS English: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT231EN French: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT231FR German: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT231DE Portuguese: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT231PT Spanish: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT231ES YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/vWnXu2Us5DI ALL EPISODES/SHOW NOTES followHIM website: https://www.followHIMpodcast.com 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 TIMECODE 0:00  Part 2 - Dr. Christina Olson 2:53 Singers, porters, and Nethinims: Temple personnel 4:29 Nehemiah the cupbearer hears of Jerusalem’s ruins 6:47 The tombs of my fathers 12:06 Anchor points: Dr. Olson’s personal story 13:51 Nehemiah’s sacrifice–leaving the palace 17:15 Prayer in times of conflict 18:38 Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem oppose the wall 22:24 Imperfect boundaries, imperfect community 24:51 Building with a sword in hand 25:17 Internal strife: debt, interest, and reform 26:43 “I am doing a great work” 29:54 Lehonti and Amalickiah 36:43 The wall is finished and Ezra reads the Law 38:11 The joy of the Lord is strength 39:42 Sukkot restored and communal worship 40:14 An unfinished ending 43:32 How scholarship changes faith 46:21 Why teach the messy stories 47:45 Non-linear worship and seasons of life 51:48 End of Part 2 – Dr. Christina Olson 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: Producer 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

    Ezra; Nehemiah Part 2 • Dr. Christina Olson • July 27 - August 2 • Come, Follow Me

  3. 4 days ago

    Ezra; Nehemiah Part 1 • Dr. Christina Olson • July 27 - August 2 • Come, Follow Me

    Why would people rebuilding God’s temple start by building a wall against their own neighbors? Dr. Christina Olson explores Ezra and Nehemiah, the imperfect leaders, contested history, and hard boundary lines that bridge the Old and New Testaments. SHOW NOTES/TRANSCRIPTS English: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT231EN French: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT231FR German: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT231DE Portuguese: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT231PT Spanish: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT231ES YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/537P7zjqtQY ALL EPISODES/SHOW NOTES followHIM website: https://www.followHIMpodcast.com 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 TIMECODE 0:00 - Part 1 - Dr. Christina Olson 1:48 First impressions of Ezra and Nehemiah 4:15 Dr. Olson’s bio 7:38 Come, Follow Me Manual 8:25 What these names mean 9:45 Recap the exile and archeological evidence 14:59 First and Second Temple Periods 17:54 Why rebuild? 19:00 Ezra-Nehemiah as bridge to the New Testament 23:45 Cyrus’s edict and the return home 26:04 Why Ezra-Nehemiah is such a difficult read 30:59 The pattern of an ancient temple-building account 35:43 “Strangers in a strange land” – Identity and memory 39:29 Genealogies and staking a claim 40:00 Zerubbabel and Jeshua return 44:51 Weeping and joy at the temple foundation 46:13 The adversaries arrive 47:55 Exclusion and God using imperfection 52:41 How present-day conflicts get written 57:18 Letters of accusation to the Persian king 1:01:12 Tatnai’s inquiry and Darius’s decree 1:05:15 Temple dedication and Passover 1:07:52 End of Part 1 - Dr. Christina Olson 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: Producer 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

    Ezra; Nehemiah Part 1 • Dr. Christina Olson • July 27 - August 2 • Come, Follow Me

  4. 16 Jul ·  Bonus

    The Power of a Kiss • followHIM Favorites • July 20-26 • Come Follow Me

    SHOW NOTES/TRANSCRIPTS English: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT230EN French: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT230FR German: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT230DE Portuguese: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT230PT Spanish: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT230ES YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/5YlbFPcSRoU 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: Producer 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 Power of a Kiss • followHIM Favorites • July 20-26 • Come Follow Me

  5. 15 Jul

    2 Chronicles 14-20; 26; 30 Part 2 • Sister Heather Farrell • July 20-26 • Come, Follow Me

    Sister Heather Farrell examines 2 Chronicles, Jehoshaphat’s reliance on God, the women who saved the faith, and her own angel-protection story. SHOW NOTES/TRANSCRIPTS English: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT230EN French: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT230FR German: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT230DE Portuguese: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT230PT Spanish: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT230ES YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/EpvBs6ID148 ALL EPISODES/SHOW NOTES followHIM website: https://www.followHIMpodcast.com 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 TIMECODE 0:00 - Part 2 - Sister Heather Farrell 3:02 “Are there good things found in thee?” 5:33 Jehoshaphat’s prayer 6:59 Jerusalem bike story and the “Angel Squad” 10:16 Family beyond the veil, believing as a spiritual gift 14:53 Athaliah seizes the throne and kills the royal seed 17:24 Jehoshaba hides baby Joash, saving Davidic line 20:16 Your family history doesn’t define you 22:25 Hezekiah restores the Passover: “Focus on the home” 25:48 Just start 27:07 Huldah and Josiah and teaching children 32:07 Huldah the prophetess and the Huldah Gates 37:24 Huldah declares the book is scripture 39:09 Temple destroyed, end of the Old Testament, Book of Mormon begins 42:23 Heather’s non-traditional journey 45:18 Why does God come to women? 48:55 The influence of women and womeninthescriptures.com 49:46 End of Part 2 - Sister Heather Farrell 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: Producer 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

    2 Chronicles 14-20; 26; 30 Part 2 • Sister Heather Farrell • July 20-26 • Come, Follow Me

  6. 15 Jul

    2 Chronicles 14-20; 26; 30 Part 1 • Sister Heather Farrell • July 20-26 • Come, Follow Me

    What if the most powerful religious leader in ancient Judah was the king’s mother? Sister Heather Farrell walks us through 2 Chronicles and the queen mother whose name the record keeps even when it forgets everything else, and makes the case that the covenants have always traveled through the household and through family stories far messier than we’d like to admit. SHOW NOTES/TRANSCRIPTS English: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT230EN French: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT230FR German: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT230DE Portuguese: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT230PT Spanish: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT230ES YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/00ytqfvXE48 ALL EPISODES/SHOW NOTES followHIM website: https://www.followHIMpodcast.com 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 TIMECODE 0:00 - Part 1 - Sister Heather Farrell 1:15 Why would anyone love Chronicles? 2:51 “Our eyes are upon thee” 4:01 Bio 6:40 Come, Follow Me Manual 7:49 Chronicles 101: one book, not two (and its two obsessions) 9:50 Hebrew Bible, Tanakh, and Torah 10:55 The Chronicler as Mormon 13:04 Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia–4 ways to conquer a people 16:28 The last verse in the Hebrew Bible is about the temple 17:47 Dolly, Mary, and a messy line 22:23 Why do Kings and Chronicles tell the same stories? 24:24 Solomon built two houses 26:36 The Nauvoo parallel 28:13 God accepts the dedication 31:03 The verse that became a song 33:33 The second covenant 35:43 Official religion vs. household religion 38:30 Easter happens at home (why we need fridge magnets) 40:40 Asa tears down the high places and groves 43:18 Asherah and why she is NOT our Heavenly Mother 46:35 Asa’s prayer 48:20 Worthiness to ask for a miracle 50:38 Spiritual storehouses (like grain but better) 53:03 The hard verse is descriptive not prescriptive 55:21 Asa’s mistake 58:13 The gebirah–the King’s mother 1:00:13 Bathsheba and why Kings always names the mother 1:02:39 Covenant power that transfers through a woman 1:05:13 A dynasty that runs on worthiness, not just blood 1:06:12 Jumping Jehoshaphat 1:08:37 “There is yet one man … but I hate him” 1:09:47 End of Part 1 – Sister Heather Farrell 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: Producer 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

    2 Chronicles 14-20; 26; 30 Part 1 • Sister Heather Farrell • July 20-26 • Come, Follow Me

  7. 14 Jul ·  Bonus

    Thoughts to Keep in Mind #6 • Jesus Will Say to All Israel, "Come Home" • Dr. Ross Baron • July 13-19

    SHOW NOTES/TRANSCRIPTS English: https://tinyurl.com/podcastTTKIM6EN French: https://tinyurl.com/podcastTTKIM6FR German: https://tinyurl.com/podcastTTKIM6DE Portuguese: https://tinyurl.com/podcastTTKIM6PT Spanish: https://tinyurl.com/podcastTTKIM6ES YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/7W67R1ajnU8 FREE PDF DOWNLOADS OF followHIM QUOTE BOOKS Old Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastOTBook New Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastNTBook 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: Producer 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

    Thoughts to Keep in Mind #6 • Jesus Will Say to All Israel, "Come Home" • Dr. Ross Baron • July 13-19

  8. 11 Jul ·  Bonus

    Follow God Not the Crowd • followHIM Favorites • July 13 - 19 • Come Follow Me

    SHOW NOTES/TRANSCRIPTS English: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT229EN French: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT229FR German: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT229DE Portuguese: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT229PT Spanish: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT229ES 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: Producer 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

    Follow God Not the Crowd • followHIM Favorites • July 13 - 19 • Come Follow Me
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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
    881
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 followHIM
  • Show Website
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