Best Prosper Magazine Podcasts (2025)

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Come Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants Podcast #26: “No Weapon That Is Formed against You Shall Prosper,” D&C 71-75 35:01

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June 30-July 6 Joseph Smith was tasked by the Lord to do something rather unique for a backwoods, upstate New York farmer now living in Northern Ohio. The Prophet Nephi had seen a vision some two thousand four hundred years before that many of the plain and precious things which were in the Bible had been taken out by the great and abominable Churc…

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Come Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants Podcast #29: "Where Much Is Given Much Is Required,” D&C 81-83 34:21

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July 21-27 “Peter may have given the best description of the Savior’s mortal ministry in five words when he referred to Jesus, “who went about doing good.” (M. Russell Ballard). You want to know what to do with your life? There it is, simply put. If we are to be like him, we go about doing good. In Doctrine and Covenants Section 81, we are given th…

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Come Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants Podcast #28: “I Will Lead You Along,” D&C 77-80 34:18

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July 14-20 In the last two podcasts we have talked about the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible and the tremendous blessings that came to the Prophet Joseph and to Sidney Rigdon as they carefully studied, pondered and meticulously prayed over the Bible. One of the great blessings that came was The Vision of the Three Degrees of Glory. In this we…

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Come Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants Podcast #27: “Great Shall Be Their Reward and Eternal Shall Be Their Glory,” D&C 76 47:43

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July 7-13 Though Joseph Smith received many visions and revelations, one of these was so sweeping, so mind-expanding, so glorious that the early Saints simply called it “the Vision.” It not only clarifies who we are and why we’re here and where we’re going, but demonstrated yet again what a powerful and loving Father we have in God. He is the ultim…

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Come Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants Podcast #25: “Worth … the Riches of the Whole Earth,” D&C 67-70 38:39

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June 23-29 By November 1831, Joseph had received 65 revelations, and it was time to publish them. He told the brethren at the conference he convened that the contents of this book should “be “prized by this Conference to be worth to the Church the riches of the whole Earth.” In a world where men’s best ideas can never be more than puny and inadequa…

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Come Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants Podcast #24: “The Lord Requireth the Heart and a Willing Mind,” D&C 64-66 33:36

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June 16-22 Many years ago, I read Les Misérables, by Victor Hugo: the unabridged version which is 1,463 pages long. Next to the scriptures, it was the greatest reading experience of any book I have ever had. I became so close to the characters, Jean Valjean, Monsieur Charles-François-Bienvenu Myriel—the Bishop of Digne (‘deen’), Fantine, Cosette, G…

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Come Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants Podcast #23: “I Am with the Faithful Always,” D&C 60-63 1:00:50

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June 9-15 This week we will be talking about some of those early elders who had traveled a thousand miles to get to Western Missouri, had fulfilled a small mission, held a special conference, had dedicated the land of Zion and a temple site in Independence, Missouri, and now, they were turning around and making their way back the thousand miles to …

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Come Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants Podcast #22: “Anxiously Engaged in a Good Cause,” D&C 58-59 36:20

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June 2-8 Can you imagine living in a world where people did not hurt each other or become angry or divided? Can you imagine families with total harmony and marriages with no contention? Can you imagine a world where everyone watched out for each other and people were there to help you when you needed it? Can you imagine a place so pure that God cou…

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Come Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants Podcast #21: “A Faithful, a Just, and a Wise Steward,” D&C 51-57 31:18

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May 26-June 1 I grew up on a beautiful spread of woods and meadows near Rolla, Missouri. We had about 230 acres with our house up on the south hill overlooking a beautiful valley. A small stream called Spring Creek ran through the bottomlands and a narrow gravel road led from our home to the access road of old Highway 66. The view was so peaceful a…

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Come Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants Podcast #20: “That Which Is of God Is Light,” D&C 49-50 35:19

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May 19-25 When you read Doctrine and Covenants Sections 49 and 50, it helps to have the rest of the story. Why should you care about Leman Copley or the Shakers and what’s this talk about false spirits? We will have some fun and give you the context in this episode.

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Come Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants Podcast #19: “Seek Ye Earnestly the Best Gifts,” D&C 46-48 38:14

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May 12-18 “We must remember that to every man [or woman] is given a gift by the Spirit of God. It is our right and responsibility to accept our gifts and to share them. God’s gifts and powers are available to all of us.” (Ashton, Marvin J., There are Many Gifts, General Conference, October 1987) Each of us has at least one spiritual gift. Some peop…

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Come Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants Podcast #18: “The Promises … Shall Be Fulfilled,” D&C 45 36:35

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May 5-11 The Second Coming is a topic of endless speculation for us, especially in light of the social unrest and wars and rumors of wars that mark our time. President Russell M. Nelson has spoken often of the Savior’s Second Coming in words like these from the October 2024 General Conference. “The best is yet to come, my dear brothers and sisters,…

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Come Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants Podcast #17: “My Law to Govern My Church,” D&C 41-44 33:54

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April 28-May 4 We live in a time when the Church of Jesus Christ has been well established and we are used to talking in terms of large numbers, general conferences translated into scores of languages simultaneously, missionaries serving in diverse countries all over the world and the Kingdom of God on the earth organized unlike any worldly entity.…

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Come Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants Podcast #16: “If Ye Are Not One Ye Are Not Mine,” D&C 37-40 35:19

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April 21-27 Robert Matthews said, “Many have supposed that the translation of the Bible [what we call the JST] was only a sideline, a matter of personal, but passing interest to the Prophet Joseph.” We agree that too many misunderstand the importance of this work. How many in the Church understand what the JST is or use it regularly? But, as Matthe…

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Come Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants Podcast #15: “I Am He Who Liveth, I Am He Who Was Slain,” Easter 41:30

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April 14-20 This week we are studying that magnificent gift the Savior gave to us in the atonement and resurrection.

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Come Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants Podcast #14: “Lift Up Your Voices … to Declare My Gospel,” Doctrine and Covenants 30-36 39:02

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April 7-13 Parley Parker Pratt was 16 months younger than the Prophet Joseph and he was born about 140 miles east of Palmyra, New York. Parley was born curious about religion. He said to his father one day when he was 18 years old and they were laboring together in the forest: "Father, how is it there is so manifest a difference between the ancient…

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Come Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants Podcast #13:“Jesus Christ Will Gather His People,” Doctrine and Covenants 29 33:35

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March 31-April 6 By the time Section 29 of the Doctrine and Covenants was given, the fledgling Church was just over five months old. Rumors and false claims were circulating faster than convert numbers. What a strategic time for the adversary of all righteousness to attack the young flock and scatter them as fast as he could—to try to stop this lit…

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Come Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants Podcast #12: “All Things Must Be Done in Order,” Doctrine and Covenants 27-28 36:45

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March 24-30 In August of 1830, Newel Knight and his wife Sally visited Joseph and Emma in Harmony, Pennsylvania. Since neither woman had yet been confirmed, they agreed to perform the ordinance and have the sacrament together. Joseph set out to buy some wine for the occasion, when after he had traveled only a short distance, he was met by a heavenl…

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Come Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants Podcast #11: “Seek for the Things of a Better World,” Doctrine and Covenants 23-26 39:37

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March 17-23 After the sacred gathering of nearly four dozen Saints in the Whitmer Home in Fayette, New York on Tuesday, April 6, 1830, this tiny band was given the commission to take the restored gospel of Jesus Christ to all the world. What an overwhelming task! How could so few bless so many? And yet, the Lord knew who He was calling and what var…

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Come Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants Podcast #10: “The Rise of the Church of Christ,” Doctrine and Covenants 20-22 35:22

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March 10-16 When that group of 40 or more gathered in the 20 by 30-foot Whitmer cabin that April 6, 1830 to organize the “only true and living church upon the face of the whole earth” (Doctrine and Covenants 1:30), they could not have entirely foreseen what lay ahead for this church that would, as the prophet Daniel said, “roll forth to fill the wh…

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Come Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants Podcast #9: “Learn of Me,” Doctrine and Covenants 19 35:29

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March 3-9 Martin Harris found himself in a tight spot when he agreed to put up the money to pay for the printing of the Book of Mormon. He began to have doubts and “stagger in confidence” at the amount of debt he was entering into, whose payback would depend entirely on sales of the Book of Mormon. He was a wealthy and respected farmer in Palmyra. …

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Come Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants Podcast #8: “The Worth of Souls Is Great,” Doctrine and Covenants 18 33:03

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February 24-March 2 The Doctrine and Covenants is a book full of affirmations that individuals count—that each of us is important in the sight of God. Message after message is to individuals, some we have heard of like Oliver Cowdery or Hyrum Smith, and some to less familiar people like Leman Copley or Northrop Sweet, but then the Lord often adds t…

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Come Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants Podcast #7: “Upon You My Fellow Servants,” Doctrine and Covenants 12-17; JSH 1:66-75 1:12:48

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February 17-23 I love the natural unfolding of the restoration. Much of what happens is a result of questions that come to the minds of Joseph and Oliver in the course of the translation of the record. The more carefully you study the translation and the coming forth of the Book of Mormon, the more you are amazed at the gift and power of God that w…

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Come Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants Podcast #6: “That You May Come Off Conqueror,” Doctrine and Covenants 10-11 36:54

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February 10-16 As you read the Doctrine and Covenants, section 10 seems out of place chronologically. Since it talks about Martin Harris and the translation of the 116 pages, shouldn’t it come after Section 3? What happened? We’ll tell you in this episode.

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Come Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants Podcast #5: “This Is the Spirit of Revelation,” Doctrine and Covenants 6-9 33:38

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February 3-9 Just a few months after the 116 manuscript pages of the Book of Lehi were lost, a young man arrived in Manchester, New York. He had dark brown eyes, a slight build, a prominent lower jaw, high forehead and, as one described, a roman nose. He was hired to be a teacher in New York’s Joint District 11. The small frame schoolhouse was loca…

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Come Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants Podcast #4: “My Work Shall Go Forth,” Doctrine and Covenants 3–5 33:13

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January 27-February 2 Joseph does not shy away from humbly including Section 3 in the Doctrine and Covenants, where he is severely chastened by the Lord for a failing. He could have hid it or polished it up to preserve his image, but because he is so honest, we not only get to see firsthand, the spiritual development of a prophet, but he also gives…

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Come Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants Podcast #3: “The Hearts of the Children Shall Turn to Their Fathers,” D&C 2; Joseph Smith—History 1:27–65 37:14

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January 20-26 Do we know every scripture that Moroni told Joseph Smith on his September 21 visit in 1823? Our first answer is, “They are listed right here in Joseph Smith’s history.” Yet Oliver Cowdery told us there are many more. And here’s another surprise—all but two are from the Old Testament.

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Come Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants Podcast #2: “I Saw a Pillar of Light,” Joseph Smith—History 1:1–26 38:05

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January 13-19 In every dispensation of the world a witness is called to testify to the people of that day and age that he has seen God and has talked with Him and has received instructions and guidance from Him. That witness is called to testify in his day that God lives, that He is real, that He cares about His children, that He hears and answers …

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Come Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants Podcast #1: “Hearken, O Ye People,” D&C 1 35:20

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January 6-12 Hasn’t this been a glorious year in carefully studying the Book of Mormon as individuals and families? Did you notice time and time again that the lesson for that week was just the answer you needed for yourself, your family or for the current situation in the world? Have you found that you have drawn closer to Christ in this past year…

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Come Follow Me Book of Mormon Podcast #52: “He Shall Come into the World to Redeem His People,” Christmas 31:18

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December 23-29 Hello and welcome to Meridian Magazine’s “Come Follow Me” Christmas podcast. We are Scot and Maurine Proctor and we love to celebrate the real reason for the season. Our gifts to each other are just symbols of the real gift.

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Come Follow Me Book of Mormon Podcast #51: “Come unto Christ, and Be Perfected in Him,” Moroni 10 36:16

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December 16-22 I think it’s fascinating that Moroni starts out chapter 10 by saying that he’d like to send these words to his brethren, the Lamanites. That is a fascinating view of Moroni’s heart. He has seen the Lamanites completely destroy his nation. Because of the Lamanites, he remains alone. Because of the Lamanites, his father has been killed…

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Come Follow Me Book of Mormon Podcast #50: “May Christ Lift Thee Up,” Moroni 7-9 34:57

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December 9-15 Moroni Chapter 7 is a powerful sermon on faith, hope, and charity given by Mormon, but when? You can’t help but wonder. He was born in AD 310, was made a general at the age of 16 and knew war most of his life until he had seen his whole nation destroyed. Was this sermon given at the time when he gave up leading the army? Isn’t it fasc…

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Come Follow Me Book of Mormon Podcast #49: “To Keep Them in the Right Way,” Moroni 1–6 34:15

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December 2-8 Moroni did not know when he would die, attacked by Lamanites or some other deadly surprise, in his 36-year wandering. He tells his latter-day readers goodbye more than once on the plates. Yet even living with that insecurity, not knowing his own mortal future, Moroni trudges on with absolute faith.…

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Come Follow Me Book of Mormon Podcast #48: “By Faith All Things Are Fulfilled,” Ether 12–15 32:40

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November 25-December 1 Moroni may complain about his weakness with words, but he has given us one of the most insightful chapters on faith in all of scripture. We’ll study it in this episode.

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Come Follow Me Book of Mormon Podcast #47: “That Evil May Be Done Away,” Ether 6–11 36:51

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November 18-24 We go to a scene of spirits in the premortal world, anticipating. with perhaps some concern, their descent to a darkened world. We knew we would be taking a journey and must have wondered how we could make it across the wilderness where so much would be insecure.

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Come Follow Me Book of Mormon Podcast #46: “Rend That Veil of Unbelief,” Ether 1–5 39:00

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November 11-17 Moroni told us in Mormon 8, “Behold, I would write…if I had room upon the plates, but I have not; and ore I have none”, so there is an untold story between these verses and the book of Ether. Somehow Moroni was able to get more ore and create plates because he gave us the marvelous book of Ether that introduces us to a whole new worl…

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Come Follow Me Book of Mormon Podcast #45: “I Speak unto You as If Ye Were Present,” Mormon 7–9 36:33

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November 4-10 As we start our studies today on Mormon 7-9, Moroni has taken over the record from his father and is in a tragic position. He has seen his culture destroyed and he is the last survivor of what was once a thriving world. Could anything be sadder than this?

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Come Follow Me Book of Mormon Podcast #44: “I Would That I Could Persuade All … to Repent,” Mormon 1–6 37:34

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October 28-November 3 Every time I read the Book of Mormon and get to these chapters, I always hope that the Nephites will repent and that their civilization and people will be spared—and then it happens every time! They are destroyed. And then another entire civilization, the Jaredites, are destroyed for the same reasons. We can’t change their out…

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Come Follow Me Book of Mormon Podcast #43: “There Could Not Be a Happier People,” 3 Nephi 27–4 Nephi 34:33

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October 21-27 When President Russell M. Nelson taught us that we needed to use the true name of the Church going forward, he was teaching us something deeper than we might have understood at the time. Something, in fact that can open up whole new realms of gospel understanding. Let’s explore in this episode.…

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Come Follow Me Book of Mormon Podcast #42: “Ye Are the Children of the Covenant,” 3 Nephi 20–26 37:47

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October 14-20 If you knew that the Lord Jesus Christ would spend the day with you and all who would come to the occasion from your home stake, what do you think He would teach you? What do you think He would do? What would be the most important truths He could communicate with you? What would YOU want to know from Him? Let’s explore these thoughts …

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Come Follow Me Book of Mormon Podcast #41: “Behold, My Joy Is Full,” 3 Nephi 17–19 37:04

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October 7-13 Can you imagine the joy that would fill your souls if you were witnesses to the visitation of the Lord Jesus Christ? How could you possibly describe your feelings? How could you even handle the happiness that would overwhelm your whole being? The faithful who had gathered at the ancient temple in Bountiful had spent a number of hours w…

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Come Follow Me Book of Mormon Podcast #40: “I Am the Law, and the Light,” 3 Nephi 12–16 37:31

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September 30-October 6 If you were to do a survey to determine the most influential talk or sermon in history, surely the results would point to the Lord’s Sermon on the Mount. Here are contained the eternal “beatitudes;” here is contained the Lord’s Prayer spoken each week by untold millions of Christ’s followers throughout the world; here we have…

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Come Follow Me Book of Mormon Podcast #39: “Arise and Come Forth unto Me,” 3 Nephi 8–11 39:00

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September 23-29 How can you not be just thrilled with this week’s readings? The entire Book of Mormon has been centered on one Person—Jesus Christ, the Savior and Redeemer—and His coming to the earth and the promised visit to this righteous branch of the tribe of Joseph in the Americas. Lehi testified He would come. Nephi saw in vision that He woul…

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Come Follow Me Book of Mormon Podcast #38: “Lift Up Your Head and Be of Good Cheer,” 3 Nephi 1–7 35:01

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September 16-22 I was pondering very early this morning as I looked out the window: “What if at 4:00 in the morning on a fall day I looked out the window and it was as bright as day? Would my heart take a leap and would I think: What is going on?!” It was pitch dark when I peered out my window and yet, we have record of an event in this week’s read…

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Come Follow Me Book of Mormon Podcast #37: “Glad Tidings of Great Joy,” Helaman 13-16 33:39

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September 9-15 In the Book of Mormon, the Nephites always think of themselves as the good guys. In a movie, they’d ride in wearing the white hat or the gold star, signifying their goodness. Yet, the Book of Mormon demonstrates that often the Nephites are relentlessly blind to their own wickedness and it is the Lamanites who are the most faithful an…

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Come Follow Me Book of Mormon Podcast #36: “Remember the Lord,” Helaman 7-12 32:46

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September 2-8 As Helaman chapter 7 opens, we see a prophet pleading with God for his people in great agony and heaviness of Spirit. The Gadianton robbers had usurped legitimate authority and taken over much of the government, the people have become corrupted and Nephi is deeply grieved for the wickedness which abounds. In a video for General Confer…

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Come Follow Me Book of Mormon Podcast #35: “The Rock of Our Redeemer,” Helaman 1–6 35:28

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August 26-September 1 In Helaman chapters 1-6, the Lamanites become the righteous and the Nephites the wicked. How does this switch come about? And the new enemy are the Gadianton robbers, who capture the allegiance of many of the Nephites. Things happen fast in the Book of Mormon, a roller coaster of righteousness and wickedness. I used to think i…

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Come Follow Me Book of Mormon Podcast #34: “Preserved by His Marvelous Power,” Alma 53-63 33:51

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August 19-25 The ten chapters that we look at today are about both the low and high points of the Nephite nation. This is a time of continual war, brought on in large part by the “contentions, and dissensions, and all manner of iniquity of the people of Nephi” (Alma 62:40) At the same time, just as the light shines more clearly in a darkened world,…

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Come Follow Me Book of Mormon Podcast #33: “Stand Fast in the Faith of Christ,” Alma 43-52 37:07

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August 12-18 You may get to the so-called war chapters in the Book of Mormon and wonder why Mormon bothered to include so many of them. Yet, he was a prophet who’d seen our day and if ever there were chapters as fresh and relevant as today’s news headlines, here they are. They are filled with the best heroes, like Moroni, who hoist the title of lib…

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Come Follow Me Book of Mormon Podcast #32: “The Great Plan of Happiness,” Alma 39-42 38:29

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August 5-11 With only 239 chapters in the Book of Mormon and only 531 pages, would you take four of those chapters and 8 pages just to talk about one wayward missionary’s story who committed a grievous sexual sin? Why would the Prophet Mormon think it was so important to include this story for our day? Let’s explore this together.…