My daughter is currently serving a mission and during our phone call the other week, she said, "How did i get so lucky, so blessed, to be part of this miraculous work? I can't believe i get to live on the Earth during this time when God is fulfilling His promises." John's final comments echoed this by my daughter. I'm so happy to be here for such a time as this!!
I got a wonderful message from the Lord as I listened to the podcast today. When you were talking about feeling small and insignificant when the Lord asks us to do great things...I thought of how I have 2 pretty big callings right now, and I don't feel like that way. I feel the Lord sustaining me and carrying me everyday. I started to wonder if I was being prideful and maybe I shouldn't feel so confident! The Lord has given me a gift to teach and testify of Him. So as I was driving in my car, pondering this, the Spirit started to speak. He reminded me of my prayer just this morning. The one where I asked how I was ever going to survive my last (#10) teenager and the rebellion. I thought of all of my children, who I have testified to my whole life, but many of them have chosen other paths. I thought of how I often feel I can't do it anymore and I am failing. And then the spirit reminded me that this is where I feel weak and inadequate, but I know the Lord has been carrying me all along and will continue to teach and try me through this trial. Thank you so much for your time and effort and the spirit you bring to my life everyday. Thank you Brother Haws, for your conviction, knowledge and testimony that blessed my life today.
Dr. Haws was my seminary teacher at East High. I still have a “Hooperite Warrior” headband that he gave all the students for an object lesson. He helped me build my own testimony of the Gospel then, how wonderful that he strengthened it today 25 years later. I love you Brother Haws, John, and Hank. Thank you!
Excellent. This wasn’t said but there is power in testifying of this specific church: Elder J Devn Cornish: What Do We Mean When We Say the Church is True? “other fundamentals are true, but there is also great importance in testifying of the truth of the Church as an institution. In the temple we learn that that is where our consecration is focused. As we feel the truthfulness of the organization that the Lord Himself directs, then we feel responsible to be true to the doctrine and practices taught by the Church….it is folly to imagine that we can believe in Jesus Christ and the precepts He taught and receive the full benefit of the blessings and ordinances available only in His restored Church without believing in, championing, and defending that Church…. With clear belief and conviction come clear and compelling commitments. In other words, once we know it is true, we become morally obligated to act like it's true.”
Thank you, brethren, for your time to teach and inspire all of us who listen each week. Dallas Jenkins and his incredible and inspired epic production, The Chosen, came to mind when you talked of those good and faithful people helping to bring forth God's kingdom on the earth outside the circle of membership in the restored church. There are so many who, throughout history have played such important roles, and I count Dallas as one of them.
6:35 am. I want to thank you for how much I have gained through your podcast this past year Hank and John! I have LOVED listening and learning from your guests and you both every week. Thank you to the Sorensen family as well. What a great contribution you all are making to the gathering of Israel and the establishment of Zion! ❤❤❤🕊️ 3 32:40
Thank you Brothers. This was phenomenal! I've shared the opportunity of listening to your podcasts with a 'just coming back into church activity' sister I minister to. She listened to last week's beginning of this year's podcasts and she loved it. Thank you so much!
At 11:10 or so, you're describing a difference between erring and sinning. I love it. Because they are different. But what i have found that I think is awesome and powerful, is that they both offer you an opportunity to repent, especially when looked at through our Bible Dictionary definition of repentance, where it means a turning toward and moving closer to Christ. We do not have to sin to repent. Repentance and penance are not the same thing, though they can be intertwined. Realizing an error and correcting is repentance. And any time I can get more Christlike is good for me. Thanks for this program, and for being willing servants and serving in your mission field of podcasts. -brigham in Estacada, OR
Oh, how we love your podcasts! Thanks to the Sorensen family, all your guests, and especially Hank and John for continuing these insightful studies with the Church's best scholars. Marie Knighton (Quist), my wife's mother passed away in our home after her 100th birthday early last year. She used to visit Marie Haws (possibly Grandmother to JB) in Hooper on her way to Salt Lake years ago. We think these amazing women worked together in the Church Genealogical Society in their younger years.
Thank you so much Dr. Haws! Thank you Hank Smith and John Bytheway! Your insight and inspired teaching helps me to better understand the Doctrine and Covenants. Thank you.
Oh my goodness, how full my heart is! ❤ ❤❤Who knew how many nuggets were packed into one section of the Doctrine and Covenants! J.B., thank you so very much for passing on the knowledge that you have. Because of this episode, I am now excited to begin this year's study of the D&C. John and Hank (and J.B.) thank you as always for giving of your time. I am continually amazed and in awe that you put so much into these lessons, ON TOP OF your families, your jobs, and your callings. Thank you, and may the Lord bless you for these efforts. 🙏💞🙏
Thank you for starting the discussion about what do we mean by "the church is true"! This is something I talk about with my kids. I don't want them to just be parroting what everyone else is saying, if they don't actually know what they mean when they say "I know this church is true" I would rather they say something different.
Fantastic episode guys! Bro Haws' talk on Wrestling with Comparisons is one of my favorites. Thank you for sharing the quote from Heber C. Kimball regarding the character of God! What an incredible way to think of our Father in Heaven. "I am perfectly satisfied that my Father and my god is a cheerful, pleasant, lively, and good-natured Being. Why? Because I am cheerful, pleasant, lively and good-natured when I have His Spirit…. That arises from the perfection of His attributes; He is a jovial, lively person, and a beautiful man."
Greetings from Indiana! This episode was so inspiring for me. It seems every episode of your podcast that I listen to has something the spirit teaches, prompts, or encourages me to do. Thank you to all involved for this beautiful work. It is truly appreciated.
I love the responsibility for the listener being moved upon by the Spirit to determine when a General Authority is moved upon by the Spirit. This is what makes the Church "living" to each individual. One person may be moved upon by the Spirit while another may not. Therefore, that individual who IS moved by the Spirit needs to recognize the revelation for herself. It's God's way of guiding and directing us.
You know how I know this is true? Because it expands how my heart feels and there is more to come from the Lord. He loves us, ‘His eyes are upon’ all of us and that is comforting as we experience these last days… 🎉This is true…no doubt!
Thank you from the Forest of Dean, UK. This has been one of the best episodes of followhim…but I say that most weeks! I have learnt so much from the discussion on “the only true and living church”. This has helped me feel greater respect for other faiths & the good they do in the name of the God they worship. My awareness of the continuing restoration of the gospel has grown, & I hope we can more of these discussions in our church meetings and conversations.
Hearing the word "Hooper" took me back decades to when I was raised just off of Midland Dr and had many friends that lived in Hooper. Thank you for another great year of learning!!!!
I'm glad that many in the church are embracing contraries and questions. One of the Q12 (I'm thinking Boyd K. Packer) speaking to CES instructors talked about the time being over for people to just blindly accept various teachings, and specifically the instructors to learn about the "hard" things that were in the church, to learn about these things, and be prepared for when their students came to ask questions and to teach them. There ARE hard things, but we can lean in and continue to move this mighty work forward. For those who are interested, I'd strongly suggest listening to the podcast (two parts) of "The Scriptures are Real" with Stephen Jones speaking with LDS historian Don Bradley. I have listened to both episodes multiple times it is that good.
When I was a student at Utah State university, somebody came to speak for devotional and said "our concern is not that people know our history, it is that people don't know our history well enough." It's out there, it's all out there. And it's so cool to learn about
Thank you for the wonderful insights from Fr JB Haws....This is for Hank Sterling Hilton and his wife were once upon a time in our ward here in Baltimore Maryland Great People. If you ever see him Tell him Hi from Sister Linda McDaniel. I love these videos Keep up the amazing work...
When you were discussing his grace as being sufficient, I thought of if I being evil give a good gift how much greater is the gift of the Lord. When I think of gifts often it is through physical tangible things. How much greater thos statement becomes when we recognize all gifts in all there varieties and likeness.
Thank you for the great work you do to help gather Israel! I look forward to studying the Doctrine and Covenants with y'all. Now, am I missing something? Are you no longer introducing your guests with their "Bio"? How come? I love to learn about them. 😁
I feel the same. I really enjoyed the bios. I would rather have that than the "Coming up...". I'm already hooked and wish they would use that precious time on bios and scriptures. My 2 cents 💰 😉
I have sometimes wondered how the Gospel would go to Kings and rulers as mentioned in verse 23. Then I recently saw a news article where the First Presidency were meeting dignitaries from another country (as they seem to do regularly) and then it dawned on me; they represent the Kings and Queens, rulers of countries!
@13:40 D&C1:30 is in the conditional subjunctive tense ("might"). Read it in Spanish and it's obvious. In other words, the Lord isn't declaring the LDS church "true". He is saying the members of Christ's church (best defined in D&C 10:67-68-take note of the warning in 68) "might" be true and living. This conditional was violated multiple times after these words were spoken and the saints fell under condemnation (D&C 84:56; D&C 101:6; 105:5; 124:48...). And yet we confidently strut around like the Zoramites pridefully declaring ourselves the elect people.
My daughter is currently serving a mission and during our phone call the other week, she said, "How did i get so lucky, so blessed, to be part of this miraculous work? I can't believe i get to live on the Earth during this time when God is fulfilling His promises." John's final comments echoed this by my daughter. I'm so happy to be here for such a time as this!!
I got a wonderful message from the Lord as I listened to the podcast today. When you were talking about feeling small and insignificant when the Lord asks us to do great things...I thought of how I have 2 pretty big callings right now, and I don't feel like that way. I feel the Lord sustaining me and carrying me everyday. I started to wonder if I was being prideful and maybe I shouldn't feel so confident! The Lord has given me a gift to teach and testify of Him. So as I was driving in my car, pondering this, the Spirit started to speak. He reminded me of my prayer just this morning. The one where I asked how I was ever going to survive my last (#10) teenager and the rebellion. I thought of all of my children, who I have testified to my whole life, but many of them have chosen other paths. I thought of how I often feel I can't do it anymore and I am failing. And then the spirit reminded me that this is where I feel weak and inadequate, but I know the Lord has been carrying me all along and will continue to teach and try me through this trial. Thank you so much for your time and effort and the spirit you bring to my life everyday. Thank you Brother Haws, for your conviction, knowledge and testimony that blessed my life today.
Dr. Haws was my seminary teacher at East High. I still have a “Hooperite Warrior” headband that he gave all the students for an object lesson. He helped me build my own testimony of the Gospel then, how wonderful that he strengthened it today 25 years later. I love you Brother Haws, John, and Hank. Thank you!
Excellent. This wasn’t said but there is power in testifying of this specific church: Elder J Devn Cornish: What Do We Mean When We Say the Church is True? “other fundamentals are true, but there is also great importance in testifying of the truth of the Church as an institution. In the temple we learn that that is where our consecration is focused. As we feel the truthfulness of the organization that the Lord Himself directs, then we feel responsible to be true to the doctrine and practices taught by the Church….it is folly to imagine that we can believe in Jesus Christ and the precepts He taught and receive the full benefit of the blessings and ordinances available only in His restored Church without believing in, championing, and defending that Church…. With clear belief and conviction come clear and compelling commitments. In other words, once we know it is true, we become morally obligated to act like it's true.”
Thank you, brethren, for your time to teach and inspire all of us who listen each week.
Dallas Jenkins and his incredible and inspired epic production, The Chosen, came to mind when you talked of those good and faithful people helping to bring forth God's kingdom on the earth outside the circle of membership in the restored church. There are so many who, throughout history have played such important roles, and I count Dallas as one of them.
So true!
You are amazing teachers!! This podcast is my sanctuary!! Thank you!!
Wow, thank you!
6:35 am. I want to thank you for how much I have gained through your podcast this past year Hank and John! I have LOVED listening and learning from your guests and you both every week. Thank you to the Sorensen family as well. What a great contribution you all are making to the gathering of Israel and the establishment of Zion! ❤❤❤🕊️ 3 32:40
This was so amazing!! We are so blessed by this podcast and these marvelous people that come to help us!! Thank you Brother Haws!!
I absolutely love this podcast and want to thank everyone who make it happen weekly!! It truly is a blessing I don't want to live without ❤️
Thank you Brothers. This was phenomenal! I've shared the opportunity of listening to your podcasts with a 'just coming back into church activity' sister I minister to. She listened to last week's beginning of this year's podcasts and she loved it. Thank you so much!
Your podcasts are the highlight of my week! Thank you so much!
At 11:10 or so, you're describing a difference between erring and sinning. I love it. Because they are different. But what i have found that I think is awesome and powerful, is that they both offer you an opportunity to repent, especially when looked at through our Bible Dictionary definition of repentance, where it means a turning toward and moving closer to Christ. We do not have to sin to repent. Repentance and penance are not the same thing, though they can be intertwined. Realizing an error and correcting is repentance. And any time I can get more Christlike is good for me. Thanks for this program, and for being willing servants and serving in your mission field of podcasts.
-brigham in Estacada, OR
Oh, how we love your podcasts! Thanks to the Sorensen family, all your guests, and especially Hank and John for continuing these insightful studies with the Church's best scholars. Marie Knighton (Quist), my wife's mother passed away in our home after her 100th birthday early last year. She used to visit Marie Haws (possibly Grandmother to JB) in Hooper on her way to Salt Lake years ago. We think these amazing women worked together in the Church Genealogical Society in their younger years.
Thank you so much Dr. Haws! Thank you Hank Smith and John Bytheway! Your insight and inspired teaching helps me to better understand the Doctrine and Covenants. Thank you.
Oh my goodness, how full my heart is! ❤ ❤❤Who knew how many nuggets were packed into one section of the Doctrine and Covenants! J.B., thank you so very much for passing on the knowledge that you have. Because of this episode, I am now excited to begin this year's study of the D&C.
John and Hank (and J.B.) thank you as always for giving of your time. I am continually amazed and in awe that you put so much into these lessons, ON TOP OF your families, your jobs, and your callings. Thank you, and may the Lord bless you for these efforts. 🙏💞🙏
Happy New Year 🎉 Brothers!! I am so grateful to start listening your podcasts and try learning from our Heavenly Father.
Thank you for starting the discussion about what do we mean by "the church is true"! This is something I talk about with my kids. I don't want them to just be parroting what everyone else is saying, if they don't actually know what they mean when they say "I know this church is true" I would rather they say something different.
Well done brethren! I grew up in South Muskrat springs (West Point). Thanks for teaching me each and every week. Y'all are the Best!
I thank God for you for doing these podcasts every night. Thank you ❤
“Look at what we’re involved in”! Amen and I am so grateful🙏🏻
Wonderful lesson! And a wonderful marinade! I hope to cover myself with it!!! ❤🇨🇦
I’m inspired for this year. Thank you.
Fantastic episode guys! Bro Haws' talk on Wrestling with Comparisons is one of my favorites. Thank you for sharing the quote from Heber C. Kimball regarding the character of God! What an incredible way to think of our Father in Heaven.
"I am perfectly satisfied that my Father and my god is a cheerful, pleasant, lively, and good-natured Being. Why? Because I am cheerful, pleasant, lively and good-natured when I have His Spirit…. That arises from the perfection of His attributes; He is a jovial, lively person, and a beautiful man."
Well done! Beautifully articulated and spiritually moving.
Greetings from Indiana! This episode was so inspiring for me. It seems every episode of your podcast that I listen to has something the spirit teaches, prompts, or encourages me to do. Thank you to all involved for this beautiful work. It is truly appreciated.
I love the responsibility for the listener being moved upon by the Spirit to determine when a General Authority is moved upon by the Spirit. This is what makes the Church "living" to each individual. One person may be moved upon by the Spirit while another may not. Therefore, that individual who IS moved by the Spirit needs to recognize the revelation for herself. It's God's way of guiding and directing us.
Thank you again! I just want to express my gratitude for all of you involved in putting all of these episodes together for my benefit. So wonderful!
I'm so thankful to get to hear this podcast. May the blessings boomerang back at you.
You know how I know this is true? Because it expands how my heart feels and there is more to come from the Lord.
He loves us, ‘His eyes are upon’ all of us and that is comforting as we experience these last days…
🎉This is true…no doubt!
Thank you from the Forest of Dean, UK. This has been one of the best episodes of followhim…but I say that most weeks!
I have learnt so much from the discussion on “the only true and living church”. This has helped me feel greater respect for other faiths & the good they do in the name of the God they worship. My awareness of the continuing restoration of the gospel has grown, & I hope we can more of these discussions in our church meetings and conversations.
Hearing the word "Hooper" took me back decades to when I was raised just off of Midland Dr and had many friends that lived in Hooper. Thank you for another great year of learning!!!!
Thank you for now offering Spanish. I just sent the link to my Spanish speaking friend. 😊
I’m SOOOO HAPPY to be with you AGAIN in 2025!!!
We're happy you're here too!!
Thank you!! Awesome podcast!!!❤❤❤
Wonderful... Thank you! ❤
Thank you so much!
Thank you, this is much clearer to me now.
Great lesson!! Love you guys! ❤❤❤
Thank you for starting my year in the Doctrine and Covenants off right!
I'm glad that many in the church are embracing contraries and questions. One of the Q12 (I'm thinking Boyd K. Packer) speaking to CES instructors talked about the time being over for people to just blindly accept various teachings, and specifically the instructors to learn about the "hard" things that were in the church, to learn about these things, and be prepared for when their students came to ask questions and to teach them. There ARE hard things, but we can lean in and continue to move this mighty work forward. For those who are interested, I'd strongly suggest listening to the podcast (two parts) of "The Scriptures are Real" with Stephen Jones speaking with LDS historian Don Bradley. I have listened to both episodes multiple times it is that good.
When I was a student at Utah State university, somebody came to speak for devotional and said "our concern is not that people know our history, it is that people don't know our history well enough."
It's out there, it's all out there. And it's so cool to learn about
Excellent overall! I especially noted the 1978 First Presidency statement and Orson Whitneys talk.
But “Search” ❤ is so important to me! Thank you!
Thank you. What a blessing. ❤
Thank you for the wonderful insights from Fr JB Haws....This is for Hank Sterling Hilton and his wife were once upon a time in our ward here in Baltimore Maryland Great People. If you ever see him Tell him Hi from Sister Linda McDaniel. I love these videos Keep up the amazing work...
Thank you so much, this is absolutely amazing❤
Thank you.
There is a difference between “the Church is true” vs “the Gospel is true”
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Glad you think so!
When you were discussing his grace as being sufficient, I thought of if I being evil give a good gift how much greater is the gift of the Lord. When I think of gifts often it is through physical tangible things. How much greater thos statement becomes when we recognize all gifts in all there varieties and likeness.
Thank you for the great work you do to help gather Israel! I look forward to studying the Doctrine and Covenants with y'all.
Now, am I missing something? Are you no longer introducing your guests with their "Bio"? How come? I love to learn about them. 😁
I feel the same. I really enjoyed the bios. I would rather have that than the "Coming up...". I'm already hooked and wish they would use that precious time on bios and scriptures. My 2 cents 💰 😉
I have sometimes wondered how the Gospel would go to Kings and rulers as mentioned in verse 23. Then I recently saw a news article where the First Presidency were meeting dignitaries from another country (as they seem to do regularly) and then it dawned on me; they represent the Kings and Queens, rulers of countries!
Is the book themes in the doctrine and covenants 1 book or 5. On Amazon is shows it as 1 book for 12.99.
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Will you translate also in Dutch?
❤ 9:17
Italian, of course! 😅
❤ 9:17 30:10
@13:40 D&C1:30 is in the conditional subjunctive tense ("might"). Read it in Spanish and it's obvious. In other words, the Lord isn't declaring the LDS church "true". He is saying the members of Christ's church (best defined in D&C 10:67-68-take note of the warning in 68) "might" be true and living. This conditional was violated multiple times after these words were spoken and the saints fell under condemnation (D&C 84:56; D&C 101:6; 105:5; 124:48...). And yet we confidently strut around like the Zoramites pridefully declaring ourselves the elect people.
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Thank you