1 Samuel 17-18; 24-26; 2 Samuel 5-7 Part 1 • Bro. Mike Madsen • June 15-21 • Come, Follow Me

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🗓️ 10 June 2026

⏱️ 69 minutes

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What if the quiet revolution drawing hundreds of millions into daily scripture study—and toward the Savior himself—began with a single question: does anyone actually read this? Brother Mike Madsen, Program Manager for Gospel Learning and Teaching, pulls back the curtain on Come Follow Me, the coming shift to a shorter Sunday schedule, and a teacher-led journey through David and Goliath that finds Christ in a shepherd boy's sling. SHOW NOTES/TRANSCRIPTS English: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT2...

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0:00.0	Coming up in this episode on Follow Him.
0:03.8	When assignments come to us or when maybe we're going through a difficult time,
0:08.9	we don't know what that's preparing us for coming down the road.
0:13.4	From that, I want to embrace every chance I get.
0:16.4	I don't care what it is, how maybe significant or insignificant it may seem.
0:20.4	Embrace it all because you never know what that is, how maybe significant or insignificant it may seem. Embrace it all because it may,
0:22.1	you never know what that is preparing you for.
0:26.5	Hello, my friends. Welcome to another episode, follow him. My name is Hink Smith. I'm your host.
0:31.5	I'm here with my co-host, John, by the way, who is more righteous than I.
0:37.7	Does righteous mean old? Yeah. Righteous means old than you're...
0:42.0	John, it is true and I'm okay with it. Thou art more righteous than I. That's what Saul says to
0:48.0	David in 1st Samuel 24 verse 17. Saul, who was struggling by this time, says, oh, David, you are more righteous than I.
0:56.8	And, John, you are. John, we are honored today. And I've been looking forward to this for a really
1:02.3	long time to have our friend, Brother Mike Madsen, with us. Mike, welcome to follow him.
1:07.7	Thank you so much for having me. It's pleasure to be here.
1:10.5	This is going to be a treat.
1:12.7	You don't usually remember the month and year where you meet someone, but I met Mike in May of 2002
1:20.0	because I had just been hired as a brand new seminary teacher and he was one of those people
1:24.4	that welcome you to the program at that point, welcome you to the job and make you feel like a million bucks.
1:30.0	John, we're looking at the story of David today.
1:34.5	Specifically, there's David and Goliath and David as a king
1:37.9	and David at his height before his difficulties.
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