Keeping Jesus as the Center of Leadership | An Interview with John Hilton III

Leading Saints Podcast

Leading Saints

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 27 March 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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John Hilton III was born in San Francisco and grew up in Seattle. He served a mission in Denver, and got a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University. While there he met his wife Lani and they have six children. They have lived in Boise, Boston, Miami, Mexico, Jerusalem and China. John has a master's degree from Harvard and a Ph.D from BYU, both in Education. John is a professor of Religious Education at BYU. John has published several books with Deseret Book, including Considering the Cross: How Calvary Connects Us with Christ. He is also the author of the video course and podcast “Seeking Jesus.” John loves teaching, reading and spending time with his family. Highlights 3:30 Kurt and John talk about John's new course, Seeking Jesus. 5:30 Jesus should be at the center of our lives. Sometimes we focus on other parts of the gospel and forget that He comes first. 9:40 How do we make sure that Christ is at the center? 16:00 What if we didn’t just focus on scripture study but Christ study? What if we didn't just go to the temple to focus on the ordinance but focus on how it connects us to Christ? 17:50 The sacrament can be an ordinance that becomes very commonplace that we forget to focus. There needs to be a mindset shift to make it a worshiping moment. 19:00 If you are looking for a way to grow and worship Christ then take President Nelson’s challenge. Read all the verses in the topical guide about Jesus Christ. The promise is that you will be changed. 21:45 How can we make Come Follow Me more meaningful? In every story we need to figure out how it connects to Christ. 25:55 Where is your hope centered? There are so many things that we hope for but our real hope should be centered on Jesus Christ. 27:00 John breaks down what people will learn in his new course. 30:00 John gives his book recommendations on Jesus Christ from authors from other religions. 31:15 Our time at church is limited so everything that we speak about needs to be connected to the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Links Seeking Jesus course Considering the Cross: How Calvary Connects Us With Christ Bearded Bishops, Rated-R Movies, & the Honor Code | An Interview with John Hilton III Connecting Others to Jesus Through the Cross at Calvary | An Interview with John Hilton III Instagram: @johnhiltoniii Read the TRANSCRIPT of this podcast

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0:00.0	Hey folks this is Kurt Frankham and I am so excited to once again welcome back
0:06.9	John Hilton of the third here at on the leading Saints podcast John has been incredible
0:12.4	I call him a friend now. I just love everything he creates,
0:16.1	everything he does, everything he is, and he's had some past episodes at Leading Saints. We'll link to those in the show notes that have been
0:23.9	phenomenal. I think it was the most downloaded episode of, was it 20-20? Talks about
0:29.0	fence laws. Just go to Google and search for leading Saints fence laws.
0:33.5	Listen to that episode and you're going to understand
0:36.3	why John Hilton is so awesome.
0:38.5	He reached out to me recently and told me about a cool series
0:41.8	that he's doing via YouTube on the Book of Mormon Central
0:45.0	YouTube channel and I've jumped into it and absolutely love it. It's called Seeking Jesus
0:50.1	and I think it's going to have 28 29 sessions in this online course that's absolutely free to watch via YouTube obviously
0:58.2	So we're going to talk about this in this episode and just to give you quick bio on John he was born in
1:03.9	San Francisco and grew up in Seattle he served a mission in Denver and got a
1:07.6	bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University while there he met his
1:11.0	wife Lanny and they have six children. They have lived in Boise, Boston, Miami, Mexico, Jerusalem, and China.
1:18.4	John has a master's degree from Harvard and a PhD from BYU, both in education. John is a professor of religious education at
1:26.0	BYU. He's published several books with Deseret Book including Considering the Cross,
1:31.0	how Calvary connects us with Christ. That's my favorite of his books.
1:35.1	He is also the author of the video course and podcast Seeking Jesus. John loves
1:40.4	teaching, reading, and spending time with his family.
1:43.0	So, and just a quick description of what the Seeking Jesus course is,
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