The Articles of Faith and Official Declarations 1 & 2 • Part 1 • Bro. Thom Reed • December 8-14 • Come Follow Me

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🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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What if two of the most “revolutionary revelations” in Church History are two that we often overlook? Brother Thom Reed unpacks the Articles of Faith and Official Declaration 1 as bold, future-shaping revelations, from Joseph Smith’s visionary inclusiveness (with a surprise rap) to Wilford Woodruff’s courageous end to plural marriage to preserve temples and covenants. YouTube: https://youtu.be/eKznL8Fq3Yo FREE PDF DOWNLOADS OF followHIM QUOTE BOOKS New Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastN...

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0:00.0	Coming up in this episode on Follow Him.
0:04.0	I remember Revelation hit me in a hobby lobby.
0:06.0	I'm standing in line trying to get some stuff for youth gifts to give out at graduation,
0:11.0	and this one book is standing up there.
0:13.0	I'd never read it before.
0:15.0	God said, this brother needs that book.
0:17.0	And so I bought it, and I gave it to him.
0:20.0	Hello everyone, welcome to another episode. And so I bought it and I gave it to him.
0:23.9	Hello everyone.
0:26.1	Welcome to another episode of Follow Him.
0:27.1	My name is Hank Smith.
0:27.9	I'm your host.
0:36.5	I'm here with my co-host, John, by the way, who is honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and does good to all men.
0:40.6	Indeed, we may say he follows the admonition of all.
0:46.4	John, as I'm reading the 13th article of fate, this could be John, by the way,'s bio.
0:56.7	Thanks, Hank. My dad used to say, honest, true, and chased by an elephant. I've never actually been chased by an elephant.
0:58.9	You roared at a lion once.
1:00.7	That's one of my favorite Hank's stories.
1:03.3	One day I'll have to tell that story on the show.
1:05.5	But I've never been chased by an elephant.
1:10.6	Hey, John, we are privileged to have with us, brother Tom Reed. Tom, welcome to follow him.
1:12.6	Thank you.
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