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Steve & Shannon Sorensen: Cofounder, Executive Producer, Sponsor
David & Verla Sorensen: Sponsors
Dr. Hank Smith: Co-host
John Bytheway: Co-host
David Perry: Producer
Kyle Nelson: Marketing, Sponsor
Lisa Spice: Client Relations, Editor, Show Notes
Will Stoughton: Video Editor
Krystal Roberts: Translation Team, English & French Transcripts, Website
Ariel Cuadra: Spanish Transcripts
Amelia Kabwika: Portuguese Transcripts
Heather Barlow: Communications Director
Sydney Smith: Social Media, Graphic Design
 
"Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonald
https://www.marshallmcdonaldmusic.com

Dr. Christina Olson continues with Ezra and Nehemiah, tracing temple, law, and walls–and the beautifully imperfect work of becoming a covenant people again.
YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/vWnXu2Us5DI

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TIMECODE
0:00  Part 2 - Dr. Christina Olson
2:53 Singers, porters, and Nethinims: Temple personnel
4:29 Nehemiah the cupbearer hears of Jerusalem’s ruins
6:47 The tombs of my fathers
12:06 Anchor points: Dr. Olson’s personal story
13:51 Nehemiah’s sacrifice–leaving the palace
17:15 Prayer in times of conflict
18:38 Sanballat, Tobiah, and Geshem oppose the wall
22:24 Imperfect boundaries, imperfect community
24:51 Building with a sword in hand
25:17 Internal strife: debt, interest, and reform
26:43 “I am doing a great work”
29:54 Lehonti and Amalickiah
36:43 The wall is finished and Ezra reads the Law
38:11 The joy of the Lord is strength
39:42 Sukkot restored and communal worship
40:14 An unfinished ending
43:32 How scholarship changes faith
46:21 Why teach the messy stories
47:45 Non-linear worship and seasons of life
51:48 End of Part 2 – Dr. Christina Olson

Thanks to the followHIM team:
Steve & Shannon Sorensen: Cofounder, Executive Producer, Sponsor
David & Verla Sorensen: Sponsors
Dr. Hank Smith: Co-host
John Bytheway: Co-host
David Perry: Producer
Kyle Nelson: Marketing, Sponsor
Lisa Spice: Client Relations, Editor, Show Notes
Will Stoughton: Video Editor
Krystal Roberts: Translation Team, English & French Transcripts, Website
Ariel Cuadra: Spanish Transcripts
Amelia Kabwika: Portuguese Transcripts
Heather Barlow: Communications Director
Sydney Smith: Social Media, Graphic Design
 
"Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonald
https://www.marshallmcdonaldmusic.com

Why would people rebuilding God’s temple start by building a wall against their own neighbors? Dr. Christina Olson explores Ezra and Nehemiah, the imperfect leaders, contested history, and hard boundary lines that bridge the Old and New Testaments.
YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/537P7zjqtQY

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TIMECODE
0:00 - Part 1 - Dr. Christina Olson
1:48 First impressions of Ezra and Nehemiah
4:15 Dr. Olson’s bio
7:38 Come, Follow Me Manual
8:25 What these names mean
9:45 Recap the exile and archeological evidence
14:59 First and Second Temple Periods
17:54 Why rebuild?
19:00 Ezra-Nehemiah as bridge to the New Testament
23:45 Cyrus’s edict and the return home
26:04 Why Ezra-Nehemiah is such a difficult read
30:59 The pattern of an ancient temple-building account
35:43 “Strangers in a strange land” – Identity and memory
39:29 Genealogies and staking a claim
40:00 Zerubbabel and Jeshua return
44:51 Weeping and joy at the temple foundation
46:13 The adversaries arrive
47:55 Exclusion and God using imperfection
52:41 How present-day conflicts get written
57:18 Letters of accusation to the Persian king
1:01:12 Tatnai’s inquiry and Darius’s decree
1:05:15 Temple dedication and Passover
1:07:52 End of Part 1 - Dr. Christina Olson

Thanks to the followHIM team:
Steve & Shannon Sorensen: Cofounder, Executive Producer, Sponsor
David & Verla Sorensen: Sponsors
Dr. Hank Smith: Co-host
John Bytheway: Co-host
David Perry: Producer
Kyle Nelson: Marketing, Sponsor
Lisa Spice: Client Relations, Editor, Show Notes
Will Stoughton: Video Editor
Krystal Roberts: Translation Team, English & French Transcripts, Website
Ariel Cuadra: Spanish Transcripts
Amelia Kabwika: Portuguese Transcripts
Heather Barlow: Communications Director
Sydney Smith: Social Media, Graphic Design
 
"Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonald
https://www.marshallmcdonaldmusic.com

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English: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT230EN
French: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT230FR
German: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT230DE
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Spanish: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT230ES
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Book of Mormon: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastBMBook
 
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 https://tinyurl.com/followHIMnewsletter
 
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Thanks to the followHIM team:
Steve & Shannon Sorensen: Cofounder, Executive Producer, Sponsor
David & Verla Sorensen: Sponsors
Dr. Hank Smith: Co-host
John Bytheway: Co-host
David Perry: Producer
Kyle Nelson: Marketing, Sponsor
Lisa Spice: Client Relations, Editor, Show Notes
Will Stoughton: Video Editor
Krystal Roberts: Translation Team, English & French Transcripts, Website
Ariel Cuadra: Spanish Transcripts
Amelia Kabwika: Portuguese Transcripts
Heather Barlow: Communications Director
Sydney Smith: Social Media, Graphic Design
 
"Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonald
https://www.marshallmcdonaldmusic.com

Sister Heather Farrell examines 2 Chronicles, Jehoshaphat’s reliance on God, the women who saved the faith, and her own angel-protection story.
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French: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT230FR
German: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT230DE
Portuguese: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT230PT
Spanish: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT230ES
YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/EpvBs6ID148

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followHIM website: https://www.followHIMpodcast.com

FREE PDF DOWNLOADS OF followHIM QUOTE BOOKS
New Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastNTBook
Old Testament: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastOTBook
Book of Mormon: https://tinyurl.com/PodcastBMBook
 
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https://tinyurl.com/followHIMnewsletter
 
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TIMECODE
0:00 - Part 2 - Sister Heather Farrell
3:02 “Are there good things found in thee?”
5:33 Jehoshaphat’s prayer
6:59 Jerusalem bike story and the “Angel Squad”
10:16 Family beyond the veil, believing as a spiritual gift
14:53 Athaliah seizes the throne and kills the royal seed
17:24 Jehoshaba hides baby Joash, saving Davidic line
20:16 Your family history doesn’t define you
22:25 Hezekiah restores the Passover: “Focus on the home”
25:48 Just start
27:07 Huldah and Josiah and teaching children
32:07 Huldah the prophetess and the Huldah Gates
37:24 Huldah declares the book is scripture
39:09 Temple destroyed, end of the Old Testament, Book of Mormon begins
42:23 Heather’s non-traditional journey
45:18 Why does God come to women?
48:55 The influence of women and womeninthescriptures.com
49:46 End of Part 2 - Sister Heather Farrell

Thanks to the followHIM team:
Steve & Shannon Sorensen: Cofounder, Executive Producer, Sponsor
David & Verla Sorensen: Sponsors
Dr. Hank Smith: Co-host
John Bytheway: Co-host
David Perry: Producer
Kyle Nelson: Marketing, Sponsor
Lisa Spice: Client Relations, Editor, Show Notes
Will Stoughton: Video Editor
Krystal Roberts: Translation Team, English & French Transcripts, Website
Ariel Cuadra: Spanish Transcripts
Amelia Kabwika: Portuguese Transcripts
Heather Barlow: Communications Director
Sydney Smith: Social Media, Graphic Design
 
"Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonald
https://www.marshallmcdonaldmusic.com