The Jackson Howell Podcast

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Join Marcus, Kenny, and Jackson as they try to keep the train on the tracks.  Marcus struggled with internet connections as recorded during a storm.  We struggled to stay on topic as we derailed a few times.  But one thing is for sure, we were experiencing some "good times" with our "go...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Mikey was not brought up in a typical home that we might normally visualize.  He was exposed to things that a young boy should not be exposed to at such a young age.  Although, he often went to church with his grandmother on Sunday's, the influence portrayed on his young mind would prove to be da...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Join Kenny, Marcus, and Jackson this week after a two week break.  In this episode we touch on a couple of highlighted scriptures from Proverbs and Ecclesiastes and get into discussing how they really apply in our lives.  We discuss the difference of Psalms and Proverbs, where to "lean" for...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Join us this week as we discuss The Book of Psalms.  We discuss what the Psalms are, how they are written, and what purpose they serve.   We don’t know for certain who wrote the Psalms. Some have been attributed to King David, but for most of them, the writers remain anonymous. Yet after reading the P...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Join Marcus and Jackson as they discuss the experiences of Job and how that is applied in our lives.  What can we learn from his experience?  Specifically, what can we learn from how he handled the trials he was faced with?   It’s natural to wonder why bad things happen to good people—or for that matt...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Elder Jacob Hatcher sits down with Jackson from Saints In The South to discuss his struggles with anxiety and depression while serving The Lord in his call to serve.  Elder Hatcher was reared by his single mother for much of his childhood.   As Elder Hatcher began to discover is own patch as a youth,...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Join Kenny and Jackson as they share the Esther story and what we can apply in our Day.  From strong women taking a stand to listening or caring too much about what others think of you! Many events in the book of Esther might seem like luck or coincidence. How else do you explain how an orphaned Jewis...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Join Kenny and Jackson as they discuss how The Lord people from all backgrounds to accomplish his work, the opposition that His people face as they strive to accomplish his work, and the importance scriptures.   From Come Follow Me: The Jewish people had been held captive in Babylonia for about 70 yea...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! In this bonus episode I throw a social media topic at Kenny and Marcus and see what they have to say about people ranting and raving about being asked to clean their local church building.  Why the church chooses to use it's membership rather than a paid janitorial service?  Is there any real gro...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Join us this week as we discuss the two prominent stories of Hezekia and Josiah.  What can we learn from Hezekiah's Faith to ask The Lord for more time on earth and what can we learn from Josiah's diligence in using the scriptures to persuade his people to follow The True and Living God? Fro...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Join us this week as we discuss the miracles performed under the direction of the prophet Elisha and how we can seek and expect miracles in our own lives.   From Come Follow Me: A prophet’s main mission is to teach and testify of the Savior Jesus Christ. Our record of the prophet Elisha, however, does...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Join us this week as we discuss Elijah the Prophet and his amazing faith, confidence, and ability to command the heavens! From Come Follow Me: The house of Israel was in disarray. The unity and prosperity achieved under David and Solomon were long past, and the nation’s covenant relationship with the...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Join us this week as we discuss David's decision to commit adultery and then to try and cover it up with Murder.  Stick around for a short Father's Day message at the end.   From Come Follow Me: King David’s reign started out with so much promise. His undaunted faith in defeating Goliath was...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! I wanted to take the opportunity and expound some of my thoughts on my favorite scripture story of all time.  Goliaths are everywhere.  What may be a Goliath to one may not be to another.  Having the courage to face the Goliath's is what matters.  As you face them with faith in Christ, God will p...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Join us this week as we dive into Saul's natural man tendencies and how we can try to avoid them ourselves.  We also discuss one of the most famous biblical stories of all time...David and Goliath.  This is a personal favorite of ours.  So many ways to apply this story to our lives.  Joins us and...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! From Come Follow Me: Sometimes we imagine that our lives should follow a clear path from beginning to end. The shortest distance between two points is a straight line, after all. And yet life is often full of delays and detours that take us in unexpected directions. We may find that our lives are quit...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Join us this week as we discuss how Israel's not following through with the command to destroy the inhabitants of Canaan became a "thorn in their side.  We also discuss of the judges called to lead their tribes; Deborah, Gideon, and Samson.  Where were they strong and where were they weak? F...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! From Come Follow Me: It had taken several generations, but the Lord’s promise was about to be fulfilled: the children of Israel were on the verge of inheriting the promised land. But in their way stood the Jordan River, the walls of Jericho, and a wicked but mighty people who had rejected the Lord (se...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! From Come Follow Me: Moses’s earthly ministry began on a mountain, when God spoke to him from a burning bush (see Exodus 3:1–10). It also ended on a mountain, more than 40 years later, when God gave Moses a glimpse of the promised land from the top of Mount Nebo (see Deuteronomy 34:1–4). Moses had spe...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Join us this week.   Did Moses really want to die if leading the children of Israel going to be so burdensome? In Numbers 11:14-15 it reads....I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.  And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee.... From Come Follow Me: Even...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! A little bit late but here we are with this weeks Come Follow Me Podcast.   As you will see in this episode, we do not pretend to be scholars of the scriptures.  As a matter of fact we even turn to Google for an answer at one point in the show.  Hey, we are not ashamed....LOL.  We understand our role...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Join us this week as we discuss why The Children of Israel reverted back to their old ways of worshiping idols when Moses was gone longer than expected, the difference between righteous anger and unrighteous anger, and how God applied mercy in Old Testament times.   From Come Follow Me: There was reas...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Join us this week as we discuss Moses' willingness to follow the counsel of his father-in-law Jethro, to delegate the one on one counseling and judging he was doing, the spiritual preparations for the people to hear the voice of the Lord, and the introduction of the 10 commandments.  As always, w...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! The life of Jesus Christ “is central to all human history” (“The Living Christ: The Testimony of the Apostles,” ChurchofJesusChrist.org). What does that mean? In part, it surely means that the Savior’s life influences the eternal destiny of every human being who has ever lived or will ever live. You m...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Andrew and Jackson discuss the murmurings and the miracles of the children of Israel as they miraculously escape the hands of the Egyptians and then wonder in the wilderness continuing a pattern of murmurings and miracles.  From crossing the Red Sea to water gushing from a rock.   As always, how can w...