The Jackson Howell Podcast

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! We now begin the book of Helaman! More war and intrigue... We see the “pride cycle” playing out as the Nephites go from righteousness and prosperity, to pride and wickedness, to destruction and suffering, to humility and repentance. Through this we see parallels to our time, and learn the dangers of p...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Join us as we discuss the 2nd half of the Book of Mormon war chapters.  There is a ton of symbolism in the spiritual battles that we face in our daily lives.  Also, we have Megan and Jacob join us as we discuss Helaman and the Stripling Warriors.  Jacob has just received his missionary call to serve i...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Alma 43-52 Synopsis: We are now getting into the WAR CHAPTERS!  These chapters might look like the screenplay for the next big Hollywood blockbuster, but there are great spiritual lessons in them for our lives today... (43) Alma and his sons preach the gospel, while the Zoramites and other dissenters...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Join us as we discuss Alma's one on one time with his son Corianton.  Corianton, unlike his brothers, struggled with his testimony early in his life.  He ended up getting into some trouble while serving his mission.  He fell into sexual temptation.  His father did not shun him or give up on him,...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Alma takes some one on one time with his sons to share with them his testimony and personal conversion story.  Join us as we discuss how we can apply these things in our day and in our personal lives.  He first speaks with Helaman and then with Shiblon.  We point out some of the differences in his spe...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Alma, Amulek and the other missionaries with them begin teaching the Zoramites.  Alma finds success among the poor class of people.  He explains to them that they need not be concerned about worshiping God only in a synagogue or only praying to him in a synagogue.  He teaches them what it means to hav...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! The Anti-Christ, Korihor, makes his appearance and persuades many people in Zarahemla to believe in his words.  He attempts the same thing in Jershon and Gideon with no success.  He is brought before Alma, the High Priest, as well as the chief judge of the land.  He is questioned and goes on to accuse...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Religious freedom is declared throughout the Lamanite lands.  Many Lamanites are converted, even to the laying down their weapons of war.  They call themselves Anti-Nephi-Lehis to distinguish themselves from the unbelieving Lamanites.  The unbelieving Lamanites seek to destroy them.  The Anit-Nephi-Le...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! The sons of Mosiah and Alma briefly see each other and rejoice that they are still brethren in The Lord.  The sons of Mosiah separate and go into different lands sharing the gospel to the Lamanites.  Ammon volunteers to be a servant of King Lamoni and leads his servants in preserving the king's f...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Alma and Amulek find themselves surrounded by people of Ammonihah entrenched in teaching doctrines of the gospel of Jesus Christ.  Alma gives a great sermon on the priesthood.  Afterwards, many people begin to believe, but the majority of the people want them cast into prison.  After the people spit u...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Alma takes a short break after preaching in Gideon.  He returns to the mission field and has much success in Melek. He then goes to Ammonihah and is rejected and cast out of the city.  An angel visits him and tells him to return to the city.  There, he meets Amulek, who becomes his companion.  After s...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Alma the younger is finally able to focus exclusively on building the kingdom of God on earth.  He has given up the judgement seat and is the High Priest of the church.  He begins to rebuild the church and delivers the sermon of all sermons!!  Join us as we dive into the words he delivered to the peop...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Join us as we discuss the transition from Kings to Judges.  King Mosiah prepares to turn the kingdom over to one of his Sons but they all decline.  Mosiah is inspired to institute a government of judges by the voice of the people. Alma the elder and King Mosiah die.  We point out the many correlations...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! We discuss the gathering of all the people of King Mosiah, King Limhi, and Alma's People.  Alma teaches, King Limhi and his people believe, and they all desire to be baptized.  They set up churches in the land and all teach the same basic principles of the Gospel.  There begins to be issues among...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Join us as we talk with De and Laura Lott.  They share a miraculous story of how De survived a horrific auto accident, how they have coped with the challenges of it all, and how their faith has propelled them forward with a positive outlook on life after the accident.  They share some of their life ch...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Join us as we discuss the fall of King Noah, the struggles of King Limhi and his people, and the formation of the church as directed by Alma.  King Noah discovers a following that is taking place and seeks to destroy those people.  The prophecies of Abinadi begin to be fulfilled.  Alma finds much succ...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Join us as we discuss the reign of King Noah.  What a difference as compared to King Benjamin.  King Noah demonstrates the amount of influence that you can have on people.  King Noah took inherited what was mostly a righteous kingdom and turned it into a wicked kingdom where people openly rebelled aga...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Join us as we discuss the Book of Mormon flashbacks.  Zeniff and a group of his people set off to find the land of Lehi-Nephi expecting to go to war with the Lamanites only to turn on each other.  Upon returning to Zarahemla after a bloody inner battle, Zeniff puts another group together in hopes of o...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! We discuss the continuation of King Benjamin's address to his people.  King Benjamin teaches his people the doctrines taught to him by his father and what he learned from an angel of The Lord.  He teaches that all are beggars to The Lord and that we should impart of our substance to the poor and...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Join us as we talk about the coronavirus experience with Thomas Simpson.  Thomas decided to announce to the world the day before April Fools, that he had in fact contracted the coronavirus.  By that time, he was well on his way to recovery.  We talk about how he found out, what symptoms he experienced...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Join us as we discuss King Benjamin and the beginning of his address to his people.  We discuss the significance of the gathering of the people for a type of "General Conference".  They gather as families and place tents facing toward the temple.  King Benjamin erects a tower so that more pe...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! We jumped on Zoom about 2 hours after General Conference ended to discuss some of the highlights.  As always it was uplifting and exciting to listen to the prophet, apostles, and other general authorities.  We discuss the temple announcements, i.e. Tallahassee, FL and Shanghai, People's Republic...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Join us as we discuss the celebration of Easter and the resurrection of our Savior Jesus Christ.  What does His resurrection mean to us individually?  What kind of minds and bodies will we have when we are resurrected?  These are just a couple of the questions that we seek to answer in this episode. ...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! We are on a two week Come Follow Me section where we are studying the purpose of Easter and the resurrection of our savior Jesus Christ.  As we prepare this week for general conference we take the opportunity to discuss the significance and importance of having living prophets and apostles on the eart...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Join as we discuss Enos and his hunting trip.  Did he take the hunting trip as a way to escape to his "secret place" to pray?  Did he really intend to find food for the family and then get lost in his thoughts and decide to take that time to pray to his Heavenly Father?  Whatever is original...