The Jackson Howell Podcast

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! From Come Follow Me:         "During his first few years as the Lord’s prophet, Joseph Smith didn’t yet know everything about the “marvelous work” he had been called to do. But one thing his early experiences taught him was that to do God’s work, his eye must be “single to the glory of God” (Doct...

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 been three years since God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, appeared to Joseph Smith in the grove, and Joseph hadn’t received any additional revelations since then. He began to wonder whether the Lord was displeased with him. Like all of us, he had made m...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! From Come Follow Me:         "You might say the Doctrine and Covenants is a book of answers to prayers: many of the sacred revelations in this book came in response to questions. The question that began it all—the one that sparked the latter-day outpouring of revelation—was asked by a 14-year-old...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! From Come Follow Me:         "In November 1831, the restored Church of Jesus Christ was just a year and a half old. Though growing, it was still a little-known group of believers living in relatively small towns, led by a prophet in his mid-twenties. But God considered these believers to be His s...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! On this episode of Linger Longer, we discuss Elder David A. Bednar's prophetic warning on AI, as well as how it can be used for good.  #ai #artificialintelligence  (The thoughts, ideas, and beliefs we express on this channel do not officially represent The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Sai...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! From Come Follow Me:         "From Nephi to Moroni, every Book of Mormon prophet was committed to the sacred purpose summarized on the book’s title page: “the convincing of [all people] that Jesus is the Christ.” One prophet saw Him as a premortal spirit, and another saw His mortal ministry in a...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! The Book of Mormon opens with Nephi’s promise to show us that “the tender mercies of the Lord are over all those whom he hath chosen, because of their faith” (1 Nephi 1:20 ). The book closes with a parallel invitation from Moroni: “Remember how merciful the Lord hath been” (Moroni 10:2–3). What exampl...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! From Come Follow me:         "Before Moroni concluded the record we know today as the Book of Mormon with his own final words, he shared three messages from his father, Mormon: an address to “the peaceable followers of Christ” (Moroni 7:3) and two letters that Mormon had written to Moroni. Perhap...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! From Come Follow Me:         "After finishing his father’s record of the Nephites and abridging the record of the Jaredites, Moroni thought that his record-keeping work was done (see Moroni 1:1). What more was there to say about two nations that were utterly destroyed? But Moroni had seen our tim...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! From Come Follow Me:          "Ether’s prophecies to the Jaredites were “great and marvelous” (Ether 12:5). He “told them of all things, from the beginning of man” (Ether 13:2). He foresaw “the days of Christ” and the latter-day New Jerusalem (Ether 13:4). And he spoke of “hope for a better world...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! This week's linger-longer discussion covered everything from Trump's new cabinet picks, to raising righteous children in troubled times, to Jeffrey R. Holland's boldness in preaching the gospel!  If we help our children build a strong foundation built on the rock of Jesus Christ, they w...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! From Come Follow Me:        "Hundreds of years after the Jaredites were destroyed, the Nephites discovered the ruins of their ancient civilization. Among these ruins was a mysterious record—plates of “pure gold” that were “filled with engravings,” and the Nephites “were desirous beyond measure” t...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! What else could we possibly talk about this week?!? The election is over.  Donald Trump has won by a landslide. The Republicans have the House and the Senate. What does this mean for the US over the next four years? Are you fearful, or hopeful? Challenge: Write down your thoughts about what you expect...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! From Come Follow Me:        "Moroni knew what it felt like to be alone in a wicked world—especially after his father died in battle and the Nephites were destroyed. “I even remain alone,” he wrote. “I have not friends nor whither to go” (Mormon 8:3, 5). While it is true that God’s ways are higher...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! Lots of BIG THINGS happening this week!! This Tuesday is election day in the US!  Will it be Trump or Harris?? The whole world is watching... Whichever side you are on, this presidential election will be a historic event, and affect the course of world events!  The Tallahassee, FL temple of the Church...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! From Come Follow Me:       "Moroni knew what it felt like to be alone in a wicked world—especially after his father died in battle and the Nephites were destroyed. “I even remain alone,” he wrote. “I have not friends nor whither to go” (Mormon 8:3, 5). Things may have seemed hopeless, but Moroni...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! In the week's linger-longer, Michael, Joe, and Kenny talked about current issues, church news, and parenting!  Some really interesting stuff, here! Support the show: www.patreon.com/SaintsintheSouth (The thoughts, ideas, and beliefs we express on this channel do not officially represent The Churc...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! From Come Follow Me:        "Mormon spared us the “full account” of the “awful scene” of wickedness and bloodshed that he saw among the Nephites (Mormon 2:18; 5:8). But what he did record in Mormon 1–6 is enough to remind us how far people who were once righteous can fall. Amid such pervasive wic...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! In this week's linger-longer Kenny and Joe talked about a variety of things related to world news, parenting, and church news! (The thoughts, ideas, and beliefs we express on this channel do not officially represent The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  For additional information or o...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! From Come Follow Me:       "The teachings of Jesus Christ are much more than a beautiful philosophy to ponder. They are meant to inspire us to become like Him. The book of 4 Nephi shows just how completely the Savior’s gospel can change people. Following Jesus’s brief ministry, centuries of conte...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! We've been dealing with quite a lot down here in the south recently. Hurricane Helene has caused destruction worse than anything we have seen here in the last century. As of the time of this episode posting many people are still without power. Some are still without water, and many are still with...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! From Come Follow Me:         "When you hear people use terms like house of Israel, do you feel like they’re talking about you? The Nephites and Lamanites were literal descendants of Israel, “a branch of the tree of Israel,” and yet they felt “lost from its body” (Alma 26:36; see also 1 Nephi 15:1...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! From Come Follow Me:         “Behold, I am Jesus Christ, whom the prophets testified shall come into the world” (3 Nephi 11:10). With these words, the resurrected Savior introduced Himself, fulfilling over 600 years of Book of Mormon prophecies. “That appearance and that declaration,” Elder Jeffrey R....

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! From Come Follow Me:         "In some ways, it was an exciting time to be a believer in Jesus Christ. Prophecies were being fulfilled—great signs and miracles among the people indicated that the Savior would soon be born. On the other hand, it was also an anxious time for believers because, in sp...

Thank you For Listening. Click here to Send us a comment if you have any thoughts on the episode! From Come Follow Me:       "The first time Samuel the Lamanite tried to share “glad tidings” in Zarahemla (Helaman 13:7), he was rejected and cast out by the hard-hearted Nephites. You might say it was as if they had built an impenetrable wall around their hearts that prevented them from receivin...