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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

Dr. Carli Anderson continues to examine Genesis 18-23 through Hebrew textual analysis, reframing Sarah, Hagar, and Abraham as parallel figures of faith whose choices, trials, and covenant roles reveal deeper layers of wisdom, agency, and trust in God’s promises.
ALL EPISODES/SHOW NOTES
followHIM website: https://www.followHIM.co

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
 
 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
 https://tinyurl.com/followHIMnewsletter
 
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TIMECODE:
00:00 Part 2 - Dr. Carli Anderson
01:05 Midrash: What made Sarah laugh?
03:04  Reframing Hagar  
05:57 Isaac is born and Ishamael needs a wife
06:59 Trying to understand “mocking”
08:07 New understanding of a very difficult verse
10:54 Move the boys so they both inherit
14:39 God tells us Sarah was right
16:06 Sarah willing to do the difficult things
18:21 Hagar’s desert expertise explains Ishamael’s posterity
24:44 Hagar as hero
27:15 Three stories, Three sources of hope
29:32 Parallels to the Savior
33:33 Hineni
35:08 Only son means unity between father and son
39:08 The beauty revealed in the Hebrew 
42:40 What is Isaac thinking?
45:05 Isaac’s willingness 
48:50 A raised knife
50:31 God loves a photo finish
55:09 Story for three major religions
56:53 Word play that points to Jesus Christ
1:00:47 The importance of Mount Moriah
1:04:24 End of Part 2 - Dr. Carli Anderson
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

What happens when we read the stories of Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar through an ancient lens instead of modern assumptions? Dr. Carli Anderson joins hosts Hank Smith and John Bytheway to explore the legal, and linguistic depth of these foundational narratives, revealing Sarah’s majesty, Hagar’s complexity, and the deeply personal, covenant-centered relationship God forms with each of them.
ALL EPISODES/SHOW NOTES
followHIM website: https://www.followHIM.co

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
 
 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
 https://tinyurl.com/followHIMnewsletter
 
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TIMECODE:
00:00 Part 1 - Dr. Carli Anderson
01:31 Episode Teaser
03:56 Bio
05:12 Come, Follow Me Manual
06:58 Every word matters and word play
09:29 Hebrew acrostic poetry
10:14 Cultural weight of Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar
13:09 Reframing Sarah
17:29 Sarah in Egypt
20:02 Story repeats
21:35 Sarah seen as royalty
23:11 Sarah makes a decision
27:51 The position of trusted servants
30:28 A real tragedy, it seems
33:51 What Hagar knows
38:36 Not knowing what is on the next page
39:35 Ancient family lines defined
42:03 Three transformative stories
43:39 A sister’s similar experience with the Lord
46:09 Hugh B. Brown’s experience with the Gardener
51:37 Sarah keeps the faith (loyalty + courage)
54:26 Sarah as queen
56:54 Dramatic irony with the binding of Isaac
1:00:06 Parallel laughing
1:04:04 The Lord specializing in the “impossible”
1:06:27 Archetypal story

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

SHOW NOTES/TRANSCRIPTS
English: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT208EN
French: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT208FR
German: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT208DE
Portuguese: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT208PT
Spanish: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT208ES
YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/xgDNrM9rxVo
ALL EPISODES/SHOW NOTES
followHIM website: https://www.followHIM.co

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
 
 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
 https://tinyurl.com/followHIMnewsletter
 
 SOCIAL MEDIA
 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/followHIMpodcast
 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/followhimpodcast

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

Dr. Jenae Nelson weaves Genesis 12-17 with Abraham 1-2 with her own “out of order” life story to show how covenants, divine timing, and wilderness seasons reveal that the ultimate reward of faith is a living relationship with Jesus Christ.
SHOW NOTES/TRANSCRIPTS
English: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT208EN
French: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT208FR
German: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT208DE
Portuguese: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT208PT
Spanish: https://tinyurl.com/podcastOT208ES
YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/XJvMZcDIRRU
ALL EPISODES/SHOW NOTES
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

WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
https://tinyurl.com/followHIMnewsletter

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TIMECODE
00:00 Part 2 - Dr. Jenae Nelson
03:16 Patience for promised blessings
04:10 Life experiences not in the order expected
09:22 Souls that were won
12:15 Why covenants?
15:29 Elder Renlund on power through covenants
18:48 Abraham and Lot divide the land
22:29 Cutting a covenant
26:36 The Sea of Galilee vs The Dead Sea
30:58 The paradox of giving
33:45 Purpose at the intersection of gifts and the world
35:15 Where does our tent face?
39:52 Tent stories
42:04 Faith not in outcomes
44:44 Why obedience?
47:01 God expands and multiplies via covenant
50:44 Hope is what you need in the darkest times
54:11 Encouragement for those in difficult times
59:02 Unprofitable servants and promises kept
1:04:24 End of Part 2 - Dr. Jenae Nelson

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