
Doctrine & Covenants 85-87 Part 1 • Prof. Robert Freeman • Aug 4 - 10 • Come Follow Me
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Published: Wed Jul 30 2025
Show Notes
What does a 19th-century prophecy about civil war reach us about modern discipleship? Brother Robert Freeman explores Doctrine and Covenants 85-87, diving into the Law of Consecration, the parable of the wheat and the tares, and the role of record-keeping and righteousness in times of conflict.
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TIMECODE
- 00:00 Part 1 - Brother Robert Freeman
- Episode teaser
- Robert Freeman’s bio
- Come, Follow Me Manual
- Background to Section 85
- Correction or motivation?
- Stewardship
- Keeping a record
- Absent Without Leave (AWOL)
- Love and consequences
- A family on the back of a rocketship
- Mission Leaders and service
- D&C 85:6-11 - A sharp contrast
- One Mighty and Strong isn’t you
- Sowers, wheat, and tares
- The love of agricultural metaphors
- Get to the Savior ASAP
- The statistics about wheat
- Continue in goodness-war is imminent
- D&C 87:1-3 - U.S Civil War stats
- Recording war stories
- Elder Maxwell in Okinawa, Japan
- President Nelson’s military experience
- End of Part I - Brother Robert Freeman
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