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Doctrine & Covenants 85-87 Part 1 • Prof. Robert Freeman • Aug 4 - 10 • Come Follow Me

July 30, 2025 • Hank Smith & John Bytheway • Season 5 • Episode 32

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
02:55 Episode teaser
03:57 Robert Freeman’s bio
11:10 Come, Follow Me Manual
12:29 Background to Section 85
15:20 Correction or motivation?
18:29 Stewardship
20:16 Keeping a record
24:45 Absent Without Leave (AWOL)
28:00 Love and consequences
29:19 A family on the back of a rocketship
32:00 Mission Leaders and service
35:13 D&C 85:6-11 - A sharp contrast
38:10 One Mighty and Strong isn’t you
41:36 Sowers, wheat, and tares
45:25 The love of agricultural metaphors
49:15 Get to the Savior ASAP
52:39 The statistics about wheat
56:08 Continue in goodness-war is imminent
59:56 D&C 87:1-3 - U.S Civil War stats
1:06:01 Recording war stories
1:09:38 Elder Maxwell in Okinawa, Japan
1:11:23 President Nelson’s military experience
1:14:49 End of Part I - Brother Robert Freeman

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