The BOM-BITES Come Follow Me Podcast
Welcome to The BOM-BITES Come Follow Me Podcast! Each weekday, we share a short (generally less than 10 minutes) episode to help you "feast upon the words ONE BITE AT A TIME" as you study Come Follow Me as an individual or as a family. If you’d like to see the video that corresponds with each video, check us out on YouTube, Facebook, or Instagram by searching “BOMSocks” or @bomsocks. And while you’re at it, please go check out our amazingly comfortable gospel-themed socks at www.BOMSocks.com. BOM-BITES is a service from BOMSocks and is not an official program of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Episodes
976 episodes
BOM-BITES Episode #1460 - The Family: (part two) “a declaration and reaffirmation of standards, doctrines, and practices”
Spoiler Alert…there are NO perfect families out there. 😀. All families struggle with something. But just because your family is not the “ideal”, it doesn’t mean that the standards, doctrines, and practices in this document are flawed o...
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Season 5
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Episode 242
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6:37
BOM-BITES Episode #1459 - The Family (part one) “Central to the Creator’s Plan…”
Satan is bent on the destruction of the family largely because it represents everything that he can never have. Thank goodness we are blessed with wonderful battle strategies found in this amazing and inspired document....
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Season 5
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Episode 241
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8:24
BOM-BITES Episode #1458 - OD1 and OD2 “…spending many hours in the…temple supplicating the Lord for divine guidance”
There is a great pattern for us to follow as we watch men like Wilford Woodruff and Spencer W. Kimball struggle through getting answers to their prayers. The things they did are the same things we can do when searching for our own “declarati...
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Season 5
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Episode 240
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6:15
BOM-BITES Episode #1457 - Official Declaration 2 (part two) The Testimony of Helvécio and Rudá Martins
There are SO many stories of amazing African and African-American Saints who navigated their way through some difficult times by acting in faith, having an eternal perspective, and looking to divinely appointed sources. Their testimonies are...
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Season 5
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Episode 239
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5:23
BOM-BITES Episode #1456 - Official Declaration 2 (part one) “The long-promised day has come…”
I love the words “He has heard our prayers, and by revelation has confirmed that the long-promised day has come.” God is good! 🙏🏻If you’d like to view the video that goes with the ...
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Season 5
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Episode 238
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8:49
BOM-BITES Episode #1455 - Official Declaration 1 The Manifesto
There’s some great lessons to learn about God’s timing and his goodness from Wilford Woodruff’s experience with seeking revelation with regards to the challenges of plural marriage in the late 1800’s....
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Season 5
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Episode 237
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7:05
BOM-BITES Episode #1454 - The Articles of Faith “We Believe…”
Even though it may seem like there hasn’t been as much of a focus on The Articles of Faith as there used to be, they are a great foundation to what “we believe”. 🙏🏻If you’d like to view the video t...
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Season 5
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Episode 236
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7:13
BOM-BITES Episode #1453 - D&C 138 “...vicarious baptism for the remission of sins”
There are a bunch of stories that testify that those on the other side of the veil are being taught and ministered to and seeking repentance. It’s our privilege to be a part of that great work!If yo...
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Season 5
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Episode 235
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8:13
BOM-BITES Episode #1452 - D&C 138 “...the eyes of my understanding were opened…”
With all of the experience that Joseph F. Smith had in his life with loss, I would definitely feel comfortable asking for his advice and wisdom about the Spirit World. 😇If you’d like to view the vi...
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Season 5
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Episode 234
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8:33
BOM-BITES Episode #1451 - D&C 138 (intro) The Family of Joseph F. Smith
Joseph F. Smith understood tragedy and loss on a deep level. It is important to know this as we are getting ready to study the most important section about the state of those we have lost and the other side of the veil.<...
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Season 5
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Episode 233
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6:34
BOM-BITES Episode #1450 - D&C 138 (intro to Joseph F. Smith) Joseph F. Smith - “true blue, through and through”
Today’s short episode introduces you a little bit to the amazing man who received D&C 138 - Joseph F. Smith. Faithful, tough, and true blue, through and through! 💪🏻If you’d like to ...
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Season 5
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Episode 232
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3:45
BOM-BITES Episode #1449 - D&C 137 “I saw…my brother Alvin, that has long since slept;”
Of all the doctrines revealed to Joseph Smith, this one had to be one of the sweetest because of the many losses his family had experienced. God is so good! 🙏🏻If you’d like to view the video ...
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Season 5
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Episode 231
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10:21
BOM-BITES Episode #1448 - D&C 136 How to have a successful “trek”
Ok, folks - time to get the Saints out of Nauvoo and headed west…where none shall come to hurt or make afraid, there the Saints will be blessed. Especially if they follow the pattern set up in this cool section! 😇...
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Season 5
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Episode 230
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9:52
BOM-BITES Episode #1447 - D&C 135-136 What happened to Emma Smith after the Martyrdom?
We don’t talk very much about how Joseph’s family, particularly his beloved wife Emma, was affected by the events of the martyrdom. Hopefully, you will appreciate how “sacrifice brings forth the blessings of heaven” for her as well.
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Season 5
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Episode 229
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6:47
BOM-BITES Episode #1446 - D&C 135-136 A Succession Crisis: Who should lead the Church?
The aftermath of the martyrdom had to be such a rough, unprecedented time for the Saints. Who should lead the Church? Thank goodness, as always, God is in charge! 🙏🏻If you’d like to vie...
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Season 5
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Episode 228
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7:52
BOM-BITES Episode #1445 - D&C 135 “Millions Shall Know Brother Joseph…”
How are “millions” going to know ‘Brother Joseph’? That requires us to share about him. Today, I’ve included some great friends who are doing exactly that! 😀If you’d like to view the video that go...
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Season 5
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Episode 227
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8:59
BOM-BITES Episode #1444 - D&C 135 “The testators are now dead, and their testament is in force”
“Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer of the Lord, has done more, save Jesus only, for the salvation of men in this world, than any other man that ever lived in it.” (D&C 135:3) ‘Nuff said…If you’d like to view th...
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Season 5
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Episode 226
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9:23
BOM-BITES Episode #1443 - D&C 134 “We believe that governments were instituted of God for the benefit of man”
The early Saints’ relationship with government was very complex. That said, they believed in the concept of it and its abilities to be a benefit to all citizens.If you’d like to view the video that goes...
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Season 5
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Episode 225
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8:34
BOM-BITES Episode #1442 - D&C 133:10,19.45 “...the Bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him…”
In this third part of D&C 133 where the Lord asks us to GO out of Babylon in preparation for his coming, he wants is to go TO the principle figure in Zion. 😇If you’d like to view the video that...
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Season 5
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Episode 224
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7:54
BOM-BITES Episode #1441 - D&C 133:5,7,14 “Go ye out from Babylon”
In preparing for the Second Coming, the Lord many times asks for us to “GO”, but where does he want us to go from? If you’d like to view the video that goes with the podcast, click
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Season 5
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Episode 223
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6:34
BOM-BITES Episode #1440 - D&C 133:1-20 “...go ye, go ye…”
Sometimes we over complicate the things to do to prepare for the Lord’s Second Coming, when in reality - it could come down to just two letters. 🚦If you’d like to view the video that goes with the podcast, cl...
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Season 5
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Episode 222
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9:08
BOM-BITES Episode #1439 - D&C 133-134 (intro) The Appendix to The Doctrine and Covenants
As Joseph’s days were coming to an end, he felt the need to throw in some last minute instructions to the Saints - including something that had been written over 12 years earlier as “an appendix” to what we now know as the Doctrine and...
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Season 5
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Episode 221
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4:11
BOM-BITES Episode #1438 - D&C 131; 132:3-7,15-25 “The New and Everlasting Covenant of Marriage.”
Even though the Lord has NOT asked us to practice plural marriage today, he has asked us to have another kind of marriage - one I am ETERNALLY grateful for! 🥰If you’d like to view the video that goes with the podcas...
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Season 5
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Episode 220
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10:55
BOM-BITES Episode #1437 - D&C 132:1-3; 30-56 Plural Marriage - “I have seen your sacrifices”
Plural Marriage is so tough to understand - so many unknowns which makes it a pretty messy topic. But, by putting ourselves in those faithful Saints’ shoes for a minute (or even Abraham’s Old Testament shoes) it may enable us to offer ...
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Season 5
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Episode 219
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10:12
BOM-BITES Episode #1436 - D&C 130:18-21 “Knowledge and intelligence…diligence and obedience”
The principles of knowledge, intelligence, diligence, and obedience as found in D&C 130:18-21 go so nicely together in helping us become more like our Heavenly Father. 😇If you’d like to view the video tha...
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Season 5
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Episode 218
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6:01