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Can we approach gaining and keeping a testimony using the Scientific Method? Dr. S. Michael Wilcox weaves science, faith, and testimony together while examining Alma’s treatise on faith. TRANSCRIPTS English: https://tinyurl.com/podcastBM30EN French: https://tinyurl.com/podcastBM30FR Portuguese: https://tinyurl.com/podcastBM30PT Spanish: https://tinyurl.com/podcastBM30ES YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/S1V18og_2PE 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 WEEKLY NEWSLETTER https://tinyurl.com/followHIMnewsletter SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/followHIMpodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/followhimpodcast TIMECODE 00:00 Part I - Dr. Michael Wilcox 00:53 What to expect 03:08 Dr. Michael Wilcox’s bio 05:45 Pyramid of faith 07:12 Why societies fall 10:33 Evidence, substance, and assurance 12:43 Experience, authority, and reason 15:33 Building faith 17:50 Alma 32:27 - Scientific method 19:41 Alma 31:1-21 - Humility 23:50 Alma 32:21 - Remember God’s mercy 27:16 Testimony is a living thing 30:34 Alma 32:28 - Letting testimony grow 32:43 Alma 32:33-4 - Testing our hypothesis 39:33 Making conclusions 40:49 Swellings, burning, and enlightenments 44:30 Burning in the bosom 46:08 Alma issues warnings 48:17 Alma 32:29 - Our hypothesis: Jesus Christ lives 51:55 Alma 32: 25-7 -The Book of Mormon is brilliantly constructed 55:03 How testimony becomes a law instead of hypothesis 59:0 Alma 32:40 - What the tree is 1:04:36 “Weed Your Brain, Grow Your Testimony” 1:07:50 When silence is required 1:11:05 What seed did Alma ask them to plant? 1:24:54 - End of Part 1 - Dr. Michael Wilcox 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 Jamie Neilson: Social Media, Graphic Design Will Stoughton: Video Editor Krystal Roberts: Translation Team, English & French Transcripts, Website Ariel Cuadra: Spanish Transcripts "Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise" by Marshall McDonald https://www.marshallmcdonaldmusic.com