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Hank Smith & John Bytheway · 878 episodes with transcripts

Do you ever feel that preparing for your weekly Come, Follow Me lesson falls short? Join hosts Hank Smith and John Bytheway as they interview experts to make your study for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ Come, Follow Me course not only enjoyable but original and educational.

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The One-Armed Judo Champion • followHIM Favorites • Oct 12–18 • Come, Follow Me 2026

October 8, 2026

Hank Smith (0:03)

Welcome to followHIM Favorites. John is sharing a story to go with this week's lesson, Isaiah 58 through 66 John, where are we going? Yeah, there's a phrase in Isaiah 61 that says that the Lord will return beauty for ashes, which is kind of like making something wonderful out of something tragic.

So many stories like that in life. And Hank, this one is called the one-armed judo champion. So it was a 10-year-old boy that decided to study judo despite the fact he'd lost his left arm in a car accident, and he began lessons with a Japanese judo master, and he was doing well, but he couldn't understand why after…

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The One-Armed Judo Champion • followHIM Favorites • Oct 12–18 • Come, Follow Me 2026October 8, 2026

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