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The focus of this project is to bring together all the known paintings and photographic images of Brigham from his lifetime. Additionally, a representative sample of the numerous graphic images of Brigham appearing in newspapers, magazines, and books from the same period are reproduced. Illustrations of the Mormon leader in these publications sometimes closely reflect the photographic record because they are based on original photographs or because they were made from personal observations by a trained artist. In many cases, artists met Brigham face-to-face and then worked from photographic images to finish their work. Other illustrations, however, range from the ridiculously funny to the blatantly vicious, like many political cartoons of the day. ISBN 1-5700-8625-7
Old Testament Topics > Covenant [see also Ephraim, Israel, Jews, Joseph]
Old Testament Topics > Moses
Is the New Testament doctrinally complete? Does God condone anger as the book of Matthew seems to suggest? What does the book of Mormon teach us about the concept of hell as compared to the Bible and the teachings of other Christian faiths? What is the meaning of the word gospel? In this volume, fourteen Latter-day Saint scholars answer these and other questions with a collection of thought-provoking essays. These essays show that the Book of Mormon confirms the truth of the New Testament while offering a more complete understanding of the plan of salvation. ISBN 1-5734-5836-8
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RSC Topics > G — K > Judgment
RSC Topics > D — F > Foreordination
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > L — P > Law of Moses
RSC Topics > L — P > Melchizedek Priesthood
RSC Topics > L — P > Priesthood
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sacrament
RSC Topics > A — C > Baptism
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > G — K > Judgment
RSC Topics > G — K > Justice
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
RSC Topics > D — F > Devil
RSC Topics > G — K > Hell
RSC Topics > G — K > Judgment
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > Q — S > Second Coming
RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
RSC Topics > D — F > Death
RSC Topics > D — F > Doctrine
RSC Topics > D — F > Fall of Adam and Eve
RSC Topics > L — P > New Testament
RSC Topics > L — P > Plan of Salvation
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sacrifice
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
RSC Topics > L — P > Prayer
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sacrament
RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
RSC Topics > A — C > Covenant
RSC Topics > D — F > Doctrine
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
RSC Topics > A — C > Creation
RSC Topics > D — F > Death
RSC Topics > D — F > Fall of Adam and Eve
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > G — K > Justice
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sacrifice
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
RSC Topics > A — C > Conversion
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
RSC Topics > D — F > Doctrine
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
This book is about finding God and strengthening faith. Though some stories are about joining the LDS church, this is not a book of conversion stories. This three-year effort began as a search for interesting stories about how BYU intertwined with people’s lives and how it affected their faith. The compilers were pleased to discover experiences that were much richer in thought and detail, and far more complex than the anticipated recitations of meaningful classroom interactions and the introduction of religious values in an intellectual environment. In this thoughtful, inspriring, and sometimes humorous book, you’ll read the stories of more than twenty people and their personal interactions with BYU. You’ll read the account of Patricia Holland, who as a young teenager was deeply touched by her first contact with the University. Rabbi David Rosen shares his poignant account of traveling to Salt Lake City to meet with Church leaders about the BYU Jerusalem Center. And you’ll read about Earl Kauffman, then a non-LDS athlete who visited BYU on a recruiting visit and immediately fell in love with the University and found God in his daily interaction with teammates, students, and faculty, and later joined the Church. These essays, each a significant part of the contributors’ life histories, also serve to enrich our lives, as well as our perspectives on Finding God at BYU. ISBN 9781577349297
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RSC Topics > G — K > Humility
RSC Topics > Q — S > Service
RSC Topics > T — Z > Testimony
RSC Topics > L — P > Prayer
Old Testament Topics > Music
This volume is really a sequel to the work Ron Dennis has done on the Welsh periodical The Prophet of the Jubilee. The press played an important role in the rapid growth of Mormonism in Wales from 1845 through 1848. Although the appearance of Captain Dan Jones’s first pamphlet in April of 1845 did not have an immediate effect, the publication of David Williams’s caustic response to it in December of that same year touched off a war of words between the Welsh Mormons and their many critics that lasted for well over a decade. This book is designed to preserve the appearance and flavor of the original Welsh. For more information, click here. ISBN 1-57345-928-3
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RSC Topics > L — P > Priesthood
RSC Topics > Q — S > Spiritual Gifts
RSC Topics > L — P > Miracles
Old Testament Topics > Covenant [see also Ephraim, Israel, Jews, Joseph]
Old Testament Topics > Justification
One of the greatest blessings the Lord has showered upon Latter-day Saints is the guidance and noble example of modern-day apostles and prophets—men whose lives and words inspire, bless, and uplift. This volume brings together engaging biographies of these men—all 109 members of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles called since the Restoration began. Featuring memorable stories and facts from the lives of those whom the Lord has called to lead His latter-day kingdom, this volume unfolds the panorama of latter-day Church history. ISBN 1-5734-5797-3
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RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Old Testament Topics > Temple and Tabernacle
Since the beginnings of the Church, those who participated in the Restoration were commanded to keep a history. Latter-day Saints have an abiding interest in the history of God’s dealings with this earth. Similarly, we reverence the history in scripture because our faith is grounded in events that have taken place in the time and space of this earth. Historicity is the study of the authenticity of recorded past events. This significant compilation addresses the issue of historicity as it relates to the scriptures that Latter-day Saints accept as the word of God. With articles from Elder Dallin H. Oaks, Robert J. Matthews, Robert L. Millet, and more, this book provides an inspiring and more complete picture of the necessity for the historical nature of the Latter-day Saint canon.
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Traditional Christianity struggled for many years to define its canon, to determine which of its writings were sacred, inspired, and authoritative. The Latter-day Saint concept of canon differs from that of other Christians. In addition to the Bible, the Latter-day Saint canon includes the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price. These “standard works” provide a measuring rod by which we can judge other texts and statements. But while we have a canon, we nevertheless believe that God continues to make known His will through the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles—men we sustain as prophets, seers, and revelators. Inspired by the Holy Ghost, their decisions are to be made in unity (D&C 107:27). We as Church members also need the Holy Ghost in order to recognize scriptural power in their words, and we can be comforted in the Lord’s promise that the President of the Church will never lead us astray.
RSC Topics > Q — S > Scriptures
RSC Topics > L — P > Plan of Salvation
RSC Topics > Q — S > Scriptures
Key historical events in the scriptures require historicity to give substance to our faith. Since the Enlightenment, however, some scholars have proclaimed that the scriptures lack historicity. In the face of these doubts, some have argued that historicity is not necessary for belief. Latter-day Saints should be wary of the misleading arguments of critics and of simplistic solutions to those arguments.
RSC Topics > T — Z > Testimony
Some believe that historicity and inerrancy in scripture are the same. By this argument, when a portion of scripture is found to have errors, the entire record is considered neither historical nor accurate. However, nothing in this imperfect world is inerrant, and although the authors of the scriptural records were prophets and called of God to write their portion of the scriptures, they were not perfect—no one is. So although the authors were not inerrant, their writings are nonetheless historical. By academic standards the scriptures fulfill all the criteria for historically accurate records. With the human errors accounted for, the scriptures are reliable historically and accurate in their testimony of the doctrines of the gospel and the mission of Jesus Christ.
RSC Topics > Q — S > Scriptures
Scriptures are by nature preserved in words. Words alone, however, cannot contain the full reality of the worlds they represent. As sacred texts, our scriptures are overwhelmingly historical, presenting factual accounts of things that happened in time and space. But because they are written, scriptures are also inherently textual, possessing literary qualities that contribute to their witness. The aim of the writing of sacred history is different from that of history writing in general, because scripture seeks to bear testimony while it seeks to preserve events. To read the record without feeling the testimony is to misread. To be understood properly, scripture requires both the companionship of the Holy Ghost and a keen sensitivity to the inspired objectives of the author. Often those objectives are not seen fully without reading the scripture as sacred literature as well as history.
Book of Moses Topics > Literary and Textual Studies of the Book of Moses
RSC Topics > Q — S > Scriptures
The issue of the historicity of the Book of Mormon highlights the difference between those who rely solely on scholarship and those who rely on revelation, faith, and scholarship. Those who rely solely on scholarship reject revelation and focus on a limited number of issues. But they can neither prove nor disprove the authenticity of the Book of Mormon through their secular evidence and methods. On the other hand, those who rely on a combination of revelation, faith, and scholarship can see and understand all of the complex issues of the Book of Mormon record, and it is only through that combination that the question of the historicity of the Book of Mormon can be answered.
Old Testament Topics > Jesus Christ, the God of the Old and the New Testament
Old Testament Topics > Covenant [see also Ephraim, Israel, Jews, Joseph]
Old Testament Topics > Jesus Christ, the God of the Old and the New Testament
Old Testament Topics > Law of Moses
Old Testament Topics > Music
Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
Old Testament Topics > New Testament and the Old Testament
Talks
Old Testament Topics > New Testament and the Old Testament
The story of the Nauvoo Temple is one fraught with adversity, struggle, persecution, and heartbreak. Latter-day Saints freely sacrificed their time, their money, their talents–and some even gave their lives–to build a holy place of covenant and worship—only to be forced to abandon their sacred temple, leaving it to be desecrated and destroyed by unbelievers. Yet, it is also a story of faith, triumph, and unwavering dedication to the holy work of the Lord. The construction of the Nauvoo Temple proved to be a spiritual blessing to the people who built it, and it continues to be an inspiration to millions of Church members today. This volume combines newspaper accounts, historic writings, private journals, letters, photos, and original architectural drawing and other illustrations. ISBN 1-5915-6014-4
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RSC Topics > T — Z > Tithing
RSC Topics > D — F > Endowment
RSC Topics > L — P > Marriage
RSC Topics > L — P > Ordinances
RSC Topics > L — P > Ordinances
The 31st Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium The messages of the New Testament Apostles—most notably Peter, James, John, and Paul—are some of the most important and powerful teachings in all of scripture. In this volume, scholars illuminate these teachings and help us understand their influence in the church of the New Testament. Many insights and teachings in this book help us understand the value and the power of the messages of the New Testament Apostles, not only for the primitive church, but for us in the latter days. ISBN 1-5700-8896-9
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RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
RSC Topics > T — Z > Testimony
RSC Topics > D — F > Doctrine
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
RSC Topics > G — K > Gospel of Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > Q — S > Spiritual Gifts
RSC Topics > L — P > Law of Moses
RSC Topics > L — P > Obedience
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
RSC Topics > L — P > Marriage
RSC Topics > A — C > Charity
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
RSC Topics > T — Z > Unity
RSC Topics > L — P > Marriage
RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
RSC Topics > Q — S > Revelation
RSC Topics > T — Z > Worship
RSC Topics > A — C > Articles of Faith
RSC Topics > A — C > Bishop
RSC Topics > L — P > New Testament
RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
RSC Topics > D — F > Devil
RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorum
RSC Topics > T — Z > Trials
RSC Topics > D — F > Devil
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > T — Z > Trials
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
RSC Topics > L — P > Obedience
RSC Topics > L — P > Obedience
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
RSC Topics > G — K > Hope
RSC Topics > L — P > Obedience
RSC Topics > Q — S > Revelation
RSC Topics > D — F > Eternal Life
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > L — P > Love
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
RSC Topics > T — Z > Testimony
ISBN 1-59156-023-3
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RSC Topics > T — Z > Worship
RSC Topics > T — Z > Unity
General Authorities and religious educators provide thoughtful answers to intriguing gospel questions as they share their testimonies of the Savior. This collection of papers presented at a Brigham Young University symposium on the Savior invites us to learn more about the Being we worship. It sounds a clarion call of testimony—offered with clarity, vigor, and gratitude—in witness of the divine calling of our Lord and Redeemer, Jesus of Nazareth. ISBN 1-57008-856-X
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RSC Topics > A — C > Atonement of Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > D — F > Death
RSC Topics > D — F > Fall of Adam and Eve
RSC Topics > D — F > Eternal Life
RSC Topics > G — K > Grace
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > G — K > Justice
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
RSC Topics > T — Z > Tithing
RSC Topics > A — C > Creation
RSC Topics > G — K > God the Father
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sacrifice
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sabbath
RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
RSC Topics > D — F > Eternal Life
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
RSC Topics > T — Z > Trials
RSC Topics > D — F > Doctrine
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > Q — S > Restoration of the Gospel
RSC Topics > G — K > Grace
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sacrifice
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
RSC Topics > L — P > Peace
RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sacrifice
RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
RSC Topics > D — F > Death
RSC Topics > L — P > Miracles
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
RSC Topics > T — Z > Testimony
Published by BYU Studies and the Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah Copyright © 2002 by Brigham Young University All rights reserved. Any uses of this material beyond those allowed by the exemptions in U.S. copyright law, such as section 107, “Fair Use,” and section 108, “Library Copying,” requires the written permission of the publisher, Religious Studies Center, 167 HGB, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602. The views expressed herein are the responsibility of the author and do not necessarily represent the position of Brigham Young University, BYU Studies, or the Religious Studies Center. ISBN 0–8425–2529–7
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RSC Topics > L — P > Priesthood
RSC Topics > G — K > Joseph Smith
RSC Topics > Q — S > Restoration of the Priesthood
RSC Topics > T — Z > Zion
RSC Topics > D — F > Doctrine
RSC Topics > G — K > Joseph Smith
RSC Topics > L — P > Ordinances
RSC Topics > G — K > Godhead
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > D — F > Fall of Adam and Eve
RSC Topics > G — K > Justice
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
RSC Topics > L — P > Plan of Salvation
RSC Topics > Q — S > Spirit World
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
RSC Topics > L — P > Ordinances
RSC Topics > T — Z > Worship
RSC Topics > Q — S > Revelation
RSC Topics > D — F > First Presidency
RSC Topics > L — P > Priesthood
RSC Topics > Q — S > Quorums of the Seventy
RSC Topics > L — P > Melchizedek Priesthood
RSC Topics > L — P > Priesthood
RSC Topics > T — Z > Welfare
RSC Topics > T — Z > Women
RSC Topics > G — K > Godhead
RSC Topics > G — K > Gospel of Jesus Christ
William Wordsworth wrote: The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers. Yet life does not have to be that way. In this thought-provoking book, H. Curtis Wright, professor emeritus of ancient Greek and modern library education, presents four messages on “things of redeeming worth”—eternal things that penetrate and transcend human temporal experience. ISBN 1-57008-745-8
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RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > G — K > Judgment
RSC Topics > D — F > Doctrine and Covenants
RSC Topics > G — K > Joseph Smith
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
RSC Topics > T — Z > Zion
RSC Topics > D — F > Fall of Adam and Eve
RSC Topics > D — F > Faith
RSC Topics > D — F > Forgiveness
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
After the announcement of the intent to rebuild the Nauvoo Temple, there was much discussion in the town about why The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints would want to build such a large building in such a small place and what impact it might have on Nauvoo. Questions were raised about the vast potential increase in the number of visitors to Nauvoo, as well as whether large numbers of Church members would come to settle in Nauvoo permanently, significantly affecting the political and cultural environment. Additional interest focused on the whole history of the Mormons in Nauvoo. Those ideas, attitudes, and feelings of residents were captured in this collection of interviews. Twenty-six Nauvoo residents were interviewed and their answers recorded in this volume. ISBN 978-0-8425-2526-8
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Thousands of Welshmen joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the second half of the nineteenth century. The printed word constituted one of the missionaries most effective proselytizing tools. Here is a remarkable collection of pamphlets and poems that reflect the faith and zeal of those early missionaries. Anyone with an interest in Wales and Latter-day Saint history will find this volume both uplifting and inspiring. ISBN 1-5915-6205-8
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RSC Topics > D — F > Doctrine
RSC Topics > D — F > Faith
RSC Topics > D — F > Forgiveness
RSC Topics > G — K > Heaven
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > L — P > Miracles
RSC Topics > L — P > Obedience
RSC Topics > L — P > Ordinances
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
RSC Topics > T — Z > Unity
RSC Topics > A — C > Bible
RSC Topics > D — F > Forgiveness
RSC Topics > G — K > Heaven
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > L — P > Ordinances
RSC Topics > G — K > Heaven
RSC Topics > L — P > Miracles
RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
RSC Topics > A — C > Bible
RSC Topics > A — C > Book of Mormon
RSC Topics > D — F > Death
RSC Topics > G — K > Gold Plates
RSC Topics > G — K > Heaven
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > G — K > Honesty
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > G — K > Joseph Smith
RSC Topics > G — K > Judgment
RSC Topics > G — K > Justice
RSC Topics > L — P > Miracles
RSC Topics > L — P > Peace
RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
RSC Topics > Q — S > Scriptures
RSC Topics > T — Z > Testimony
RSC Topics > T — Z > War
RSC Topics > T — Z > Women
RSC Topics > T — Z > Worship
RSC Topics > G — K > Joseph Smith
RSC Topics > L — P > Miracles
RSC Topics > L — P > Peace
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > L — P > Obedience
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
RSC Topics > T — Z > Worship
RSC Topics > D — F > Forgiveness
RSC Topics > T — Z > Worship
RSC Topics > A — C > Bible
RSC Topics > D — F > Doctrine
RSC Topics > D — F > Faith
RSC Topics > D — F > Forgiveness
RSC Topics > G — K > Heaven
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > L — P > Miracles
RSC Topics > L — P > Obedience
RSC Topics > L — P > Ordinances
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
RSC Topics > Q — S > Scriptures
RSC Topics > Q — S > Spiritual Gifts
RSC Topics > T — Z > Unity
RSC Topics > T — Z > Testimony
RSC Topics > A — C > Church History 1845–1877
RSC Topics > T — Z > Testimony
RSC Topics > L — P > Obedience
RSC Topics > L — P > Ordinances
RSC Topics > D — F > Doctrine
RSC Topics > G — K > Heaven
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > G — K > Joseph Smith
RSC Topics > L — P > Ordinances
RSC Topics > T — Z > Zion
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > L — P > Miracles
RSC Topics > Q — S > Spiritual Gifts
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > Q — S > Spiritual Gifts
RSC Topics > G — K > Heaven
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
RSC Topics > D — F > Eternal Life
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > Q — S > Scriptures
RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
RSC Topics > L — P > Miracles
RSC Topics > A — C > Baptism
RSC Topics > A — C > Bible
RSC Topics > D — F > Dispensations
RSC Topics > D — F > Faith
RSC Topics > D — F > Forgiveness
RSC Topics > G — K > Heaven
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > G — K > Jesus Christ
RSC Topics > G — K > Judgment
RSC Topics > L — P > Miracles
RSC Topics > L — P > New Testament
RSC Topics > L — P > Prayer
RSC Topics > L — P > Prophets
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
RSC Topics > Q — S > Scriptures
RSC Topics > Q — S > Sin
RSC Topics > Q — S > Spiritual Gifts
RSC Topics > L — P > Peer Pressure
RSC Topics > L — P > Personal Revelation
RSC Topics > G — K > Hope
RSC Topics > Q — S > Resurrection
RSC Topics > Q — S > Second Coming
RSC Topics > Q — S > Spiritual Gifts
Volume 13 in the Occasional Papers Series Hundreds of sketches and blueprints unfold Church history from an architect’s point of view. This volume takes readers on a visual journey from the Peter Whitmer log home, where the Church was organized, to the Kirtland and Nauvoo temples, moving on to pioneer-era meetinghouses and tabernacles, and then featuring our modern stake and ward buildings. Hundreds of sketches trace the progression in meetinghouse design from the infancy of the Church to its transformation into a major world religion. ISBN 1-5915-6390-9
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Former Air Force pilot Dale T. Tingey launched into a lifetime of service to the Native Americans when he accepted the calling of president of the Southwest Indian Mission in 1968. Not long after he returned, he took over the reins of Brigham Young University’s American Indian Services, where he fostered programs and solicited donations to help with scholarships and other needs. People grew to love his natural warmth and spontaneity, his fly-by-the-seat-of-his-pants style, and his infectious laugh. Insistent with wealthy donors but never patronizing to humble recipients, Dale brought scholarships, tractors, farm implements, garden seeds, and Christmas gifts to reservations throughout North America. ISBN 0-8425-2564-5
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RSC Topics > L — P > Obedience
RSC Topics > L — P > Personal Revelation
RSC Topics > Q — S > Service
RSC Topics > G — K > Hope
The 32nd Annual Sidney B. Sperry Symposium The first publication of the Book of Mormon was completed only a few days before the Church was organized. The Lord revealed that it “contains a record of a fallen people, and the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Before the revelation was received on the organization of priesthood quorums, before the vision of the three degrees of glory, before knowledge of vicarious work for the dead, and before Joseph Smith was instructed to begin an inspired translation of the Bible, the Book of Mormon was received as scripture for all members of the Church. As the “keystone” containing a “fulness of the gospel,” the Book of Mormon connects, enhances, and clarifies the other standard works. This volume was published to encourage all who read it to discover and rediscover for themselves that the Book of Mormon does indeed contain the fulness of the gospel. ISBN 9781590381885
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RSC Topics > D — F > Doctrine
RSC Topics > D — F > Faith
RSC Topics > L — P > Mercy
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
RSC Topics > Q — S > Salvation
Volume 4 in the Regional Studies Series Converts from Europe became the lifeblood of the young Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Eager emigrants carried with them the lofty dream of establishing Zion in the United States. Yet as time passed, the early vigor of conversion and emigration began to ebb, and the needs of members worldwide gave birth to a new approach—forming branches that would grow and spread throughout Europe. Those early pioneers thus began a tradition of faith that continues today despite the severe trials of two world wars, including the loss of many members’ lives and the evacuation of missionaries during World War II. These essays were written in honor of the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the preaching of the gospel in Scandinavia and continental Europe by missionaries of the Church. ISBN 0-8425-2540-8
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RSC Topics > T — Z > War
RSC Topics > T — Z > Temples
RSC Topics > D — F > First Presidency
RSC Topics > L — P > Prayer
RSC Topics > T — Z > Temples
“The Book of Mormon provides resounding and great answers to what Amulek designated as ’the great question’—namely, is there really a redeeming Christ? (Alma 34:5–6). The Book of Mormon with clarity and with evidence says, ’Yes! Yes! Yes!’ ” This declaration by Elder Neal A. Maxwell is the first in what might be described as a treasure trove of answers—a collection of twenty-seven though-provoking essays exploring and explaining the great truths found in the book of Mormon. Selected from more than three decades of symposia and conferences held at Brigham Young University, these essays by General Authorities and religious educators are filled with insights that will appeal to any serious student of the “keystone of our religion.” A Book of Mormon Treasury covers a wide variety of gospel topics, from “Agency and Freedom,” “Faith, Hope, and Charity,” and “The Doctrine of a Covenant People” to “Abinadi’s Commentary on Isaiah,” “The Natural Man: An Enemy to God,” and “The Concept of Hell.” Arranged to follow the order of the books in the Book of Mormon, each essay provides a deeper look into familiar doctrines, illuminating the gems of truth found within this sacred book of scripture. Among the valuable insights offered are these: “The highest and most revered purpose of the Book of Mormon is to restore to Abraham’s seed that crucial message declaring Christ’s divinity, convincing all who read its pages ’with a sincere heart, with real intent’ that Jesus is the Christ (Moroni 10:4).”—Elder Jeffrey R. Holland “Even as the criticism of the Book of Mormon continues to intensify, the book continues to testify and to diversify its displays of interior consistency, conceptual richness, and its connection with antiquity.”—Elder Neal A. Maxwell “Serious and careful study of the Fall in the Book of Mormon can drive people to their knees, bringing them to acknowledge their own weaknesses and thus their need for the Lord’s redemption. The Atonement is necessary because of the Fall, and unless people sense the effects of Eden—both cosmically and personally—they cannot comprehend the impact of Gethsemane and Calvary.”—Robert L. Millet ISBN 978-1-5903-8099-4
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Moroni
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RSC Topics > D — F > Fall of Adam and Eve
RSC Topics > L — P > Plan of Salvation
RSC Topics > D — F > Faith
RSC Topics > L — P > Obedience
RSC Topics > Q — S > Repentance
RSC Topics > G — K > Holy Ghost
RSC Topics > T — Z > Testimony
RSC Topics > L — P > Law of Moses
RSC Topics > L — P > Priesthood
RSC Topics > D — F > Fall of Adam and Eve
RSC Topics > L — P > Plan of Salvation
Old Testament Topics > Book of Mormon and the Old Testament
RSC Topics > L — P > Old Testament
RSC Topics > L — P > Plan of Salvation
Book of Mormon Scriptures > Alma
RSC Topics > A — C > Conversion
RSC Topics > G — K > Hell
RSC Topics > G — K > Humility
RSC Topics > L — P > Plan of Salvation
RSC Topics > Q — S > Spirit World
In every dispensation, from Adam to the present day, the Lord’s anointed prophets have been under a divine mandate to “preach nothing save it were repentance and faith on the Lord”. The central message of the gospel of Jesus Christ is and has always been that through the Atonement of the Lamb of God, the scarlet sins of man can become “white as snow”. Without a knowledge and acceptance of what the scriptures generally, and the Book of Mormon specifically, teach about the doctrine of repentance, one may seek through self-justification to make repentance easier than it really is or through doctrinal distortion to make it more difficult than it needs to be.