David Journal

Tag: Book of Mormon

  • The Role of the Book of Mormon in Conversion

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    How did those missionaries know to bear testimony of the Book of Mormon and then leave without further discussion? “My mission president in Chile invited us to read the testimony of the prophet Joseph Smith as found in Joseph Smith History every week.”

  • “Come unto Me, O Ye House of Israel”

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    Elder Echo Hawk was a member of the Obama administration before he was called to be a 70 if I am remembering correctly. (It is rumored that his name was floated as a potential supreme court nominee for Obama as well.) I really like his straightforward testimony of the Book of Mormon. There are no…

  • The Book of Mormon—a Book from God

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    The genius of the Book of Mormon is that there is no middle ground. It is either of God or it is a fraud from Satan. Some claim it is of the devil but none of them have read it. Some who have read it casually may discard it as just a book but any…

  • A Witness

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    We each have the same responsibility… My message is one of encouragement. He wants everyone to know that they can live up to their lofty commitment. Be charitable; be witnesses of God; endure to the end faithfully. He talked about our ward day of service. When he was told that he could not testify of…

  • Safety for the Soul

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    “Even some of the very elect will be deceived.” Would Joseph and Hyrum be able to take solace as they went to their expected death in the words of a book they knew to be a fabrication? I ask that my testimony of the Book of Mormon be recorded side by side with that of…

  • 21 April 2010

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    Ether 5 – 7Had I been among those helping Joseph during the period of translating the Book of Mormon I have no doubt that I would have desired and asked to be one of the three who would stand as a witness to the world, along with Joseph and the book itself, to the truthfullness…

  • 18 February 2009

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    Walking by FaithI finally have my topic for Elder’s quorum. D&C 11:21 – Seek not to declare my word, but first seek to obtain my word, and then shall your tongue be loosed; then, if you desire, you shall have my Spirit and my word, yea, the power of God unto the convincing of men.…