David Journal

Tag: Introduction

  • A sacred trust

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    I never really thought about modern contributions to the Book of Mormon but it was modern members of the church who have worked to bring corrections ensuring consistency with the original manuscript and it was modern people who broke things into chapter and verse (not always correctly in my opinion) and who provided the chapter…

  • Introducing the Doctrine and Covenants

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    I don’t think I’ve ever read the introduction to the Doctrine & Covenants before. In doing so today I have came to appreciate the efforts the church makes to clearly explain and give context to our sacred texts. I also discovered that there was a published testimony from the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in…

  • What we need to know

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    The introduction to the Book of Mormon (a modern text, unlike the Title Page) concluded with a list of things that sincere readers can come to know through the book. Of all the things listed, the most important one is that Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world.

  • The only explanation

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    When Elder Holland says that the only viable explanation of the origin of the Book of Mormon is the one Joseph provided we can see what the explanation is in the testimony of the prophet Joseph Smith and in Brief Explanation about the Book of Mormon.

  • Commentary

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    I have always been wary of relying on commentaries to scripture. A lot of people like them and I see the value in some of them but I want to be extremely careful to separate the source from the commentary. Much of what messed up the Pharisees (besides pride) was developing an intellectual culture that…

  • A fresh start on the Book of Mormon

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    I am excited to study the Book of Mormon again this year in church. I have been pondering recently on its place as a special witness of Christ and the restoration and the keystone of a testimony of the restoration. I am hopeful that we can find a way to help the children actually engage…

  • A divine product

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    The title page and introduction to the Book of Mormon always remind me how much work was put forth to make the Book of Mormon available to the restored church even before Joseph Smith received the plates.

  • Intriguing

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    The pending testimonies and introduction to the Book of Mormon would certainly get the attention of any reader with an open mind. They declare no doctrine but the origin story they expose would pique the interest.

  • A solid beginning

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    I am constantly amazed at how straightforward and powerful the opening of the Book of Mormon is as it lays out what it is and how it came to be along with testaments to those claims. Men may choose to disbelieve but they can’t imagine that the book was intended as anything other than a…

  • Historical record

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    Every time I read the Book of Mormon I think of what it would take for it’s origin story to be fictitious and realize that man could descend from apes more easily than such an elaborate lie be acted out. Conceptually it could be a lie but that would require that many things which we…