I was wondering if you guys have any recommendations for any inspiring church book? I have a birthday coming up and Id like something good but i dont know what to get.
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, May 08 2012 11:47 PM
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Posted 08 May 2012 - 11:47 PM
"It is extremely important for you to believe in yourselves, not only for what you are now, but for what you have the power to become. Trust in the Lord as He leads you along. He has things for you to do that you won't know about now, but that will unfold later. If you stay close to Him, you will have some great adventures. You will live in a time when instead of just talking about prophecies that will sometime be fulfilled, many of them will actually be fulfilled. The Lord will unfold your future bit by bit."- Elder Neal A. Maxwell
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"If you live up to your privileges, the angels cannot be restrained from being your associates" - Joseph Smith
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 04:59 AM
Sgt Nibley, Phd. or Hugh Nibley: A Consecrated Life
One Eternal Round
Temple Theology: An Introduction by Margaret Barker or Temple Mysticism
Why the Church is as True as the Gospel by Eugene England
Illuminating the Sermon at the Temple and the Sermon on the Mount by John W. Welch
Bountiful Harvest: Essays in Honor of S. Kent Brown, recently out.
Kevin Christensen
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One Eternal Round
Temple Theology: An Introduction by Margaret Barker or Temple Mysticism
Why the Church is as True as the Gospel by Eugene England
Illuminating the Sermon at the Temple and the Sermon on the Mount by John W. Welch
Bountiful Harvest: Essays in Honor of S. Kent Brown, recently out.
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 08:45 AM
"Yearning for the Living God" F. Enzio Busche
"Out of the Killing Fields Into the Light" Penne D. Conrad
Also, Gerald Lund has written several good books lately
"Out of the Killing Fields Into the Light" Penne D. Conrad
Also, Gerald Lund has written several good books lately
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 10:30 AM
Understanding the Book of Mormon by Grant Hardy is fabulous. I've read hundreds of books, and it's near the top for how insightful it is.
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 12:18 PM
Hearing the voice of the Lord by Gerald Lund
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Posted 09 May 2012 - 03:09 PM
"In Quiet Desparation" Matai and Madsen --- the middle part is the the best practical depiction of the atonement I've ever read (with the possible, though not sure, exception of "Believing Christ").
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Legen... wait for it...
Posted 10 May 2012 - 11:36 AM
The Book of Mormon is my favorite. 
"First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win."
—Mahatma Ghandi
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Posted 10 May 2012 - 12:00 PM
I like best the Pearl of Great Price myself.
When you climb up a ladder, you...begin at the bottom...ascend step by step, until you arrive at the top...so it is with the principles of the Gospel--you must begin with the first...go on until you learn all the principles of exaltation. But it will be a great while after you have passed through the veil before you will have learned them. It is not all to be comprehended in this world. Joseph Smith
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Legen... wait for it...
Posted 10 May 2012 - 08:25 PM
calmoriah, on 10 May 2012 - 12:00 PM, said:
I like best the Pearl of Great Price myself.
"First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win."
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Posted 13 May 2012 - 11:56 AM
If it doesn't have to be specifically LDS, Revelations of Divine Love by Julian of Norwich is quite beautiful. She was a Christian mystic who wrote around the turn of the thirteenth century.
One favorite passage:
We are his joy, we are his reward, we are his glory, we are his crown--and this was a special marvel and fulfilling vision, that we should be his crown.
She reports that were it possible, Christ would suffer the atonement every day for us and count it but joy due to his love for us.
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We are his joy, we are his reward, we are his glory, we are his crown--and this was a special marvel and fulfilling vision, that we should be his crown.
She reports that were it possible, Christ would suffer the atonement every day for us and count it but joy due to his love for us.
"Myth" doesn't mean "untrue story," it means "story about
the things that really matter."--John Michael Greer
My LDS Druid blog My poetry The old gods are stirring, Time traces a spiral.
the things that really matter."--John Michael Greer
My LDS Druid blog My poetry The old gods are stirring, Time traces a spiral.
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Posted 13 May 2012 - 12:22 PM
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She reports that were it possible, Christ would suffer the atonement every day for us and count it but joy due to his love for us.
Now if we truly needed him to suffer the atonement every day, I think he would be willing to do so and would do it with joy (though he would also experience the sorrow and pain he suffered in Gethsemane where he asked if the cup could be passed from him)....but not just to prove a point even if that point is his love.
PS: I have had friends and relatives who have suffered just to show someone they love them, not because they really had to....it places a burden on the loved one that should not be placed...they feel they are the cause of the suffering, which accomplishes nothing truly of value. My grandmother used to bring over apple pie for the family along with an extensive description of the pain she suffered to produce it due to her arthritis....I did not enjoy eating the pie all that much myself, as delicious as it was. Of course not everyone who suffers in this way makes a big deal of it to those they are suffering for. However, this should explain why I am bothering to make this comment, I tend to have a bit of an obsession about people choosing to suffer unnecessarily because of my experiences with this type of person and the unnecessary guilt they put on me through their actions, intentionally or not.
Edited by calmoriah, 13 May 2012 - 12:25 PM.
When you climb up a ladder, you...begin at the bottom...ascend step by step, until you arrive at the top...so it is with the principles of the Gospel--you must begin with the first...go on until you learn all the principles of exaltation. But it will be a great while after you have passed through the veil before you will have learned them. It is not all to be comprehended in this world. Joseph Smith
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Posted 14 May 2012 - 12:18 AM
The last few books that I have read have been secular. However, if you are interested in some really great historical books I recommend these: "The River of Doubt" by Candice Millard is an outstanding of account of Theodore Roosevelt's journey down the Amazon to explore the unrecorded river Doubt. "The Greater Journey - Americans in Paris" by David McCullough. A very good read about all the Americans that used to study in Paris before they became famous writers, painters, etc. "Bonnhoeffer - Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy" by Eric Metaxas. A gripping account of Bonhoeffer's experience during WWII; what a great man he was!
If you do read them let me know what you thought.
If you do read them let me know what you thought.
Storm Rider
“When from Thy stern tutoring, I would quickly flee, turn me from my Tarshish to where is best for me. Help me in my Nineveh to serve with love and truth; not on a hillside posted, mid shade of gourd or booth. When my modest suffering seems so vexing, wrong, and sore, may I recall what freely flowed from each and every pore. Dear Lord of the Abba Cry, Help me in my duress to endure it well enough and to say, . . . 'Nevertheless.'” - Neal A. Maxwell
“When from Thy stern tutoring, I would quickly flee, turn me from my Tarshish to where is best for me. Help me in my Nineveh to serve with love and truth; not on a hillside posted, mid shade of gourd or booth. When my modest suffering seems so vexing, wrong, and sore, may I recall what freely flowed from each and every pore. Dear Lord of the Abba Cry, Help me in my duress to endure it well enough and to say, . . . 'Nevertheless.'” - Neal A. Maxwell
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 01:41 PM
It's not "LDS", but I highly recommend Laura Hillenbrand's "Unbroken"
One of the most amazing (and inspirational) stories I have ever read.
One of the most amazing (and inspirational) stories I have ever read.
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In spite of the world's arguments against the historicity of the Flood, and despite the supposed lack of geologic evidence, we Latter-day Saints believe that Noah was an actual man, a prophet of God, who preached repentance and raised a voice of warning, built an ark, gathered his family and a host of animals onto the ark, and floated safely away as waters covered the entire earth. We are assured that these events actually occurred by the multiple testimonies of God's prophets.
The Flood and the Tower of Babel, by Donald W. Parry, assistant professor of Hebrew at BYU, Ensign, Jan 1998, 35
In spite of the world's arguments against the historicity of the Flood, and despite the supposed lack of geologic evidence, we Latter-day Saints believe that Noah was an actual man, a prophet of God, who preached repentance and raised a voice of warning, built an ark, gathered his family and a host of animals onto the ark, and floated safely away as waters covered the entire earth. We are assured that these events actually occurred by the multiple testimonies of God's prophets.
The Flood and the Tower of Babel, by Donald W. Parry, assistant professor of Hebrew at BYU, Ensign, Jan 1998, 35
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 04:48 PM
The Real George Washington by Allison, Parry and & Skousen
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