You Haven’t Researched My Church, Because I Have Read Every Page Of The Book Of Mormon And I Know It’s True

Some years ago I attended one of our worship services in Toronto, Canada. A 14-year-old girl was the speaker. She said that she had been discussing religion with one of her friends at school. Her friend said to her, “What religion do you belong to?”

She replied, “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormons.”

Her friend replied, “I know that church, and I know it’s not true.”

“How do you know?” came the reply.

“Because,” said her friend, “I have researched it.”

“Have you read the Book of Mormon?”

“No,” came the answer. “I haven’t.”

Then this sweet young girl responded, “Then you haven’t researched my church, because I have read every page of the Book of Mormon and I know it’s true.”

I too have read every page of the Book of Mormon, again and again, and I bear my solemn witness, it is from God.

 October 2011 General Conference -  The Book Of Mormon—A Book From God  - Tad R. Callister

How Many Straight Lines Can You Draw

The Bible is one witness of Jesus Christ; the Book of Mormon is another. Why is this second witness so crucial? The following illustration may help: How many straight lines can you draw through a single point on a piece of paper? The answer is infinite. For a moment, suppose that single point represents the Bible and that hundreds of those straight lines drawn through that point represent different interpretations of the Bible and that each of those interpretations represents a different church.

What happens, however, if on that piece of paper there is a second point representing the Book of Mormon? How many straight lines could you draw between these two reference points: the Bible and the Book of Mormon? Only one. Only one interpretation of Christ’s doctrines survives the testimony of these two witnesses.

 October 2011 General Conference -  The Book Of Mormon—A Book From God  - Tad R. Callister

There Is No Middle Ground With the Book of Mormon

Years ago my great-great-grandfather picked up a copy of the Book of Mormon for the first time. He opened it to the center and read a few pages. He then declared, “That book was either written by God or the devil, and I am going to find out who wrote it.” He read it through twice in the next 10 days and then declared, “The devil could not have written it—it must be from God.”¹

That is the genius of the Book of Mormon—there is no middle ground. It is either the word of God as professed, or it is a total fraud. This book does not merely claim to be a moral treatise or theological commentary or collection of insightful writings. It claims to be the word of God—every sentence, every verse, every page. Joseph Smith declared that an angel of God directed him to gold plates, which contained the writings of prophets in ancient America, and that he translated those plates by divine powers. If that story is true, then the Book of Mormon is holy scripture, just as it professes to be; if not, it is a sophisticated but, nonetheless, diabolical hoax.

 October 2011 General Conference -  The Book Of Mormon—A Book From God  - Tad R. Callister

Too Often We Pray to Have Patience, But We Want It Right Now!

Too often we pray to have patience, but we want it right now!

 October 2011 General Conference -  Waiting Upon The Lord: Thy Will Be Done - Robert D. Hales

Converstion - Where a Desire for Things Contrary to the Gospel of Jesus Christ Has Actually Died

In one who is wholly converted, desire for things [contrary] to the gospel of Jesus Christ has actually died, and substituted therefor is a love of God with a fixed and controlling determination to keep his commandments.”⁵

 October 2011 General Conference -  A Witness  - Henry B. Eyring

The Doctrine and the Valiant Examples in [The Book of Mormon] Will Lift, Guide, and Embolden You.

The doctrine and the valiant examples in [The Book of Mormon] will lift, guide, and embolden you....It can change a life for the better.

 October 2011 General Conference -  A Witness  - Henry B. Eyring

Spiritual Staying Power Comes from Working Past the Point When Other Would Have Taken a Rest

The Lord’s great mentors have shown me that spiritual staying power comes from working past the point when others would have taken a rest....They have shown and taught me how to discipline myself to work harder than I thought I could while I still have health and strength.

I can’t be a perfect servant every hour, but I can try to give more effort than I thought I could. With that habit formed early on, I will be prepared for trials later.

October 2011 General Conference -  Preparation In The Priesthood: “I Need Your Help” - Henry B. Eyring

Our Spiritual Progress Is Inseparably Bound Together With The Temporal Service We Give To Others.

Our spiritual progress is inseparably bound together with the temporal service we give to others.

The one complements the other. The one without the other is a counterfeit of God’s plan of happiness.

 October 2011 General Conference -  Providing In The Lord’S Way  - Dieter F. Uchtdorf

You Cannot Travel Down What Lehi Called "Forbidden Paths" and Expect To Guide Other to the "Straight and Narrow One"

 No missionary can be unrepentant of sexual transgression or profane language or pornographic indulgence and then expect to challenge others to repent of those very things! You can’t do that. The Spirit will not be with you, and the words will choke in your throat as you speak them. You cannot travel down what Lehi called “forbidden paths”⁵ and expect to guide others to the “strait and narrow”⁶ one—it can’t be done.

 October 2011 General Conference -  We Are All Enlisted  -  Jeffrey R. Holland