This book gives an overview of the restoration of the gospel and the history of the Church from 1830 to the present.

Truth Restored: A Short History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

History

Gordon B. Hinckley

Americas

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

An invitation to stand up and be counted . . . No nation can be greater than the strength of its individual homes or the virtue of its people. Sadly, many today would say ours is a nation in crisis. Families are splintering around us, our children are becoming alienated from their great cultural heritage, and our leaders seem increasingly out of touch. Yet, according to Gordon B. Hinckley, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, one cannot lose hope. The solution lies not within our governments, schools, or symbols of popular culture, but rather within ourselves, our families, and our faith. In the tradition of William Bennett's Book of Virtues, Hinckley has created a classic look at the values that can change our world -- and how to stand up for them. Drawing on anecdotes from his own life, as well as from our nation today, he examines ten virtues that have proven through the ages to provide the most profound path to a better world: love, honesty, morality, civility, learning, forgiveness and mercy, thrift and industry, gratitude, optimism, and faith. He then shows how the two guardians of virtue -- marriage and the family -- can keep us on that path, even in difficult times. Standing for Something is an inspiring blueprint for what we can all do -- as individuals, as a nation, and as a world community -- to rediscover the values and virtues that have historically made us strong. At once masterful and illuminating, it is a work for our time: a reflection from one man's long and productive life that dwells not on the past but on the means by which all of us can work toward a brighter future.

Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes

Religion & Spirituality

Mike Wallace

Worship & Devotion

Crown

How Do I Love Thee? Classic BYU Speeches on Love and Marriage

Spencer W. KImball

JEFFREY R. HOLLAND

bruce-r-mcconkie

Hugh W. Pinnock

Brigham Young University

In the days of the early Christian church, the apostle Paul wrote to Timothy, "my own son in the faith," and exhorted him: "Be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity." (1 Timothy 4:12.) Today, leaders of Christ's church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, give similar counsel to those who take upon themselves the name of the Savior. In Be Thou an Example, Gordon B. Hinckley, a counselor in the First Presidency of the Church, tells how one can be an example of the believer and outlines some of the basic beliefs of the Latter-day Saints. "Paul never hedged nor quibbled when setting forth the requirements of the gospel of Jesus Christ," he writes. "It is so today. The Lord himself declared that 'strait is the gate and narrow is the way.' Any system dealing with the eternal consequences of human behavior must set guidelines and adhere to them, and no system can long command the loyalties of men that does not expect of them certain measures of discipline, and particularly of self-discipline. The cost in comfort may be great. The sacrifice may be real. But this very demanding reality is the substance of which come character and strength and nobility." Chapters for the book have been adapted from addresses delivered by President Hinckley in general conferences of the Church, and deal with such basic subjects as honesty, forgiveness, self-discipline, avoiding contention, and opposing evil. He writes, as he speaks, with forthrightness and with conviction. Be Thou an Example is a book for every believer!

Be Thou an Example

Deseret Book Co.

Mormon Book about Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, Orson Hyde, Heber C. Kimball, Edward Partridge, Martin Harris, David W. Patten, Orson Pratt, Parley P. Pratt, Willard Richards, George A. Smith, Hyrum Smith, Samuel Harrison Smith, Lorenzo Snow, John Taylor, Newel K. Whitney, Wilford Woodruff and Brigham Young.

Heroes of the restoration

Biographies & Memoirs

Bookcraft

A Christmas Message by Gordon B. Hinckley

The Son of God

Book by Ezra Taft Benson, Gordon B. Hinckley, Dallin H. Oaks, Boyd K. Packer, Russell M. Nelson, L. Tom Perry, M. Russell Ballard, Neal A. Maxwell, James E. Faust, Jeffrey R. Holland

The spirit of America

Literature & Fiction

Ezra Taft Benson

Dallin H. Oaks

Essays & Correspondence

Adapted from "Rise to the Stature of the Divine Within You," general women's meeting, 23 September 1989; address to Belle S. Spafford Conference on Women, 23 February 1990; and address at Mother's Day program, Salt Lake Exchange Club, 11 May 1977.

Motherhood: A Heritage of Faith

Parenting & Relationships

Family Relationships

Deseret Book

The miraculous beginnings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints may surprise an inquirer who is not accustomed to having faith in a living God or listening to the words of a modern prophet. Yet these early beginnings are true. God did speak to the youthful Joseph Smith and while calling him by name said, "This is My Beloved Son. Hear Him!" (Joseph Smith-History 1:17.) Since Joseph's first vision of Deity, Joseph's name has been known "for good and evil." (Joseph Smith-History 1:33.) In this book we sincerely declare that we know Joseph's name for "good."Joseph Smith was what he proclaimed himself to be-a prophet, seer, revelator, and translator for God. Joseph magnified these callings by testifying, prophesying, translating, and obeying the commandments of God. Unfortunately, most of his contemporaries rejected both Joseph and the word of the Lord. With this rejection came Joseph's continual foe-persecution. Ridicule, arrest warrants, and evil speaking were his common companions throughout his short life. Doctrines revealed by the Lord to Joseph Smith were distorted by apostates to disprove his claims of divine revelation and to arouse public sentiment against him.Yet amid the persecution, suffering, and rejection by man, the Lord did not leave Joseph comfortless. While in Liberty Jail, under the sentence of death, the Prophet was promised that he would be delivered and his friends would greet him again with "warm hearts and friendly hands." (D&amp;C 121:9.) This prophecy was fulfilled.Not until 27 June 1844 was Joseph's life taken. Assassins destroyed his body, but they could not destroy the "broad seal affixed to 'Mormonism'" which repeatedly affirms that Joseph, the religious martyr, sealed his testimony with his blood. (D&amp;C 135:7.)

The Prophet and His Work: Essays from General Authorities on Joseph Smith and the Restoration

M. Russell Ballard

Neal A. Maxwell

James E. Faust

Thomas S. Monson

Russell M. Nelson

David B. Haight

Robert E. Wells

Carlos E. Asay

Joe J. Christensen

Joseph B. Wirthlin

F. Enzio Busche

Fe a Essencia da Verdadeira Religiao

Christian Books & Bibles

Christian Living

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