In this new talk on CD, popular youth speaker John Hilton III invites Latter-day Saint teenagers to stop making excuses and start accepting responsibility for their actions.  “While you are free to choose for yourself, you are not free to choose the consequences of your actions,” says Hilton.  He teaches listeners the language of responsibility vs. the language of excuses. He also teaches the youth that we have a responsibility to prepare our hearts to feel the Spirit.  In a fun and engaging way, he debunks the myth of “he made me so mad,” teaching the principle that we are responsible for how we feel.  Listeners will learn that they can achieve great things when they accept accountability for their choices.

The Dog Ate My Scriptures: Excuses, Agency, and Responsibility

John Hilton III

Deseret Book Company

Teenagers, young adults, and even adults will find nuggets of great information and valuable tools to deepen personal scripture study. This book is ideal to help anyone get excited about the scriptures. You'll learn... How to keep a record of what you've read How to memorize scriptures How to find and use scripture one-liners How to apply gospel principles you discover How to study by topic How to mark your scriptures (as well as President Hinckley's invitation to mark the Book of Mormon)

Please Pass the Scriptures

Youth and adults alike will appreciate this accessible discussion of scholarly evidences clearly demonstrating that the Book of Mormon could never have been invented by Joseph Smith. Evidences include "wordprints," "witnesses," "chiasmus," "Hebraisms," and other discoveries by modern scholars that can strengthen one's testimony of the Book of Mormon. Ultimately, however: "The most important evidence that the Book of Mormon is a book written by ancient prophets," says John Hilton III, "is the feeling I get from the Holy Ghost when I diligently study it. You can have this same feeling too."

The Little Book of Book of Mormon Evidence

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Deseret Book

Now, the most important answers for LDS youth ages 12 18 can be found in one book. The authors use quotes from Church leaders, informative real- life stories, and colorful graphics to engage the minds of teenagers. Most important, this invaluable book gives readers, including leaders and parents, the doctrinal whys to back up the standards found in the For the Strength of Youth pamphlet. Features answers to more than 100 questions, such as: Why do some people who break the commandments appear happy? Why shouldn t I just try alcohol, just so I can see what it tastes like? Why is wearing two pairs of earrings such a big deal? Or is it? Why is it wrong to steady date someone if we both have high standards? Why is 16 the magical age is it all that different from 15? Why is pornography a big deal if it doesn t hurt anybody? Why shouldn't I wear flip-flops to Church? Why do some people who pay tithing still not have a lot of money? Why should I talk to the bishop about certain sins?

Why?: Powerful Answers and Practical Reasons for Living Lds Standards

Anthony Sweat

Life is hard. Whether it is family struggles, intense peer pressure, or the plain old daily grind, life is full of constant trials. But the scriptures are full of accounts of people who did hard things. And you can do hard things too! In this talk on CD for teenagers, John Hilton III shares eight scriptural keys that give us the things to remember, and the things that we can do, to help us get through difficult and challenging times--and still keep a smile on our faces. - Teaches relevant truths from the scriptures - Timely topic for youth and those who love them - John Hilton III is a popular youth speaker and author

I Can Do Hard Things

Christian Books & Bibles

If you were swimming in the ocean and discovered you were being pulled farther and farther away from land by a rip current, would you know how to get back to shore? There is a method one that could save your life. Likewise, the authors of How? ask teenagers, If you were caught up with friends in some activities you knew were wrong and you felt yourself being pulled away from the safety of the gospel shore, caught up in a current of sin, would you know how to get back? Elder Russell M. Nelson said, Once we . . . understand the importance and meaning of a commandment, we need to learn how to do it. In this sequel to their bestselling book WHY?, John Hilton and Anthony Sweat answer more than 100 gospel questions, such as: How Can I Increase My Faith in Jesus Christ? How Can I Know When I ve Been Forgiven? How Can I Know When the Holy Ghost Is Speaking to Me? How Can I Stay Faithful When Life Is Hard? How Can I Set Meaningful Personal Goals? How Can I Find Answers In My Scriptures? How Can I Resist and Overcome Pornography?

How? Essential Skills For Living the Gospel

52 Life-Changing Questions From the Book of Mormon

Has a question ever changed your life? A good question ... is like an alarm clock, wrote Elder Tad R. Callister. It awakens us out of our mental doldrums [and] jump-starts our mental engines. A woman was in a church meeting, studying Philippians 4:8: Whatsoever things are true, ... honest, ... pure, ...lovely, [or] of good report; if there be any virtue, and ... any praise, think on these things. She felt the Holy Spirit say to her, Is there anything honest, pure, or lovely in your soap opera? She had to confess that the program was not lovely or of good report or praiseworthy. Then the Spirit whispered another question: So what are you going to do about it? What this sister heard from the Spirit that day were life-changing questions, and her decision to give up her soap opera made a profound difference in her life. Where can we find questions that will awaken us out of those mental and spiritual doldrums? Popular authors John Hilton III and Brad Wilcox help us recognize and ponder fifty-two powerful questions from the Book of Mormon one for each week of the year. One short chapter each week has the power to change your life. Have miracles ceased? Have ye inquired of the Lord? Have ye spiritually been born of God? Know ye not that ye are in the hands of God? Joseph Smith promised that we would get nearer to God through the Book of Mormon than through any other book. Pondering its inspired questions can propel us forward to attain that promise.

52 Life-Changing Questions from the Book of Mormon

BRAD WILCOX

What do girls think when boys tease them? What do boys think when girls hang out in big groups and giggle? This ingenious book tells the facts from both perspectives. Read it one way and you get it from the girl s perspective. Then flip the book over and read it from the boy s perspective. Written by John Hilton III and his wife, Lani, this unique, two-in-one book will help teen boys and girls begin to understand some of the strange, as well as expected, behavior from the opposite sex. A must-have for teens!

What Girls Need to Know About Guys; What Guys Need to Know About Girls

Lani Hilton

I dare you . . . That s an interesting phrase! In this fireside talk, popular youth speaker John Hilton III gives us a different kind of dare. A dare not to compare. Whether it s about our looks, our intelligence, or our talents, all of us struggle with comparing ourselves to others. It can be looking down on others I did better than you on that test or looking down on ourselves I m not as pretty as she is. But President Dieter F. Uchtdorf said, The Lord doesn t . . . (nor should we) compare our efforts to those of others. In this important and engaging talk, John explains both why and how to stop comparing yourself with others.

The Compare Dare: The Truth and Dare About Comparing Ourselves To Others

The 2015 Sperry Symposium explores the modern miracle of the translation and publication of the Book of Mormon. Featuring a keynote address by Elder Merrill J. Bateman in which he discusses the restoration of plain and precious truths, this volume describes the development of the teenage seer Joseph Smith Jr. and includes marvelous accounts of the many witnesses to the plates. It tells the story from Joseph Smith s translation of the sacred record to the process of financing and printing the Book of Mormon and concludes with its message rolling forth to many nations, to every kindred, tongue, and people.

The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon

Andrew H. Hedges

Dennis L. Largey

Kerry Hull

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