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What happens when you're so poor you have to steal your Christmas presents? Or have you ever taken a punch in the face as your Christmas gift to the girl you love? Or saved Christmas while hunting were-weevils?
These award-winning Christmas stories are the best of the best from the 2007–2009 LDS Publisher Christmas Story Contests. From Christmases past, to present to future; from sweet and inspirational to zany and delightful—there's a story for everyone in this eclectic collection.
Can Santa learn a lesson from the Savior? Can a foreign exchange student help you see Christmas a little more clearly? Do things really look better from a distance? And just how many holiday ornaments does one woman need?
Get in the Christmas Spirit with Volume 2 of award-winning stories from LDS Publisher's 2010 and 2011 Christmas Story Contests! Sixteen short stories from popular LDS authors to help you remember the reason for the season!
Featuring LDS authors: Brenda J. Anderson, Amie Borst, Weston Elliott, Kasey Eyre, Gussie Fick, Angie Lofthouse, Teresa Osgood, Brian C. Ricks, Jennifer Ricks, Lee Ann Setzer, Jennifer Shelton, Rob Smales, Janice Sperry, LisaAnn Turner, and Michael D. Young.
Susan Easton Black reveals the story of an extraordinary woman who lived in a trying time. As the wife of Joseph Smith, the first Latter-day Saint Prophet, Emma knew much of religious bigotry, vexatious lawsuits, and lawless brutality. She comforted Joseph in his extremities, bore his children, and wrote of her abiding love for him. Yet, as time passed and Joseph was murdered, Emma struggled to find her place.
Her life story, unique from beginning to end, is presented here in a question and answer format to supply readers with easy access to her biographical information and increased understanding of the trials and triumphs of this remarkable woman.
There is probably more misinformation about the relationship of the temple ceremony of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Masonry than any other Church subject. This is especially apparent in the many attacks on the LDS Church. Surprisingly, many members of the LDS Church also have false notions.
In this book, Latter-day Saint scholar Gilbert W. Scharffs, Ph.D., discusses the connection between, and answers some of the most common questions about, Mormons and Masons. Whether you are a history enthusiast or merely looking for clarification, you'll find Mormons and Masons both enlightening and faith promoting.
Practicing Latter-day Saints psychologist, Dr. Dean Byrd, illuminates some of the little-known realities regarding homosexuality. Relying on his expertise as a social scientist and a practicing mental health professional, he shares the research and clinical data on this controversial topic and provides compelling evidence on what science can and cannot say about homosexuality.
With abundant clarity, Dr. Byrd explores common misconceptions, answers challenging questions, and shares personal stories of triumph. In addition, he offers a chronology of the events that have brought the United States and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to their present positions regarding homosexuality. Employing a thorough, scientific, and engaging style, this volume provides readers with the best LDS analysis of the issue of homosexuality available.
To members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the search for truth and understanding is a wide-open field. Mormonism embraces all truth, whatever the source or method used to find it.
- How do Mormon feel about and handle scientific research?
- Should Latter-day Saints study evolution?
- What can science teach us about religious doctrines?
- What can science add to the faith of a Latter-day Saint?
"Our religion is simply the truth. It is all said in this one expression—it embraces all truth, wherever found, in all the works of God and man that are visible or invisible to mortal eye." —Brigham Young
The answers to many of our questions are still in the void between faith in science and religious faith. When science and religion arrive at the truth, they will be in perfect agreement with each other.
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- How did Mormon fundamentalism begin?
- Does LDS theology teach that plural marriage is required for exaltation?
- Did early Church leaders have children with wives as young as fourteen?
Mormon fundamentalists like the FLDS, the Allreds, Tom Green, the Kingstons, the LeBarons, and others have captured the national spotlight off and on for years. They claim to be the guardians of fundamental principles The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has jettisoned. Is that so? This book analyzes their history, explaining how and why these groups evolved outside of the LDS Church.
In addition, it addresses questions regarding the law of consecration, teenage brides, the 1890 Manifesto, the sealing keys, the "one mighty and strong" mentioned in the Doctrine and Covenants, an 1886 revelation to John Taylor, high priest apostles, section 132 of the Doctrine and Covenants (on celestial and plural marriage), the Adam-God theory, polygamy in eternity, proper priesthood ordinations, and others.
The award-winning author of Modern Polygamy and Mormon Fundamentalism: The Generations After the Manifesto (GregKofford Books, 2006) Brian C. Hales, presents this intriguing new look at Mormon fundamentalism.
Setting the Record Straight: The Word of Wisdom, authoritatively defines the Word of Wisdom as much more than a simple health code while answering questions about the circumstances that led to its revelation and providing explanations on how it answered both current questions in Joseph Smith's day, and critically important issues in ours.
Steven C. Harper Ph.D. tackles the question of Joseph Smith's own adherence to the Word of Wisdom and vividly traces both the consistent and the changing ways it has been taught and applied throughout LDS history.
Setting the Record Straight: The Book of Mormon has one objective: to set the record straight concerning the many charges against the Book of Mormon. It sets forth in a clear and engaging style the answers to many of the false charges leveled by critics against the Book of Mormon.
Rather than criticize others for their perception of the Book of Mormon, this book serves as a valuable guide for those who seek to better understand the central purpose of the Book of Mormon—to testify of Christ.
One of the most misunderstood aspects of the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is its practice of plural marriage during the nineteenth century.
In the twenty-first century members of the Church and those outside the faith have had a hard time comprehending why early Latter-day Saints agreed to a marriage pattern so foreign to their traditional Victorian values. This book looks at the reasons they did so.
In addition, it answers some of the common questions about Mormons and polygamy. How long did the practice continue? How many wives did Mormons have? Did all Mormon men marry multiple wives? How did men, women, and children feel about the practice? Scholar and historian Jessie L. Embry examines the answers to these and other questions.
Setting the Record Straight: Mormon Temples reviews the history of temples and their divine purpose, giving important facts concerning temple ordinances and current temple operation.
Elder Dean L. Larsen, Emeritus General Authority answers frequently asked questions about temples and gives his insight as to why temples are of such central importance in the lives of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Joseph Smith, the Mormon Prophet provides a refreshing way to learn of the life and teachings of the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The question-and-answer approach of this book presents quick access to biographical information and important gospel truths.
Author Susan Easton Black, a professor of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University, tells of Joseph Smith being the "choice seer" whom the Lord raised up to bring forth the word of God. She writes of revelations, translations, covenants, and eternal truths being the continuum of his life's labor. Joseph Smith, she declares, held "the keys of this Last Dispensation, and will forever hold them, both in time and eternity."
Joseph Smith’s campaign for President of the United States is one of the most fascinating, yet least understood, events in the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Author Arnold K. Garr, professor of Church History and Doctrine at Brigham Young University, brings the Prophet’s presidential run to life with timely insights into questions that have heretofore received little attention.
To which political party did Joseph Smith belong? Who was his vice presidential running mate?
The author sets the record straight by answering these and other intriguing questions into the campaign of the first Latter-day Saint to run for president.
For over a century The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prohibited the ordination of men who had Black African ancestry to offices in its priesthood. This "priesthood ban" was lifted in 1978 to the delight of most Church members, but puzzling questions and folklore surrounding the origin and reasons for the ban have lingered in Mormon popular culture.
In a deeply doctrinal discussion of this controversial subject in Mormon history, Professor Marcus H. Martins shares personal reflections based on his experiences as a Black member of the Church who lived through the final years of the ban.
His analysis debunks old myths and folklore, and it introduces a gospel-based framework for racial and cultural relations in contemporary societies.
He Did Deliver Me From Bondage is the book that introduced the 12 Steps to the LDS Church, explaining the principles in the steps in terms of the restored gospel. First published in 1989, He Did Deliver Me From Bondage was adopted in 1991 by LDS Family Services (then LDS Social Services) as the only text used in their LDS Addiction Recovery Program. To date, more than 160,000 copies have been sold, definitely making it a best seller.
He Did Deliver Me From Bondage had its origin in research Colleen did looking for the principles found in the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous in the Book of Mormon. Colleen reasoned that if these principles that had helped so many alcoholics and other addicts find recovery, they must be part of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Her search uncovered a multitude of verses teaching the principles found in each of the steps. Although there wasn't room to use them all, these verses formed the framework for He Did Deliver Me From Bondage.
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Ring around the rosy, a pocket full of posies, ashes, ashes we all fall down . . .
When Navy SEAL Rafe Kelly is taken hostage by a man with a bomb strapped to his chest, reciting that nursery rhyme, memories of his last covert mission in Afghanistan hit him hard. Realizing the war he left behind has followed him home, Rafe must use all of his skills to figure out who wants him dead—terrorists or a secret faction of his own government that thinks he knows too much.
As a hostage negotiator, Claire Michaels has seen death up close and personal. But when a Navy SEAL is taken hostage and the prototype of a military precision weapon is used on innocent civilians, Claire must turn to the one man who can help her, someone who holds the key to national secrets, someone she wants to believe in—her father.
Can she trust a man she barely knows and unravel the web of deceit before anyone has to die?
All across London, single mothers are vanishing. Margaret Hill, mother of two, walked out of her house two months before, never seen again. A month later, Carrie-Anne Morgans takes her two-year-old son for a walk in the park and disappears, leaving him alone in his stroller. Lorna McCauley leaves her London flat in the early hours of the morning to buy medicine for her sick child and does not return.
Newly promoted Detective Inspector Theophilus Blackwell is assigned the case of Lorna McCauley, which on the outside seems to be a simple case of mid-life crisis and child abandonment. Elsewhere in London, MI5 analyst, Sophia Evans, is working undercover to catch an animal rights group responsible for targeted bombings. As Sophia's case (and her personal life) fall to pieces, she receives a strange envelope in the mail. It contains a picture of Lorna McCauley's lifeless face along with a daunting code.
Now the police and MI5 are forced to work together to stop the murders, and Sophia must find her way into the terrifying mind of a serial killer.
Literary Evidence of an End-Time Prophecy
Hitherto unseen literary evidence reveals a new dimension to Isaiah’s prophecy that uses Israel’s ancient history as an allegory of an end-time scenario.
Isaiah’s Hebrew gospel preempts the New Testament by teaching the path through which God empowers his children to ascend to the highest heaven.
A ground-breaking literary approach to analyzing Isaiah’s writings for Judeo-Christian students and readers.
A multifaceted seven-part structure of the Book of Isaiah draws on events from Israel’s past to systematically develop an apocalyptic message and a Hebrew messianic theology.
When subjected to several literary analyses simultaneously—structural, rhetorical, and typological—the Book of Isaiah discloses secrets that have lain dormant for millennia.
Kidnapped as a boy and kept as a slave on a pirate ship, young Jacob dreams of freedom, and of one day discovering the fabled island of the Mer people. With fellow shipmate Grant, Jacob escapes and finds refuge in Granada. But stories of Cerulean Isle, land of the Merfolk, continue to haunt him.
One day a stranger appears and Jacob and Grant are forced to confront their past. They must embark on a dangerous voyage to flee from the pirates that seek their lives. In the process, Jacob at last discovers the truth behind legendary Cerulean Isle.
