Life Everlasting was written by Duane S Crowther. Crowther also wrote the book "The Prophecies of Joseph Smith" which has been proven wrong by the Brethren time and time again. Therefore I would recommend caution as you read Life Everlasting. When I read it I only read the quotes. This book has some excellent quotes in it and I use it as a resource for that purpose. I stay away from the interpretations in the book and recommend that you do the same. In fact I try to only read Doctrine written by the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Saturday, February 21, 2009
My First Mission
George Q Cannon wrote this book to start "The Faith Promoting Series". This was aimed towards increasing faith in the youth. The book is about his First Mission to the Hawaiian Islands in the Mid 1800's. As a youth he sets out to learn the language and teach the people. It was a very successful Mission.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Porter Rockwell
Another excellent book is Porter Rockwell by Richard Lloyd Dewey. There are tons of books on Porter Rockwell and so I did a lot of research before choosing which book to read. I read Dewey's because he put an immense amount of research in to his book. The problem with Rockwell is most of the story's about him are entwined with myths. This book is the facts.
Leaves From My Journal
My wife bought me this book for my birthday a couple years ago. The book is exactly what it says, Leaves from President Wilford Woodruff's Journal. Aparently she didn't have 5 grand to buy the complete set. No worries this book is excellent and has some choice passages from the Journal.
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