Byu imprint: 73 books
by Smith, Julie M.
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2019
The Gospel of Mark is usually read through the lenses of the other Gospels, but the Jesus presented in Mark’s Gospel is worthy of study. He is witty, warm, and wise. He’s also the Son of God. He has power which leaves people in awe, and he uses that power to help the people most people don’t...
The Doctrine and Covenants by Themes
The Text of the Doctrine and Covenants Arranged Topically
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1997
The Doctrine and Covenants was meant to be read. It should be read often. Yet it is not easy for most people to get through. So here is a reader's edition of the Doctrine and Covenants. All of its passages have been organized by topic and formatted to enhance readability.From this thematic...
Qualities That Count
Heber J. Grant: As Businessman, Missionary, and Apostle
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2012
Called as an Apostle at age 25, Heber J. Grant was acutely aware of his inadequacies. Feeling unseasoned and unsure, he questioned whether he had the "qualities that count" for such a position. Yet he took solace in his faith: "There is one thing that sustains me and that is the fact that all powers,...
No Toil Nor Labor Fear
The Story of William Clayton
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2012
William Clayton's life encompassed nearly all the joys and struggles that could come to a Church member of his day. Yet “no toil nor labor” did he fear. His story, in many respects, echoes the soul-stirring words of his immortal Mormon pioneer anthem.
by Neilson, Reid L.
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2001
Alma O. Taylor was called to the Japan Mission at age eighteen, and his parents would have been shocked had they known his mission would last nearly nine years. Alma, the eighteen-year-old lad, would return a twenty-seven-year-old man, having served one of the longest continuous missions in Church...
Mormonism and the Temple
Examining an Ancient Religious Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2019
Mormonism and the Temple: Examining an Ancient Religious Tradition contains the proceedings of the Academy for Temple Studies conference held under the same title on the campus of Utah State University on 29 October 2012, and includes the following presentations:
• Restoring Solomon’s Temple...
Love of Learning
Speeches of Robert K. Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
A compilation of speeches given by Robert K. Thomas, focused on the importance of secular and gospel education.
The Truth, The Way, The Life
An Elementary Treatise on Theology
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2012
B.H. Roberts offers excellent insights to the foundational elements of the gospel, bringing logic and reason to the stage of faith. The Truth, The Way, The Life,/i> feels almost as though Elder Roberts is personally leading the reader through the unexplored areas of the mind, introducing concepts...
Art, Belief, Meaning
The Arts and the Restored Gospel, Volume 1
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2012
Elder M. Russell Ballard once said, “Inspired art speaks in the language of eternity, teaching things to the heart that the eyes and ears can never understand.” Students and scholars at Brigham Young University discuss art in our theology in this new publication entitled Art, Belief, Meaning....
Walking in the Sand
A History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ghana
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
"When the priesthood was extended to blacks in 1978, faithful followers rejoiced and a new day dawned in Africa. Senior missionary couples soon arrived in Ghana, and within a year 400 people were baptized, many coming from congregations that were patterned after the Church and that had operated unofficially...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
No longer available in print.Hymns by Eliza R. Snow—such as "O My Father," "Behold the Great Redeemer Die," and "How Great the Wisdom and the Love"—evoke powerful religious imagery. In her hymns and in her hundreds of other poems, Snow captured nineteenth-century Mormonism, where revelation...
Turning Freud Upside Down
Gospel Perspectives on Psychotherapy's Fundamental Problems
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2012
Latter-day Saints often worry about psychotherapy negatively affecting their souls—for good reason. Even religious therapists may promote anti-gospel principles. This hazard is particularly extreme when therapists are unaware of their practicing assumptions. Now counselors—and their clients—can...
by Jessee, Dean C.
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
This Bookshelf Single is an excerpt from the book Opening the Heavens: Accounts of Divine Manifestations, 18201844, Second Edition.In this chapter, Dean Jessee includes the full text for the eight known accounts by Joseph Smith of his First Vision. He also includes the text for five contemporaneous...
Sustaining the Law
Joseph Smith's Legal Encounters
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2015
Joseph Smith believed in sustaining the law. This book presents his main legal encounters in the context of his day. Party to more than two hundred suits in the courts of New York, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, and elsewhere, he faced criminal charges as well as civil claims and collection matters. In...