His recommendations include asking questions, pondering about what is being read, looking for patterns, applying the scriptures to ourselves, and how to receive deeper understanding. Elder Cook explains the different facets of feasting upon the word of the Lord.
The next 70 pages are spent laying out the whats, whys, and hows of personal scripture study. Should you wish to gain a solid foundation of scripture study, this book must become part of your library. It feels as though his primary purpose is to enlighten, uplift, and edify readers. He insightfully expounds their importance to each of us. To our good fortune, we have available to us this book, called “Searching the Scriptures.” The subtitle reads, “Bringing power to your personal and family study.” No truer description of this book could be conceived.Įlder Cook begins with an in-depth elaboration of what the scriptures are. He has a considerable amount of expertise on the topic, being an Emeritus General Authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Cook wrote what seems to be one of the best books available on studying the scriptures. While a member of the First Council of the Seventy, Elder Gene R. There is so very much that can be learned about the beginning of this Last Dispensation from these two works. Of course, you could also put them on your mobile device for reading on-the-go. Should you be a computer programmer, or know someone who is, you might analyze the texts different ways. Having these texts means that you can download them, read them, and search through them for specific words. History of the Church – The text is made available by the BOAP project.
Journal of Discourses – The entire text is available in a well-organized, easy to read format. Do you know what is even better than that? Having an electronic copy of the text so that you can search through it! What’s even better than that? Having electronic copies of the Journal of Discourses and the History of the Church! For anyone who may wish to have these texts, they are available below: Reading books is such a great thing to do. Additionally, upon hearing an idea brought up in the Church, some want to know, ‘Is that teaching an official doctrine? How can I know?’ These questions and many others about Latter-day Saint doctrine have caused difficulty for many, both within and outside the Church.”ĭoctrine: Models to Evaluate Types and Sources of Latter-day Saint Teachings “Many … wonder and have pressing questions related to Latter-day Saint ‘doctrine,’ such as ‘If God is unchanging and truth is eternal, then why does Church doctrine sometimes change?’ or ‘Why don’t we still teach some of the doctrines that were taught in the early Church? Were they wrong, or are we?’ When discussing the Latter-day Saint faith, some imply or assume that everything ever spoken by any Church authority past or present constitutes eternally binding Church doctrine. I highly recommend this article to anyone interested in this topic. It also explains how to handle changes when they occur.
It is an excellent article that helps one determine for themselves when something is authoritative or not. It proposes some different types of doctrine, from the core, unchangeable everlasting truths of the Gospel to Church policies that apply to the current needs of the Church in a given moment. In studying about different levels of “authoritativeness” of Church doctrines, I found this article by Anthony Sweat, Michael Hubbard MacKay, and Gerrit J.
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