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Cooper Johnson, Can We Trust Our Feelings?. Some critics claim that an LDS testimony is nothing more than relying on "feelings" -- feelings, they argue, which are not trustworthy. Johnson tackles this accusation.

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Gene R. Cook, "Moroni's Promise," Ensign, April 1994, 12. Moroni 10:3-5 takes on far greater depth when we follow its admonitions to study, ponder, and exercise faith.

Bruce R. McConkie, "What Think Ye of the Book of Mormon?," Ensign, November 1983, 72. The challenge of the Book of Mormon.

Jenae P. Miller, "To Some It Is Given," Ensign, January 1992, 30. I had prayed many times for the Lord to tell me the Book of Mormon was true. Why wasn't I getting the revelation I sought?

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Noel B. Reynolds, "The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon in the Twentieth Century," BYU Studies (Provo, UT: BYU) As the twentieth century draws to a close, the Book of Mormon clearly holds center stage in Latter-day Saint scriptural study and appreciation. Congregations, the Church Educational System, individuals, and families are focusing on the Book of Mormon with unprecedented enthusiasm, largely because of the leadership of President Ezra Taft Benson. In his landmark conference addresses in 1986, President Benson repeatedly cited the Doctrine and Covenants and reiterated his long-standing belief that the Church was under condemnation for taking the Book of Mormon too lightly. He also announced that “the Lord has revealed the need to reemphasize the Book of Mormon.” Latter-day Saints responded with an enormous and passionate effort to fully utilize the Nephite record. Such fervor did not always exist. Early LDS converts were students of the Bible, and with no traditions concerning the Book of Mormon, they did not readily incorporate the new scripture into their devotions. The early Saints valued the Book of Mormon as evidence of the Restoration, but by the Nauvoo period, focus on the book had already decreased. As recently as the mid-1930s, BYU and the LDS Institutes of Religion only occasionally featured the Book of Mormon in their curricula.

Recommended Reading

If you are interested in more information about the topic of 'Scripture and Influential Writings,' you may want to refer to the books listed below. These books are available in the FAIR Bookstore; click on a link to find more information.

Michael T. Griffith, A Ready Reply: Answering Challenging Questions About the Gospel (Horizon Publishers, 1994, 123 pages). This book provides clear and complete answers to numerous challenges made against the LDS Church.

Willard Morgan, From Critic to Convert: A Critic Challenges His Way to Mormonism (Horizon Publishers, 1995). A former agonistic critic gives non-argumentative answers to anti-Mormon questions using scripture, history, and common sense.

Robert Brown and Rosemary Brown, They Lie in Wait To Deceive, Vol. 2 (Brownsworth Publishing, 1984, 464 pages). Observations about professional anti-Mormon Walter R. Martin and his claims.

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