Few men are better qualified to speak on the subject of eternal love than is Elder Boyd K. Packer of the Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Deseret Book is pleased that Elder Packer has permitted this stirring address, originally given to students at Brigham Young University, to be published.

Eternal love

Packer, Boyd K.

Deseret Book Co.

A child's tiny hand clasped gently in its father's palm . . . a shaft of sunlight streaming through stormy clouds . . . a field of yellow wheat lying ready for harvest. Each of these visual images reminds us of our Heavenly Father's love and of His eternal plan. President Boyd K. Packer, Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, clearly teaches what has been revealed about the origin of the human family and about our relationship to God. Dramatic photographs complement the text and remind us of the scope and grandeur of God's creation and of our own divine heritage and limitless potential. "If we have come to know our Father's plan, we are never completely lost. We know something of how it was before our mortal birth. We know much of what lies beyond the horizon on either side, and which path will be safe for us to follow. With a knowledge of the plan comes also the determination to live the principles leading to eternal life." Pointing out that "gospel principles are not always fully explained in one place in the scriptures nor presented in order or sequence," President Packer draws together the segments of the plan of salvation: premortal life, mortality, life beyond the grave, and the mission of the Church. Each section includes a clear explanation a long with numerous scriptural references. Central to the plan is the Lord Jesus Christ, who, in His role as Creator and Redeemer, makes possible our rescue from death and our redemption from sin. President Packer bears his special witness of the Savior and explains the debt owed Him by all creation. Filled with a timeless and precious message, Our Father's Plan is a reminder of the love of God and of the merciful plan He has fashioned to provide eternal life for His children.

Our Father's Plan

Religion & Spirituality

Everyone is a teacher - and everyone can learn to teach better. That is the theme and substance of Teach Ye Diligently, by Elder Boyd K. Packer of the Council of the Twelve Apostles, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. A teacher by profession as well as avocation, Elder Packer draws upon personal experiences and observations in the classroom, as a teaching administrator, and in his own family to provide down-to-earth, useful interpretations of teaching principles that can help everyone who teaches in any type of situation. For the classroom teacher, there are helpful guides to maintaining discipline, providing a climate conducive to learning, and using proven principles to aid the learning process. For parents as well as those called formally to teach, there are suggestions on how to make difficult subjects more easily understood, how to answer the hard-to-answer question, attention-getters, how to use stories, poetry, and visual aids for the greatest impact. Throughout the book, the emphasis is on teaching moral and spiritual values, in response to the Lord's admonition in Doctrine and Covenants 88: "Teach ye diligently and my grace shall attend you, that you may be instructed more perfectly in all things that pertain unto the kingdom of God, that are expedient for you to understand." Teach Ye Diligently is an important book with an important message for everyone!

Teach ye diligently

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Mothers

Deseret Book Company

"Each person has the capacity for growth and the potential to reach perfection," writes Elder Boyd K. Packer of the Quorum of the Twelve. As if written personally for and to each member of the Church, the book reflects the author's awareness of individual concerns, the struggle to progress, to accept change, to become perfect. "That All May Be Edified" concentrates on building- the building of souls. Exquisitely detailed illustrations of basic structural forms introduce the seven sections into which the book is divided: The foundation of the edifice is instruction. Walls of encouragement are lifted up. Comfort spreads a shelter against despair. Windows of enlightenment let in the light of faith. A closed door symbolizes a warning, for there are places that we must not enter if we are to be protected against danger. An exhortation is a buttress to correct error and strengthen the structure. Pure witness becomes the steeple, the capstone, the pinnacle. Each section begins with a specially written commentary and includes some of Elder Packer's most memorable addresses and writing on such timely topics as the plan of salvation, though control, prayer, miracles, nonmember spouses, family life, marriage, morality, obedience, the arts, the Atonement, and many more. The author's clear expression, creative presentation, and powerful testimony ensure that every reader will indeed be edified.

That All May Be Edified

Bookcraft Pubs

Near the end of His mortal ministry, the Savior declared: My peace I give unto you. . . . Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. As a special witness of Jesus Christ, President Boyd K. Packer has spent decades studying the standard works and the teachings of modern prophets. This book includes: Thirty of his addresses, including such classics as Feed My Sheep, The Mantle Is Far, Far Greater Than the Intellect, From Such Turn Away, Revelation in a Changing World, and The Saints Securely Dwell Sound advice and comforting counsel with the clarity and power typical of President Packer A wealth of personal experiences and stories, and a few of his original parables.

Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled

Nephi had the responsibility for compiling the records of his people. He kept the history of the people upon the large plates, and of the other smaller plates he said:Â Â Â Â Â "Upon these I write the things of my soul, and many of the scripturesâ€¦ . For my soul delighteth in the scriptures, and my heart pondereth them, and writeth them for the learning and the profit of my children.Â Â Â Â Â "Behold, my soul delighteth in the things of the Lord; and my heart pondereth continually upon the things which I have seen and heard." (2 Nephi 4:15-16.)Â Â Â Â Â I have tried, when given the opportunity, to teach the things of the soul. This book records some of those teachings.

The things of the soul

Bookcraft

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