After reading The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A. J. Jacobs,who took on the daunting task of reading the Encyclopaedia Britannica from A to Z. I took on a challenge of my own: to read all of the Ensigns available online. And thus, this blog began.
For more info about this challenge and for a review of the above book see my first post.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
What Can I Do?!
I read in an article entitled “The Church and Its Magazines” that “it is the hope of Church leaders that every English-speaking family in the Church will subscribe to the Ensign and read it regularly.” In my own small way I am fulfilling that hope! The Magazines: the Ensign, the New Era, and the Friend have a mission to: “strengthen the faith of Church members, promulgate the truths of the gospel, and keep members abreast of vital and current Church policies and happenings.” I am especially looking forward to having my faith strengthened!
Until I read this article I had never stopped to think about how indispensable the printed word has been to the restoration and growth of the Church. Now I am aware that the "Holy Bible led Joseph Smith into the Sacred Grove that spring day in 1820. The engraven word from the golden plates, transformed into the printed word of the Book of Mormon, testified of the truthfulness of the Bible and revealed many precious gospel truths to man. Added to these, the revelations that became the Doctrine and Covenants and the printed history and instructions in the Pearl of Great Price make up the standard works of the Church."
Also vital to the restoration of the gospel and the establishment of the Church have been the amazingly large number of newspapers and magazines published by the Church. I was going to list them here but it would have made this post too lengthy.
Something I really thought was interesting and important is that Joseph Smith, on April 19, 1843, said to John Taylor, “I believe you can do more good in the editorial department than preaching. You can write for thousands to read; while you can preach to but a few at a time.”
Now there is the internet as well that the Church, its leaders and members, can use to help spread the gospel message. Keeping in mind the Prophet Joseph Smith’s instructions to Elder John Taylor I ask myself, “What can I do to spread the glorious news of the Restored Church of Jesus Christ?!
Until I read this article I had never stopped to think about how indispensable the printed word has been to the restoration and growth of the Church. Now I am aware that the "Holy Bible led Joseph Smith into the Sacred Grove that spring day in 1820. The engraven word from the golden plates, transformed into the printed word of the Book of Mormon, testified of the truthfulness of the Bible and revealed many precious gospel truths to man. Added to these, the revelations that became the Doctrine and Covenants and the printed history and instructions in the Pearl of Great Price make up the standard works of the Church."
Also vital to the restoration of the gospel and the establishment of the Church have been the amazingly large number of newspapers and magazines published by the Church. I was going to list them here but it would have made this post too lengthy.
Something I really thought was interesting and important is that Joseph Smith, on April 19, 1843, said to John Taylor, “I believe you can do more good in the editorial department than preaching. You can write for thousands to read; while you can preach to but a few at a time.”
Now there is the internet as well that the Church, its leaders and members, can use to help spread the gospel message. Keeping in mind the Prophet Joseph Smith’s instructions to Elder John Taylor I ask myself, “What can I do to spread the glorious news of the Restored Church of Jesus Christ?!
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