Boyd K. Packer

Boyd K. Packer Liahona May 2010 I speak to the fathers of the families and to families everywhere in the Church. Years ago we began correlation under the direction of President Harold B. Lee. At that time President Thomas S. Monson said: “Today, we

Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona > May 2010

Boyd K. Packer

Boyd K. Packer Ensign May 2010 I speak to the fathers of the families and to families everywhere in the Church. Years ago we began correlation under the direction of President Harold B. Lee. At that time President Thomas S. Monson said: “Today, we

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > May 2010

Ezra Taft Benson

And so it has through the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and other modern revelations. The Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants testify of each other.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > May 1987

Gordon B. Hinckley

But the Doctrine and Covenants is unique among our books of scripture. The Doctrine and Covenants is a conduit for the expressions of the Lord to His people.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > January 1989

Jeffrey R. Holland

How empty our lives as Latter-day Saints would be if we did not have sections 121, 122, and 123 of the Doctrine and Covenants!

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > September 2009

Marlin K. Jensen

In a few cases, more substantive changes were made as revelations were updated for the 1835 Doctrine and Covenants. Two of the manuscript book’s revelations were first published in the 1844 Doctrine and Covenants.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona > July 2009

Marlin K. Jensen

In a few cases, more substantive changes were made as revelations were updated for the 1835 Doctrine and Covenants. Two of the manuscript book’s revelations were first published in the 1844 Doctrine and Covenants.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > July 2009

Henry B. Eyring

He will help you as you turn to Him in prayer, listen for the promptings of the Spirit, obey the commandments, and keep the covenants that you have made.”3 John the Baptist returned to earth to restore the priesthood you young men hold. One place in scripture where the Lord gives the pattern for us is in the 107th section of the Doctrine and Covenants: “Wherefore, now let every man learn his duty, and to act in the office in which he is appointed, in all diligence. “He that is slothful shall not be counted worthy to stand, and he that learns not his duty and shows himself not approved shall not be counted worthy to stand.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona > May 2010

Henry B. Eyring

He will help you as you turn to Him in prayer, listen for the promptings of the Spirit, obey the commandments, and keep the covenants that you have made.”3 John the Baptist returned to earth to restore the priesthood you young men hold. One place in scripture where the Lord gives the pattern for us is in the 107th section of the Doctrine and Covenants: “Wherefore, now let every man learn his duty, and to act in the office in which he is appointed, in all diligence. “He that is slothful shall not be counted worthy to stand, and he that learns not his duty and shows himself not approved shall not be counted worthy to stand.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > May 2010

Quentin L. Cook

Second, His overwhelming emphasis was on doctrines teaching love as a preeminent principle. He is referred to as the Holy Spirit of Promise and as such confirms as acceptable to God the righteous acts, ordinances, and covenants of each of us.14 They who are sealed by the Holy Spirit of Promise receive all that the Father has.15 We live in a noisy, contentious world, where it is possible to be viewing or listening to information, music, or even pure nonsense virtually every waking hour.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona > May 2010

Quentin L. Cook

Second, His overwhelming emphasis was on doctrines teaching love as a preeminent principle. He is referred to as the Holy Spirit of Promise and as such confirms as acceptable to God the righteous acts, ordinances, and covenants of each of us.14 They who are sealed by the Holy Spirit of Promise receive all that the Father has.15 We live in a noisy, contentious world, where it is possible to be viewing or listening to information, music, or even pure nonsense virtually every waking hour.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > May 2010

Ezra Taft Benson

The Author of the Doctrine and Covenants is the Lord Jesus Christ, through the instrumentality of the Prophet Joseph Smith. The Doctrine and Covenants is unique among the standard works of the Church not only in its authorship but in that it is a modern book of scripture.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona > August 1993

Ezra Taft Benson

And so it has through the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and other modern revelations. The Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants testify of each other.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona > January 2005

It contains the doctrine of the Church; it contains the covenants the Lord will make with the Church, if we are willing to receive them.” Joseph Fielding SmithDoctrines of Salvation, volume 3, page 198 “The Doctrine and Covenants is full of splendid things with which we ought to be familiar. But you can read this book through and through, and learn it off by heart, and it won’t do you a particle of good unless you put into practice the teachings. … “I wish that I had the ability to impress upon the Latter-day Saints the necessity of searching the commandments of God … contained in the Doctrine and Covenants.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Friend > January 1989

Ezra Taft Benson

The Author of the Doctrine and Covenants is the Lord Jesus Christ, through the instrumentality of the Prophet Joseph Smith. The Doctrine and Covenants is unique among the standard works of the Church not only in its authorship but in that it is a modern book of scripture.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > January 1993

Gordon B. Hinckley

The Constitution of the Church The Doctrine and Covenants is unique among our books of scripture. The Doctrine and Covenants is a conduit for the expressions of the Lord to his people.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona > August 1989

Dallin H. Oaks

Repeatedly he had quoted these verses from the Doctrine and Covenants, including the Lord’s statement that the Saints’ conduct had “brought the whole church under condemnation” (D&C 84:55). In the opening session of the October 1986 general conference, President Benson read the verses from the Doctrine and Covenants about the whole Church being under condemnation and remaining so

Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > March 1994

David E. Sorensen

Basic Doctrine for the Dead A key function of temples is to perform ordinance work for our deceased ancestors. As explained in the Doctrine and Covenants: “It may seem to some to be a very bold doctrine that we talk of—a power which records or binds on earth and binds in heaven.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona > August 2002

John M. Madsen

Much can be learned regarding the importance of the Book of Mormon by reading the revelations contained in the Doctrine and Covenants. Doctrine and Covenants section 2 contains a brief account of this visitation.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona > February 2001

Neal A. Maxwell

But it is in the book of Doctrine and Covenants that we find a treasure trove of truths coming directly from the Lord Jesus Christ; we can almost “hear” him talking. Ex. 31:18.) The Doctrine and Covenants not only directly sets forth certain covenants but also teaches us much about the Other Party [the Lord] to those covenants.

Gospel Library > Magazines > Liahona > September 1979