Lectures on Faith: Section 2, Part 1
My Book of Mormon
Marie Kent
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🗓️ 13 October 2018
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
The only thing more entertaining than a rehashing of the creation story is to read genealogies.
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| 0:00.0 | The word of God, as Alma said, is like a seed planted in our hearts that produces faith as |
| 0:05.4 | that it begins to grow within us. Faith will not come from the study of ancient texts as a purely |
| 0:10.5 | academic pursuit. It will not come from archaeological digs and discoveries. It will not come |
| 0:15.8 | from scientific experiments. It will not even come from witnessing miracles. These things may serve to confirm faith, |
| 0:22.5 | or at times to challenge it, but they do not create faith. Faith comes by the witness of the |
| 0:27.7 | Holy Spirit to our souls, spirit to spirit, as we hear or read the Word of God. And faith |
| 0:34.0 | matures as we continue to feast upon the word. |
| 0:41.7 | Elder D. Todd Christofferson General Conference April 2010. |
| 0:43.2 | Interesting. |
| 0:44.9 | Let's talk about faith. Thank you. What shall we give to the boy in the temple? |
| 1:03.0 | What shall we offer the man by the sea? |
| 1:09.0 | Comes at his feet |
| 1:11.7 | and for sons of Christ |
| 1:14.9 | Welcome back to my book of Mormon podcast. |
| 1:21.6 | I'm your host, |
| 1:22.3 | Marie Kent. |
| 1:23.1 | And I'm your co-host, Bryce Blankanagle. |
| 1:24.9 | Hello again, Marie. |
| 1:26.2 | Hello, Bryce. |
| 1:27.0 | And I have faith that today's lecture on faith is going to be |
| 1:32.6 | amazing. I can already feel how amazing this incredibly long lecture is. Oh, my God, |
| 1:38.1 | you guys, this is so long. Since we're redefining faith, let's go ahead and redefine amazing as well, right? |
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