Product Description
Author: Mark A. Matthews
Confidently share the joyful gift of the gospel! The message of the Restoration has the potential to change the world-all we need to do is open our mouths. This encouraging book outlines how to use the Book of Mormon to do member-missionary work, testify of Joseph Smith, and invite others to come unto Christ. Remember, we're not asked to convert, just to extend the invitation. So open your mouth and testify!
176 Pages
Table of Contents:
Introduction
1: The Message of the Restoration
2: The First Vision First
3: The Book of Mormon Second
4: Answering Questions with the First Vision and the Book of Mormon
5: The Only True Church
6: The Bible: Common Ground or Battleground?
7: The Bible: A Sealed Book
8: Jesus Christ and Joseph Smith
9: New Revelation from the Living Christ
10: Of God or Not of God
11: Loyal to the Restoration
12: Open your Mouth
About the Author:
Mark Mathews has served as a teacher in the Church Educational System for over ten years working full-time for the Seminaries and Institutes of Religion and part-time as an adjunct BYU religion professor. He has B.S. and M.S. degrees in marriage and family studies from Brigham Young University and a PhD in education from Utah State University. He is the author of several articles including Satan's Rebellion (Ensign March 2015) and God's Plan for Families (Ensign July 2015). He and his wife Mandy live in Brigham City, Utah with their five children.
Excerpts:
I love missionary work. I remember at the end of my mission in Guatemala being asked by some of the younger missionaries what I would miss the most about my missionary service. As I pondered that question, I realized that many of the things that I loved the most about missionary work I would still be able to do when I returned home. I would still be able to study the scriptures and pray in faith. I would still get to serve in the church and teach the gospel (even do so professionally as an employee of the Church Educational System). And, of course, I would still be able to share the gospel sometimes as a member-missionary. But what I remember feeling at that moment was that, while I still would be able to do all of those things I loved, I would no longer be able to do them with the same intensity and single-minded devotion as I could as a full-time missionary. I would have work and family obligations. There would be distractions. And so the answer I gave was simple. What I would miss the most about being a full-time missionary was being a full-time missionary. I would miss that feeling of knowing that I was completely consecrated to the work of the Lord; that I was called by a prophet to serve 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; that, as my name tag indicated, I was a full-time representative of Jesus Christ. That is what I miss the most. That feeling of complete consecration is indescribable to me. I still have moments when I wish I could wake up one more day in Guatemala, put on those old beat up dress shoes, slip on the missionary name tag that meant everything to me, and walk out that front door as a full-time servant of the Lord. I loved being a missionary.
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