Reviewed by Eric Johnson
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During 2016, LDS members will be studying the latest manual published by their church,Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Howard W. Hunter We will evaluate this book regularly, chapter by chapter, by showing interesting quotes and providing an Evangelical Christian take on this manual. If you would like to see the church manual online, go here. Latter-day Saints study this material on the second and third Sundays of each month (thus, chapters 1-2 are January, chapter 3-4 are February, etc.)
- Chapter 1: Jesus Christ: Our Only Way to Hope and Joy
- Chapter 2: “My Peace I give unto You”
- Chapter 3: Adversity–Part of God’s Plan for Our Eternal Progress
- Chapter 4: Help from on High
- Chapter 5: Joseph Smith, Prophet of the Restoration
- Chapter 6: The Atonement and Resurrection of Jesus Christ
- Chapter 7: Continuous Revelation through Living Prophets
- Chapter 8: Taking the Gospel to All the World
- Chapter 9: The Law of Tithing
- Chapter 10: The Scriptures: The Most Profitable of all Study
- Chapter 11: True Greatness
- Chapter 12: Come Back and Feast at the Table of the Lord
- Chapter 13: The Temple: The Great Symbol of our Membership
- Chapter 14: Hastening Family History and Temple Work
- Chapter 15: The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper
- Chapter 16: Marriage: An Eternal Partnership
- Chapter 17: Preserve and Protect the Family
- Chapter 18: We Believe in Being Honest
- Chapter 19: Our Commitment to God
- Chapter 20: Walking the Savior’s Path of Charity
- Chapter 21: Faith and Testimony
- Chapter 22: Teaching the Gospel
- Chapter 23: No review
- Chapter 24: Following the Example of Jesus Christ
To see reviews of each chapter of other “Teachings” manuals, click on the links below:
- Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Gordon B. Hinckley (2017), 25 chapters, reviewed by Eric Johnson
- Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Howard W. Hunter (2016), 24 chapters, reviewed by Eric Johnson
- Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Ezra Taft Benson (2015), 24 chapters, reviewed by Eric Johnson
- Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Fielding Smith (2014), 24 chapters, reviewed by Eric Johnson
- Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Lorenzo Snow (2013), 24 chapters, reviewed by Eric Johnson
- Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: George Albert Smith (2012), 24 chapters, reviewed by Eric Johnson
- Teachings of Presidents of the Church, An overview and analysis of the different topics covered in the series of manuals produced by the LDS Church since 1998.
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