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Scripture Power
Hank Smith is on a mission to help youth and their families get more out of their scripture study. "Too often," says Brother Smith, "people think they can get by without daily scripture study if they just read once a week for a really long time. That would be like brushing your teeth with sever times the amount of toothpaste on Sunday! It just doesn't work out too well."
In Scripture Power, Hank compares scripture study to gold mining. he says that miners look for veins of gold in the rock--and then they follow the veins. In the scriptures, the stories are the rock, and the principles we extract from them are the gold. He teaches the concept of "Read it." "Find it," and "Use it" to help listeners find the gold and apply the life-saving principles mined in their scripture study. With entertaining stories, examples from the scriptures, and inspiring quotes from Church leaders, Brother Smith drives home his points in a powerful way. He closes with this testimony of the Savior: "My hope is that you will read about Him in the Book of Mormon, that you will find Him and a relationship with Him in that book, and that you will use His Atonement---the gift He has given us---because of what you read and find in the Book of Mormon."
In Scripture Power, Hank compares scripture study to gold mining. he says that miners look for veins of gold in the rock--and then they follow the veins. In the scriptures, the stories are the rock, and the principles we extract from them are the gold. He teaches the concept of "Read it." "Find it," and "Use it" to help listeners find the gold and apply the life-saving principles mined in their scripture study. With entertaining stories, examples from the scriptures, and inspiring quotes from Church leaders, Brother Smith drives home his points in a powerful way. He closes with this testimony of the Savior: "My hope is that you will read about Him in the Book of Mormon, that you will find Him and a relationship with Him in that book, and that you will use His Atonement---the gift He has given us---because of what you read and find in the Book of Mormon."
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First published January 1, 2013
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About the author
Hank Smith
57 books112 followersHank Smith enjoys teaching in the Religious Education Department at BYU and is a favorite speaker for Especially for Youth, Best of Especially for Youth, and BYU Education Week.
Hank and his wife, Sara, were both born and raised in St. George, Utah. They are the parents of one daughter and four sons. Brother Smith enjoys running marathons and eating lots and lots of ice cream (which is why he runs marathons). More than anything else, he loves being at home spending all day with his wife and children.
You can follow him on Facebook at www.facebook.com/hanksmithcds
Hank and his wife, Sara, were both born and raised in St. George, Utah. They are the parents of one daughter and four sons. Brother Smith enjoys running marathons and eating lots and lots of ice cream (which is why he runs marathons). More than anything else, he loves being at home spending all day with his wife and children.
You can follow him on Facebook at www.facebook.com/hanksmithcds
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September 1, 2019
Thoroughly enjoyed listening to this one. His humor mixed with his insights were quite welcome. Our family started listening to it together and we are going to try finishing reading the Book of Mormon with the focus of finding principles, like Hank teaches.
April 10, 2020
I thought I had listened to this already. Maybe I did because some of it seemed really familiar--that's why I have to make note in goodreads of the books I've read : )
One reason I thought I had listened to this is because I can remember hearing from Hank Smith somewhere that it's not READING the Book of Mormon that we are supposed to do, but, as it says in the introduction of the Book of Mormon, "Concerning this record the Prophet Joseph Smith said: “I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.” WE WOULD GET NEARER TO GOD BY ABIDING BY ITS PRECEPTS. So, Hank Smith suggests not just reading the scriptures with your family but then going back and writing the PRINCIPLES THAT YOU LEARNED from what you read, and concentrate on that, live by the precepts that you learned.
I love how Brother Smith finished his talk. From Mosiah 18:30, easy to remember because what was the year the Book of Mormon printed, 1830. The verse says, "And now it came to pass that all this was done in MORMON, yea, by the waters of MORMON, in the forest that was near the waters of MORMON; yea, the place of MORMON, the waters of MORMON, the forest of MORMON, how beautiful are they to the eyes of them who there came to the knowledge of their Redeemer; yea, and how blessed are they, for they shall sing to his praise forever."
Alma is baptizing at the Waters of Mormon. Why is the word Mormon used 6 times in one verse? What is he doing here? And then Hank saw a note from Joseph B. Worthin which said this, "How marvelous that the Book of Mormon, the most powerful instrument upon the face of the earth today for bringing all who will head it's message, "the knowledge of their Redeemer" should bear the name of this hallowed place."
Brother Hanks goes on to say that he personally believes that the Book of Mormon was not named after it's author. He believes it was named after a place. He believes the author, Mormon, called it the Book of Mormon because he knew that in this book people would come to the knowledge of their Redeemer. And he wanted to make that clear in Mosiah 18:30, that when we heard that name, Mormon, we didn't think of him, WE THOUGHT OF A PLACE, where people come to the knowledge of their Redeemer.
Elder Holland said, "Love, healing, hope, help, the power of Christ to counter all troubles in all times." Parents can you think of anything else you would want for your children? That is the message which the Book of Mormon begins and ends with.
Read it. Find it. Use it.
Read about Him. Find Him. Use His Atonement. Because of what you read and find in the Book of Mormon
One reason I thought I had listened to this is because I can remember hearing from Hank Smith somewhere that it's not READING the Book of Mormon that we are supposed to do, but, as it says in the introduction of the Book of Mormon, "Concerning this record the Prophet Joseph Smith said: “I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.” WE WOULD GET NEARER TO GOD BY ABIDING BY ITS PRECEPTS. So, Hank Smith suggests not just reading the scriptures with your family but then going back and writing the PRINCIPLES THAT YOU LEARNED from what you read, and concentrate on that, live by the precepts that you learned.
I love how Brother Smith finished his talk. From Mosiah 18:30, easy to remember because what was the year the Book of Mormon printed, 1830. The verse says, "And now it came to pass that all this was done in MORMON, yea, by the waters of MORMON, in the forest that was near the waters of MORMON; yea, the place of MORMON, the waters of MORMON, the forest of MORMON, how beautiful are they to the eyes of them who there came to the knowledge of their Redeemer; yea, and how blessed are they, for they shall sing to his praise forever."
Alma is baptizing at the Waters of Mormon. Why is the word Mormon used 6 times in one verse? What is he doing here? And then Hank saw a note from Joseph B. Worthin which said this, "How marvelous that the Book of Mormon, the most powerful instrument upon the face of the earth today for bringing all who will head it's message, "the knowledge of their Redeemer" should bear the name of this hallowed place."
Brother Hanks goes on to say that he personally believes that the Book of Mormon was not named after it's author. He believes it was named after a place. He believes the author, Mormon, called it the Book of Mormon because he knew that in this book people would come to the knowledge of their Redeemer. And he wanted to make that clear in Mosiah 18:30, that when we heard that name, Mormon, we didn't think of him, WE THOUGHT OF A PLACE, where people come to the knowledge of their Redeemer.
Elder Holland said, "Love, healing, hope, help, the power of Christ to counter all troubles in all times." Parents can you think of anything else you would want for your children? That is the message which the Book of Mormon begins and ends with.
Read it. Find it. Use it.
Read about Him. Find Him. Use His Atonement. Because of what you read and find in the Book of Mormon
July 12, 2020
I just love Hank Smith's talks.
January 17, 2015
This was loaned to me by people in our congregation. It was entertaining and gave me some great ideas to improve my own scripture study as well as family scripture study. I would like to listen to it again, but for now I am on to my next Hank Smith talk, the Do's and Dont's of Dating. Luckily for me, it seems my library has them all! The Beddows, who loaned those two talks to me, say all their youth love these talks and they just know, if they are going somewhere in a car, they are going to be listening to one of these talks. Great idea!
May 20, 2015
Inspirational, funny, and helpful. We liked listening to this as a family.
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