The path to salvation and happiness is explored and explained. This book provides a rich treasury of President Smith's timeless gospel insights.

    It gives historical background and explains difficult scripture passages. You will also find maps, calendars, time lines, and charts that will increase your understanding of the New Testament. This also makes for a great personal study guide.

    He would not have lived in vain. Born with only one arm, a twisted back, and badly deformed legs, and orphaned while still a boy, Charlie also carried with him the legacy of his resolute mother: "You can do anything you want to if you want it badly enough".Charlie's will to live -- and to live largely -- will eventually win him the respect of his peers, the gratitude of his town, and the love of a very special woman who is able to look past his deformities and see into his heart. This inspiring tale, already embraced by more than 300,000 readers, will lift your spirits and reconfirm your faith in the basic human qualities of courage and compassion.

    Maxwell, a professed disciple of the Savior and member of the First Council of the Seventy in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, responds with direct, succinct answers, or "depositions." The device he uses, that of giving a deposition, suggests a legal setting. However, he explains, it is used here as a way of preserving testimony, a device for discovering and eliciting evidence. Two questioners are represented: the Questing (or true) Believer and the Near Believer, who probes because he wants to believe but also does not want to be "taken in." Elder Maxwell deals with such current concerns as the reality of Satan, the place of the thinker in the Church today, the civic responsibilities of a disciple, moral issues, universal brotherhood, commitment to gospel principles, the role of women, and family life in the Church. For members and investigators of the Church, particularly youth and young adults, Deposition of a Disciple gives concise reasons and insights into the views and beliefs of a true disciple.

    

    

    

    His book shows how a theory can be transformed into reality. (from back cover)