I just love this video below from Jared Halverson. Within the first fifteen minutes he tells two stories of the power of the Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ on two people’s lives. The first is about a guy living in Southern California. He loved surfing, playing baseball, and swing dancing. At one of his swing dancing events he met a girl he liked. He then heard about the Joseph Smith story and the Book of Mormon story on a first date with that girl. Later that night, while lying in bed, he couldn’t fall asleep. He kept thinking about the story the girl had told him. He called her at 2 AM and told her a needed a copy of the copy of the Book of Mormon. You will have to watch the video below to find out what happens. It involves the guy smoking cigarettes while reading that book. Fascinating! Then the other story that Brother Halverson tells involves Brother Halverson’s wife. You can find these stories at about the 6:20 mark.

Later on in the video, Brother Halverson quotes an unnamed famous female actor who said, “The trouble with being famous is that you can’t give anyone a first impression.” Interesting! I’m sure the Book of Mormon feels the same way. Many people think they know about the Book of Mormon without even reading it. Please don’t form an opinion about it unless you read it. If you are an honest truthseeker, you will come to know that this book does indeed testify of Jesus Christ as the Only Begotten Son of God, our Redeemer and Savior.

Some people did an interesting experiment a few years ago. They enlarged pages from the Book of Mormon and placed them on display on some big city sidewalks. Then they asked passers-by to read these pages, without these people knowing the title of the book, and then they recorded the people’s answers. Watch the video below.

Like I blogged about it last week here, reading and living the precepts of the Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ will do at least two things for you:

1. Bring you nearer to God than any other book.
2. Prepare you to face the future more confidently than any other book.

That’s exciting and amazing!

That’s because similar events in the Book of Mormon have been happening and are today. It’s parallel prophecy. God in His mercy has allowed this book to come forth to prepare us. The Book of Mormon starts out with persecution of Lehi and his family. Persecution of believers in God have happened again and is happening today. Here’s Lesson 2 from Hannah Stoddard about how the Book of Mormon can help us with its parallel prophecy.