Item Detail
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32787
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English
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"Seek Ye Earnestly the Best Gifts"
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Perspectives on Mormon Theology: Scriptural Theology
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Salt Lake City, UT
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Greg Kofford Books, Inc
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123-137
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"In reading scripture-- and this text [D&C 46] in particular-- I am myself concerned more with how the revelation establishes community in diversity and among people with disparate spiritual gifts than with merely historical questions. Helpful in highlighting this theme, as I will show, is the constant recurrence of the word 'profit' in this revelation. Moreover, as I will also show, these themes are concretized in the actual work of teaching-- of teaching section 46, for instance. After discussing these themes and by way of conclusion, I will turn to the question of how section 46 addresses epistemological questions about knowledge and belief. At that point, I will say more about what it means to read scripture, and, in particular, say something more about the personal connection I feel with this section." [Author]