Draw near unto Me : Daily Reflections on the Doctr - Hardcover

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Robert L. Millet and Lloyd D. Newell are members of the Religious Education faculty at Brigham Young University and coauthors of Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee, and When Ye Shall Receive These Things.

Brother Millet, professor of ancient scripture study and former dean of Religious Education at BYU, has served with Church Public Affairs and the Materials Evaluation Committee of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is the author of numerous books, including Grace Works, More Holiness Give Me, and Alive in Christ. He and his wife, Shauna Sizemore Millet, are the parents of six children.

Brother Newell teaches classes at BYU in the department of Church History and Doctrine and in the School of Family Life. He ahs served as the announcer and a writer for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir broadcast "Music and the Spoken Word" since 1990 and is the author of two books, The Divine Connection and May Peace Be with You. He and his wife, Karmel H. Newell, are the parents of four children

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Excerpt (Preface)

After long centuries in which divine authority and precious truths were lost from the earth, morning broke on a beautiful spring day in 1820. God the Eternal Father and his Beloved Son, Jesus Christ, appeared to a fourteen-year-old boy who was seeking divine assurance. That First Vision marked the beginning of God s revelations in this final dispensation and the reestablishment of his kingdom on the earth. Foundational to it were the translation and publication of the Book of Mormon, which sets forth plainly the nature of fallen man and the need for redemption from the Fall and reconciliation with the Father through the gift of the Atonement.

The Lord continued to reveal his truths to the young Prophet Joseph Smith, giving him precept upon precept the instructions necessary to organize and teach a covenant people. Soon the revelations were compiled into the volume of scripture we know as the Doctrine and Covenants. Just as the keystone of our religion, the Book of Mormon, invites all to come unto Christ, so the capstone of our religion, the Doctrine and Covenants, invites all to come unto Christ s kingdom, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (Benson, A Witness and a Warning, 36).

We invite you to walk with us through the Doctrine and Covenants, reading the passages of scripture and reflecting upon their meaning. Intended only to add to your scripture study, not to replace it, the daily essays are our thoughts, and we encourage you to search the scriptures for your own insights and applications.

"Draw near unto me and I will draw near unto you; seek me diligently and ye shall find me (Doctrine and Covenants 88:63)."