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Let's Talk About The Law of Consecration

What is the law of consecration, and who is required to live it? Is it a law relegated to past Saints, or does it apply to members of the Church today? In Steven C. Harper's book Let's Talk about the Law of Consecration, you will learn things about consecration that have stayed the same since the beginning and other aspects of the law that have changed over time. One thing that remains the same is the reason for keeping the law: love for God and others, including the poor. In light of temple covenants, we might wonder how else we live the law today. As we study the revelations to the early Saints and "seek, receive, and act on the Lord's revelations to [us] personally," we will know how to live according to the law of consecration today.

 

Let's Talk about the Law of Consecration is part of the Let's Talk About series—small, approachable books on important Latter-day Saint topics, written by trusted, faithful scholars who can thoroughly explain crucial issues in a digestible way. For people who have sincere questions and are seeking answers, this series provides access to some of the best thinking in the Church.

Other books in the series:

  • Polygamy
  • Religion and Mental Health
  • Book of Abraham
  • Faith and Intellect
Pages - 129
4.25" x 7"
Paperback

Steven C. Harper
Steven C. Harper is a professor of Church history and doctrine at Brigham Young University. In 2013 Steve was appointed as the managing historian and general editor of Saints: The Story of the Church of Jesus Christ in the Latter Days. He was named editor in chief of BYU Studies Quarterly in September 2019. He earned a bachelor's degree from BYU, an MA in American history from Utah State University, and a PhD in early American history from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He began teaching courses in religion and history at BYU Hawaii in 2000 and joined the Religious Education faculty at BYU in 2002. That year he also became a volume editor of The Joseph Smith Papers and the document editor for BYU Studies. He taught at the BYU Jerusalem Center for Near . Eastern Studies in 2011-2012. He is also the author of several books, including Making Sense of the Doctrine and Covenants (Deseret Book, 2008) and First Vision: Memory and Mormon Origins (Oxford University Press, 2019), along with dozens of articles. He and his wife, Jennifer Sebring Harper, live in Utah.

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