I was given this book by a lady in one of my ward's on my mission. I read it, according to the date written on the inside cover of my book, in March of 2004. It is a collection of some of Elder Holland's talks. And since we all know how awesome his talks are it goes without saying that this book is likewise pretty awesome.
There is a talk from this book which I have always remembered ever since reading it. It is from his talk called "Teaching, Preaching, Healing." He quotes Matthew 4:23 which says, "And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people." He then summarizes the next few chapters which involve Christ's sermon on the mount as well as many more instances of him healing others. Then he quotes Matthew 9:35 which says, "And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people." He uses this to explain that we too must be the kind of teacher's who in the process of teaching can heal others. Christ wants our teaching to lead to healing of the spiritual kind. I found this talk and his breakdown to be very interesting and informative. The other talks are excellent as well.
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