{"id":338,"date":"2007-02-22T10:08:20","date_gmt":"2007-02-22T17:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newcoolthang.com\/index.php\/2007\/02\/on-giving-away-books\/338\/"},"modified":"2020-01-09T06:11:04","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T13:11:04","slug":"on-giving-away-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newcoolthang.com\/index.php\/2007\/02\/on-giving-away-books\/338\/","title":{"rendered":"On giving away books."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent post at FPR regarding <a href=\"http:\/\/faithpromotingrumor.wordpress.com\/2007\/02\/21\/the-best-books\/\">the best books<\/a> has gotten me thinking about a few questions.<\/p>\n<p>A. If you had the opportunity to give only one book to someone, in an effort to share your beliefs with them, and with the probability being that you would never see them again, what book would it be and why?* Is the Book of Mormon really the best book for that job?<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nB. If you had the opportunity to give only one book to someone who was just baptized as an adult convert, and you were hoping to give them something to read that would help them stay active and grow spiritually, but again, you&#8217;d probably never see them again, what book would it be and why? <\/p>\n<p>C. If you had an opportunity to give a book to someone who has grown up in the Church, and is about to go away to college, and you are hoping to give them something that will help them stay true to the faith away from their parents&#8217; nest but also help them to grow spiritually, what book would you give them and why? And if this is different from B, why?<\/p>\n<p>D. If you had an opportunity to give only one book to someone who had gone innactive, and you were hoping it would motivate their return, what book would you give them, and why?<\/p>\n<p>E. If you had an opportunity to give a book to your bishop, what book would you give him and why?<\/p>\n<p>F. If you had an opportuntiy to give a book to President Hinckley, what book would you give him and why?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll post my own answers later, but look forward to your thoughts. <\/p>\n<p>*-Personally, before I&#8217;d ever even seen a Book of Mormon, I had read &#8220;The Mormon Faith: A new Look at Christianity&#8221; by Robert L. Millet. 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