2nd speaker

Prisoner, open the king of England's eyes. Burned at the stake... condemned. William Tindale who published the bible in English. If god spares my life, boy who drives the plough will know more of the scriptures than the pope himself. Direct access to the scriptures threatened the authority of the church.

Tindale had to live in hiding, sacrificed to do his translations. Authorities burned the copies. Scriptures in English began to be publically available. Tindale sacrificed to bring the word of god out of obscurity, and others who copied the words.

Importance of scriptures. Alma entrusted records to Helaman, scriptures enlarge the memory of the people, bring to knowledge of god. Preserve the records, so god can show forth his power. Save and exault god's children. Brings us to repentance. Help us always remember the lord, remind us of what we knew in premortality, teach us about epic people and events.

Help us not forget what others have learned. Without it, we will forget our purpose. Scriptures are key to knowledge and redemption. Without scriptures.. spiritual ignorance.

Bible and other scriptures are readily at hand, but people won't open the books. Scriptures are the standard for distinguishing truth and error. It will unmask sin. Help us realize divine potential. Scriptures condemn moral relativism and Korihor's teaching. Scriptures teach there is a divine moral code. Many today would dispute the seriousness of immorality. Some say that god's love is permissive, there is no need for repentance. They immagined a Jesus who wants social justice but makes no demands on their behavior. God's commands are protection, real happiness is repentance and forgiveness. Integrity, responsibility, charity... blessings come from honoring true principles. If scriptural truths are abandoned, decay is close behind. Nothing is left to sustain societal institutions.

Scriptures fill our souls with faith in god and Jesus. Faith in atonement and ressurection, come to know true god. Word of God is like a seed. Faith doesn't come merely from study or ARCHEOLOGY OR SCIENCE OR MIRACLES. (wow... OMG... the BoM is true. The fact that no archeology supports it and it makes no sense in what we know from science just CONFIRMS THAT IT"S TRUE) faith comes from the witness of HG... feast upon the word of god.

Spiritual accounts of others strengthen our faith. We hear and take courage from scriptures... young boy prophet... JS.HG bears witness of the father and the son. The spirit verifies the scriptures, ponder and pray.. they are revelation and will bring revelation. Words of prophets from General Conference, which the LORD CALLS SCRIPTURE (so, how does the apologetic argument, "he was speaking as a man," work?). Never in history has a people been so blessed with holy writ. HOw incredible. With this blessing, the lord is telling us that we need the scriptures more than people in any other time.

Scriptures tell us all things we should do. Testimony of the father and the son as they are revealed in scriptures.