Have you ever struggled with an apparent conflict between your faith and reason? So I would say that reading the scriptures, pondering them, and then writing about them has been the method that has been most helpful for me-for any subject, including the Atonement of Jesus Christ.Īlso, when I find some thought or idea, to be able to share it with my wife or someone else and have a conversation about it while it’s fresh on my mind, is also a helpful way to get good insights. It helps me use the rest of the day more wisely. He said, “Well, I was sharpening my axe.”įor me, studying in the morning is like spiritually sharpening the axe. The one axeman just kept hacking away at the trees, while the other one would go away every hour or so and do something behind a shed.Īt the end of the day, the fellow that never stopped was surprised the other one had cut down more trees and asked, “What were you doing behind the shed that enabled you to cut down more trees than me?” For me, it’s like that story of two men who have a contest cutting down trees with axes. I find it is usually best to do it in the morning. Then, I like to usually do some writing about a gospel topic because that forces me to crystallize and articulate my thoughts, and thereby gain a better understanding of the doctrine that I am studying. I like to begin in the morning reading the scriptures-usually sequentially. What are Tad Callister’s personal scripture study habits? So one thing I’ve learned is the interrelationship rather than the separateness of those three doctrinal principles in the Church. As we do those things, we’re able to utilize the Savior’s Atonement so we can fulfill the plan of salvation-which is to return to God and become like Him. It’s the Savior’s sacrifice that makes it possible to be resurrected, to return to God, and to become more like Him.Īnd of course, the contributor of that is the Savior.Īnd that interrelates to the Doctrine of Christ, which is the doctrine that we must have faith, repent, be baptized, received the Holy Ghost, feast upon the words of Christ, and endure to the end.
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It shows us how to get there-how to return to God’s presence.īut the Atonement of Jesus Christ is the vehicle that can get us there. The author of that plan is our Heavenly Father.
The answers could be, “It’s the plan of salvation,” or “the Atonement of the Savior,” or “the Doctrine of Christ.” I think I have come to realize how those three interrelate to each other.įor example, the plan of salvation is the explanation of how we return to our Father in Heaven and become like Him so that we might have a fullness of joy. By that, I mean, sometimes people say, “What is the gospel of Jesus Christ?” One of the truths I learned about the atonement of the Savior was its relationship to the Plan of Salvation and the Doctrine of Christ. I think it’s a doctrine that has a never-ending depth to it. What have you learned about the Savior since publishing The Infinite Atonement? We like to do a lot of things with our family, our children and grandchildren. We have some down at BYU-Provo and one at BYU-Idaho. Our first is just headed for a mission to Houston South, Vietnamese-speaking. We just had our 50 th wedding anniversary. I play three times a week and am looking forward to entering into the Senior Olympics coming up in October. I practiced law for 34 years and then rendered some full-time service in the Church as a mission president, in the Seventies quorum, and then the General Sunday School presidency. Tad Callister is former General Sunday School president for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and author of several books about Latter-day Saint theology, including The Infinite Atonement and A Case for the Book of Mormon.
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