Joseph B. Wirthlin
Joseph B. Wirthlin
Joseph Bitner Wirthlinwas an American businessman, religious leader and member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was sustained to the Twelve on October 4, 1986, and ordained an apostle on October 9, 1986, by Thomas S. Monson. He became an apostle following the death of church president Spencer W. Kimball. As a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, Wirthlin was accepted by the church membership as a prophet,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth11 June 1917
CountryUnited States of America
Telescopes and microscopes bring to our view the otherwise unseen and unknown.
Seeing life from an eternal perspective helps us focus our limited mortal energies on the things that matter most.
Every person on the earth today lived at one time in heavenly realms. We walked with our Heavenly Father. We knew Him. We heard His voice. We loved Him.
My beloved Elisa, my companion and wife, whom I love and revere, is one of the most noble of our Heavenly Father's handmaidens.
We have numerous examples of perseverance in the scriptures, in secular history, and in our own experiences.
You can get people to work by using threats or by promising rewards.
Joining a new church and starting a new life is never easy and often frightening.
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Every home is a house of learning either for good or otherwise.
Having received the Spirit of Christ to know good from evil, we should always choose the good.
I don't know whether we Church members fully appreciate the Book of Mormon, one of our sacred scriptures, as we really should.
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