To finish up my study of President M. Russell Ballard, I wanted to share one of my favorite messages he gave on faith. Faith was the third most common topic he taught. The message I want to highlight is called, The Joy of Hope Fulfilled and was given in the October 1992 General Conference. In …
The second most common topic spoken of by President M. Russell Ballard was missionary work. He was passionate about this subject. While there were many messages to choose from, my favorite talk on missionary work was given in the October 2004 General Conference entitled, Pure Testimony. While there were other messages that spoke of missionary …
Other than speaking about our Savior, Jesus Christ, the number one topic that President M. Russell Ballard spoke about was family. This is so telling. By my count, of the seventy-nine messages he shared during his ministry, twenty-two of them had family as a main topic. That is over a fourth of his messages! Family …
When I decided to do this study, I knew I wanted to read and study each of President Ballard’s conference messages. This is a big undertaking! There were 79 messages that President Ballard shared during his time in the Quorum of the Twelve. As I studied I kept a running list of various things, such …
I’ve wanted to do an apostle study for quite a while now, and when President M. Russell Ballard passed away last autumn, I thought it would be a good opportunity. I came up with my plan but I really didn’t do much with it until this last summer. I read his biography, Anxiously Engaged by …