{"id":1324,"date":"2004-09-13T11:16:57","date_gmt":"2004-09-13T15:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=1324"},"modified":"2004-09-13T11:21:07","modified_gmt":"2004-09-13T15:21:07","slug":"best-books-for-new-converts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2004\/09\/best-books-for-new-converts\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Books for New LDS Converts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I live in a relatively mission-field ward, which has a lot of new members.  Several months back, one member asked about reading material.  I happened to have an extra copy of Truth Restored on the shelf, and it seemed like a good new-convert book, so I gave it to the new member.  It was a big hit.  Now, in interactions with other new members, I&#8217;m thinking I should get them some reading material.  But where to start?<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nA glance at the bookcase suggests a number of books that are probably <strong>not<\/strong> good new-convert gifts.  Bushman, Quinn, Compton?  Yeah, that&#8217;s what we want the new member asking the bishop about.  Mormon Doctrine?  It has, shall we say, certain issues.  Nibley?  Hah!  Can you imagine the new member who cracks open Approaching Zion?<br \/>\nSome other choices are possible, but may be a little tricky:  The Miracle of Forgiveness, Faith Precedes the Miracle, Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Lectures on Faith.<br \/>\nThe obvious candidate is the missionary reference set.  Articles of Faith, Jesus the Christ, Marvelous Work, Truth Restored, Gospel Principles, and Our Search.  Lots of bite-sized, not-too-controversial Mormon ideas.<br \/>\nThe Book of Mormon Reference Guide?  Comes to mind, but I found it to be overpriced and under-useful.  (Maybe it&#8217;s more useful for a new member?).<br \/>\nWhat are some other candidates?  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I live in a relatively mission-field ward, which has a lot of new members. Several months back, one member asked about reading material. I happened to have an extra copy of Truth Restored on the shelf, and it seemed like a good new-convert book, so I gave it to the new member. It was a big hit. Now, in interactions with other new members, I&#8217;m thinking I should get them some reading material. But where to start?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corn","category-essential-texts-in-mormon-studies"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1324\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}