![]() ![]() ![]() Suffice it to say, some questions are simply more important than others in discovering the truth. There are certain questions, however, that trump and transcend all others - in essence, they form the crux of an issue. I can think of no one who has borne his testimony to the truth of the. He reminded me of a modern-day Apostle Paul. “Certainly,” he said, “many more questions on cross-examination could be asked. one of the greatest missionaries of our time. ![]() He also asked why this Church has the same fruits as Christ’s original Church if it is not Christ’s Church. “First,” he asked, “how did Joseph Smith know to restore the doctrines and ordinances from the Bible, such as the doctrine of the pre-mortal existence, the true nature of God, the gospel being preached to the dead, baptism for the dead, and many others discussed tonight, when such doctrines and ordinances were not being taught by other contemporary churches of his time? Why was Joseph Smith the only one to discover them and restore them? Even when he is considered a theological genius, were there no other such geniuses in the 1,800 years following the Savior’s ministry who could likewise follow the blueprint with precision?” I met with the missionary and asked if I might ask him a few questions. He noted that in responding to such criticisms, “questions go both ways.” Evidently, the missionary had read some anti-Church literature and felt he no longer had a sufficient testimony to teach the gospel. Regarding criticisms that some make against the Prophet and the work he accomplished, Elder Callister said, “The historical or social concerns that some may have, the alleged scientific conflicts - these are the sideshow the center stage is the doctrines, ordinances, priesthood power, and other fruits of our Church, many of which have been discussed tonight.” You cannot call the fruit good and then call the tree bad.” “Where will he go to get the ordinances that can save and exalt him? Where will he go to have his wife and children sealed to him for eternity? Where will he go when he wants a priesthood blessing of comfort or healing for a family member? Where will he go to find a prophet of God? He will look in vain for those doctrines and those ordinances and those powers and those prophets, as they are unique to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”Įlder Callister asserted, “One cannot have the doctrines and ordinances as restored through the Prophet Joseph Smith without accepting Joseph Smith and the underlying history that is the basis for such. “If someone turns from the Church, where will he go to learn about the restored truths concerning the nature of God as revealed in the Sacred Grove, the preaching of the gospel to the dead, the three degrees of glory and eternal families?” he asked. ![]() Moreover, “If one rejects this Church after studying the blueprint, then it will likely ruin him for any other church because he knows too much,” he said. This Podcast Episode is published from the Latter-day Saint MissionCast podcast with Nick Galieti.“If one were to match the blueprint of Christ’s original Church against every church in the world today, he would find that point for point – organization for organization, teaching for teaching, ordinance for ordinance, fruit for fruit, and revelation for revelation, it will only match one - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,” he said. He was called to the second quorum of Seventy in the April 2008 General Conference. He is scheduled to speak at the 2019 FairMormon Conference in August. Tad has practiced law for twenty-eight years in a family law firm down in California that was started by his father Reed who was himself also a mission president in the British Mission from 1967 until 1969. He is the author of the book “A Case For The Book of Mormon”, published by Deseret Book. 1/3 of his General Conference talks were about our subject on this podcast episode, The Book of Mormon. He has served in a number of Church callings including full-time missionary in the Eastern Atlantic States Mission, bishop, stake president, regional representative, mission president, and Area Seventy.īrother Callister was released as Sunday School General President in the April 2019 General Conference where he gave his 6th and possibly last General Conference talk. He and his wife Kathryn Saporiti are the parents of six children.īrother Callister was serving in the Presidency of the Seventy and as a member of the Second Quorum of the Seventy when he was called as the 21st Sunday School general president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He spent most of his professional career practicing tax law. Tad Callister received a bachelor of science degree in accounting from Brigham Young University, a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of California–Los Angeles, and a master’s degree in tax law from New York University Law School. Callister is author of the book “A Case For The Book of Mormon. ![]()
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