Lectures on Faith

Although this text was written in the late 1830's, it is a solid look into LDS teachings and perspectives regarding faith. There are seven lectures total which break down what Joseph Smith taught about faith and how to properly exercise it. If one is seeking a quick, but thurough, insight into how Latter-Day saints view faith, the character of God, and other related topics, this is the book. The lectures are written in a forward and simple fashion. Nearly each lecture is followed by a Q & A-like presentation during which the previous lecture is explained and highlighted. If Bruce R McConkie and Joseph Fielding Smith, besides others, instructed the saints to read this work as though it were canon, then every LDS member ought to. When one is considering to read from any extra-scriptural sources regarding central concepts of the LDS faith, this is the book to begin with!