This chapter explores the concept of building faith as a pyramid structure, with faith at the top, evidence in the middle, and reason at the foundation. Drawing examples from religious texts and personal experiences, it emphasizes the importance of understanding the reasons and evidence behind beliefs to strengthen faith.
Can we approach gaining and keeping a testimony using the Scientific Method? Dr. S. Michael Wilcox weaves science, faith, and testimony together while examining Alma’s treatise on faith.
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TIMECODE
- 00:00 Part I - Dr. Michael Wilcox
- 00:53 What to expect
- 03:08 Dr. Michael Wilcox’s bio
- 05:45 Pyramid of faith
- 07:12 Why societies fall
- 10:33 Evidence, substance, and assurance
- 12:43 Experience, authority, and reason
- 15:33 Building faith
- 17:50 Alma 32:27 - Scientific method
- 19:41 Alma 31:1-21 - Humility
- 23:50 Alma 32:21 - Remember God’s mercy
- 27:16 Testimony is a living thing
- 30:34 Alma 32:28 - Letting testimony grow
- 32:43 Alma 32:33-4 - Testing our hypothesis
- 39:33 Making conclusions
- 40:49 Swellings, burning, and enlightenments
- 44:30 Burning in the bosom
- 46:08 Alma issues warnings
- 48:17 Alma 32:29 - Our hypothesis: Jesus Christ lives
- 51:55 Alma 32: 25-7 -The Book of Mormon is brilliantly constructed
- 55:03 How testimony becomes a law instead of hypothesis
- 59:0 Alma 32:40 - What the tree is
- 1:04:36 “Weed Your Brain, Grow Your Testimony”
- 1:07:50 When silence is required
- 1:11:05 What seed did Alma ask them to plant?
- 1:24:54 - End of Part 1 - Dr. Michael Wilcox
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