References and Additional Material for Video 2 -Faith, Fear, Love, Spiritual Rebirth, Leaving Babylon

 References and Additional Material for Video 2 

Sign of the Dove: "“The sign of the dove was instituted before the creation of the world, a witness for the Holy Ghost, and the devil cannot come in the sign of a dove. … The sign of a dove was given to John to signify the truth of the deed, as the dove is an emblem or token of truth and innocence”. https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bd/dove-sign-of?lang=eng


Putting on Christ: This book talked a lot about spiritual rebirth and how to develop a closer relationship to Christ. He shares the stories from a couple people who found it necessary to turn to Christ in their afflictions and found power in their difficult circumstances. He also mentions the sign of the dove.

https://www.amazon.com/Putting-Christ-Journey-Spiritual-Rebirth-ebook/dp/B08N1JZM6D/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8


Following the Light of Christ into His Presence - One of my absolute favorites. I feel like this could be entitled "How to receive/recognize revelation for Idiots" because he makes it seem so simple. It helped me see how often I was receiving revelation and understand better what President Nelson and apostles are trying to get us to understand when they encourage us to act upon promptings to do good and learn to "Hear Him."

https://www.cedarfort.com/products/following-the-light-of-christ-into-his-presence-paperback

https://www.amazon.com/Following-Light-Christ-into-Presence/dp/B01D95ZUOI   (Audiobook version available here)


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