Jesus Christ: The Only Sure Foundation

by Robert L. Millet

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570086389
• ISBN13: 9781570086380
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Bookcraft
• Length: 199 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Best book on the Atonement ("Beliving Christ" not exempt!)

Bar none, this book is the single best volume for learning about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints teaching on the Atonement of Jesus Christ. It has an advantage over the more popular "Believing Christ," because Dr. Millet spends more time getting into the exquisiteness of the Fall of Adam and Eve. Steven Robinson vaguely alludes to the Fall in "Believing Christ," although he has a chapter devoted to that pillar of eternity in "Following Christ," the ugly stepsister of the two books.I think that this book covers all of the topics, and has two chapters devoted to Justification and Sanctification, specifically naming these concepts, while Robinson only describes them. I am not trying to pit the two books against each other, but I think that Dr, Millet has a more through explanation of the dynamics of Christ's mission vis-à-vis Adam's mission.Several years ago, Elder McConkie spoke of the Three Pillars of Eternity, and chapter three of the Harold B. Lee manual picks up on the same concept, namely we need to understand Adam's role and mission before we can understand Christ's role and mission. And Adam's mission as predicated upon the nature of the Creation. See 1 Cor. 15:45-49; Mormon 9:11-13; 2 Nephi 2. These Three Pillar of Creation, Fall, and Atonement are perfectly taught in the Endowment.Dr. Millet picked up on these three pillars and writes a marvelous book getting into all the details of the Fall and the Atonement. Indeed, it stands to reason that if the Atonement was infinite and eternal, that the fall must also be infinite and eternal, falling from an infinite and eternal creation.I would recommend reading "Believing Christ," and "Following Christ," then reading "Within Reach," then reading this book, to get everything in order. Then go on to reading "Alive in Christ," also by Dr. Millet, then Elder Bruce C. Hafen's The Trilogy of the Heart. No scholar can say to another, "I have no need of thee."