“Contents,” Ensign, Apr. 1982
Special Features
First Presidency Message: “God So Loved the World”President N. Eldon Tanner
“I Know That My Redeemer Lives”Elder Thomas S. Monson
Discovering God’s LoveMaureen Derrick Keeler
Family Easter TraditionsAnn H. Banks
Teaching Teens Self-DisciplineRon and Sherri Zirker
Reducing Stress: Welcome Thoughts for the Over-InvolvedEric Stephan
Mario Aranda: Caring for the IndividualBerniece Rabe
“We Will Go”: The Robertson ResponseMuriel Jenkins Heal
Sharing the Gospel with Friends: A Group ApproachRobert L. Hamblin
Unexpected HarvestGladys C. Farmer
How the Bible Came to Be: Part 4, The Canon Becomes an Unread RelicLenet H. Read
Five Empires of the Ancient Near East: A Historical Backdrop of 1 Kings to Matthew John A. Tvedtnes
The Confederate Officer and “That Mormon Girl”: A Nineteenth-Century RomanceWilliam G. Hartley
When Your Wife Has a Church Calling … Gerald R. Schiefer
Saved by BlackberriesMarty Smith
Laura’s AdvocateSarah E. Hinze
The Microfilm Mission of Archibald F. BennettKahlile Mehr
Regular Features
Poetry Continuity Florence Boutwell There Comes a Time Donnell Hunter Unnamed Disciple Margaret Green
I Have a QuestionRobert C. Patch Ruth Gardner
Sharing
Random Sampler
Mirthright: Enduring to the End (of the Row)Jean A. Moultrie
News of the Church
On the cover: The Resurrected Christ in Galilee, by Gary Smith, 27″ by 36″, oil on canvas, 1982.
Inside front cover: The Resurrected Lord Prays with Nephites at Bountiful, by Ted Henninger, 24″ by 36″, oil on canvas, 1980. Located in the Church Historical Department.
Inside back cover: Pioneers Entering Cache Valley, 1856, by Everett Thorpe, 82″ by 40″, oil on canvas 1952. Located in the Church Historical Department.