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Why Do We Read the Scriptures?
June 2024

“Why Do We Read the Scriptures?” Friend, June 2024, 16.

Answers from an Apostle

Why Do We Read the Scriptures?

By Elder D. Todd Christofferson

Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

D. Todd Christofferson

Adapted from “The Blessing of Scripture,” Liahona, May 2010, 32–35.

Girl reading scriptures

Illustration by Brooke Smart

The scriptures help us remember Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.

They teach us right from wrong.

Stories in the scriptures help our faith grow stronger.

The Holy Ghost teaches us as we read.