The Heart of the Gospel ~ Richard D. Gardner ~ Softbound ~ ISBN: 9781890718688

The Heart of the Gospel. Explorations into the Workings of the Atonement

by Richard D. Gardner.

Eborn Books: 2013. 192 pages. Softcover; NEW!

Using a mindset influenced both by scientific training and by a deep appreciation of God’s love for us, Richard D. Gardner has analyzed the doctrines of the gospel most important to salvation, asking questions and searching for answers and analogies that help explain both the love and logic of the gospel, and the atonement. He also explains Jesus’s role as the Firstborn and the Only Begotten, and how we can take advantage of the atonement and become joint heirs with him.

About the Author:

Brother Gardner was born in Logan, Utah. He served a mission in Brazil, graduated in biology from Utah State University, and god his PhD in molecular and cellular biology from the University of Arizona. He researched yeast cell cycle control at the University of Virginia. For the past nine years he has taught biology at privately-owned and LDS-oriented Southern Virginia University. He has been Elders Quorum President, ward clerk, and has taught gospel doctrine. He is a commissioner in the Boy Scouts of America. He and his wife Naomi have had six children.

Gardner also wrote God’s Organizing Power. Explorations into the Power and Blessings of the Priesthood. ISBN: 9781890718831

More recently he authored the following book:

Gardner, Richard D. Beneficiaries of the Restoration: Our Privileges, Responsibilities and Attitude Regarding Scripture, History, Truth and Zion. Eborn Books: Salt Lake City, Utah, 2018. 394 pages. Softbound. ISBN: 9781986093637. 

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