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WATCH—David F. Holland's 2016 Maxwell lecture, "Latter-day Saints and the Problem of Pain"

November 08, 2016 12:00 AM
David F. Holland's 2017 Neal A. Maxwell lecture is now available on the Institute's YouTube channel. The title of his remarks is 'Latter-day Saints and the Problem of Pain.' A transcript of the lecture will also be available in the coming weeks. For more about our 10th anniversary celebration, which featured this lecture, see mi.byu.edu/10years.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp97FgzjQR0
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Now on YouTube: Bonnie Brinton's 2015 Maxwell Lecture

February 01, 2016 12:00 AM
As a scholar-practitioner of speech-language pathology, Dr. Bonnie Brinton has learned to allowing spiritual and academic insight flow both ways. Her faith sometimes informs her research and her research sometimes informs her faith. For over thirty years she has discovered 'small and simple' principles to sustain her contributions to the understanding and treatment of children’s language impairment. Dr. Brinton spoke of her work and faith in the 2015 Neal A. Maxwell Lecture.The lecture is now available on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSIK3YDIYpI 'What we learned from working with Jenny offered us some important spiritual insights. Jenny had a lot going on in her life, and her behavior was highly inconsistent. She could not be judged any given day on the basis of how she had behaved the day before. Jenny’s behavior was often challenging, but she was employing new emotional knowledge and language ability to enact small acts of heroism. We could never really know what it felt like to be Jenny, we could only guess. In assessing Jenny’s behavior, we were reminded that only the Lord really knows what is inside of us. Only He can truly evaluate or judge our behavior in any situation. Only the Lord knows our personal contexts and our understanding. Only the Lord can know a person’s intentions or evaluate a person’s behavior. Only the Lord can assess each person’s progress. No wonder the Savior instructed us, 'Judge not that ye be not judged''
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James Faulconer's 2014 Neal A. Maxwell Lecture now available on YouTube

August 19, 0015 12:00 AM
What is a 'family'? This question was the focus of the 2014 Neal A. Maxwell Lecture featuring James E. Faulconer. The entire lecture (with a few technical glitches) is now available on our YouTube channel.
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Elder Maxwell's life discussed in 2014 "Men and Women of Faith" lecture series

April 22, 0014 12:00 AM
The life of Elder Neal A. Maxwell was recently discussed as part of the Church History Library's 'Men and Women of Faith' lecture series. The Church History Library has made this lecture and others from the series available online at history.lds.org:
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Marilyn Arnold's 2011 Neal A. Maxwell lecture, "The Book of Mormon: Passport to Discipleship," now available

June 15, 0013 12:00 AM
The fifth annual Neal A. Maxwell lecture was delivered by BYU emeritus professor of English Marilyn Arnold on March 10, 2011. In this devotional address, Arnold describes how her love of literary scholarship meshed with her developing views of Christian discipleship as she discovered literary richness in the Book of Mormon.
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Alan C. Ashton's 2012 Neal A. Maxwell lecture, "Oh How Christ Sanctifies His Own," now available

April 20, 0013 12:00 AM
We're working to upload each of the annual Neal A. Maxwell lectures from 2007 to the present to YouTube. Today's addition comes from Alan C. Ashton, who delivered the sixth annual Neal A. Maxwell Lecture in April 2012. His devotional approach highlights various names used in scripture to identify Jesus Christ and discusses what the names indicate about the mission of Jesus Christ. A transcript of Ashton's address is available here, which includes an appendix of the names for Christ that Ashton has collected in his study of the scriptures.
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James S. Jardine's lecture, “Elder Neal A. Maxwell: A Disciple’s Light"

April 10, 0013 12:00 AM
James S. Jardine recently presented the seventh annual Neal A. Maxwell Lecture, "Elder Neal A. Maxwell: A Disciple's Light.' The lecture is now available on our YouTube channel. The lecture focused on Elder Neal A. Maxwell as an example of thoughtful discipleship. Jardine related personal stories about Elder Maxwell's public, church, and personal service and emphasized the need for meekness and charity when explaining, defending, or teaching about the gospel. At the conclusion of the lecture, Jardine described Elder Maxwell's experience of writing his first conference address as a newly called apostle. (See the address, 'O, Divine Redeemer!' here.)
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