Part 1 - The Ten Commandments of a Peculiar People 9 Minutes 24 Seconds
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The following biograpical sketch is adapted from: "In Memoriam: Elder Bruce R. McConkie, Advocate for Truth," published in the New Era for June 1985, page 8 following Elder McConkie's death.
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At six feet, five inches, Elder Bruce R. McConkie of the Quorum of the Twelve was an impressive figure. His physical stature in some ways matched his striving for eternal truth. A friend and fellow member of the First Council of the Seventy, Elder S. Dilworth Young, once wrote of Elder McConkie: "He is impatient with half truth and intolerant of untruth. The way to righteousness is a clearly marked road of scriptural and revealed truth. He will have nothing else" (Ensign, Jan. 1973, p. 11).
On April 19, 1985, Elder Bruce R. McConkie passed away in Salt Lake City. He was 69 years old. He had battled against cancer for more than a year, undergoing surgery for colon cancer in January 1984. He subsequently returned full-time to his apostolic duties while continuing chemotherapy treatment. His last public appearance was on April 6, when he addressed the Church's general conference.
Elder Bruce R. McConkie had served in the Quorum of the Twelve since 1972. He had also served in the First Council of the Seventy for 26 years prior to his calling to the Quorum of the Twelve. Elder McConkie was the first child born to Oscar W. McConkie and Margaret Vivian Redd. His father practiced law in Monticello, Utah, until Bruce was 12. The family then moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, where his father studied law for a year. Even though just a deacon, Bruce taught the Book of Mormon in the family Sunday School.
Following his father's year of law study, Bruce and his four brothers and a sister returned from Ann Arbor to Salt Lake City with their parents. As youngsters they enjoyed working on the farm in Monticello every summer. Their home life encouraged Bruce to think seriously about the gospel. Mealtime conversations centered on gospel subjects. As the children grew older, their father held weekly family gatherings just to talk.
At age 19, Bruce served a two-year mission in the Eastern States Mission. After returning home he attended school at the University of Utah, earning his B.A. degree, and later his juris doctor degree. It was while walking to and from school at the university that he developed a habit of study that was of great value to him. He would think of a subject in the gospel such as repentance and would then, in his mind, make up an outline for a sermon on the subject, adding the appropriate scriptures and supporting material. Doing this daily as he walked gave him practice in analysis of doctrinal subjects. This careful organization and logical progression was evident in his sermons.
Genesis - Leviticus
Numbers - Joshua
Judges - 2 Samuel
1 Kings - 2 Chronicles
Ezra - Job
Psalms
Proverbs - Songs of Solomon
Isaiah - Jeremiah
Lamentations - Hosea
Joel - Nahum
Habakkuk - Malachi
Matthew - John
Acts - 2 Corinthians
Galatians - 2 Timothy
Titus - James
1 Peter - Revelations
1 Nephi - Jacob
Enos - Mosiah
Alma - Helaman
3 Nephi - Moroni
D & C
Pearl of Great Price
Joseph Smith
Holy Bible
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