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Cordell and Janice Vail

You Can't Fool The Chickens
The life's lesson I learned from my son about how you can fool your friends but you can not fool God in the life you live.
Read The Story

Water That Got To The End Of The Row
The stories of how our family has converted hundreds of people and how you can too, especially wayward children.
Read The Book

Sunday Sermons
A weekly spiritual message sent to our family
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Understanding Patriarchal Priesthood
Well here it is. The first copy of my book Understanding Patriarchal Priesthood. I have been working on this paper since 1991. It is not done. This is still just a rough draft ...... be patient some day I may actually have it done. But for now here is at least what I have in PDF format so you can sure open it.. My notes on this subject are eleven three ring binders, so this is just a summary of all my notes put into the form of a book. I have given a 2 hour fireside on this subject over 200 times so there is a lot of input from the people I have taught as well as my own work here.
Click here to read the Rough Draft copy

Home Work
A book I am writing on jobs you can do from your home
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Goal Achieving
This is the work book for my all day seminar on goal achieving
My Turn To Win: The Secret Of Excellence 15th Printing

WHY DO IT?:

Why Our Family Does Missionary Work

Why I don't want to ever be called a returned missionary




15 LESSONS ON HOW TO DO MISSIONARY WORK:
Lesson #1 - Getting Organized
Lesson #2 - Gaining Faith
Lesson #3 - Why Do Missionary Work - Making A Difference
#4 - Why Do Missionary Work - Gaining Spiritual Power (still working on it)
#5 - Offering the wrong prayer (still working on it)
#6 - Ways to meet people that works
#7 - Fully Functioning Ward Mission Program


(Check back... the rest to come later as I have time)






OTHER MATERIALS TO HELP YOU ANSWER QUESTIONS
WHEN YOU DO MISSIONARY WORK:

Can we have scriptures other than the Bible?
This talk answers the question concerning the scripture in Revelations 22:18
where it says: "If any man shall add unto these things,
God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book.”
Talk by: Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
My Words Never Cease


When Constantine became a Christian in the fourth century, he called together a
great convocation of learned men with the hope that they could reach a conclusion
of understanding concerning the true nature of Deity. All they reached was a compromise
of various points of view. The result was the Nicene Creed of A.D. 325. This and subsequent
creeds have become the declaration of doctrine concerning the nature of Deity for most of Christianity ever since.
The Lord is fulfilling His promise that His gospel shall be as the stone cut out of the mountain without hands.
Talk by: President Gordon B. Hinckley
President of the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints
The Stone Cut Out of the Mountain


When the emperor Constantine was converted to Christianity, he became aware
of the divisiveness among the clergy concerning the nature of Deity. In an attempt
to overcome this he gathered the eminent divines of the day to Nicaea in the year 325.
Each participant was given opportunity to state his views. The argument only grew more heated.
When a definition could not be reached, a compromise was made. It came to be known as the Nicene Creed,
and its basic elements are recited by most of the Christian faithful.... How deeply grateful I am
that we of this Church do not rely on any man-made statement concerning the nature of Deity.
Talk by: President Gordon B. Hinckley
President of the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints
The Things of Which I Know


Scriptures of the Restoration do not compete with the Bible;
they complement the Bible.
Talk by: Elder Russell M. Nelson
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Scriptural Witnesses


We are true and full believers in the Lord Jesus Christ
and in His revealed word through the Holy Bible.
Talk by: Elder M. Russell Ballard
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
The Miracle of the Holy Bible


God continues to reveal His will to mankind, as He has in all
periods of time when He has had authorized servants upon the earth.
Talk by: Elder L. Tom Perry
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
We Believe All That God Has Revealed


When you are asked by others about being born again
this talk will help you answer that question from an LDS perspective.
Talk by: Elder D. Todd Christofferson
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Born Again


Through faith in Christ, we can be spiritually prepared and cleansed from sin,
immersed in and saturated with His gospel, and purified and sealed by the Holy Spirit of Promise.
....you and I are born again as we are absorbed by and in the gospel of Jesus Christ.
(Cucumbers and Pickles talk)
Talk by: Elder David A. Bednar
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Ye Must Be Born Again


We are often asked what our belief is about the Godhead.
People all over the world, of every creed and persuasion,
search and struggle to know, Who is God?
What is His relationship to Jesus Christ?
And what is our relationship with Them?
Talk by: Elder Robert D. Hales
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Gaining a Testimony of God the Father; His Son, Jesus Christ; and the Holy Ghost


We declare it is self-evident from the scriptures that the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Ghost are separate persons, three divine beings.
Talk by: Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
The Only True God and Jesus Christ Whom He Hath Sent

The first restored truth that I learned was the nature of the Godhead.
The true Christian doctrine that the Godhead consists of three
separate beings was known in biblical times.
Talk by: Elder Gary J. Coleman
Of the Seventy
"Mom, Are We Christians?"


The most common request we hear is a fairly simple one that goes something like this:
“Tell me a little about your Church.” The key word here is “little.”
They are not saying, “Tell me everything you know and then send others to tell me everything else.”
Here are four subjects that will help someone today to gain a basic understanding of the Church.
Talk by: Elder M. Russell Ballard
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Faith, Family, Facts, and Fruits


Since truth is the only meaningful foundation upon which we can make
wise decisions, how then can one establish what is really true?
Talk by: Elder Richard G. Scott
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Truth: The Foundation of Correct Decisions


There is a danger in the word someday when what it means is "not this day."
"Someday I will repent." "Someday I will forgive him." "Someday I will speak to
my friend about the Church." "Someday I will start to pay tithing."
"Someday I will return to the temple." "Someday . . . "
Talk by: Elder Henry B. Eyring
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
This Day


We share an enormous responsibility to be who the Lord wants us to be and to do what
He wants us to do. We are part of a great movement—the gathering of scattered Israel.
Talk by: Elder Russell M. Nelson
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
The Gathering of Scattered Israel


We believe The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a restoration
of the original Church established by Jesus Christ.
Talk By: President James E. Faust
Second Counselor in the First Presidency
The Restoration of All Things


Here is a talk that will help you answer the question why we need a living prophet.
Talk by: Elder Jeffrey R. Holland Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Prophets, Seers, and Revelators

And here is the talk Elder Holland refers to given by Ralph Waldo Emerson if you want to read the whole thing:

"It is the office of a true teacher to show us that God is, not was; that He speaketh, not spake... "
"And it is my duty to say to you, that the need was never greater of new revelation than now."
Talk by: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Delivered before the Senior Class in Divinity College,
Cambridge, Sunday Evening, July 15, 1838
Divinity School Address


What is your answer when friends ask you, "What does the Book of Mormon Teach?"
This talk will give you the answer to that question.
Talk by: Elder Dallin H. Oaks
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
All Men Everywhere


You and I, today and always, are to bear witness of Jesus Christ and declare
the message of the Restoration. . . . Missionary work is a manifestation
of our spiritual identity and heritage.
Talk by: Elder David A. Bednar
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Becoming a Missionary


We must prepare ourselves to assist the missionaries in finding those
of our Heavenly Father's children who will embrace the message of the Restoration.
Talk by: Elder M. Russell Ballard
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
The Essential Role of Member Missionary Work


For everyone who wants to become a better member missionary
and who wants to know how to support the missionaries,
Preach My Gospel is full of powerful ideas and insights.
Talk by: Elder Erich W. Kopischke
Of the Seventy
Preach My Gospel—the Unifying Tool between Members and Missionaries