By Study and By Faith “True Doctrine, Understood, Changes Attitudes and Behavior”| Todd B .Parker | January 2015
Oct 2, 2025
A talk about how true doctrine reshapes attitudes and behavior from the inside. Scripture study as a daily practice that strengthens testimony and brings personal revelation. Typology connecting Moses, Christ, symbols like bread and water, and creation to spiritual truth. A moving plea to act on promptings and live with love and urgency.
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Seminary Challenge Turned Doubt Into Testimony
- Daily scripture study transformed a skeptical seminary student into a confident believer who wrote “I know” nine times about God, Christ, and the Restoration.
- Todd B. Parker had students pray aloud and read a chapter daily for nine months, then compared opening-year and year-end anonymous papers to show change.
Study Doctrine First To Change Behavior
- Prioritize studying doctrine over merely modifying behavior because “true doctrine understood changes attitudes and behavior.”
- Parker cites President Boyd K. Packer: gospel doctrine shapes the heart and yields faster behavioral change than behavioral study alone.
Hard-To-Reach Student Found Willingness To Sacrifice
- A disengaged fifth-period student named Larry moved from “I don't really know there is a God” to declaring he'd give his life for the gospel if needed.
- Parker used the same daily scripture-and-prayer regimen across classes and witnessed dramatic personal change.