SKU: 1347821 Oil in Our Lamps

Finding Hope and Peace in the Last Days

Craig James Ostler

Description

Amid the challenges of the last days, members of the Church have been told to prepare and to look forward with faith. But how can you find hope and peace in the turmoil? In Oil in Our Lamps: Finding Hope and Peace in the Last Days, author Craig James Ostler reminds readers of the spiritual, temporal, and service-rendering principles that can fill your figurative lamp.

Drawing upon scriptures and the insights of the Apostles, prophets, and General Officers of the Church regarding the Savior’s teachings, this inspiring volume offers valuable instruction on how to navigate an unsettled world using the lens of three well-known parables: the parable of the ten virgins, the parable of the talents, and the parable of the sheep and the goats. As you read and ponder the many examples that illustrate how to apply the principles taught in these parables, you can better learn to live with hope and peace—even in the face of adversity.

About the Author

Craig James Ostler taught in the Church Education System for forty-three years, with the last twenty-eight of those years at Brigham Young University as a professor of Church History and Doctrine. He, his wife, Sandy, and their family lived in Jerusalem twice while Dr. Ostler taught at the BYU Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies. He has taken time to share his love for the scriptures while teaching thousands of students, BYU Continuing Education classes, BYU Education Week classes, as well as directing frequent tours to Church History sites and to the Holy Land. In his last three years at BYUProvo, he helped develop and direct the Church History Travel Study. As an author, he has shared his knowledge and testimony through dozens of articles and books. Dr. Ostler received his BA, MEd, and PhD from BYU. He has served in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on a General Church Curriculum Writing Committee, as a bishop, on three stake high councils, and in many teaching callings. Currently, he and Sandy serve as full-time missionaries in Laredo, Texas. Together they have seven children and twenty-two grandchildren.