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How can the study of the four crucial events in Church history change your life? This is the question answered in this fascinating and groundbreaking book. Author Daniel Bay Gibbons submits that the First Vision in early Spring 1820, the Appearance of Moroni on September 21, 1823, the Restoration of the Aaronic Priesthood on May 15, 1829, and the organization of the Church on April 6, 1830 are hinge events, which mirror the first four principles and ordinances of the Gospel: Faith, Repentance, Baptism and the Gift of the Holy Ghost. He also submits that all individuals must experience these four crucial events to attain true happiness in this life.

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Daniel Bay Gibbons was born and educated in Salt Lake City, Utah. He has degrees in history and law and was a trial attorney for fifteen years before serving for ten years as a criminal trial judge in suburban Salt Lake County. He loves reading and has a home library of over 8,000 books. He is also an experienced marathon runner, having completed seven full marathons and several half marathons. Fluent in German and Russian, he has lived for two years in Germany and for three years in Russia. He has also studied ancient Greek and Hebrew. He has been happily married to Julie Glenn Gibbons for thirty-seven years, and they have five children and eight grandchildren. Dan's varied volunteer activities include: creating one of the most successful elementary school chess clubs in the State of Utah; hosting a weekly radio talk show, Saturday's Lawyer, on legal topics for a period of six years; lecturing over a period of ten years at law schools in Ukraine and Moldova on the American jury trial; serving as one of the first members of the Holladay City Council; and serving in numerous leadership and teaching positions in the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, including twice as a bishop and as President of the Russia Novosibirsk Mission from 2011 to 2014. He is currently serving as the Young Men President in the Cottonwood Third Ward and a Clearance Analyst in the Church's Missionary Department. When he began this book, he was serving as a Primary teacher. Dan is the author of seven previous books, including Nethermost: Missionary Miracles in Lowly Places, the Old Charlie series of historical novels and the historical mystery series, Sherlock Holmes in the Country of the Saints. He is also the editor of eleven additional volumes.

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