
Hank Smith is on a mission to help youth and their families get more out of their scripture study. "Too often," says Brother Smith, "people think they can get by without daily scripture study if they just read once a week for a really long time. That would be like brushing your teeth with sever times the amount of toothpaste on Sunday! It just doesn't work out too well." In Scripture Power, Hank compares scripture study to gold mining. he says that miners look for veins of gold in the rock—and then they follow the veins. In the scriptures, the stories are the rock, and the principles we extract from them are the gold. He teaches the concept of "Read it." "Find it," and "Use it" to help listeners find the gold and apply the life-saving principles mined in their scripture study. With entertaining stories, examples from the scriptures, and inspiring quotes from Church leaders, Brother Smith drives home his points in a powerful way. He closes with this testimony of the Savior: "My hope is that you will read about Him in the Book of Mormon, that you will find Him and a relationship with Him in that book, and that you will use His Atonement—-the gift He has given us—-because of what you read and find in the Book of Mormon."
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Hank Smith enjoys teaching in the Religious Education Department at BYU and is a favorite speaker for Especially for Youth, Best of Especially for Youth, and BYU Education Week. Hank and his wife, Sara, were both born and raised in St. George, Utah. They are the parents of one daughter and four sons. Brother Smith enjoys running marathons and eating lots and lots of ice cream (which is why he runs marathons). More than anything else, he loves being at home spending all day with his wife and children. You can follow him on Facebook at www.facebook.com/hanksmithcds